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8. 1880.
Intended Departure of theEditor
Ramblea in the Old World—No. 37
Editor's Table— 44Aloha" and other Books
Editorial
Marine Journal
Twenty-fifth Annual Report of H. 8. Home
Letter from Mlaa Bird
Letter from Major Webb
Y. M.C.A
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FEBRUARY S. 1880.
"Rev. Dr. Damon is planning to take the
February steamer for a trip to the States,
and to Europe. Mrs. Damon will accompany him, both needing the rest and recuperation such a tour usually affords."
We clip the above from the Gazette, and
would add, that, during our absence, of a
few months, we hope to gratify a life-long
desire, to spend a few days in London during the " May-Meetings." The B. and F.
Bible Society, London Missionary Society,
Church Missionary Society, Religious Tract
Society, and other simitar associations, are
world-wide in tbeir influence, and it is our
desire to take a near view of these agencies,
so potent and evangelistic for good.
In making our preparations for leaving it
is pleasant to be cheered forward, by the
hearty congratulations of neighbors, friends
and parishioners, including our sea-faring
friends,all adding, "We are glad you are going." We are now entering upon our
fortieth year of service, under the auspices
of the American Seamen's Friend Society,
a trip abroad, is " now or never." We
can truly say, our labors were never more
We shall
interesting and encouraging.
hope to return refreshed and rejuvinated.
We leave the supply of the pulpit with our
Charch, and from the able preachers residing in Honolulu, and others, we doubt not,
the Bethel Congregation will alwnya be well
supplied. Mr. Dunscombe will continue his
Colporteur work among seamen.
The Friend frill appear as usual. All
letters relating to subscriptions or communications may be sent to " The Friend," P.
O. box 166, and will receive attention.
Shepherd of Lanai.
The last Hawaiian Legislature appointed
Mr. Gibson to prepare a report upon the
hygiene of the native population. We are
glad to know that he has been most diligently laboring to write something which will
prove truly valuable. In a note lately received, we met with the following significant and suggestive paragraph;
been studying the first and most
" 1 havewriter
eminent
on sanitary instructions
known to us,—and that is Moses. He, or
the Spirit in him, show to us that the great
Roman maxim, " Salus populi suprema est
lex." was well considered and acted upon in
Egypt and Palestine ages before Romulus
built his wall."
As the Jewish Lawgiver left his flocks in
Midian to conduct his countrymen from
Egypt to the Promised Land, so we trust
the Shepherd of Lanai, without leaving his
flocks, may conduct Hawaiians, afflicted
with Egyptian diseases, to the promised
land of health, prosperity and perpetuity.
Rev. Francis H. Robinson.
It was with much pleasure that we were
permitted to welcome this young clergyman
and his wife on their way to Wailuku,
where he is to take charge of the Foreign
Church. It affords us additional pleasure
to receive a note from Rev. Mr. Alexander,
from which we copy as follows :
" I had the pleasure of hearing" him preach
last Sunday. I think he is the right man in
the right place. We are all much pleased
with him and his wife. We had a social
gathering in the Government Union storehouse last evening to welcome them. A
large number attended, and I hope we shall
now get better acquainted with each other
and love each other more."
Words fail to express the satisfaction we
feel in witnessing the various foreign island
communities gathering and crystalizing
around those called to preach the everlasting Gospel. Now is the golden opportunity
for earnest Christian work on the part of
During our absence, our address private Christians as well as Gospel minis-
will be 80 Wall Street, New York City.
ters.
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RAMBLES IN THE OLD WORLD- No. 37
Autumn Days Is the Netherlands—No. 2.
Brussels, Belgium, September, 1879.
I have arrived thus far in safety in my
journey through the Netherlands and Belgium. It Is almost superfluous for me to
say that it is proving in all respects, and in
the highest degree, a journey delightful,
beneficial and instructive. 1 have been
favored with the most beautiful of golden
September days, the most charming of
autumn weather: My study and reading
and intense anticipation for weeks and
months past, in reference to and of Holland
and Belgium, are now in a remarkable degree enabling me to appreciate the opportunities which are afforded me here. It is a
grand and glorious historical, artistic and
poetic feast for me, and will be to me for
life of immense importance. Let me sketch
briefly in outline my journey thus far—and
it must be only in outline, for my time is
limited for writing, and 1 hope for weeks to
come to send you all the details and sidecoloring after I am once more back in Berlin. On Monday, September lat, I left
Nordeney, which never seemed more beautiful than in the early morning aunahine as I
said " Good bye " Once more in Emden,
and then by train
to Groningen, where I
passed the night, and which was my. first
Dutch city. Then next morning on to
Harlingen; then a charming day on tbe
steamer crossing the Zttider Zee to Amsterdam. In Amsterdam I spent two or three
days; then one day in Utrecht. By train
to Hilder, to see the grand dykes of North
Holland, defence against the North Sea. A
visit to the historic.and picturesque towns of
Aikmaar and Zandaam, then to Harlem—
charming, sweetly clean, brave old Harlem
—and then to the Hague snd Leiden,
so famous from its memorable siege and
Motley's descriptions. On every side were
Dutch pictures in landscape, dress face, etc.
The picturesque -little town of Delft I also
visited. Here William tbe Silent was assassins ted. I stood on tbe very spot where
the great man fell. How his very presence
still seems to remain in this drowsy little
city with its tree-fringed canals From
I went to Rotterdam—busy, quaint
Rotterdam. Hew Erasmus, the wise, the
scholarly, the elegant, was bom. From
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Rotterdam my route turned to Antwerp,
passing through Dordrecht. Here I said
good bye to Holland, and shortly afterwards
entered the Kingdom of Belgium. Antwerp, with its glorious Cathedral, its splendid gallery,' its splendid memories of Rubens
and a host of other artists. 1 can speak of
only with unbounded enthusiasm. My visit
there was a banquet. From Antwerp to
Ghent, are we not indeed on classic ground?
Then through Bruges and Ostend the great
watering-place, to Brussels.
1 am finding my anticipations fully realized, and that is saying much. lam seeing
the originals of hundrds of noble paintings
is the very land which saw their birth, and
amid associations and scenes of which they
are to so large a degree the expression.
Rembrandt has fascinated me indescribably
here in Holland, and in Belgium Rubens is
waiting to give me welcome. Art-taste is,
I am convinced, a plant of slow growth, but
when its roots have found a place in one's
heart and fancy, its progress is sure.
I am seeing daily, towns with their treeshadowed canals and quaint old houses and
noble churches ; charming Dutch inter" with
iors," exquisitely neat, and beautiful
family lite, open to me on every side ; the
sweet, mellow chimes of the bells go with
me all along the way ; my road lies through
wide-spreading meadows, where the sleek
and mild-eyed cattle feed, the pride of the
Dutch farmer.
It has been a constant source of pleasure
to me in the midst of my rambles to think
that I might be permitted to share with
others the impressions which these profoundly interesting and delightfully historic and
picturesque countries m >ke upon the traveler
who is permitted to tread their truly classic
soil. So deeply, so intensely has the "spirit"
of these lands affected me,- so eloquently
have the thousand historic monuments
which guided my wanderings proclaimed
thier story ; on such rare and gloriously
beautiful creations of laureled artists have I
been permitted to gaze, that I should seem to
myself to be doing violence to a thousand
precious memories if I attempted to recall
them hastily in the few moments afforded
me for writing. It were better if there were
more reverence in travel and in its recital
than one meets with in our day. Every
traveller who regards the opportunity afforded of visiting lands hoary with age and
tradition in a certain sense as a sacred
privilege, finds his experience nobly expressed in that thoughtful sonnet of the poet
Wordsworth on Bruges:
The spirit of antiquity—enshrined
In sumptuous buildings,—vocal is sweet song,
In picture, speaking; wilh heroic tongae.
And witb devout solemnities entwined—
Strikes to tbe seat of grace within tbe mind.
THK FETES OF SEPTEMBER IN BRUSSELS.
Allow me to give, in a few words, a
glimpse at tbe folk-life of Brussels, leaving
our excursion into the domain of the past
until another time—a time of more leisure
than the present—asking your kindly charity for these unavoidably nasty lines.
All Belginm may be said to be looking
forward to September, 18S0, with especial
anticipation. At this time will be celebrated
the fiftieth anniversary of the independence
of Belgium, which dates from the September
Revolution of 1830. As you are aware, this
resulted in the separation of Belgium from
Holland. In l>3l. Leopold of Saxony-Coburg was called to the throne, which is now
occupied by his son Leopold 11. During the
years of peace which have since followed,
the country has In many respects made
astonishing progress. The great national
anniversary has been that of the last daya of
September, every recurring year celebrated
with the greatest enthusiasm by the people
all over the land, and with especial brilliancy, of course, in the capital, Brussels. All
the artistic talent and ingenuity of Belgium,
which is by no means slight, will be brought
into service during the coming year to render the Fetes as splendidly impressive as
possible, and all Europe will watch with interest this imposing pageant of national festivity. Hence, to visit Brussels in September, 1879, might seem like coming a year
too soon, for the forty-ninth celebration
might naturally be expected to be as dull as
the fiftieth would be brilliant. Still, I think
a Fete in Brussels could scarcely ever be
dull, the whole atmosphere of the city is too
enlivening. And 1 must confess the series
of festivities from the 23d to the 27th were
exceedingly interesting.
Brussels, you know, is generally regarded
as a smaller edition of Paris. And certainly
there is very much here to remind one of
the brilliant French capital; and yet the
city and its life has a decided character of
its own, as indeed has the vvhoje country,
where, as some one has remarked, the " two
elements, Latin and German, are to be met
with, so happily united." Brussels is
charming, and I do not wonder that it has
become so favorite a resort of the English
who take up their residence on the Continent. As one meets with two peoples and
two languages here at every turn, the Flemish and the French, so the city itself has a
double character. There is the old Brussels,
with its narrow streets, its historic memories, its medieval architecture; there is the
new city, with its superb avenues and treeplanted boulevards, its glittering shops, its
magnificent public buildings and parks. The
Past and the Present unite in singular harmony.
REQUIEM SERVICE IN THE CATHEDRAL.
1880.
center of the Cathedral, which was
heavily
draped with black and silver, rose a stately
cenotaph with mourning pall. It was an
impressive scene. The grey light of the
morning came sadly through the ancient
windows, whose colors have been deepened
and mellowed by the changing seasons of
centuries; the solemn music flooded the
long aisles and lost itself amid the lofty
Gothic arches ; hundreds of officials in their
robes of office, bands of soldiers in uniform,
officers and diplomats in glittering costume,
lighted the shadows formed by the heavy
mourning draperies ; the intoned liturgy of
the large company of the officiating priests
rose with the clouds of incense above the
altar. The Cathedral and its surrounding
squares were filled by a vast throng of sightseers. After the service, which terminated
about noon, the companies of soldiery
formed in procession and marched through
the crowded streets to the Place dcs Mar-
tyrs, in which is a monument erected to the
fallen braves, and there deposited wreaths
and garlands of immortelles.
VARIOUS FESTIVITIES.
It would indeed be quite impossible to
give anything like a detailed description of
the many and varied entertainments which
marked the week. There were free performances at different theatres, in Flemish and
French, to which the people flocked in vast
crowds. On one of the long canals near the
city a brilliant regatta look place, at which
the King and Queen of the Belgians were
present. Athletic games and various sports
attracted the people to different parts of the
city. Bands of music and various processions passed and repassed through the
streets and boulevards. The houses and
public squares were hung with the tricolor
of Belgium—red, yellow and black. A
great national concert was given, where only
the compositions of Belgian musicians were
performed. For a few days a general spirit
of merry-making prevailed, which even the
contentions which seem ever to be waged
between the Romish clergy and the Liberals
could not mar. Among the various celebrations, nothing was more interesting than the
ceremony attending the distribution of rewards and honors to those who during the
past year have rendered their names especially illustrious by reason of acts of courage, devotion and humanity. The ceremony
was most impressive. The King and Queen
and the highest dignitaries of State were
present. The vast hall was filled to overflowing by an enthusiastic throng, who welcomed the heroes of the day with tumultuous applause. The list of noble deeds and
acts of heroism here brought to the notice of
the public was one which did honor to our
humanity, and as one after another advanced
to receive the little cross or order which
testified to his bravery, one could not but
feel moved by a hearty enthusiasm. The
list was a long one, and the recipients were
of every rank and age. One or two little
children had distinguished themselves by
some especial act of courage. The simple
recital of the events brings a thrill to everyone—rescue of sufferers from conflagrations;
noble facing of smoke and flames for those
in danger; prevention of accidents to crowd-
The celebrations attracted visitors from all
parts of the country. Though I arrived a
day or two before their commencement, it
was with difficulty that I succeeded in getting a room in one of the hotels. In ISSO
a late comer will fare but poorly. The
opening ceremony was the celebration of a
requiem service in the Cathedral of St.
Michel and St. Gudule, an imposing Gothic
structure with a stalely facade, rising from
one of the heights above tbe city. There
was something peculiarly touching and appropriate in the service. Before the living
entered upon the enjoyment of their festivities, every heart turned in grateful love and
memory to those who helped to lay the
foundations of the national independence,
but who never lived to enjoy the frnits of
their labors—those who died bravely fighting
for the Fatherland. The service consisted
in the celebration of a Mass and in the rendering by the choir of a beautiful Requiem,
written expressly for the occasion. In the ed railway trains ; rescue of ships in danger
1880.
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in storm and darkness ; saving of lives from
drowning. Such scenes as this which lam
describing lift us into the highest spheres of
love and sympathy. The race has not degenerated. Every day's record of the calamities and dangers which surround us
show what possibilities of heroism there are
still in the world.
The Royal Society of Science and the
Fine Arts held on one of the closing days a
most interesting session, when various prizes
were distributed. These few facts may
perhaps give you something of an idea of
the great variety of the interesting entertainments afforded the visitor during those days.
BEFORE THE HOTEL DE VILLE.
The public Place of the city plays an
important part in history in all lands of
Western and Southern Europe. It is the
point where so many of the great festivities
and the tragedies, the joys and sorrows of
the people, have had their theatre. You
strike hfre at the heart, it may be scarred
and seared, but still the heart of History.
The 44 Place" in which the stately Hotel dc
Ville of Brussels is placed is one of the most
interesting, if in some respects one of the
saddest, spots in the old world. I am tempted here to quote a few words from a brilliant
pHge of Motley's "Dutch Republic," which
paints with one or two rapid strokes the
Place and its memories. It is at the point
where he speaks of the fate of Count Egmont nnd Count Horn, who fell victims to
Spanish tyranny :
44 The great square of Brussels had always a
striking and theatrical aspect. Its architectural
effects, suggesting in some degree the meretricious
union between Oriental and a corrupt Grecian
art, accomplished in tbe niediwvaUnidnight, have
nniiizcd the eyes of many generations. The
splendid Hotel dc Ville, with its daring spire and
elaborate front, ornamented one side of the place;
directly opposite was the graceful but incoherent
fitcade of the Brood Huia, now the last earthly
resting-place of the two distinguished victims,
while grouped around these buildings rose the
fantastic palaces of the Archers, Mariners and
other guilds, with their festooned walls and toppling gables, bedizened prolusely with emblems,
statues and quaint decorations. The place had
been alike the scene of many a brilliant tournament and of man j a bloody execution. Gallant
knights had oontended within ita precincts, while
bright eyes rained influence from all those picturesque balconies and decorated windows. Martyrs to religious and to political liberty had upon
the same spot endured agonies which might have
roused every stone of its pavement to mutiny or
softened them to pity. Here Egmont himself, in
happier days, had often borne away the priao of
skill or of valor, the cynosure of every eye ; and
hence, almost in the noon ola lite illustrated by
many brilliant actions, he was to be sent by the
band of tyranny to bis great account."
It was in this historic square that some of
the most interesting ceremonies of the Festival week of this year took place. On the
second morning of the Fetes the square was
filled with hundreds of spectators to witness
the ceremony of the distribution of prizes to
the various " Societies and Companies of
Sports' of the city. This seems to be a
remnant of some ancient custom of more
picturesque days. In the centre of the
square rose a pavilion gayly decorated, for
the judges and distributors. The morning
was gay with the stirring music of different
bunds. Tbe day was charming and the
scene most bright and animated. First
"
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came the Royal Society of St. Sebastian,
ancient and historic company of Archers,
bearing the insignia of their order. Then,
in long line, one company after the other
devoted to the practice of some especial
game or exercise. Their banners and standards, of every hue and color, heavy with
gold, fluttering in the wind, brought to mind
the long-vanished days when the knights of
the land with their followers rode to tourney on ihe Place. After they had taken
their stand, the prizes were distributed and
the great throng dispersed. In the evening
of the same day there was a grand military
concert given on the square. It was a striking scene. Brilliant lines and festoons of
gas jets and colored lanterns lighted the
great Place as if with sunshine. The grand
Uothic facade and graceful mounting spire
of the Hotel dc Ville seemed transfigured in
the blaze of light. The square was one
wave of upturned faces, over which strains
of music floated in great flooding waves of
melody. While above all this picture, so
brilliant, its coloring deepened by the shadows of the evening and framed by the
solemn towering walls of the ancient buildings forming the square, appeared the silver
moon in the glorious bending arch of the
night. For the moment it seemed as if
another throng filled the air—as if the spirits of other ages were looking down upon
this holiday spectacle. And the vision of
the martyred dead and of the gay companies
what 1880 may have in store for the good
people of Brussels and Belgium.
F. Williams Damon.
Hawniian Legation, Berlin.
P. S.—We are in the midst of Christmas
week, that great festival season for Germany, snd I write enveloped by the perfume
and fragrance of Christmas greens. I have
this year been especially struck by the
universal celebration of this anniversary.
Here it is a festival of joy, which levels all
differences of creed, of nationality, of employment ; rich and poor, the high and low,
Jew and Gentile, have in their way participated in it. It is probable that the majority
have passed over the real meaning and significance of the season.
This may be so,
but I would see in this universality of participation a suggestion of that glorious faith
which He revealed to us whose birthday we
now celebrate. The Song of the Angels,
that grandest of Christmas carols, was sung
for no particular race or time. It was for all
time, lor every race. How grandly the
music swells as the years roll on ! Each
Christmas should be to us a higher vantsge
ground. Our age calls for " More light,
more light!" Strange, when the Divine
sunlight floods the onward way. And yet
perhaps not so strange when we think how
loath we are to look unto the source of all
light. 1 saw recently in Brussels a striking
picture. It was painted with grand, tremendous strokes. The immense canvas was
for the main part dusky and heavy with
who had once shone amid these serene
ancient precincts—heroes, priests, knights,
and armed soldiery—arose before me. Was shadows, immense sombre masses of darkit fancy, or the ghostly shadows of the pass- ness and cloud. But in the center rose a
cross, bearing the form of the Divine suffering clouds?
er, the Savior of Mankind. And now the
CONGRESSES.
No capital of Europe now feels that it has picture changed. From this central point,
done its annual duty unless it has entertain- golden, glorious beams of light shot out into
ed two or three congresses. And a most the darkness and enveloped with waves of
capital idea this is of bringing together men celestial light ihe scourged figures of slaves
of learning, of experience, of talent, from all at the foot of the cross It is this thornparts of the world, to deliberate upon some crowned and pierced Christ who is the Light
special subject. This is one of the best of the World. Let us look unto Him, and
products of our modern civilization. We our lives will be filled with the glory of this
have now congresses of all kinds—medical, great light. The old year is dying, and the
artistic, literary, scientific, archaeologic, re- new year comes. Life here is full of change,
ligious, and so on ad infinitum. Brussels but this Divine radiance shines undimmed,
is ptr excellence the city of congresses, and unchanging, the glory of the ages, the splenduring September two held their sittings dor of eternity. The Saviour is still the
here—that of the " Americanists" and that same, ready to comfort the mourning, to
of the different geographical societies of strengthen the tempted and tried, to bring
Europe. The first of these, whose especial home the wandering, to fill saddened hearts
mission appears to be to collect facts snd to with songs of rejoicing, to cleanse from
indulge in theories, some of which have a stains of sin, and to give freely all who ask
practical bearing, others the reverse, in the Divine pardon. 1 have that glorious
reference to the early inhabitants and text, " God so loved the world," in over two
peoples of America, to study its antiquities, hundred languages. When at a glance one
etc., had this year an especially brilliant sweeps such a horizon, his heart is full. I
session. Great eclat was imparted to the believe in the Brotherhood of the race. I
same by the presence of General Guzman would be glad to consecrate my life to findBlanco, the President of the Republic of ing some link to unite these now scattered
Venezuela, and other famous personages, races and to bringing more distinctly into
among them the distinguished Professor view those golden links which unite us to
Virchow, from the University of Berlin. the source of all life and speech. I have
This was followed by the Geographical lately found in Bunsen's Life some words
Congress, which lasted several days, and which should be made the key-note of all
whose deliberations cannot fail to be produc- philological study, " to trace God's firm path
tive of much good to the world at large, as through the stream of ages."
they were of an essentially practical nature.
By the wsy, one of the pleasantest familWith this closed the principal events of ies 1 have met in Be lin is that of Dr.
the month of September, and we who have George yon Bunsen, son of the Baron and
been permitted to take part in these varied Baroness yon B. The Bunsens are very
scenes, will feel an especial interest to see cultivated and refined. They have a beauii-
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ful horne —a villa just in the suburbs, with
fine grounds. The entrance hall is very
English like, witn a great open fireplace.
There is a large number of children in the
family —two daughters in society, and a son
of about twenty. Or. Bunsen is a man of
wide range of thought, sweeping the horizon
of the world of letters in something of the
magnificent way of his father, though he is
not the great man the Chevalier was. He is
a most admirable conversationalist, at home
on every topic, full of fire, of feeling, of
poetry. You would find themall charming.
December 28th.—A young navsl chaplain, Herr Goedel, who was in Honolulu in
tbe Leipzig about a year ago, has justtaken
his leave. He called on me last week, and
to-day he was my guest at dinner. It was
so very pleasant to talk with him about
home, and his memories of Honolulu are
most fresh and charming. He says that in
all his travels he has found no such delightful place as Honolulu, and he says this is
the unanimous feeling of all the officers. He
fairly brims over with gratitude for your
He is now preaching, and is
kindness
naval instructor.
I am hourly looking for Mr Carter, and
hoping, before sealing my envelope, to announce his arrival. 1 have had his rooms
at the hotel warmed for this evening. I
certainly hope he will be here before New
F. W. D.
Year's!
EDITOR'S TABLE.
"Aloha!" A Hawaiian Salutation. By
Geobge Leonard Chancy.
Boston :
Roberts Brothers. 1880.
Some years ago, when conversing with a
person about some new publication respecting Polynesia, be remarked in a querulous
tone, " What! Another book ! I should
think enough had been written and printed
already." Our reply was, " The reading
world has only just begun to read the books
which will be written about Polynesia."
Since then several books have appeared relating to Polynesia, and a good half-dozen
about the Hawaiian Islands, including Miss
Bird's, Mr. Fornander's, Mrs. Brasscy's,
Judge Caton's, and now comes to us, fresh
from Boston, with the imprint of " 1880 "
on the title page, another volume, entitled
Aloha," by the Rev. George Leonard
"Chancy,
late pastor of Hollis St. Church,
Boston. This tourist, accompanied by his
wife, visited our Islands 1875-76. The volume is dedicated to the Honorable and Mrs.
H. A. P. Carter, " without whose kind persuasion" the author would not have visited
the Islands.
Tbe author, we think, has been peculiarly
happy itj the selection of a title—" Aloha,"
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Love to you." This, he aptly remarks,
commonest and sweetest word in
"theis the
Hawaiian tongue." Dr. Anderson, in
his book on the Islands, thus writes about
the same word : " Aloha is their characteristic word. If they have not words to ex-
press some of tho great ideas, they certainly
have a word expressive of the sweetest,
richest sentiments of the human heart—
Aloha. I never wearied with the repetition,
though I repeated it thousands of times."
Mr. Chancy has certainly written a very
pleasant, racy, readable and enjoyable volume. He appears to have quietly glided
around among all classes of our Island community, observing the various phases of
human life, and viewing the natural scenery
with the eye of an artist and naturalist.
Being a New Englander and Bostonian, he
is gratified to discover a strong infusion of
good old Puritan principles in the society of
the Islands, made up of so many nationalities. "Itis a curious and pleasant thing
to see how many of the best characteristics
of the Anglo-American race havebeen transplanted and domesticated in this far-away
Kingdom. If the good old type should die
out of Mew England, 1 believe that it would
be found surviving in the descendants of the
best sett era of the Hawaiian Islands."
He takes a hopeful view of the Chinese
element, although his keen forecast of the
future gently crops out when he remarks,
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Take care, O King, that the lean kine do
not eat up the fat ones."
We regret that our limits will not allow
us to copy many a bright, hopeful and
sparkling paiagraph falling uuder our notice
in glancing over this volume. We have not
met with a single carping or ill-natured remark in one of its 299 pages. We attribute
tbis in part to the fact that he took the word
Aloha for his key-note. The writer appears
to have found the Islands a restful place.
We think this has also been true of other
visitors who have escaped for a brief season
from professional duty in the court-room and
the pulpit. Mr. Dana, Judge Caton, Dr.
Anderson, Dr. Clark, Dr. Stone, Dr. Chancy
and others have expressed the idea that they
found the Islands a restful spot.
We can most cordially commend this
volume to the reading public, and are confident our booksellers will find a constant
sale for years to come. Mr. Chancy compliments Miss Bird most gracefully in his
introduction : " Miss I. L. Bird has written
a charming book of travel in the Hawaiian
Archipelago. If I can give.my readers half
tbe pleasure she has given me, I shall be
satisfied." We think he may be satisfied.
Miscellanies. By John Dean Caton,
LL. D. Boston i Riverside Press. 1880.
We would acknowledge a copy of tbis
book by Judge Caton. It contains much
most valuable information relating to Law,
The
History, Science and Literature
not
to
his
has
been
devoted
only
proJudge
fession, but has stepped aside, and like other
1880;
wise men, from Solomon down, has been
one that " intermeddled with all wisdom."
The habits of the American deer and the
antelope have been his special study. When
he visits foreign conntries he studies up
everything relating to those lands—c. g.,
the Hawaiian Islands and Cuba. Now he
is upon a visit to Japan, and we may erelong expect interesting Papers" relating
to those islands. He was en route thither,
through San Francisco, when he most kindly forwarded this volume, which we have
perused with interest About sixty pages of
this volume relate to the Hawaiian Islands,
some parts of the same having been published in our Island papers.
*
Victorian Review. Vol. I. No. I.
This is a publication coming to us from
Melbourne, Victoria, and takes us somewhat
by surprise. It is a large and beautifully
printed Quarterly, with a corps of contributors worthy of a first-class Review of England or America. Our limits will not allow
us to pru.t all we should be pleased to say
in the way of high commendation. It con-
tains eleven articles, on various topics, and
having read several, we can recommend the
Review as first-class One article, entitled,
" Will?" theis Anglo-Australian Race Degenerate
most suggestive.
The wriier
views the nations of the earth from a geological standpoint. Thus writing, he remarks, "We must be prepared for an inevitable degeneration of the Anglo-Australian
stock." We regret we cannot reproduce the
whole article, and also another, " A
Coming Citizen of the World,"—viz., Chinese.
Through Whitney & Robertson and T.G.
Thrum the Review may be obtained.
The Presbyterian Review. Vol. I. No. 1.
This is a first-class Review, started by
the ablest divines and writers of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. Sound
scholarship, able reasoning, broad views and
manly discussion will characterize this
Quarterly, if we may judge what future
numbers will be from the one now lying on
our table. It is published by Randolph &
Co., of New York, for the Presbyterian Review Association.
We think many of our readers will
peruse with interest the letter we publish
from Miss Bird, written after her return to
England from her trip to Japan. Her letters
relating to our Islands have much enlightened all who are interested in this part of
the world. Often we meet with tourists
who say that they never should have come
hither but for reading Miss Bird's book.
If any of our readers are interested in
reading about the Amos of Japan, to whom
Miss Bird refers, we would refer them to
the Friend for November, 1871, containing
an article carefully prepared by Mr. Lindau,
a German gentleman and tourist, then on a
visit to Honolulu. He is a brother of the
celebrated Lindau. who now stands among
the ioremnst literary men of Germany. The
Amos of Japan hold the same relation to the
people of Japan that the North American
Indians do to the people of America. They
were the original inhabitants of Japan.
Miss Bird's reference to our old friend
Mangero is most touching. He merits something better than neglect, for he is one of
Japan's noblest men. He gave to Japan a
transjaiion of Bowditch's Navigator, and
was the translator of Perry's Dispatches
""when Japan was opened. He was also one
of the Japanese Commissioners to observe
the German and French war. We could
wish our U. S. Minister in Japan might
speak a kind word in behalf ot Captain
JOURNAL.
MARINE
S. I.
PORT OF
HONOLULU,
Deo
Jan
Jan
Jan
Mangero.
The following is a list of Miss Bird's publications :
•' The Englishwoman in America." Post
Bvo. Out of print.
" Six Months in the Sandwich Islands."
Cheap and revised edition, with illustrations.
Crown Bvo.
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains." With illustrations. Crown Bvo.
"
In the press: " Unbeaten Tracks in
Japan : An Account of Travels on Horseback in the Northern Interior of the Main
Island and among the Aborigines of Yezo,
with Visits to the Shrines of Nikko and lse."
With 40 illustrations; 2 vols.; crown Bvo.
Hilo Railroad.
We are glad to learn that a short railroad
is in successful operation at Hilo. The Rev.
A. O. Forbes thus writes, under dale of
January Ist:
" Our Foreign Sabbath School has, been
celebrating the day with a railroad excursion
of a couple of miles through the fields of
the Waiakea Plantation and a dinner at the
new mill. The children and all who were
there enjoyed it greatly."
Jan
Deo
Jan
Jan
Jan
Jan
17—Am achr
IS—Haw brig Julia M Avery, Avery, for South Bern Ida
10—Brit bk Lady Head, Anderson, for Kequtmalt, B V
19—Gar bk Auguste, Schumacher, for Manila
19—Am wh bk Pacific, Knosrka, for cruise to westward
20—P M88Zealandia, Chevalier, for Ban Franclaco
MARRIED.
LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Thirty-fourth Annual
THAT ISSUES
TONTINE
INVESTMENT
POLICIES.
BEING PRACTICALLY
An Endowment Policy
AT THE
USUAL LIFE RATES.
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary ofthe Honolulu
Sailors' Home Society.
Tbe annual meeting of ths above society, whioh
constituted ill 26th anniversary, waa held at tbe
Home on the 8d January, 1880,at 11 a m , Hod. 8.
N. Caatle presiding
The Treasurer reported a balance of 885 82. on
bead. Tbe report of the Chairmen, of Ihe Executive
Committee ia given below.
Tbe election ofTrustees for a term of three years,
oloaing on the 81st Deo. 1882, retailed m follow!
Messrs C. R Bishop, P. C. .Vases. J. T. Waterhouse
Jr, J. B. Athertoo, A. Fuller, sod Wm. Babcock.
The Trustees eleoted tbe following officers by ballot
vii 8 N. Csstle, President: C. R. Bishop,
Treaeuier: F. A. Schaefrr, Secretary.
Executive Committee, Rev. 8. C. Demon, E. 0.
Hall snd P. C. Jones.
Tbe Sailor's Home oontinnes its usefulness in this
community, although it has changed in lis oharaoter
to s great extent in proportion lo tbe general ohenge
wbiob tbe twenty-five years of its existenoe have
wrought in tbis oily. Tbe Reoord of thie Institution
is full ol interesting reminisoenses, and calls to mind
DEPARTURES.
a number of oar best and most useful oilizena of
27—Am bktne GraceRoberta, Olaeo, for Ban Franclaco whom many have sinoe departed to a better life.
Meyer
San
rancieco
Jordan,lor
f
27—Am achr W II
Of those who constituted tbe first body of Trustees,
29—P MSB Ausiralla, Uarglll, for Sydney
eighteen in all, only six are now living, and of these
]
30—Am bk Helena, Snow, for Victoria.BO
Sl—Am achr Ida ochnauer,Bchnautr, lor rian Francisco the Rev. Dr. Damon and Hon. 8. N. Castle have ever
I—Am—
1 Am schr Ada May, Thomas, for Hllo, Hawaii
been active members and officers of tbe Board.
6—Haw bk Hawaii, VI hltney, for rtoulh Sea lalanda
Ureal credit and the thanks of* tbis oommunity are
6—Raiatea achr Vivid, Bngllah, for tanning's Island
espeoially due to tbe Rev. Dr Damon for bis inde7—Am bktne Victor, Hariiiea. lor Port Gamble
B—Am tern W L Beebe,Eracben, for Port Blakely
fatigable labors in tbe interests of ths Sailor's Home,
S—Am bk Rainier, Yt ulff, for Port Gamble.|
sndthe occasion of its 25th snniversity is a fit oppor10—Am bktne Kttreka, Mordberg, for San Franclaco
tunity to give publio expression lo these sentiments.
12—1/ 8 8 Lackawanna, Chandler, for San Franclaco
12—U 8 8 Ranger, Boyd, lor San Francisco
In that gentleman's report as Chsirman of tbe Exfor
Kahului
Hera,
Monaen,
12 —Am tern
ecutive Committee, will be found an interesting bit
18—Am achr Eusiace, Bole, lor San Franclaco
of international history— an evidently well founded
14—Haw bgtne Storm BIM, Hatfield, for Jaluit
IS—Am bktne J A Falklnburg. Hubbard, for Portl'd, 0 presumption that American legislation relating lo
lor
Ban
Francisco
Freeman,
16—Am bk II W Almy,
seamen received some bints from tbat of Hawaii on
16—Am bk Camden, Robinson, forPort Gamble
the same subject.
Schmidt,
Yon
for
S
Claua Spreckels,
F
ARRIVALS.
29-P MSB Australia. Cars111, fromRan Franclaco
29—Am achr Ada May, Thomas, 18 daya fm S Francisco
80—Brit bk Lady Head, Anderson, 1M daya fm London
I—Raiatea sen Vivid, Kogliah, 7J dys fm Pannlnfs I'd
3—Am bk H W Almy. Freeman. 19 daya fmS Francisco
4—Am brlf Sea Waif. Wagner, 33 daya from Jalnlt
i Brll bk Norham Caatle, Good. 134 daya fm Glasgow
6—Uricbk Lady Lampoon, Maralon, 16 daya from San
Franclaco
7—Am ach Clana Spreckela, Yon Schmidt, rrom San
Francisco, via Hllo
7—Am achrKnatace. Bole, fm 8 Francisco via Kahului
7—Brit bk Caama, Irvlnf, 182 days from Liverpool
11—Am tern Hera, Monaen, 22 daya from Departure
Bay, en route to Kahului
12—Am achr Bonanaa, Miller, from S Franclaco via Hllo
16—Am bk J W Beaver, Melander, 18 days from San
Franclaco
It—Am achr Dashing Wave, McCulloch, from Ban
Francisco, via Kahului
16—Stmr Jamea Makee, Oodrrey, from Kapa*
17—Stmr Kilauea Hou, Sears, from Kahului
111—P MSB Zealandia,Chevalier, from Sydney
23—Am bk Uyane, Hansen, 121 days from Ban Fran
S3—Am bktne Sheet Anchor, r'riis, 7B daya from-New
Caatle, N 8 W
24—Am wh bk John norland, IS dys 'in San Fran isco
Cutlkk—Browk.—At Benton, W. T.. November 12, by
the Bey. Mr. Bagley, Mr. Howell D. Cctlih, of East
Machiaa, He., mate of the " Camden," to Miaa ALUS E.
Bbowh, daughter of Captain Robert Brown, of Seattle,
but formerly of Honolulu.
*
BUCHANAN—KAHEMOE—At Kohala, Hawaii, on Nov.
29th, 18711, by the Bey. A. B. Atherton, Mr. B. McLellan
Buchanan, late of Oeven, Dumbarton, Scotland, to Miss
Kalapa Kahemoe, of Kohala, Hawaii.
Hmithies—Mabtin.—At Walohlnu, Kau, Dec. Ist, 1879,
Miss
by the Rev. J. Kauhane, John William Smithixs toThoa.
E. M. Martin, eldest daughter of the Hon. W.
Report! Martin.
Kkawi—Haai.—ln thla city, January 1, by Bey. 8. C.
Hawallans, belonging to
Damon, Kkawk to
•38.000,000
ASSETS (Cask)
Honolulu.
city, January 1,Kixtou to Flo
thla
Kkitou—Kiao.—ln
8.000.000 Kiao, bothsChinese. belonging to Honolulu.
ANNUAL I NCOMK
SHELDON—CUMMINGB—In thla city, Jan. 6, by the
T.000.000
CASH SURPLUS
Bey. H. H. Parker, Mr. Henry C. Sheldon, of Kohala, Hawaii, to Miaa Hannah Cummlngs, of Wailuku, Maul.
11. lI.UKKKI.II Si CO.,
Beuiko—Di Jbbub.—lnthis city, January9, Mr. John
General Agents.
Biuimq to Miss Maria dx Jxsos.
Jabcia—Kilawaa.—ln this city, January 24, by Bey.
C. O. BBRQER,
8. C. Damon, Thomas Jabcia, of Waianae, to Kilawaa,
of Honoullull.
Special Agent for Ihe Hawaiian Islands.
THE ONLY COMPANY
1880.
13
THE FRIEND, FEBRUARY,
DIED.
:
.
:
Annual Report of the Executive Committee.
Whatever ohangee have passed over tbe world
daring the last quarter, tbe Honolulu Sailor's Home,
has continued onward in its career of usefulness.
Its doors have always been open and accomodations
always provided for those for whom it wss built and
others who concluded to avail themselves of its privileges. Many thousands of seamen aod others have
here found a quiet temporary resting place. Io reviewing the history of tbe Society, we notioe that
some of the original officers are living, while others
have passed away. Judge Allen, our Minister at
Washington, was the first President ; Judge Lee,
one of the Trustees : Judge Robertson another and
S. N Castle snother, while Capt. Babcock was one of
the Floating Committee. Mr Castle has been among
those of the Trustees during all tbe period of Ihe
society existence, and be is now our honored President, while the Seamen's Chaplain has always acted
as Chairman of the Executive Committee in preparing the Annual Report.
Tbe corner stone was laid by His Majesty Etmebemeha IVtb on Restoration Day, 81th of July, 1855.
We have always admired tbe address of His Majesty
on that oooasioo as peculiarly appropriate and we remember it wss written out io his own band writing,
when called for by tbe printer.
The laying of the corner atone of an edifice destined to
add to the welfareand happlneaa of Seamen is an occasion Interesting to every member of thla oommunity.
The hardships with which the Bailor contends,and the
dangera which be braves bring ua ease and aecwity. Had
he never steered hie ahipa Into our watera, Honolulu
might simply haveretained lta position aa a fishing village or become by thla time a deaerted beach. I hope the
day haa panned forany claaaof men to be valued only for
their strength, and adaptability to thepurposes of others.
The sailor, the miner, the seamstress, and even tbe slave,
for generations to come, will all have canae to bless the
Nineteenth Century. In ralalng thla Home, we endeavur
to act In accordance with the Spirit of the Age, by seeking to ameliorate the condition of a preponderating element of our foreign and a very conalderabla one of oar
native, population.
The moral wants of the aailor demand our care equally
with thoae that are phyalcel. The facilities offered to
him on ahora aa a reasonable and responsible being
should be multiform. In orderto counteract the dlaadvantages inseparable from a life at see. For hla own sake,
and tbat of every community he visits, he should ever be
found an orderlyand Intelligent member of society; Institutions of thla character will help to make him ao.
Entertaining theae feelings towards sailors, I did not
hesitate to assist in tbe ceremony of to-day, and I esteem
myself happy that my name la associated with this good
A ylett,—ln thin city, Jin. 9, ot malarial fever,Catherine Paukfilaui, wife of Jamea Aylett, aged I*6 years.
Howahd.-Died at Hllo, Hawaii, January 18, William
Howard, a Welahman by birth, having resided on Hawaii about three yearn. Our correspondent writes :" He
waa evidently a man of superior education and social advantages, but all that we can learn of his history Is that
for some reason he had left his family never to return to
them agatn. Ire died among ua a perfect atranger, and
there is not a scrap of writing or anything elseamonghla
effecta that gives us the slghtest clue to his home cr
friends In England. He looked like a personabout 36
years of age."
Chambeblain—ln thla city, Jan. 10th, at her residence,
Maui a P., widowof the late Levi Chamberlain, formerly
Secular Superintendent of the American Mission to these
Islands, aged 76 years, 10 months. Mra. C. waa a native
of Pequea, Lancaster county, Pa., andarrived at Honolulu in 1838. She was the laat survivor at these Islands of
the large company of whioh Messrs. Andrews, Judd,
Clark, Gullck, Green, their wives and others, were members. She had resided in this city about SI yean.
Coffin—lv thla city, Jan. 20th, Komelia Kaou, wife of
Mr. George Coffin, aged 61 years.
Bibd.—ln this city, Jsn.!Mth, Mr. Henbt C. limn.aged work.
64 years and 8 months. Deceased waaa native of Hitcbln,
The
Herts, England. (San Francisco papers please copy )
Society has always been peculiarly fortuatc
THE FRIEND, FEBRUARY,
14
.
in securing gocd sod reliable managers : Mr. sod
Mrs. thrum, 1866—1869 ; Capt. and Mrs. Oat,
1860—1868 ; Mr snd Mrs. Miller, 1864—1866 ;
Mrs. Crabb, 1866—1871 ; Mrs Whiteous, 1871—
1878 ; Mr. and Mrs. Duosootube. 1878
During the Isst tsu yesrs, ths Y. M. C. A. has
•■stained a Reading Room at Ihe Horns, which bss
been much frequeoted'aud never more than st tbe
present lime.
Although whaleship* have osassd to frequent this
port —only one oomiug Ibis year—jet merchant vessels hsve increased, snd vesstls of war coming oos»--sionallv as in former years. The necessity for sustaining suoh an institution remains as urgent as
ever. It forms a cent 4 place of resort for friends
of many good enterprises, including Bible and tract
distribution. So manifest has been Ihe usefulness
of this institution that it bss never been allowed to
become encumbered with debt, and tbe community
has always most generously responded when appeals
base been mads for its support.
It should not be forgotten tbsl in the early dsys
of ths Home, representation of Government officers
among tha Trustees led to a thorough review and
remodeling of Hawaiian Laws relating to the proper treatment of seamen. Bonis years sgo, when
Ihe friends of seamen in Ibe United States desired
tbe enactment of new laws relating to seameu,
copies of our Laws and regulations were applied for,
and wben the newly framed laws were passed by the
United Slates Congress, it was manifest that hinls
at least were euggesiel by Hawaiian Laws and regulations ielating to seamen. No oandid observer can
possibly review ihe history of the Home for a quarter of a century and not acknowledge its great usefulness to seamen, strangers and others At the
present time all our Consuls send their distressed
seamen thither wben they are not under medical
treatment at the Queen's Hospital. Many of the
boarders of line have been sent hy the planters'
sgenls ; hence to close its doors and suppress its
various agencies would be a serious loss to the com-
**
munity.
Sam'i. C. Damon
Chairman of
Ex
Com.
Letter from Miss Bird.
19, Coote's Crescent, Edinburgh,
Nov. 16th, 1879.
Dear Mr. Damon: I am in your debt
for the Friend, which I always read from
the first to the last word.
*
How I wish I was going to the never-tobe-forgotten Islnnds ! Now I must tell you
about your last letter. Strange to say, I
received the Friend [in Japan] with an account of the Amos in Yezo the day before I
left for a three weeks' tour among the Amos,
and consequently it interested me exceedingly, as did these truly pathetic aborigines.
I had previously become very well acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. Murray, and on returning to Tokiyo lost no time in speaking
to them about Mangero, and Mr. Murray
took a great deal of trouble to find him out,
and having done so, invited him to meet me
nt lunch. Mangero is quite an old-looking
and sad-looking man. His party is out of
power and himself out of employment, and
he lives on a plot of land at some distance
from Tokiyo. He brightened very much
when he heard of you, and especially when
r- gave him your photo and message. I
urged him to write to you, but he has nearly
forgotten English. Your thought of him
seemed to be quite a gleam of brightness in
his depressed condition, and I am very glad
that you gave me the message to him.
Others I saw who spoke of you. I spent
ten days with the Hepburns, and Mrs Hepburn said that her day in Honolulu was the
fullest and most exciting she ever spent.
1 was for a fortnight with the Gulicks, and
*
*
there 1 almost forgot that I was not on Hawaii. Mrs. Gulick, senior, was very frail,
but "the inner man" seemed " renewed
day by day,"and the influence of her piety
seems very sweetly felt by all. I saw much
of the missionary circle there and at Kiyoto, and was very much interested in the
hopeful work which your countrymen and
women are doing there, which contrasts
..strongly with much of unsuccessful though
earnest effort in other parts of Japan.
I
liked Mrs. Orimel Gulick very much. She
has the good qualities which I admired so
much in her sisters. She is much esteemed
and looked up to, as she deserves to be. I
spent seven months in Japan, and traveled
very considerably in the northern interior
and among the aborigines in Yezo. It grew
gradually upon me, and is a deeply interest-
1880.
Letter from Major Webb.
Papeetee, Tahiti, Not. 9, 1879.
Mv Dear Mr. Damon : I write to let
you know of my arrival here. I had
a
very
rapid and pleasant voyage from San Francisco in a smart little schooner called the
Greyhound. We left on the Ist October
and arrived at Tahiti on the 29th. We had
good winds all the way, except at the Line,
where we passed through the calm regions
found there. I have taken a small house
here, and will probably remain some time
on this island. It is very beautiful and
richly wooded, and reminds me of the Sandwich Islands. The people are exactly of the
kind, open-hearted race, and very hossame
but it did not steal my heart!
ing
Then I went for three weeks to Canton and pitable. lam told that they often support
Honkong, and was delighted with the for- white men when they are no longer able to
mer.
Thence to Singapore, where the work. 1 presented the letter of introduction
Straits Settlements Government gave me
you kindly gave me to Mr. Green, and was
the opportunity of visiting the Malay Peninsula as its guest, and I went first to Mal- very kindly received by him. Yesterday
acca and then to the native states of Sun- being Sunday, I attended his church, and
gei, Ujong, Salongor and Perak ; then for after service witnessed the baptism of a
three weeks to Ceylon, with which 1 was Chinaman who was then
publicly admitted
greatly disappointed ; and thence to Suez,
the
into
Christian
Church.
Next week 1
from whence I made a solitary pilgrimage to
Sinai, and carried out the earliest wish of intend making a tour round the island, and
my childhood. The great drawback all the when I return going over to another one
time was my very bad health and the suffer- which is a few miles distant. After that
ing in my spine caused by riding, and at
stay here will be near its end. Some
Cairo I took typhoid fever, from which I my
ago there was a lady here, a Miss
time
have been slowly recovering ever since. I
Gordon
Cumming, a sister of a man who
sister
joined
my
returned home in June. 1
at once, and have lived five months in a was well known in England as a great hunlittle cottage which we have in the Heb- ter of lions in Africa. She explored well
ridean island of Mull, on the wooded edge
island and the one in its neighborhood,
of the moorland above the sea. 1 have been this
and am much occupied with literary work, and made a number of paintings of the most
as you will see by the enclosed. My Japan striking spots. 1 purchased a number of
book will be a very corpulent volume, and photographs of her pictures, which are very
will probably not be out till February. The striking indeed. Judging from them, her
Rocky Mountains have been out for a week, pictures must be very fine. After she left
and the edition is nearly disposed of. * *
it was her intention to go on to the SandI suppose that each year is altering the wich Islands. A great artist has plenty of
Islands by bringing strangers and foreign scope to exercise his talent both here and in
your Islands. A fine painting of Kilauea
capital and labor to your shores.
Believe me yours very sincerely,
would be very valuable. There is nothing
of that kind here; nevertheless, this place
Isabella
Bird.
L.
'
is well worthy of a visit The extensive
palm groves by the sea are very fine. EveryThe Voice of Weeping.
where vegetation abounds right up to the
I hear the voice of weeping
top of the hills. What stiuok me most of
O'er one whosesoul has lied.
all on first arriving were the wonderful fish
Whose relics now are sleeping
Among the silent fiend.
you see swimming about everywhere. There
Each heart with grief is breaking,
is one in particular called the coral fish, of
And eyes with sorrow flow.
the most beautiful blue you can see, a very
E'en strangers are partaking
dark sky-blue. Sometimes it is of a fine
The sympathy of woe.
green tint. Besides this fish, you see others
knew
But yesterday we
her.
of
a variety of most brilliant colors, many of
Lovely In youthful bloom ;
them striped and spotted with various hues.
To-day we're called to viewher,
This -island seems to be almost entirely
A tenant of the tomb.
Her life was bat a vapor,
wanting in birds and animals, but is very
A tender, fading flower,
in fish. Among the latter is one which
rich
A trembling, dying taper,
is
very
dangerous. It has a sharp fin on its
Extinguished in an hour,
•
back, and if in bathing you accidentally
I hear the voice of weeping,
tread on it, this fin runs into your foot, and
And there Is cauae to mourn
you die of lockjaw. This creature generalsleeping
death
She that in
la
ly lies concealed in mud, so you have to be
Will ne'er to us return.
No more shall we behold her
very careful in going into the water when
Till time forever dies,
bathing.
Our arms no more enfold her
I remain, very sincerely yours.
Till all the dead arise.
G.T. Webb.
Thomas Uabtimos.
New fork City, Dec. 1863.
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Places of Worship.
APVERTISgMBWTS.
Seamen's Betuel—Rev. 8. C. Damon, Chaplain,
the Sailors' Home. Preaching
Kinn street, near free.
Sabbath School before tbe
at 11 a. M. Seats
morning service. Prayer meeting on Wednesday
evenings at 74 o'clock.
Fort Street (Jhcbch—Rev. W. Fresr, Pastor,
corner of Fort and Beretania streets. Preaching
on Sundays at 11 A.v. and 74 r. M. Sabbath
School at 10 a. M.
Kawaiaiiao Church—Rev. H. H. Parker. Pastor,
King street, above tbe Palace. Services in Hawaiian every Sunday hi 11a. M. Sabbath school
at 10 a. M. Evening services at 74 o'clock, alternating witb Kaumakapili. District meetings in
various chapels at 3.30 P. M. Prayer meeting
every Wednesday at 74 P. m.
Roman Catholic Church—Under the charge of
Rt. Key. Bishop Maifiret. agisted by Rev. Falber
Hermann ; Fort street, near Beretania. Services
every Sunday at 10 a. m. and 2 P. M.
Kaumakapii.i Church—Rev. M. Knaea. Pastor,
Beretania street, near Niiiiauu. Services in Hawaiian every Sunday at 104 1. M. Sabbath school
at 94 a. M. Evening services at 74 o'clock, alternating with Kawniuhao. Prayer meeting every
Wednesday at 74 r. M.
The Anglican Church—Bishop, tbe Rt. Rev. Alfred Willis. D. D.; Clergy. Rev. Rob't Dunn, M. A.,
Rev. Alex. Mackintosh. St. Andrew's Temporary
Cathedral, Heretania street, opposite the Hotel.
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Pure religion and undejiled before God, the Father, is this:
To visit thefatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspottedfrom the world.
THIS PAOE 18
Edited by a Committee of tjwY._M._C._4.
The Y. M. C. A. meet the third Thursday of every month, at the Lyceum, for
business and discussion.
The topic for discussion at the January
meeting is, " What should be done for the
poor of our city?"
All interested in Y. M. C. A. work are
cordially invited to attend.
List or Osricsas
asd
Stasdiko Comkittbbs
ot ths
Y.M. 0. A.
President, W. R. Castle ; Vice President, Dr. J. M. Whitney ; Secretary, W. A. Kinney | Treasurer, C. A. Peterson.
Beading Room Committee—E. Dunacombe
Editor—Wm. A. Kinney, Editor of Ibe Bth page of Tits
Fbibkd for thla quarter.
Chinese Mission Committee—Rev. 8. C. Damon, H. Waterhouse, J. B. Atherton. Bey. C. M. Hyde.
Kntertslnment Committee—Wm 6. Smith, T. H. Davies.
Employment Committee—B. B. Dole, E. Dunacombe, B. P.
Dillingham.
Commutes to visit the Iloaplial and Priaon—o. U. Lees,
E. Demp.le, **. W. Hall, Dr. 0. M. Hyde.
Committee of Early Meeting at Fort St. Church—Dr. J. M.
Whitney, Q. 0. Lees.
The Y. M. C. A., at its last meeting, voted that a letter of appointment be handed to
Dr. Damon, authorizing him to represent
our Association on his intended trip abroad.
The Doctor thinks that the Associations will
look on him as quite an aged young man !
Betting.—The
sentiments of the P. C.
Advertiser upon this subject should be endorsed by every Christian and moral man in
the community. Betting is a vice, and
should be treated as such. Henry Ward
Beecher speaks of this subject somewhat as
follows: "To every young man who indulges in the least form of gambling, I raise
a warning cry. Under the specious name
of amusement you are laying the foundations of gambling* It vitiates the imagination, corrupts the tastes and destroys industry, being a practice disallowed among
Christians, excluded by mere moralists, and
hateful to industrious and thriving men."
Music.—No man can of himself overcome
his propensity to evil. That power must
come from outside influences, one of the
purest of which is music. Unlike most
earthly influences, music itself speaks only
for good. From the same mouth come
blessings and cursings, but the good God
seems to have made music so that man
could by no possibility wring evil from it.
A spirit of darkness could not make an
organ express his evil thoughts for him,
while the purest heart and gentlest tongue
are often the instruments of evil. These
influences are designed by our Maker to
lure us to good, and no young man has such
innate power that he may slight them. Cultivate music, good society and those other
earthly stepping stones to an honest life
which, though not Christianity, are yet its
offspring.
The Angel of Patience.
[Translated from the German.]
A talentangel noiseless flies
From Heaven's high firmament;
To soothe all sorrowing hearts he hies,
By aod theFather sent.
His glance on all doth peace bestow.
And graceand innocence—
His presence dries the tears of woe—
The Angel of Patience.
And us this angel safely leads
Through all our griefs and cares,
While with our hearts he gently pleads,
And us for Heaven prepares.
Wben we are fainting, in despair,
He doth our fears dispel,
Helps us our hesvy cross to bear,
And makes, again, all well.
To gentle sorrow he converts
The most soul-piercing smart,
And humbles what fslse pride perverts,
Ibe erring human heart.
He makes for us the darkest hour
Again with brightness glow,
And sweetensall misfortunes sour,
Effectually, if slow.
With ours he mingles his own tears,
And all our bruises heals ;
He soothes our griefs and calms our fears,
And Heaven to us reveals.
And if, by cruel sufferings drove,
We, murmuring, ask, ■ Oh, why
Then with a smile he points above*"
To him who rules the sky.
He cannot, all at once, prepare
To wipe awsy each tear ;
His constant motto is, " Still bear 1
The place of rest is near 1"
Thus by onr aide this angel walks,
His silentaid to lend—
And, thoughhe very little talks,
He is our truest friend.
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ChYMrisoetuann'gHAocf onolulu.
filled the Anglo-Saxon with alarm, and the
Pacific Slope echoes with the cry, " The
Chinese must go.//
Somewhat different is this arbitrary language from the popular theories of the same
people one hundred and fifty years ago,
when flooding the new world to the exclusion of the natives. Such doctrines as, no
people had a right to exclude from their territory those better able to improve the same,
were very popular among Anglo-Saxons of
that day, but it will not do for the Mongolian
of to-day—in struggling peaceably to hold
his ground—to re-hearse the cunning arguments with which the Anglo-Saxon silenced
his complaints and those of his American
cousin when he was the interloper—for, you
see, the boot is on the other ley.
What result will follow Chinese emigration and China's intercourse with the outside world, Providence alone knows. Meanwhile, if the Anglo-Saxon intends to maintain his high standing as a fitting member of
the most civilized and Christianized race on
earth, he must nccord to one and all the
rights he claims for himself.
—
Something New.
That the Chinese
should bring their wives is an argument we
hear every day, but we never heard it argued that it was just what they should not
do until the other day. The reason given
was tbat they would then become immov"The daring genius of Columbus, that ably rooted here, while otherwise they could
pierced the night of ages, while it opened to be worked and the most ofthem shipped off
one world tbe sources of power, wealth and when done with!
knowledge, brought to another alf unutterNational Hospitality.—The Hawaiians
able woe."
have
ever been known as a hospitable people,
It has seemed to be a law of nature that
a pleasing evidence of which was shown in
the darker races of the earth must pass away their reception of the South Sea Islanders
before the Caucasian. The disappearance lately come
among them. " Aloha" should
of the vast tribes of North American In- be wrought upon the national coat of arms,
dians, the fate of that countless rsce once as it is now in the hearts of the people.
found upon the plateaus of Central America,
and the wasting of the natives of the Pacific
Late Y. M. C. A Clippings.
—all are witnesses for that law.
The members of the Vermont Legislature,
The Anglo-Saxon has passed over Amer- it is stated, hold a prayer-meeting every
ica and occupied the islands of the sea, and morning in the Agricultural Committee
thus far everything has succumbed or.per- room. The meetings are well attended and
very interesting.
ished.
Cincinnati.—The thirty-first anniversary
But now the Mongolian of the old world
recently held was addressed by Rev. S. H.
has commenced a march Eastward, meeting Kinsolving and Rev. E. D. Morris. The
the Anglo-Saxon with weapons that have Association expended $3,634 in their work
thus far secured him the advantage—indus- last year.
try, enterprise and shrewdness.
Boston —The Association has evening
The Anglo-Saxon submerged but a docile, classes in French, freehand drawing,
bookignorant people, while the pagan Chinese keeping, elocution, vocal music and penmanare thriving in contact with the most enAn entertainment of some kind is
lightened race upon the earth. Not waiting ship.
given in their rooms every Thursday evento meet the foreigner upon their own soil,
they have poured out upon the Pacific ingPhiladelphia.—Last month the Associathousands of their countrymen—an earnest
tion
held 67 meetings with a total attendthe
vast
reserve—who
successof
compete
fully with the foreigner upon his own soil, ance of 8.860; 2.350 visited the gymnasin his own arts, ignorant ofhis language and ium ; 6,021 the reading room and library;
empty of all resources save his own inherent 247 new members joined the Association ;
94 situations were obtained through the
powers.
Already China's reconnoitring party has employment bureau.
.
THE
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Intended Departure of theEditor
Ramblea in the Old World—No. 37
Editor's Table— 44Aloha" and other Books
Editorial
Marine Journal
Twenty-fifth Annual Report of H. 8. Home
Letter from Mlaa Bird
Letter from Major Webb
Y. M.C.A
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THE FRIEND.
FEBRUARY S. 1880.
"Rev. Dr. Damon is planning to take the
February steamer for a trip to the States,
and to Europe. Mrs. Damon will accompany him, both needing the rest and recuperation such a tour usually affords."
We clip the above from the Gazette, and
would add, that, during our absence, of a
few months, we hope to gratify a life-long
desire, to spend a few days in London during the " May-Meetings." The B. and F.
Bible Society, London Missionary Society,
Church Missionary Society, Religious Tract
Society, and other simitar associations, are
world-wide in tbeir influence, and it is our
desire to take a near view of these agencies,
so potent and evangelistic for good.
In making our preparations for leaving it
is pleasant to be cheered forward, by the
hearty congratulations of neighbors, friends
and parishioners, including our sea-faring
friends,all adding, "We are glad you are going." We are now entering upon our
fortieth year of service, under the auspices
of the American Seamen's Friend Society,
a trip abroad, is " now or never." We
can truly say, our labors were never more
We shall
interesting and encouraging.
hope to return refreshed and rejuvinated.
We leave the supply of the pulpit with our
Charch, and from the able preachers residing in Honolulu, and others, we doubt not,
the Bethel Congregation will alwnya be well
supplied. Mr. Dunscombe will continue his
Colporteur work among seamen.
The Friend frill appear as usual. All
letters relating to subscriptions or communications may be sent to " The Friend," P.
O. box 166, and will receive attention.
Shepherd of Lanai.
The last Hawaiian Legislature appointed
Mr. Gibson to prepare a report upon the
hygiene of the native population. We are
glad to know that he has been most diligently laboring to write something which will
prove truly valuable. In a note lately received, we met with the following significant and suggestive paragraph;
been studying the first and most
" 1 havewriter
eminent
on sanitary instructions
known to us,—and that is Moses. He, or
the Spirit in him, show to us that the great
Roman maxim, " Salus populi suprema est
lex." was well considered and acted upon in
Egypt and Palestine ages before Romulus
built his wall."
As the Jewish Lawgiver left his flocks in
Midian to conduct his countrymen from
Egypt to the Promised Land, so we trust
the Shepherd of Lanai, without leaving his
flocks, may conduct Hawaiians, afflicted
with Egyptian diseases, to the promised
land of health, prosperity and perpetuity.
Rev. Francis H. Robinson.
It was with much pleasure that we were
permitted to welcome this young clergyman
and his wife on their way to Wailuku,
where he is to take charge of the Foreign
Church. It affords us additional pleasure
to receive a note from Rev. Mr. Alexander,
from which we copy as follows :
" I had the pleasure of hearing" him preach
last Sunday. I think he is the right man in
the right place. We are all much pleased
with him and his wife. We had a social
gathering in the Government Union storehouse last evening to welcome them. A
large number attended, and I hope we shall
now get better acquainted with each other
and love each other more."
Words fail to express the satisfaction we
feel in witnessing the various foreign island
communities gathering and crystalizing
around those called to preach the everlasting Gospel. Now is the golden opportunity
for earnest Christian work on the part of
During our absence, our address private Christians as well as Gospel minis-
will be 80 Wall Street, New York City.
ters.
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RAMBLES IN THE OLD WORLD- No. 37
Autumn Days Is the Netherlands—No. 2.
Brussels, Belgium, September, 1879.
I have arrived thus far in safety in my
journey through the Netherlands and Belgium. It Is almost superfluous for me to
say that it is proving in all respects, and in
the highest degree, a journey delightful,
beneficial and instructive. 1 have been
favored with the most beautiful of golden
September days, the most charming of
autumn weather: My study and reading
and intense anticipation for weeks and
months past, in reference to and of Holland
and Belgium, are now in a remarkable degree enabling me to appreciate the opportunities which are afforded me here. It is a
grand and glorious historical, artistic and
poetic feast for me, and will be to me for
life of immense importance. Let me sketch
briefly in outline my journey thus far—and
it must be only in outline, for my time is
limited for writing, and 1 hope for weeks to
come to send you all the details and sidecoloring after I am once more back in Berlin. On Monday, September lat, I left
Nordeney, which never seemed more beautiful than in the early morning aunahine as I
said " Good bye " Once more in Emden,
and then by train
to Groningen, where I
passed the night, and which was my. first
Dutch city. Then next morning on to
Harlingen; then a charming day on tbe
steamer crossing the Zttider Zee to Amsterdam. In Amsterdam I spent two or three
days; then one day in Utrecht. By train
to Hilder, to see the grand dykes of North
Holland, defence against the North Sea. A
visit to the historic.and picturesque towns of
Aikmaar and Zandaam, then to Harlem—
charming, sweetly clean, brave old Harlem
—and then to the Hague snd Leiden,
so famous from its memorable siege and
Motley's descriptions. On every side were
Dutch pictures in landscape, dress face, etc.
The picturesque -little town of Delft I also
visited. Here William tbe Silent was assassins ted. I stood on tbe very spot where
the great man fell. How his very presence
still seems to remain in this drowsy little
city with its tree-fringed canals From
I went to Rotterdam—busy, quaint
Rotterdam. Hew Erasmus, the wise, the
scholarly, the elegant, was bom. From
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THK FRIEND, FEBRUARY.
Rotterdam my route turned to Antwerp,
passing through Dordrecht. Here I said
good bye to Holland, and shortly afterwards
entered the Kingdom of Belgium. Antwerp, with its glorious Cathedral, its splendid gallery,' its splendid memories of Rubens
and a host of other artists. 1 can speak of
only with unbounded enthusiasm. My visit
there was a banquet. From Antwerp to
Ghent, are we not indeed on classic ground?
Then through Bruges and Ostend the great
watering-place, to Brussels.
1 am finding my anticipations fully realized, and that is saying much. lam seeing
the originals of hundrds of noble paintings
is the very land which saw their birth, and
amid associations and scenes of which they
are to so large a degree the expression.
Rembrandt has fascinated me indescribably
here in Holland, and in Belgium Rubens is
waiting to give me welcome. Art-taste is,
I am convinced, a plant of slow growth, but
when its roots have found a place in one's
heart and fancy, its progress is sure.
I am seeing daily, towns with their treeshadowed canals and quaint old houses and
noble churches ; charming Dutch inter" with
iors," exquisitely neat, and beautiful
family lite, open to me on every side ; the
sweet, mellow chimes of the bells go with
me all along the way ; my road lies through
wide-spreading meadows, where the sleek
and mild-eyed cattle feed, the pride of the
Dutch farmer.
It has been a constant source of pleasure
to me in the midst of my rambles to think
that I might be permitted to share with
others the impressions which these profoundly interesting and delightfully historic and
picturesque countries m >ke upon the traveler
who is permitted to tread their truly classic
soil. So deeply, so intensely has the "spirit"
of these lands affected me,- so eloquently
have the thousand historic monuments
which guided my wanderings proclaimed
thier story ; on such rare and gloriously
beautiful creations of laureled artists have I
been permitted to gaze, that I should seem to
myself to be doing violence to a thousand
precious memories if I attempted to recall
them hastily in the few moments afforded
me for writing. It were better if there were
more reverence in travel and in its recital
than one meets with in our day. Every
traveller who regards the opportunity afforded of visiting lands hoary with age and
tradition in a certain sense as a sacred
privilege, finds his experience nobly expressed in that thoughtful sonnet of the poet
Wordsworth on Bruges:
The spirit of antiquity—enshrined
In sumptuous buildings,—vocal is sweet song,
In picture, speaking; wilh heroic tongae.
And witb devout solemnities entwined—
Strikes to tbe seat of grace within tbe mind.
THK FETES OF SEPTEMBER IN BRUSSELS.
Allow me to give, in a few words, a
glimpse at tbe folk-life of Brussels, leaving
our excursion into the domain of the past
until another time—a time of more leisure
than the present—asking your kindly charity for these unavoidably nasty lines.
All Belginm may be said to be looking
forward to September, 18S0, with especial
anticipation. At this time will be celebrated
the fiftieth anniversary of the independence
of Belgium, which dates from the September
Revolution of 1830. As you are aware, this
resulted in the separation of Belgium from
Holland. In l>3l. Leopold of Saxony-Coburg was called to the throne, which is now
occupied by his son Leopold 11. During the
years of peace which have since followed,
the country has In many respects made
astonishing progress. The great national
anniversary has been that of the last daya of
September, every recurring year celebrated
with the greatest enthusiasm by the people
all over the land, and with especial brilliancy, of course, in the capital, Brussels. All
the artistic talent and ingenuity of Belgium,
which is by no means slight, will be brought
into service during the coming year to render the Fetes as splendidly impressive as
possible, and all Europe will watch with interest this imposing pageant of national festivity. Hence, to visit Brussels in September, 1879, might seem like coming a year
too soon, for the forty-ninth celebration
might naturally be expected to be as dull as
the fiftieth would be brilliant. Still, I think
a Fete in Brussels could scarcely ever be
dull, the whole atmosphere of the city is too
enlivening. And 1 must confess the series
of festivities from the 23d to the 27th were
exceedingly interesting.
Brussels, you know, is generally regarded
as a smaller edition of Paris. And certainly
there is very much here to remind one of
the brilliant French capital; and yet the
city and its life has a decided character of
its own, as indeed has the vvhoje country,
where, as some one has remarked, the " two
elements, Latin and German, are to be met
with, so happily united." Brussels is
charming, and I do not wonder that it has
become so favorite a resort of the English
who take up their residence on the Continent. As one meets with two peoples and
two languages here at every turn, the Flemish and the French, so the city itself has a
double character. There is the old Brussels,
with its narrow streets, its historic memories, its medieval architecture; there is the
new city, with its superb avenues and treeplanted boulevards, its glittering shops, its
magnificent public buildings and parks. The
Past and the Present unite in singular harmony.
REQUIEM SERVICE IN THE CATHEDRAL.
1880.
center of the Cathedral, which was
heavily
draped with black and silver, rose a stately
cenotaph with mourning pall. It was an
impressive scene. The grey light of the
morning came sadly through the ancient
windows, whose colors have been deepened
and mellowed by the changing seasons of
centuries; the solemn music flooded the
long aisles and lost itself amid the lofty
Gothic arches ; hundreds of officials in their
robes of office, bands of soldiers in uniform,
officers and diplomats in glittering costume,
lighted the shadows formed by the heavy
mourning draperies ; the intoned liturgy of
the large company of the officiating priests
rose with the clouds of incense above the
altar. The Cathedral and its surrounding
squares were filled by a vast throng of sightseers. After the service, which terminated
about noon, the companies of soldiery
formed in procession and marched through
the crowded streets to the Place dcs Mar-
tyrs, in which is a monument erected to the
fallen braves, and there deposited wreaths
and garlands of immortelles.
VARIOUS FESTIVITIES.
It would indeed be quite impossible to
give anything like a detailed description of
the many and varied entertainments which
marked the week. There were free performances at different theatres, in Flemish and
French, to which the people flocked in vast
crowds. On one of the long canals near the
city a brilliant regatta look place, at which
the King and Queen of the Belgians were
present. Athletic games and various sports
attracted the people to different parts of the
city. Bands of music and various processions passed and repassed through the
streets and boulevards. The houses and
public squares were hung with the tricolor
of Belgium—red, yellow and black. A
great national concert was given, where only
the compositions of Belgian musicians were
performed. For a few days a general spirit
of merry-making prevailed, which even the
contentions which seem ever to be waged
between the Romish clergy and the Liberals
could not mar. Among the various celebrations, nothing was more interesting than the
ceremony attending the distribution of rewards and honors to those who during the
past year have rendered their names especially illustrious by reason of acts of courage, devotion and humanity. The ceremony
was most impressive. The King and Queen
and the highest dignitaries of State were
present. The vast hall was filled to overflowing by an enthusiastic throng, who welcomed the heroes of the day with tumultuous applause. The list of noble deeds and
acts of heroism here brought to the notice of
the public was one which did honor to our
humanity, and as one after another advanced
to receive the little cross or order which
testified to his bravery, one could not but
feel moved by a hearty enthusiasm. The
list was a long one, and the recipients were
of every rank and age. One or two little
children had distinguished themselves by
some especial act of courage. The simple
recital of the events brings a thrill to everyone—rescue of sufferers from conflagrations;
noble facing of smoke and flames for those
in danger; prevention of accidents to crowd-
The celebrations attracted visitors from all
parts of the country. Though I arrived a
day or two before their commencement, it
was with difficulty that I succeeded in getting a room in one of the hotels. In ISSO
a late comer will fare but poorly. The
opening ceremony was the celebration of a
requiem service in the Cathedral of St.
Michel and St. Gudule, an imposing Gothic
structure with a stalely facade, rising from
one of the heights above tbe city. There
was something peculiarly touching and appropriate in the service. Before the living
entered upon the enjoyment of their festivities, every heart turned in grateful love and
memory to those who helped to lay the
foundations of the national independence,
but who never lived to enjoy the frnits of
their labors—those who died bravely fighting
for the Fatherland. The service consisted
in the celebration of a Mass and in the rendering by the choir of a beautiful Requiem,
written expressly for the occasion. In the ed railway trains ; rescue of ships in danger
1880.
1
THE FRIEND, FEBRUARY,
in storm and darkness ; saving of lives from
drowning. Such scenes as this which lam
describing lift us into the highest spheres of
love and sympathy. The race has not degenerated. Every day's record of the calamities and dangers which surround us
show what possibilities of heroism there are
still in the world.
The Royal Society of Science and the
Fine Arts held on one of the closing days a
most interesting session, when various prizes
were distributed. These few facts may
perhaps give you something of an idea of
the great variety of the interesting entertainments afforded the visitor during those days.
BEFORE THE HOTEL DE VILLE.
The public Place of the city plays an
important part in history in all lands of
Western and Southern Europe. It is the
point where so many of the great festivities
and the tragedies, the joys and sorrows of
the people, have had their theatre. You
strike hfre at the heart, it may be scarred
and seared, but still the heart of History.
The 44 Place" in which the stately Hotel dc
Ville of Brussels is placed is one of the most
interesting, if in some respects one of the
saddest, spots in the old world. I am tempted here to quote a few words from a brilliant
pHge of Motley's "Dutch Republic," which
paints with one or two rapid strokes the
Place and its memories. It is at the point
where he speaks of the fate of Count Egmont nnd Count Horn, who fell victims to
Spanish tyranny :
44 The great square of Brussels had always a
striking and theatrical aspect. Its architectural
effects, suggesting in some degree the meretricious
union between Oriental and a corrupt Grecian
art, accomplished in tbe niediwvaUnidnight, have
nniiizcd the eyes of many generations. The
splendid Hotel dc Ville, with its daring spire and
elaborate front, ornamented one side of the place;
directly opposite was the graceful but incoherent
fitcade of the Brood Huia, now the last earthly
resting-place of the two distinguished victims,
while grouped around these buildings rose the
fantastic palaces of the Archers, Mariners and
other guilds, with their festooned walls and toppling gables, bedizened prolusely with emblems,
statues and quaint decorations. The place had
been alike the scene of many a brilliant tournament and of man j a bloody execution. Gallant
knights had oontended within ita precincts, while
bright eyes rained influence from all those picturesque balconies and decorated windows. Martyrs to religious and to political liberty had upon
the same spot endured agonies which might have
roused every stone of its pavement to mutiny or
softened them to pity. Here Egmont himself, in
happier days, had often borne away the priao of
skill or of valor, the cynosure of every eye ; and
hence, almost in the noon ola lite illustrated by
many brilliant actions, he was to be sent by the
band of tyranny to bis great account."
It was in this historic square that some of
the most interesting ceremonies of the Festival week of this year took place. On the
second morning of the Fetes the square was
filled with hundreds of spectators to witness
the ceremony of the distribution of prizes to
the various " Societies and Companies of
Sports' of the city. This seems to be a
remnant of some ancient custom of more
picturesque days. In the centre of the
square rose a pavilion gayly decorated, for
the judges and distributors. The morning
was gay with the stirring music of different
bunds. Tbe day was charming and the
scene most bright and animated. First
"
"
came the Royal Society of St. Sebastian,
ancient and historic company of Archers,
bearing the insignia of their order. Then,
in long line, one company after the other
devoted to the practice of some especial
game or exercise. Their banners and standards, of every hue and color, heavy with
gold, fluttering in the wind, brought to mind
the long-vanished days when the knights of
the land with their followers rode to tourney on ihe Place. After they had taken
their stand, the prizes were distributed and
the great throng dispersed. In the evening
of the same day there was a grand military
concert given on the square. It was a striking scene. Brilliant lines and festoons of
gas jets and colored lanterns lighted the
great Place as if with sunshine. The grand
Uothic facade and graceful mounting spire
of the Hotel dc Ville seemed transfigured in
the blaze of light. The square was one
wave of upturned faces, over which strains
of music floated in great flooding waves of
melody. While above all this picture, so
brilliant, its coloring deepened by the shadows of the evening and framed by the
solemn towering walls of the ancient buildings forming the square, appeared the silver
moon in the glorious bending arch of the
night. For the moment it seemed as if
another throng filled the air—as if the spirits of other ages were looking down upon
this holiday spectacle. And the vision of
the martyred dead and of the gay companies
what 1880 may have in store for the good
people of Brussels and Belgium.
F. Williams Damon.
Hawniian Legation, Berlin.
P. S.—We are in the midst of Christmas
week, that great festival season for Germany, snd I write enveloped by the perfume
and fragrance of Christmas greens. I have
this year been especially struck by the
universal celebration of this anniversary.
Here it is a festival of joy, which levels all
differences of creed, of nationality, of employment ; rich and poor, the high and low,
Jew and Gentile, have in their way participated in it. It is probable that the majority
have passed over the real meaning and significance of the season.
This may be so,
but I would see in this universality of participation a suggestion of that glorious faith
which He revealed to us whose birthday we
now celebrate. The Song of the Angels,
that grandest of Christmas carols, was sung
for no particular race or time. It was for all
time, lor every race. How grandly the
music swells as the years roll on ! Each
Christmas should be to us a higher vantsge
ground. Our age calls for " More light,
more light!" Strange, when the Divine
sunlight floods the onward way. And yet
perhaps not so strange when we think how
loath we are to look unto the source of all
light. 1 saw recently in Brussels a striking
picture. It was painted with grand, tremendous strokes. The immense canvas was
for the main part dusky and heavy with
who had once shone amid these serene
ancient precincts—heroes, priests, knights,
and armed soldiery—arose before me. Was shadows, immense sombre masses of darkit fancy, or the ghostly shadows of the pass- ness and cloud. But in the center rose a
cross, bearing the form of the Divine suffering clouds?
er, the Savior of Mankind. And now the
CONGRESSES.
No capital of Europe now feels that it has picture changed. From this central point,
done its annual duty unless it has entertain- golden, glorious beams of light shot out into
ed two or three congresses. And a most the darkness and enveloped with waves of
capital idea this is of bringing together men celestial light ihe scourged figures of slaves
of learning, of experience, of talent, from all at the foot of the cross It is this thornparts of the world, to deliberate upon some crowned and pierced Christ who is the Light
special subject. This is one of the best of the World. Let us look unto Him, and
products of our modern civilization. We our lives will be filled with the glory of this
have now congresses of all kinds—medical, great light. The old year is dying, and the
artistic, literary, scientific, archaeologic, re- new year comes. Life here is full of change,
ligious, and so on ad infinitum. Brussels but this Divine radiance shines undimmed,
is ptr excellence the city of congresses, and unchanging, the glory of the ages, the splenduring September two held their sittings dor of eternity. The Saviour is still the
here—that of the " Americanists" and that same, ready to comfort the mourning, to
of the different geographical societies of strengthen the tempted and tried, to bring
Europe. The first of these, whose especial home the wandering, to fill saddened hearts
mission appears to be to collect facts snd to with songs of rejoicing, to cleanse from
indulge in theories, some of which have a stains of sin, and to give freely all who ask
practical bearing, others the reverse, in the Divine pardon. 1 have that glorious
reference to the early inhabitants and text, " God so loved the world," in over two
peoples of America, to study its antiquities, hundred languages. When at a glance one
etc., had this year an especially brilliant sweeps such a horizon, his heart is full. I
session. Great eclat was imparted to the believe in the Brotherhood of the race. I
same by the presence of General Guzman would be glad to consecrate my life to findBlanco, the President of the Republic of ing some link to unite these now scattered
Venezuela, and other famous personages, races and to bringing more distinctly into
among them the distinguished Professor view those golden links which unite us to
Virchow, from the University of Berlin. the source of all life and speech. I have
This was followed by the Geographical lately found in Bunsen's Life some words
Congress, which lasted several days, and which should be made the key-note of all
whose deliberations cannot fail to be produc- philological study, " to trace God's firm path
tive of much good to the world at large, as through the stream of ages."
they were of an essentially practical nature.
By the wsy, one of the pleasantest familWith this closed the principal events of ies 1 have met in Be lin is that of Dr.
the month of September, and we who have George yon Bunsen, son of the Baron and
been permitted to take part in these varied Baroness yon B. The Bunsens are very
scenes, will feel an especial interest to see cultivated and refined. They have a beauii-
THE FRIEND, FEBRUARY.
12
ful horne —a villa just in the suburbs, with
fine grounds. The entrance hall is very
English like, witn a great open fireplace.
There is a large number of children in the
family —two daughters in society, and a son
of about twenty. Or. Bunsen is a man of
wide range of thought, sweeping the horizon
of the world of letters in something of the
magnificent way of his father, though he is
not the great man the Chevalier was. He is
a most admirable conversationalist, at home
on every topic, full of fire, of feeling, of
poetry. You would find themall charming.
December 28th.—A young navsl chaplain, Herr Goedel, who was in Honolulu in
tbe Leipzig about a year ago, has justtaken
his leave. He called on me last week, and
to-day he was my guest at dinner. It was
so very pleasant to talk with him about
home, and his memories of Honolulu are
most fresh and charming. He says that in
all his travels he has found no such delightful place as Honolulu, and he says this is
the unanimous feeling of all the officers. He
fairly brims over with gratitude for your
He is now preaching, and is
kindness
naval instructor.
I am hourly looking for Mr Carter, and
hoping, before sealing my envelope, to announce his arrival. 1 have had his rooms
at the hotel warmed for this evening. I
certainly hope he will be here before New
F. W. D.
Year's!
EDITOR'S TABLE.
"Aloha!" A Hawaiian Salutation. By
Geobge Leonard Chancy.
Boston :
Roberts Brothers. 1880.
Some years ago, when conversing with a
person about some new publication respecting Polynesia, be remarked in a querulous
tone, " What! Another book ! I should
think enough had been written and printed
already." Our reply was, " The reading
world has only just begun to read the books
which will be written about Polynesia."
Since then several books have appeared relating to Polynesia, and a good half-dozen
about the Hawaiian Islands, including Miss
Bird's, Mr. Fornander's, Mrs. Brasscy's,
Judge Caton's, and now comes to us, fresh
from Boston, with the imprint of " 1880 "
on the title page, another volume, entitled
Aloha," by the Rev. George Leonard
"Chancy,
late pastor of Hollis St. Church,
Boston. This tourist, accompanied by his
wife, visited our Islands 1875-76. The volume is dedicated to the Honorable and Mrs.
H. A. P. Carter, " without whose kind persuasion" the author would not have visited
the Islands.
Tbe author, we think, has been peculiarly
happy itj the selection of a title—" Aloha,"
44
Love to you." This, he aptly remarks,
commonest and sweetest word in
"theis the
Hawaiian tongue." Dr. Anderson, in
his book on the Islands, thus writes about
the same word : " Aloha is their characteristic word. If they have not words to ex-
press some of tho great ideas, they certainly
have a word expressive of the sweetest,
richest sentiments of the human heart—
Aloha. I never wearied with the repetition,
though I repeated it thousands of times."
Mr. Chancy has certainly written a very
pleasant, racy, readable and enjoyable volume. He appears to have quietly glided
around among all classes of our Island community, observing the various phases of
human life, and viewing the natural scenery
with the eye of an artist and naturalist.
Being a New Englander and Bostonian, he
is gratified to discover a strong infusion of
good old Puritan principles in the society of
the Islands, made up of so many nationalities. "Itis a curious and pleasant thing
to see how many of the best characteristics
of the Anglo-American race havebeen transplanted and domesticated in this far-away
Kingdom. If the good old type should die
out of Mew England, 1 believe that it would
be found surviving in the descendants of the
best sett era of the Hawaiian Islands."
He takes a hopeful view of the Chinese
element, although his keen forecast of the
future gently crops out when he remarks,
44
Take care, O King, that the lean kine do
not eat up the fat ones."
We regret that our limits will not allow
us to copy many a bright, hopeful and
sparkling paiagraph falling uuder our notice
in glancing over this volume. We have not
met with a single carping or ill-natured remark in one of its 299 pages. We attribute
tbis in part to the fact that he took the word
Aloha for his key-note. The writer appears
to have found the Islands a restful place.
We think this has also been true of other
visitors who have escaped for a brief season
from professional duty in the court-room and
the pulpit. Mr. Dana, Judge Caton, Dr.
Anderson, Dr. Clark, Dr. Stone, Dr. Chancy
and others have expressed the idea that they
found the Islands a restful spot.
We can most cordially commend this
volume to the reading public, and are confident our booksellers will find a constant
sale for years to come. Mr. Chancy compliments Miss Bird most gracefully in his
introduction : " Miss I. L. Bird has written
a charming book of travel in the Hawaiian
Archipelago. If I can give.my readers half
tbe pleasure she has given me, I shall be
satisfied." We think he may be satisfied.
Miscellanies. By John Dean Caton,
LL. D. Boston i Riverside Press. 1880.
We would acknowledge a copy of tbis
book by Judge Caton. It contains much
most valuable information relating to Law,
The
History, Science and Literature
not
to
his
has
been
devoted
only
proJudge
fession, but has stepped aside, and like other
1880;
wise men, from Solomon down, has been
one that " intermeddled with all wisdom."
The habits of the American deer and the
antelope have been his special study. When
he visits foreign conntries he studies up
everything relating to those lands—c. g.,
the Hawaiian Islands and Cuba. Now he
is upon a visit to Japan, and we may erelong expect interesting Papers" relating
to those islands. He was en route thither,
through San Francisco, when he most kindly forwarded this volume, which we have
perused with interest About sixty pages of
this volume relate to the Hawaiian Islands,
some parts of the same having been published in our Island papers.
*
Victorian Review. Vol. I. No. I.
This is a publication coming to us from
Melbourne, Victoria, and takes us somewhat
by surprise. It is a large and beautifully
printed Quarterly, with a corps of contributors worthy of a first-class Review of England or America. Our limits will not allow
us to pru.t all we should be pleased to say
in the way of high commendation. It con-
tains eleven articles, on various topics, and
having read several, we can recommend the
Review as first-class One article, entitled,
" Will?" theis Anglo-Australian Race Degenerate
most suggestive.
The wriier
views the nations of the earth from a geological standpoint. Thus writing, he remarks, "We must be prepared for an inevitable degeneration of the Anglo-Australian
stock." We regret we cannot reproduce the
whole article, and also another, " A
Coming Citizen of the World,"—viz., Chinese.
Through Whitney & Robertson and T.G.
Thrum the Review may be obtained.
The Presbyterian Review. Vol. I. No. 1.
This is a first-class Review, started by
the ablest divines and writers of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. Sound
scholarship, able reasoning, broad views and
manly discussion will characterize this
Quarterly, if we may judge what future
numbers will be from the one now lying on
our table. It is published by Randolph &
Co., of New York, for the Presbyterian Review Association.
We think many of our readers will
peruse with interest the letter we publish
from Miss Bird, written after her return to
England from her trip to Japan. Her letters
relating to our Islands have much enlightened all who are interested in this part of
the world. Often we meet with tourists
who say that they never should have come
hither but for reading Miss Bird's book.
If any of our readers are interested in
reading about the Amos of Japan, to whom
Miss Bird refers, we would refer them to
the Friend for November, 1871, containing
an article carefully prepared by Mr. Lindau,
a German gentleman and tourist, then on a
visit to Honolulu. He is a brother of the
celebrated Lindau. who now stands among
the ioremnst literary men of Germany. The
Amos of Japan hold the same relation to the
people of Japan that the North American
Indians do to the people of America. They
were the original inhabitants of Japan.
Miss Bird's reference to our old friend
Mangero is most touching. He merits something better than neglect, for he is one of
Japan's noblest men. He gave to Japan a
transjaiion of Bowditch's Navigator, and
was the translator of Perry's Dispatches
""when Japan was opened. He was also one
of the Japanese Commissioners to observe
the German and French war. We could
wish our U. S. Minister in Japan might
speak a kind word in behalf ot Captain
JOURNAL.
MARINE
S. I.
PORT OF
HONOLULU,
Deo
Jan
Jan
Jan
Mangero.
The following is a list of Miss Bird's publications :
•' The Englishwoman in America." Post
Bvo. Out of print.
" Six Months in the Sandwich Islands."
Cheap and revised edition, with illustrations.
Crown Bvo.
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains." With illustrations. Crown Bvo.
"
In the press: " Unbeaten Tracks in
Japan : An Account of Travels on Horseback in the Northern Interior of the Main
Island and among the Aborigines of Yezo,
with Visits to the Shrines of Nikko and lse."
With 40 illustrations; 2 vols.; crown Bvo.
Hilo Railroad.
We are glad to learn that a short railroad
is in successful operation at Hilo. The Rev.
A. O. Forbes thus writes, under dale of
January Ist:
" Our Foreign Sabbath School has, been
celebrating the day with a railroad excursion
of a couple of miles through the fields of
the Waiakea Plantation and a dinner at the
new mill. The children and all who were
there enjoyed it greatly."
Jan
Deo
Jan
Jan
Jan
Jan
17—Am achr
IS—Haw brig Julia M Avery, Avery, for South Bern Ida
10—Brit bk Lady Head, Anderson, for Kequtmalt, B V
19—Gar bk Auguste, Schumacher, for Manila
19—Am wh bk Pacific, Knosrka, for cruise to westward
20—P M88Zealandia, Chevalier, for Ban Franclaco
MARRIED.
LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Thirty-fourth Annual
THAT ISSUES
TONTINE
INVESTMENT
POLICIES.
BEING PRACTICALLY
An Endowment Policy
AT THE
USUAL LIFE RATES.
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary ofthe Honolulu
Sailors' Home Society.
Tbe annual meeting of ths above society, whioh
constituted ill 26th anniversary, waa held at tbe
Home on the 8d January, 1880,at 11 a m , Hod. 8.
N. Caatle presiding
The Treasurer reported a balance of 885 82. on
bead. Tbe report of the Chairmen, of Ihe Executive
Committee ia given below.
Tbe election ofTrustees for a term of three years,
oloaing on the 81st Deo. 1882, retailed m follow!
Messrs C. R Bishop, P. C. .Vases. J. T. Waterhouse
Jr, J. B. Athertoo, A. Fuller, sod Wm. Babcock.
The Trustees eleoted tbe following officers by ballot
vii 8 N. Csstle, President: C. R. Bishop,
Treaeuier: F. A. Schaefrr, Secretary.
Executive Committee, Rev. 8. C. Demon, E. 0.
Hall snd P. C. Jones.
Tbe Sailor's Home oontinnes its usefulness in this
community, although it has changed in lis oharaoter
to s great extent in proportion lo tbe general ohenge
wbiob tbe twenty-five years of its existenoe have
wrought in tbis oily. Tbe Reoord of thie Institution
is full ol interesting reminisoenses, and calls to mind
DEPARTURES.
a number of oar best and most useful oilizena of
27—Am bktne GraceRoberta, Olaeo, for Ban Franclaco whom many have sinoe departed to a better life.
Meyer
San
rancieco
Jordan,lor
f
27—Am achr W II
Of those who constituted tbe first body of Trustees,
29—P MSB Ausiralla, Uarglll, for Sydney
eighteen in all, only six are now living, and of these
]
30—Am bk Helena, Snow, for Victoria.BO
Sl—Am achr Ida ochnauer,Bchnautr, lor rian Francisco the Rev. Dr. Damon and Hon. 8. N. Castle have ever
I—Am—
1 Am schr Ada May, Thomas, for Hllo, Hawaii
been active members and officers of tbe Board.
6—Haw bk Hawaii, VI hltney, for rtoulh Sea lalanda
Ureal credit and the thanks of* tbis oommunity are
6—Raiatea achr Vivid, Bngllah, for tanning's Island
espeoially due to tbe Rev. Dr Damon for bis inde7—Am bktne Victor, Hariiiea. lor Port Gamble
B—Am tern W L Beebe,Eracben, for Port Blakely
fatigable labors in tbe interests of ths Sailor's Home,
S—Am bk Rainier, Yt ulff, for Port Gamble.|
sndthe occasion of its 25th snniversity is a fit oppor10—Am bktne Kttreka, Mordberg, for San Franclaco
tunity to give publio expression lo these sentiments.
12—1/ 8 8 Lackawanna, Chandler, for San Franclaco
12—U 8 8 Ranger, Boyd, lor San Francisco
In that gentleman's report as Chsirman of tbe Exfor
Kahului
Hera,
Monaen,
12 —Am tern
ecutive Committee, will be found an interesting bit
18—Am achr Eusiace, Bole, lor San Franclaco
of international history— an evidently well founded
14—Haw bgtne Storm BIM, Hatfield, for Jaluit
IS—Am bktne J A Falklnburg. Hubbard, for Portl'd, 0 presumption that American legislation relating lo
lor
Ban
Francisco
Freeman,
16—Am bk II W Almy,
seamen received some bints from tbat of Hawaii on
16—Am bk Camden, Robinson, forPort Gamble
the same subject.
Schmidt,
Yon
for
S
Claua Spreckels,
F
ARRIVALS.
29-P MSB Australia. Cars111, fromRan Franclaco
29—Am achr Ada May, Thomas, 18 daya fm S Francisco
80—Brit bk Lady Head, Anderson, 1M daya fm London
I—Raiatea sen Vivid, Kogliah, 7J dys fm Pannlnfs I'd
3—Am bk H W Almy. Freeman. 19 daya fmS Francisco
4—Am brlf Sea Waif. Wagner, 33 daya from Jalnlt
i Brll bk Norham Caatle, Good. 134 daya fm Glasgow
6—Uricbk Lady Lampoon, Maralon, 16 daya from San
Franclaco
7—Am ach Clana Spreckela, Yon Schmidt, rrom San
Francisco, via Hllo
7—Am achrKnatace. Bole, fm 8 Francisco via Kahului
7—Brit bk Caama, Irvlnf, 182 days from Liverpool
11—Am tern Hera, Monaen, 22 daya from Departure
Bay, en route to Kahului
12—Am achr Bonanaa, Miller, from S Franclaco via Hllo
16—Am bk J W Beaver, Melander, 18 days from San
Franclaco
It—Am achr Dashing Wave, McCulloch, from Ban
Francisco, via Kahului
16—Stmr Jamea Makee, Oodrrey, from Kapa*
17—Stmr Kilauea Hou, Sears, from Kahului
111—P MSB Zealandia,Chevalier, from Sydney
23—Am bk Uyane, Hansen, 121 days from Ban Fran
S3—Am bktne Sheet Anchor, r'riis, 7B daya from-New
Caatle, N 8 W
24—Am wh bk John norland, IS dys 'in San Fran isco
Cutlkk—Browk.—At Benton, W. T.. November 12, by
the Bey. Mr. Bagley, Mr. Howell D. Cctlih, of East
Machiaa, He., mate of the " Camden," to Miaa ALUS E.
Bbowh, daughter of Captain Robert Brown, of Seattle,
but formerly of Honolulu.
*
BUCHANAN—KAHEMOE—At Kohala, Hawaii, on Nov.
29th, 18711, by the Bey. A. B. Atherton, Mr. B. McLellan
Buchanan, late of Oeven, Dumbarton, Scotland, to Miss
Kalapa Kahemoe, of Kohala, Hawaii.
Hmithies—Mabtin.—At Walohlnu, Kau, Dec. Ist, 1879,
Miss
by the Rev. J. Kauhane, John William Smithixs toThoa.
E. M. Martin, eldest daughter of the Hon. W.
Report! Martin.
Kkawi—Haai.—ln thla city, January 1, by Bey. 8. C.
Hawallans, belonging to
Damon, Kkawk to
•38.000,000
ASSETS (Cask)
Honolulu.
city, January 1,Kixtou to Flo
thla
Kkitou—Kiao.—ln
8.000.000 Kiao, bothsChinese. belonging to Honolulu.
ANNUAL I NCOMK
SHELDON—CUMMINGB—In thla city, Jan. 6, by the
T.000.000
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Bey. H. H. Parker, Mr. Henry C. Sheldon, of Kohala, Hawaii, to Miaa Hannah Cummlngs, of Wailuku, Maul.
11. lI.UKKKI.II Si CO.,
Beuiko—Di Jbbub.—lnthis city, January9, Mr. John
General Agents.
Biuimq to Miss Maria dx Jxsos.
Jabcia—Kilawaa.—ln this city, January 24, by Bey.
C. O. BBRQER,
8. C. Damon, Thomas Jabcia, of Waianae, to Kilawaa,
of Honoullull.
Special Agent for Ihe Hawaiian Islands.
THE ONLY COMPANY
1880.
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THE FRIEND, FEBRUARY,
DIED.
:
.
:
Annual Report of the Executive Committee.
Whatever ohangee have passed over tbe world
daring the last quarter, tbe Honolulu Sailor's Home,
has continued onward in its career of usefulness.
Its doors have always been open and accomodations
always provided for those for whom it wss built and
others who concluded to avail themselves of its privileges. Many thousands of seamen aod others have
here found a quiet temporary resting place. Io reviewing the history of tbe Society, we notioe that
some of the original officers are living, while others
have passed away. Judge Allen, our Minister at
Washington, was the first President ; Judge Lee,
one of the Trustees : Judge Robertson another and
S. N Castle snother, while Capt. Babcock was one of
the Floating Committee. Mr Castle has been among
those of the Trustees during all tbe period of Ihe
society existence, and be is now our honored President, while the Seamen's Chaplain has always acted
as Chairman of the Executive Committee in preparing the Annual Report.
Tbe corner stone was laid by His Majesty Etmebemeha IVtb on Restoration Day, 81th of July, 1855.
We have always admired tbe address of His Majesty
on that oooasioo as peculiarly appropriate and we remember it wss written out io his own band writing,
when called for by tbe printer.
The laying of the corner atone of an edifice destined to
add to the welfareand happlneaa of Seamen is an occasion Interesting to every member of thla oommunity.
The hardships with which the Bailor contends,and the
dangera which be braves bring ua ease and aecwity. Had
he never steered hie ahipa Into our watera, Honolulu
might simply haveretained lta position aa a fishing village or become by thla time a deaerted beach. I hope the
day haa panned forany claaaof men to be valued only for
their strength, and adaptability to thepurposes of others.
The sailor, the miner, the seamstress, and even tbe slave,
for generations to come, will all have canae to bless the
Nineteenth Century. In ralalng thla Home, we endeavur
to act In accordance with the Spirit of the Age, by seeking to ameliorate the condition of a preponderating element of our foreign and a very conalderabla one of oar
native, population.
The moral wants of the aailor demand our care equally
with thoae that are phyalcel. The facilities offered to
him on ahora aa a reasonable and responsible being
should be multiform. In orderto counteract the dlaadvantages inseparable from a life at see. For hla own sake,
and tbat of every community he visits, he should ever be
found an orderlyand Intelligent member of society; Institutions of thla character will help to make him ao.
Entertaining theae feelings towards sailors, I did not
hesitate to assist in tbe ceremony of to-day, and I esteem
myself happy that my name la associated with this good
A ylett,—ln thin city, Jin. 9, ot malarial fever,Catherine Paukfilaui, wife of Jamea Aylett, aged I*6 years.
Howahd.-Died at Hllo, Hawaii, January 18, William
Howard, a Welahman by birth, having resided on Hawaii about three yearn. Our correspondent writes :" He
waa evidently a man of superior education and social advantages, but all that we can learn of his history Is that
for some reason he had left his family never to return to
them agatn. Ire died among ua a perfect atranger, and
there is not a scrap of writing or anything elseamonghla
effecta that gives us the slghtest clue to his home cr
friends In England. He looked like a personabout 36
years of age."
Chambeblain—ln thla city, Jan. 10th, at her residence,
Maui a P., widowof the late Levi Chamberlain, formerly
Secular Superintendent of the American Mission to these
Islands, aged 76 years, 10 months. Mra. C. waa a native
of Pequea, Lancaster county, Pa., andarrived at Honolulu in 1838. She was the laat survivor at these Islands of
the large company of whioh Messrs. Andrews, Judd,
Clark, Gullck, Green, their wives and others, were members. She had resided in this city about SI yean.
Coffin—lv thla city, Jan. 20th, Komelia Kaou, wife of
Mr. George Coffin, aged 61 years.
Bibd.—ln this city, Jsn.!Mth, Mr. Henbt C. limn.aged work.
64 years and 8 months. Deceased waaa native of Hitcbln,
The
Herts, England. (San Francisco papers please copy )
Society has always been peculiarly fortuatc
THE FRIEND, FEBRUARY,
14
.
in securing gocd sod reliable managers : Mr. sod
Mrs. thrum, 1866—1869 ; Capt. and Mrs. Oat,
1860—1868 ; Mr snd Mrs. Miller, 1864—1866 ;
Mrs. Crabb, 1866—1871 ; Mrs Whiteous, 1871—
1878 ; Mr. and Mrs. Duosootube. 1878
During the Isst tsu yesrs, ths Y. M. C. A. has
•■stained a Reading Room at Ihe Horns, which bss
been much frequeoted'aud never more than st tbe
present lime.
Although whaleship* have osassd to frequent this
port —only one oomiug Ibis year—jet merchant vessels hsve increased, snd vesstls of war coming oos»--sionallv as in former years. The necessity for sustaining suoh an institution remains as urgent as
ever. It forms a cent 4 place of resort for friends
of many good enterprises, including Bible and tract
distribution. So manifest has been Ihe usefulness
of this institution that it bss never been allowed to
become encumbered with debt, and tbe community
has always most generously responded when appeals
base been mads for its support.
It should not be forgotten tbsl in the early dsys
of ths Home, representation of Government officers
among tha Trustees led to a thorough review and
remodeling of Hawaiian Laws relating to the proper treatment of seamen. Bonis years sgo, when
Ihe friends of seamen in Ibe United States desired
tbe enactment of new laws relating to seameu,
copies of our Laws and regulations were applied for,
and wben the newly framed laws were passed by the
United Slates Congress, it was manifest that hinls
at least were euggesiel by Hawaiian Laws and regulations ielating to seamen. No oandid observer can
possibly review ihe history of the Home for a quarter of a century and not acknowledge its great usefulness to seamen, strangers and others At the
present time all our Consuls send their distressed
seamen thither wben they are not under medical
treatment at the Queen's Hospital. Many of the
boarders of line have been sent hy the planters'
sgenls ; hence to close its doors and suppress its
various agencies would be a serious loss to the com-
**
munity.
Sam'i. C. Damon
Chairman of
Ex
Com.
Letter from Miss Bird.
19, Coote's Crescent, Edinburgh,
Nov. 16th, 1879.
Dear Mr. Damon: I am in your debt
for the Friend, which I always read from
the first to the last word.
*
How I wish I was going to the never-tobe-forgotten Islnnds ! Now I must tell you
about your last letter. Strange to say, I
received the Friend [in Japan] with an account of the Amos in Yezo the day before I
left for a three weeks' tour among the Amos,
and consequently it interested me exceedingly, as did these truly pathetic aborigines.
I had previously become very well acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. Murray, and on returning to Tokiyo lost no time in speaking
to them about Mangero, and Mr. Murray
took a great deal of trouble to find him out,
and having done so, invited him to meet me
nt lunch. Mangero is quite an old-looking
and sad-looking man. His party is out of
power and himself out of employment, and
he lives on a plot of land at some distance
from Tokiyo. He brightened very much
when he heard of you, and especially when
r- gave him your photo and message. I
urged him to write to you, but he has nearly
forgotten English. Your thought of him
seemed to be quite a gleam of brightness in
his depressed condition, and I am very glad
that you gave me the message to him.
Others I saw who spoke of you. I spent
ten days with the Hepburns, and Mrs Hepburn said that her day in Honolulu was the
fullest and most exciting she ever spent.
1 was for a fortnight with the Gulicks, and
*
*
there 1 almost forgot that I was not on Hawaii. Mrs. Gulick, senior, was very frail,
but "the inner man" seemed " renewed
day by day,"and the influence of her piety
seems very sweetly felt by all. I saw much
of the missionary circle there and at Kiyoto, and was very much interested in the
hopeful work which your countrymen and
women are doing there, which contrasts
..strongly with much of unsuccessful though
earnest effort in other parts of Japan.
I
liked Mrs. Orimel Gulick very much. She
has the good qualities which I admired so
much in her sisters. She is much esteemed
and looked up to, as she deserves to be. I
spent seven months in Japan, and traveled
very considerably in the northern interior
and among the aborigines in Yezo. It grew
gradually upon me, and is a deeply interest-
1880.
Letter from Major Webb.
Papeetee, Tahiti, Not. 9, 1879.
Mv Dear Mr. Damon : I write to let
you know of my arrival here. I had
a
very
rapid and pleasant voyage from San Francisco in a smart little schooner called the
Greyhound. We left on the Ist October
and arrived at Tahiti on the 29th. We had
good winds all the way, except at the Line,
where we passed through the calm regions
found there. I have taken a small house
here, and will probably remain some time
on this island. It is very beautiful and
richly wooded, and reminds me of the Sandwich Islands. The people are exactly of the
kind, open-hearted race, and very hossame
but it did not steal my heart!
ing
Then I went for three weeks to Canton and pitable. lam told that they often support
Honkong, and was delighted with the for- white men when they are no longer able to
mer.
Thence to Singapore, where the work. 1 presented the letter of introduction
Straits Settlements Government gave me
you kindly gave me to Mr. Green, and was
the opportunity of visiting the Malay Peninsula as its guest, and I went first to Mal- very kindly received by him. Yesterday
acca and then to the native states of Sun- being Sunday, I attended his church, and
gei, Ujong, Salongor and Perak ; then for after service witnessed the baptism of a
three weeks to Ceylon, with which 1 was Chinaman who was then
publicly admitted
greatly disappointed ; and thence to Suez,
the
into
Christian
Church.
Next week 1
from whence I made a solitary pilgrimage to
Sinai, and carried out the earliest wish of intend making a tour round the island, and
my childhood. The great drawback all the when I return going over to another one
time was my very bad health and the suffer- which is a few miles distant. After that
ing in my spine caused by riding, and at
stay here will be near its end. Some
Cairo I took typhoid fever, from which I my
ago there was a lady here, a Miss
time
have been slowly recovering ever since. I
Gordon
Cumming, a sister of a man who
sister
joined
my
returned home in June. 1
at once, and have lived five months in a was well known in England as a great hunlittle cottage which we have in the Heb- ter of lions in Africa. She explored well
ridean island of Mull, on the wooded edge
island and the one in its neighborhood,
of the moorland above the sea. 1 have been this
and am much occupied with literary work, and made a number of paintings of the most
as you will see by the enclosed. My Japan striking spots. 1 purchased a number of
book will be a very corpulent volume, and photographs of her pictures, which are very
will probably not be out till February. The striking indeed. Judging from them, her
Rocky Mountains have been out for a week, pictures must be very fine. After she left
and the edition is nearly disposed of. * *
it was her intention to go on to the SandI suppose that each year is altering the wich Islands. A great artist has plenty of
Islands by bringing strangers and foreign scope to exercise his talent both here and in
your Islands. A fine painting of Kilauea
capital and labor to your shores.
Believe me yours very sincerely,
would be very valuable. There is nothing
of that kind here; nevertheless, this place
Isabella
Bird.
L.
'
is well worthy of a visit The extensive
palm groves by the sea are very fine. EveryThe Voice of Weeping.
where vegetation abounds right up to the
I hear the voice of weeping
top of the hills. What stiuok me most of
O'er one whosesoul has lied.
all on first arriving were the wonderful fish
Whose relics now are sleeping
Among the silent fiend.
you see swimming about everywhere. There
Each heart with grief is breaking,
is one in particular called the coral fish, of
And eyes with sorrow flow.
the most beautiful blue you can see, a very
E'en strangers are partaking
dark sky-blue. Sometimes it is of a fine
The sympathy of woe.
green tint. Besides this fish, you see others
knew
But yesterday we
her.
of
a variety of most brilliant colors, many of
Lovely In youthful bloom ;
them striped and spotted with various hues.
To-day we're called to viewher,
This -island seems to be almost entirely
A tenant of the tomb.
Her life was bat a vapor,
wanting in birds and animals, but is very
A tender, fading flower,
in fish. Among the latter is one which
rich
A trembling, dying taper,
is
very
dangerous. It has a sharp fin on its
Extinguished in an hour,
•
back, and if in bathing you accidentally
I hear the voice of weeping,
tread on it, this fin runs into your foot, and
And there Is cauae to mourn
you die of lockjaw. This creature generalsleeping
death
She that in
la
ly lies concealed in mud, so you have to be
Will ne'er to us return.
No more shall we behold her
very careful in going into the water when
Till time forever dies,
bathing.
Our arms no more enfold her
I remain, very sincerely yours.
Till all the dead arise.
G.T. Webb.
Thomas Uabtimos.
New fork City, Dec. 1863.
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Places of Worship.
APVERTISgMBWTS.
Seamen's Betuel—Rev. 8. C. Damon, Chaplain,
the Sailors' Home. Preaching
Kinn street, near free.
Sabbath School before tbe
at 11 a. M. Seats
morning service. Prayer meeting on Wednesday
evenings at 74 o'clock.
Fort Street (Jhcbch—Rev. W. Fresr, Pastor,
corner of Fort and Beretania streets. Preaching
on Sundays at 11 A.v. and 74 r. M. Sabbath
School at 10 a. M.
Kawaiaiiao Church—Rev. H. H. Parker. Pastor,
King street, above tbe Palace. Services in Hawaiian every Sunday hi 11a. M. Sabbath school
at 10 a. M. Evening services at 74 o'clock, alternating witb Kaumakapili. District meetings in
various chapels at 3.30 P. M. Prayer meeting
every Wednesday at 74 P. m.
Roman Catholic Church—Under the charge of
Rt. Key. Bishop Maifiret. agisted by Rev. Falber
Hermann ; Fort street, near Beretania. Services
every Sunday at 10 a. m. and 2 P. M.
Kaumakapii.i Church—Rev. M. Knaea. Pastor,
Beretania street, near Niiiiauu. Services in Hawaiian every Sunday at 104 1. M. Sabbath school
at 94 a. M. Evening services at 74 o'clock, alternating with Kawniuhao. Prayer meeting every
Wednesday at 74 r. M.
The Anglican Church—Bishop, tbe Rt. Rev. Alfred Willis. D. D.; Clergy. Rev. Rob't Dunn, M. A.,
Rev. Alex. Mackintosh. St. Andrew's Temporary
Cathedral, Heretania street, opposite the Hotel.
English services on Sundays at i>4 &nd 11a. m.. and
aod 74 P. M. Sunday School at tbe Clergy
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Pure religion and undejiled before God, the Father, is this:
To visit thefatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspottedfrom the world.
THIS PAOE 18
Edited by a Committee of tjwY._M._C._4.
The Y. M. C. A. meet the third Thursday of every month, at the Lyceum, for
business and discussion.
The topic for discussion at the January
meeting is, " What should be done for the
poor of our city?"
All interested in Y. M. C. A. work are
cordially invited to attend.
List or Osricsas
asd
Stasdiko Comkittbbs
ot ths
Y.M. 0. A.
President, W. R. Castle ; Vice President, Dr. J. M. Whitney ; Secretary, W. A. Kinney | Treasurer, C. A. Peterson.
Beading Room Committee—E. Dunacombe
Editor—Wm. A. Kinney, Editor of Ibe Bth page of Tits
Fbibkd for thla quarter.
Chinese Mission Committee—Rev. 8. C. Damon, H. Waterhouse, J. B. Atherton. Bey. C. M. Hyde.
Kntertslnment Committee—Wm 6. Smith, T. H. Davies.
Employment Committee—B. B. Dole, E. Dunacombe, B. P.
Dillingham.
Commutes to visit the Iloaplial and Priaon—o. U. Lees,
E. Demp.le, **. W. Hall, Dr. 0. M. Hyde.
Committee of Early Meeting at Fort St. Church—Dr. J. M.
Whitney, Q. 0. Lees.
The Y. M. C. A., at its last meeting, voted that a letter of appointment be handed to
Dr. Damon, authorizing him to represent
our Association on his intended trip abroad.
The Doctor thinks that the Associations will
look on him as quite an aged young man !
Betting.—The
sentiments of the P. C.
Advertiser upon this subject should be endorsed by every Christian and moral man in
the community. Betting is a vice, and
should be treated as such. Henry Ward
Beecher speaks of this subject somewhat as
follows: "To every young man who indulges in the least form of gambling, I raise
a warning cry. Under the specious name
of amusement you are laying the foundations of gambling* It vitiates the imagination, corrupts the tastes and destroys industry, being a practice disallowed among
Christians, excluded by mere moralists, and
hateful to industrious and thriving men."
Music.—No man can of himself overcome
his propensity to evil. That power must
come from outside influences, one of the
purest of which is music. Unlike most
earthly influences, music itself speaks only
for good. From the same mouth come
blessings and cursings, but the good God
seems to have made music so that man
could by no possibility wring evil from it.
A spirit of darkness could not make an
organ express his evil thoughts for him,
while the purest heart and gentlest tongue
are often the instruments of evil. These
influences are designed by our Maker to
lure us to good, and no young man has such
innate power that he may slight them. Cultivate music, good society and those other
earthly stepping stones to an honest life
which, though not Christianity, are yet its
offspring.
The Angel of Patience.
[Translated from the German.]
A talentangel noiseless flies
From Heaven's high firmament;
To soothe all sorrowing hearts he hies,
By aod theFather sent.
His glance on all doth peace bestow.
And graceand innocence—
His presence dries the tears of woe—
The Angel of Patience.
And us this angel safely leads
Through all our griefs and cares,
While with our hearts he gently pleads,
And us for Heaven prepares.
Wben we are fainting, in despair,
He doth our fears dispel,
Helps us our hesvy cross to bear,
And makes, again, all well.
To gentle sorrow he converts
The most soul-piercing smart,
And humbles what fslse pride perverts,
Ibe erring human heart.
He makes for us the darkest hour
Again with brightness glow,
And sweetensall misfortunes sour,
Effectually, if slow.
With ours he mingles his own tears,
And all our bruises heals ;
He soothes our griefs and calms our fears,
And Heaven to us reveals.
And if, by cruel sufferings drove,
We, murmuring, ask, ■ Oh, why
Then with a smile he points above*"
To him who rules the sky.
He cannot, all at once, prepare
To wipe awsy each tear ;
His constant motto is, " Still bear 1
The place of rest is near 1"
Thus by onr aide this angel walks,
His silentaid to lend—
And, thoughhe very little talks,
He is our truest friend.
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ChYMrisoetuann'gHAocf onolulu.
filled the Anglo-Saxon with alarm, and the
Pacific Slope echoes with the cry, " The
Chinese must go.//
Somewhat different is this arbitrary language from the popular theories of the same
people one hundred and fifty years ago,
when flooding the new world to the exclusion of the natives. Such doctrines as, no
people had a right to exclude from their territory those better able to improve the same,
were very popular among Anglo-Saxons of
that day, but it will not do for the Mongolian
of to-day—in struggling peaceably to hold
his ground—to re-hearse the cunning arguments with which the Anglo-Saxon silenced
his complaints and those of his American
cousin when he was the interloper—for, you
see, the boot is on the other ley.
What result will follow Chinese emigration and China's intercourse with the outside world, Providence alone knows. Meanwhile, if the Anglo-Saxon intends to maintain his high standing as a fitting member of
the most civilized and Christianized race on
earth, he must nccord to one and all the
rights he claims for himself.
—
Something New.
That the Chinese
should bring their wives is an argument we
hear every day, but we never heard it argued that it was just what they should not
do until the other day. The reason given
was tbat they would then become immov"The daring genius of Columbus, that ably rooted here, while otherwise they could
pierced the night of ages, while it opened to be worked and the most ofthem shipped off
one world tbe sources of power, wealth and when done with!
knowledge, brought to another alf unutterNational Hospitality.—The Hawaiians
able woe."
have
ever been known as a hospitable people,
It has seemed to be a law of nature that
a pleasing evidence of which was shown in
the darker races of the earth must pass away their reception of the South Sea Islanders
before the Caucasian. The disappearance lately come
among them. " Aloha" should
of the vast tribes of North American In- be wrought upon the national coat of arms,
dians, the fate of that countless rsce once as it is now in the hearts of the people.
found upon the plateaus of Central America,
and the wasting of the natives of the Pacific
Late Y. M. C. A Clippings.
—all are witnesses for that law.
The members of the Vermont Legislature,
The Anglo-Saxon has passed over Amer- it is stated, hold a prayer-meeting every
ica and occupied the islands of the sea, and morning in the Agricultural Committee
thus far everything has succumbed or.per- room. The meetings are well attended and
very interesting.
ished.
Cincinnati.—The thirty-first anniversary
But now the Mongolian of the old world
recently held was addressed by Rev. S. H.
has commenced a march Eastward, meeting Kinsolving and Rev. E. D. Morris. The
the Anglo-Saxon with weapons that have Association expended $3,634 in their work
thus far secured him the advantage—indus- last year.
try, enterprise and shrewdness.
Boston —The Association has evening
The Anglo-Saxon submerged but a docile, classes in French, freehand drawing,
bookignorant people, while the pagan Chinese keeping, elocution, vocal music and penmanare thriving in contact with the most enAn entertainment of some kind is
lightened race upon the earth. Not waiting ship.
given in their rooms every Thursday evento meet the foreigner upon their own soil,
they have poured out upon the Pacific ingPhiladelphia.—Last month the Associathousands of their countrymen—an earnest
tion
held 67 meetings with a total attendthe
vast
reserve—who
successof
compete
fully with the foreigner upon his own soil, ance of 8.860; 2.350 visited the gymnasin his own arts, ignorant ofhis language and ium ; 6,021 the reading room and library;
empty of all resources save his own inherent 247 new members joined the Association ;
94 situations were obtained through the
powers.
Already China's reconnoitring party has employment bureau.
.