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Far Jxnui.tr 4. 1881.
Ramblea in the Old World, No. 48
Edltore Table
A Bhlp'a Crew that Turn Out Well
In Memorlam—Rev Cochran Forbes

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College,—In our last issue we noticed
the donation of seats to the institution.
We rejoice to learn that improvements, costing about one thousand dollars, have been
made, enlarging the verandah, above and
below, of the main school building, towards
the mountains. This improvement will
greatly enlarge the main audience room
above, and the recitation room below. Improvements of this nature are the more to be
appreciated, when made without drawing
upon the funds of the college, and by those
who have graduated at the institution. We
hope to have the pleasure of reporting additional contributions of this nature. Let
those who have once been taught there, aim
to make the institution more desirable and
inviting for their children. This is doing
good in Ihe right way. We are glad to report a larger number of pupils than was
■ever previously in attendance. Tbe late examination was highly creditable. The class
in Geology appeared remarkably well.

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Christmas Gatherings.—We have heard
of trees and other demonstrations in various
parts of the town. Being present at the
Bethel Sabbath School gathering, we can
refer to it as a remarkable success. More
than one hundred little hearts were made
glad, if their bright faces and sparkling eyes
were indications of their heart-emotions. If
any person, like the Pharisees of old, should
murmur at such a demonstration, we would
reply to them in the Saviour's own words " I
tell you that if these should hold their peace,
the stones would immediately cry out."—
Luke, 19 : 40.
Seventy five newspapers are owned
and edited by colored people in the United
Slates.

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We most heartily congratulate our RAMBLES INTHE OLD WORLD.-No. 48
Brother Frear, in view of the surprise demA FEW JUNK HAYS IN THE HARTZ.
onstration at the parsonage of Fort St.
There
are three regions in Germany,
Church, on Christmas Eve.
which, by reason of their wealth of legendaRev. F. Thompson, formerly of Hilo, has ry lore, their extensive, fragrant, glorious,
been invited, from the Congregational forests of fir, pine and birch ; their healthful, invigorating air ; their exquisite natural
Church of Windham, Connecticut, to be- beauty
of mountain and plain, river and
Pastor
of
the
come
Congregational Church lake, and the glimpses which
they offer
of Wilton, Connecticut.
of a simple, rural, peasant life, now fast
Rev. Dr. Hartwell has organized a ; passing away, are sources of rare delight and
satisfaction to a stranger-traveller, and a
Chinese Baptist church in San Francisco, ; continual
joy and inspiration lo the German
consisting of ten members. The articles of people, from generation to generation.
faith were written in Chinese and English Thuringia, the Black Forest, and the Hartz
by Dr. Hartwell.
Mountains. I have just returned from a few
delighful days oframbling among the forests
Rev. E. P. Baker.—It affords us sincere and
mountains of the last-named of these
pleasure to welcome another Ministerial regions, in the lovliest time of all the year,
fellow-laborer to the islands. The Rev. Mr. mid-June, and while the spell of its beauty
Baker, our fellow-passenger from San Fran- rests sweetly and freshly upon me, I desire
cisco, has met a kindly welcome at Hilo, snd to tell you something of the experiences of
his services are highly appreciated. Most the past week. And yet. with my pen ready
certainly he preached a sermon on board the to perform its service, and my heart full of
Reamer, coming down, which would have desire to make you a sharer in the joy which
done credit to any pulpit.
I found in this Hartz-excursion, 1 feel how
impossible it will be for me to tell the story
Hawaiian Almanac & Annual, for 1881. as I would, because of the impossibility of
—Just as our paper was going to press, we putting into expression the magical, subtle
received a copy of this publication, which charm which broods over this reigon, which
has been issued annually for seven years. seems to welcome and envelope you as you
Our limits will not allow us to say a tenth enter within its limits, and yet which, if you
part we should be glad to print, about Mr. wouid chain, and fetter, and word it, is gone
Thrum's valuable publication. We would in a moment. All this is rather discouraging
call special attention to the article on the to the writer of travels, who had thought he
postal law, and its complications, compared could send to others something of the same
with the admirable system of International beauty and glory which had, for a time, surPostal arrangement.
rounded him. And yet. perhaps, after all it
may be a very salutary lesson for us to learn,
Anti-Polygamy Standard.—This is the that there is a certain mysterious sacredness
name of a new publication, just started in in all revelations of beauty in this world, by
Salt Lake City. It is edited by a lady, and which we are constantly surrounded, of
is the organ of an association of ladies in which we are sn little mindful, and yet of
Utah. Its utterances are clear and out- whose far-reaching meaning, and deep, unspoken. It was our privilege to meet the fathomable significance we are irresistibly
editor in our late trip overland. We were reminded,and by which we are humbled and
much pleased with her earnest spirit, and hushed, when we endeavor to measure it
marked ability to engage in a work of this by the feeble forces of human thought and
nature. We were glad to learn that the foul expression. Hence, I must leave it to your
plague spot wns to be effectually wiped out,by imagination and sympathetic feeling to
pure-minded Christian ladies, who have en- clothe and glorify the frame-work of my lettered upon a nobler crusade than that which ter, as, through the past months, the Spring
led the Crusaders of a former century to at- and early Summer have been adorning and
tempt the recovery of Jerusalem from tbe beautifying the bare and helpless Winter
Infidels.
poverty offorests and meadows, with exquis-

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verdant tapestries, from their hidden, laughs at you from every brook ; it peeps
igical looms. If I cannot send you, folded from among the mountain grasses ; it shows
ay in these pages, the fragrance, snd sol- a grotesque face on all the gray, old stones,
tn, murmuring music of limitless forests shaded by caps of moss, green, and white,
pine, rising from glorious, billowy stretch- I and scariet-tipped; while ghostly voices
of moss and fern, and crowned with great seem to question the right of mortal* to ineaths of mist and cloud, or the babble and ! vade this goblin kingdom. And yet, what
ilicsorae glee of mountain streams, or ad- ! would the Hartz mountains be if stripped of
uate pictures ol quaint old mediaeval i their legendary lore? Truly, they are alwns, hidden away and asleep under the ways grand, wild, and picturesque, with
rlunied mantle of sunny, blossoming j wooded summits commandinrr glorious views
rubs, and June roses,in bud and full bloom, of hill and dale, cities and villages, and great
the long shadows, slanting eastward, away plains stretching away to the verge of the
from the glow of the sunset, over wide and horizon ; but do not the wild stories that
fertile fields ol grain and opulent orchards, have been repeated in pvery land, surround
yet I can tell you where you may come to the place with an indescribable air of mysfind and see for yourself all this quiet, rest- j tery, that we would not brush away, even if
ful beauty, and if 1 might help to guide your | we could '?''
A HOLIDAY TIME.
steps to this region of Germany, so blessed
with gifts of beauty, I should feel that 1 was
At Whitsuntide, or Phinfftten, as they
giving you a joy for aril coming time. But, say in German, comes a little holiday season
here 1 must myself stop for » moment, to 1for nearly every one Then the schools
think just where these Hariz Mountains, and open their doors, and the children are let out
vallies, and towns are to tie found. Really, ; for several days of fret-h, June air and SumI scarcely thought myself to inquire ; the j mer sunshine ; the university lectures and
pleasure 1 found in being in them, and sur- j exercises ure. for the time being closed, and
rounded by them, made me almost forgetful j the students array themselves in walking
of their location, and I am afraid that I costume, and take their mountain-stocks in
should make poor work at bounding them, hand, and walk away from Plato and Virgil,
geographically. I am growing more and the laboratory and dissecting room, to read,
more aware how utterly disqualified I am lo for a time, the ever new story of beauty in
write you letters of travel, and that you the uplands and lowlands of their Fatherhave borne with me so long is a continual land. Artisans, mechanics, shopkeepers, all
source ot surprise to me. 1 came across unite in a little resting time, and the forests
some rather ominous words the other day, of Germany echo with the songs of picnicby Bayard Taylor, in a charming in- parties, and country lanes are thronged with
oduction of his, to his last book of ttavels, companies laden with garlands and flowers,
By-ways of Europe" where, speaking and old hearts seem for the time to grow
travel and travel-writing, he says " We young, and young hearts are doubly joyful.
ant the naked truth, without even a fig-leaf
As 1 sit here, writing, and hear the noise of
fancy." There is such a startling ring the city about me. I find myself longing,
tout this practical statement, that I feel wistfully, to be back once more among the
terly condemned, and hasten at once (after long, cathedral-like aisles of the pines, with
glance at the map) to state the " naked a carpet of pine needles and moss under my
tth," that, " the Hattz, the most northern feet.and glimpses of summer skies above me;
ountiin chain in Germany, 56 miles in to have a tall "Brocken-pole"in my hand; my
ngth, and IS miles in width, belongs hat with its garland of oak leaves ; clothes
chiefly to Prussia. This range is entirely which are not afraid of the rain or the sunisolated, rising abruptly from the plain on shine, and a long, June morning of rambling
every side, especially towards the North- before me. How we all enjoyed the new
west, and North-east. It is divided into the life, which seemed to break upon us from
Oberharz, Unterharz, and Vorharz. The the first. It seemed as if air was never so
Oberharz is furrowed by numerous d<irk, sweet and full of sunlight and health, as that
wooded ravines. The (Jnterharz affords a we drew in with every new breath.
Almost before we know it we have passed
greater variety of picturesque scenery. The
principal rock formation is granite, overlying S/>aii.</iiti,\vith its garrison and fortifications.
which are the more recent granwachs and In our carriage is a young German Lieutenclay slate." Nothing could be more exact ant, going to his country home for a few
than this, and, as I copied it, word for word, days, and we find him pleasant company, as
from the Ouide Hook; it cannot be ar- the train goes on. And now we pause for
a little time in J)fadgeburg, where, you
raigned on any " fanciful " grounds.
The entire region is studded with inter- will remember, in the Thirty Year's war the
esting, ancient ruins, recalling the early his- terrible Tilly did such murderous work, destory of Germany, and abounding in troying the city and some thirty thousand
interesting reminders of the past. But one oeople. It is now a thriving, busy, German
of the greatest charms of travel in this beau- town, I walked with the young officer, who,
tiful region of country, is to be found in the though so young in years, had stood with
numberless legends and tales which invest the victorious German army before Paris,
every point with historic or supernatural in- and, in that campaign, won his first spurs,
terest, so that every traveler will cordially to the fortifications lying about the city, now
echo the words of a recent writer, in her covered with waving grass and clover-blooms,
sketch of this part of Germany—" We which, 1 trust, may never be seared and
were in the very heart of the Hartz, the scorched by powder and shell. One of the
scene of tbe wildest superstitions of North cathedral towers was slightly maimed by a
Germany. In a journey through this won- shot from Tilly's guns, and ha* never been
derful region one wearies, perhaps, of so restored. Among the relics preserved in the
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his indulgcncies, against which Martin Luther did such valiant conflict. It was a relief, after the unending flatness of the
country, to find ourselves on ascending
ground. On the horizon, in the evening
light, the Hartz Mountains began to outline
themselves, and send welcomes to us through
the mists which enveloped them. At a little
country station we took supper with some
American students, going for a holiday trip
in the mountains But their journey was to
be more extensive than ours, so, after a
pleasant talk of Amherst, Cornell, Hamilton
and California Universities, we were forced
to say good-bye, adding, thereto, however, a
hearty auf weidirsclu.u.
Our train hastened on, and soon we were
quietly sleeping in the little mountain town
of Hartzburgh, and with the early morning
light we were ready for our first day's walk
I am constantly surprised to see what feats
of walking are accomplished here, and it is
amusing and stimulating to see the rivalry
there is in reference to making a good day's
walk in this region. For several days we
were on foot, up and down mountains,
through vallies, and over rivers, and all
along the way, we were met by companies,
similarly equipped as ourselves, an umbrella
or cane, or mountain-stock in hand, a bag or
sitchel swung over one shoulder, a plaid or
overcoat for protection against the rain, and
nothing more. Fine mountain roads led in
all directions, and, branching from these,
were by-pa.hs, well indicated as a general
thing, by guide-boards, or some other sign,
and when these were lacking, there was almost always some friendly peasant ever at
hand to guide us. I find that my "Journal
and Sketch Book " is in rather a confused
state, and, in endeavoring to give you a little
idea of my Ilartz-Reise, or journey, perhaps it will be best to send a little outline
sketch, as my memory serves me.
HARTZBURGH

Gives one a little idea of many other similar towns and villages which abound in the
country regions of Germany, and where the
wealthy and well-to-do people of the cities
come for summer rest and recreation. It

abounds in hotels, beautifully situated, and
well kept, is laid out with shade trees, ornamented with private villas and gardens, and
rejoices in springs of healing waters, and is
accordingly a•■ bath." Just over the town
which lies in the valley rises a hill, the Borgberg, with a commanding view, up whose
side we first tested our " walking legs."
Beautiful as the country is here in all directions, and inviting as it is of itself, it becomes immensely more so by reason of all
the associations which meet one at every
point. For instance, sitting here on the
Borgberg, in the golden radiance and
warmth of a summer morning, with choirs
of birds in the trees and a panorama of
mountain and plain before us, we find many
other things to claim our attention. We sit
on the smooth granite steps of the pedestal
of a simple but impressive monument erected
to the honor of the German Chancellor,
Bismarck, on which are graven the significant words: " Nach Caiiossa gelun. \cei
nicht /" We do not go to Canossa, words,
to which this valiant leader has never proved
false. Here still linger a tew fragments of
a castle of the German Emperor, Henry IV.,

and here died later another Emperor, Otto
IV. Amid the eroves at the base of the hill
are reminders of the early days of German
heathen worship. Just above this little cluster of trees where we £top for refreshment,
some one has placed a stone with an inscription to say that one day the German poet
V/tland visited this spot. Undoubtedly a
simple, very simple incident, but the stone is
interesting; as a reminder of some one's
thoughtful appreciation of the poet, and as it
calls to mind, in the midst of these poetic.
scenes, the wild, sweet poetry of this German writer. 1 was fortunate in my companions, both of whom were young with all the
fun of boyhood in them still, yet tempered
by the promise of the noble young manhood
upon which they are both just entering. You
could scarcely find greater contrast, one was
the very incarnation of method and order,
and curie around with a thermometerfor the
heat, md a "pedometer" to measure the
distance we had gone per day, and who
could tell us as we halted for the night how
many kilometres we had walked since morning The other would make the longest
days seem short, so blessed was he with a
memory for amusing stories, and fairly rippled over wiih jokes in French and German
English. So as I have snid, I was most
fortunate in my companions, and owe to
them, as well as to the sunlight and mountains and skies, the pleasant memories I
have brought back with me.
IN THE FOREST.

As the day wore on we caught glimpses of
the " Brocken," the highest point in the
Hartz, looming before us. the goal which we
hoped to reach before sun-down, but from
which we were separated by a vast ocean of
wood-land. Alter one has lived in the closely
inhabited towns and cities of Europe, nothing is more striking in coining out info the
country than to see what extensive tracts of
land lie uninhabited. The disproportion
seems too great! Your heart goes yearning
after all the men nnd women and children,
with faces too white and old, crowded in
various uncleanly city streets, and amid
their unhealthy fumes, and you wish you
might scatter amid this glorious green, outer
world, all those who hunger for such sweetness and freedom and plenty as are here given
in limitless measure How difficult it is to
describe a forest! You feel almost like one
at sea, with an ocean before and an ocean
behind. You mount some sentinel rock and
look out over the closely grouped tops of the
pines and wonder how your way will lie,
and then driving down into the cool green
depths below, where the sun-light shines
softly at noon time, or lies along your course,
interlaced with the shadows, lose all sense of
things without and forget that you belong
elsewhere than in this solemn, mysterious
under-world, till again you scale some height
into the day-light, and look back in vain for
the way you have gone and over which the
waves have so swiftly closed. Ido not remember, in all my journeyings in cur tropical forests, with their glorious tangles of
vines and ferns, their wild and wayward
luxuriance of riotous growth and beauty, to
have been so impressed as 1 have been of
late by these forests in the Hartz, with their
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such an indescribably solemn dignity, such
calm confidence in the infinite force of their
united serried strength, rising fearlessly
towards the blue dome above ti.em. And
then whnt stores of perfume and fragrance
dwell in these sentinel-like pines and firs!
Never in nature could be found such suggestionsof cathedral service as in these shadowy
aisles, with the aroma of incense from unseen
censers, and the music ol distant chanting of
choirs, ns the winds speak in their boughs
We traveled little on the main road, but
always by by-paths, which led us away from
men into the heart of the wood-lands, so
that 1 do not remember passing a village
during the first day's rambles. As the afternoon wore on, the trees about us seemed to
diminish in size, and the soft, yielding velvety carpet under our" feet, gave way to
strong, barren soil, and the climbing was far
from easy, and we often paused for a view at
the country whose horizon seemed to
broaden and widen as we rose higher.
Groups ol travelers on their way down from
the mountain and others came fast up
behind us. Still higher stunted trees give
place to shrubs, and these to hardy grasses
and wild mountain flowers, and in a few
moments more we stand on the
SUMMIT OF THE BROCKEN.

Certainly there is no one point in Germany,
perhaps none in Europe, about which so
much uncanny legendary lore clusters as
about the mountain on whose summit we
have just arrived. The place seems singularly in keeping with its legends, wild,
barren, wind-swept, standing above, amidst
drifting mists and clouds, far away from the
sweet happy life of the villages nestling at
its feet, a fitting place for the wild orgies
which the witches and spirits of darkness
were fubled to celebrate here on Walpurgis
niidu. Long ago, into this region, came the
wild and heathen Saxons, and celebrated
mid the lonely fastnesses of the Hnnz and
Brocuen their pagan rites. Charlemagne,
who believed in enforcing Christianity by

the sword, and who was bent on the conversion of the Saxons and the abolition of their
paganism, endeavored to compel them to
desist from the practice of their religion.
He stationed guards to prevent them, but in
vain. The unruly savages " arrayed themselves like goblins, with the skins and horns
of beasts, with fire forks in their hands, and
these rude instruments which they used as
protection against wild beasts, and during
their sacrificial rites as they danced around
the altar. Thus armed, they put the wholi
of the terrified guards to flight, and proceed
ed to invite the people to-their festival.
Hence its celebration on the first of May, on
the wildest region of the Hartz, with the
snow yet lying on the Brocken, naturally
gave rise among the Christians to the belief
ol witches riding that night upon their broomsticks to add to the infernal mirth and mystery of these heathen rites." The most
wild and dreadful tales in reference lo these
satanic revels were told and believed generation alter generation, till this lonely peak of
the Brocken or Brocksberg was regarded as
peculiarly 'possessed by evil spirits. I have
lately read, though I scarcely believe it, that
Walpurgis week neither man or
" during
boy can be found bold enough to act as guide
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of the scenes of his strange poem of Fatut
here, which renders ihe spot especially interesting to all admirers of his mystical,
shadowy tragedy. Certain heaps of rocks
are styled the Witches' Dancing Place,
Wash-basil,, Devils' Chancel, etc. But all
the uncanny character of the summit immediately is dissipated by the spirit of genial
hospitality which seems to shine from every
point of the hospitable old hotel which was
waiting like some kindly friend to welcome
us. After the long day's tramping and
climbing, and the roir and sweep of the
wind, how deliplitful was the warmth and
cheer and comfort which reigned within ! I
shall always remember the strong, awkward
looking old hotel, wiih its cheery red brick
floor, shining and bright, its warm, cozy dining hall, its delightful beds, and wholesome
air of sweetness and good cheer. I hope
that all travelers coming to this ghost and
witch-ridden mo intain will find it ns full of
good cheer as did we. Having strengthened
ourselves within, we were ready to come
forth to meet all the phantoms of the place.
But the wind must, have blown them all
away. And such a wind, fresh blown from
the home of all the winds ! How it reveled
in this upper world, clear, cold, crystalline,
making the blood dance with irresistible joy
The late sunlight lingered as if loath to go.
From the tall tower rising in front of the
hotel we could sweep at one glance over a
wonderful tract of country. Few views in
Europe are more interesting historically. It
is looking into the very heart of Germany,
upturned io the sky. On every side of us
were to be seen the red roofs of towns and
villages, some clear and manifest, others
faint and distant and others lying far, far
away on the misty horizon. One could
easily fancy himself sailing through space in
a balloon with the country spread out like
a map beneath him. On a clear day it is
said that one can see from this point eightyiiim cities and six hundred and tixtyeight villages, partly or entirely—something of a range, is it not ? At certain seasons of the year, when the atmosphere is in
a peculiar condition, there is seen a phenomena called " The Spectre of the Brocken,"
being the shadow enlarged io a gigantic size
of any one standing in a certain position on
the mountain and cast on distant clouds or
mist. Unfortunately the time of our visit
did not permit us to see this spectral presence The sun set quietly behind the clouds,
leaving us in the midst of the long, grey,
summer twilight
Later on, came pale
moonlight through the clouds, and the wind
died slowly away, nnd night settled over the
great world at our feet, and we left the
witches to their dance without, while we
found our warm beds within more agreeable.
Have we really been at-asleep-at-all ? Yes,
here it is three o'clock ! A bell is sounding
through th» long corridors, nnd every room is
emptied, and before the hotel in the early
morning air, in all manner of hastily donned
costumes, like fire-worshipers stand a hundred or so of us, with eyes and face eagerly
turned toward the east, waiting for the sunrise. It was a most picturesque scene !
People of all ranks of life, in all styles of
dress, all for the moment intent upon one of
the most inspiring sights in nature. Musi-

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students and workmen end tourists. The
east was suffused with crimson.

lay over the lowlands.

The mists
The light grew

stronger and stronger, ihe barrier of cloud
before the sun glowing from within with the
imprisoned flame, ujjtil at last bursting its
misty bands, the round full orb rose into
sight, and the morning's pagear was over.
White wreaths of clouds floated up between
us and the earth, but the wind spirited them
away, so that when we came to say goodbye to the brave old inn, (which stands
winter and summer, amid driving wind and
snow and rain, and must, if ever they come,
have watched the goblins at their work, and
yet, which through all, wears a cheery smile
on its battered face) the world was bathed in
sunshine, unobscured by clouds.
The
Brocken summit is chary of its growths, but
the kindly touch of nature has reached even
here, and given something of a softness and
charm, just as in the most forbidding face
thera may be something to love if ever we
are only ourselves wise and kind enough to
find it. I brought away with me a handful
of a delicate white blossom, bell shaped, with
an exquisite shading of blue on the base of
the petals. In among the rocks the wild
heather grows in profusion.
Our coining down from the mountain was ac-

complished in singularly shorter m «ce of time
than the ascent ol the same, snd soon we were
once more in the embrace of the fon-t, nnd near
the murmur ot its trout streams and every mile
of brisk walking in the delicious morning air

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us nearer one of the red-roofed villages,
tpon which we had looked down the night before.
We pasted a group of charcoal burners silting
lear their wigwam like house and smouldering
leap, like spirits of the woods and mountains,
low the sight of them brought the memory of
airy stories read long, long ago. which emanated
from just suoh surroundings. How easy it seemed amid these glowing woods to picture dwarfs
and gnomes snd lairies, and all that long company of npirita, good and evil, which crowd the
German tales and legends! A little further on
we stopped for a little refreshment by a lovely
■pot on the river, which dashes in white foam
between its verdant hanks into the gorge below.
We saw we were beginning to leave the wild
woods and were coming once mure to civilised
lile. Here soldiers, fresh and bright in their
shinning utulorms. well-to-do looking towns people, (jurumn ('millions arrayed in their best, and
kindly mamas and solid looking business men,
all enjoying the fresh, sweet air and tbe music uf
the river. One more night is left us in the
Harts, which we spend in the great hotel near
tbe village of Tnule, one more morning in the
valley under its Irees and by the banks of the
Bode, with sketch book and Heine in hand, and
we must start lor home, carrying with us the
sweet, beautiful memories of days which I think
1 can never forget. But which shall be in coming lile a constant source of joy nnd refreshment.
I leel us if I was leaving everything unsaid, all
the legends whioh wait to be uttered, all the
beauty which wans to be painted. But.-perhaps,
another day we may come again to thin poo tic region, of which indeed we have seen a small purtiou. We piss through old and historic towns
which lie along our route. We make pleasant
acquaintances in the train, who nre eager to give
us all the information, we as eager to receive
about the country, through which we nre hastening. At last the train rushes into the station,
nends are waiting to welcome us,and wearesoon
into tin city news nnd excitement, but
so deeply bat that in quiet moments, we can
r (he pines and mountain rivulets holding
ferae together. Do you think it is fancy?

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EDITOR'S TABLE.
Advraturea In I'alasnnla.—A ftlinlonarv'i Kxplorlnf Trip, by
Hie luv. Tilus Con. with an Introduction b.t Her. Ilcnrjr
Company, No.
H. Maid, U I) —New York, Dodd. Mead
716 Broadway-1880.

*

About forty and five years ago, when we
were studying as an undergraduate at Amherst College, there came to our college, a
Mr. Arms, who had just returned from an
exploring expedition to Patagonia. This
gentleman represented that he was accompanied by a Mr. Coan. We can vividly recall many statements then made by Mr.
Arms. A few months elapsed, and we remember to have read in the newspapers,
that one of the explorers in the wild regions
of Patagonia, had sailed as a missionary to
the Sandwich Islands.
It was the old Latin poet, Horace, we
believe, who counselled young authors to
allow their thoughts to lie in manuscript at
least nine years, but our missionary author
has allowed his journal to remain five times
that period in manuscript before publication,
but .we are glad to learn that he did not
think best to commit his manuscript to his
literary executors. The volume now lying
on our table, reflects much credit upon the
Rev. Mr. Coan, as an explorer and writer.
Patagonia is a part of tbe world that one is
glad to learn something about, although he
might not be pleased to become a Summer
tourist among its inhabitants, whom the old
voyagers reputed as tall as the soldiers of
the father of Frederick the Great. We are
pleased to read, in the closing pages of the
volume, a notice of Captain Gardner's missionary enterprise, in that forlorn region of
Terra del Fuego, and where his sad death
forms one of the most touchingrecords ofheroic adventure in the annals of the missionary
enterprises of modern times. There is much
in this volume worthy of perusal, and with
the Rev. Dr. Field, of the New York
Evangelist, we can commend the same to
the reading of those who delight in bold adventure, plucky daring, cool judgment, honest purpose, and missionary zeal.

Valuable Publications.—We would acknowledg,
through the kind ness of Dr. Baker,
of the English Mission a packnge of valuable
publications from our old friend and college
classmate, N. Allen, M.D, L.L.D., of Lowell, Mass. Some of these are from his own
pen, and others relate to the State Charities
of Massachusetts, being the Annual Reports.
In no part of America is more attention paid
to collating and gathering statistics relating
to crime, insanity, sanitary measures, ice.,
than in the State of Massachusetts. Dr.
Allen has devoted much time and attention
to affairs of this nature. He is now quoted
as authority. His efforts in leading the
Trustees of Amherst College to introduce

systematic exercise among the students have
resulted in immense good. They have reduced the death-rate and elevated the health
lone among the under-graduates. It was
our privilege to be the Doctor's guest at the
late meeting of the American Board, and to
learn from his own lips much relating to the
progress of medical science and sanitary
efforts in America. Life is too short for one
person to learn everything, but it is some
satisfaction to know that specialists are laboring in all departments of science and
learning. It is gratifying to read the results
of their studies and researches.
Pomare no More!—The last remnant of
native rule at Tahiti gone forever. The
newspapers report that all Tahitwns are
now French citizens. The descendants of
Potnare no longer rule at Tahiti, or any of
the Society Islands. It is a singular and
curious fact that Monarchical Europeans in
Polynesia have invariably undermined the
native rulers, as at Tahiti, Marquesas, New
Zealand, Fiji, and it is to be feared will soon
succeed at Samoa and Tonga. Whereas it
is a fact equally manifest and incontrovertable, that on the Hawaiian Islands Kepublican
or Democratic Americans have for more than
half a century persistently and successfully
upheld the kingly authority of the Kamehamehas and their successors. Mr. Wyllie's
idea, which he labored for a quarter of a
century to establish an Independent Hawaiian Kingdom, unhampered by Consular
Courts or a Protectorate, would never have
been realized had he not been most staunch
ly sustained and supported by associates and

Americans, loyal and

ests of the Hawaiian

the best inter
King and people.

true to

Charles Burnham, Esq.—We are happy
to welcome this gentleman, who resides, as a

merchant, in Philadelphia. He originally
visited the Islands in 1833, and superintended the building of the Bethel, having
been sent hither for that purpose, by the late
Major Williams, of New London. He subsequently erected the buildings of the Lahainaluna Seminary. After visiting the United
States and returning to the Islands, he became manager of Koloa plantation. He left
again for the United States, and, after an
absence of just 35 years, he now returns
with his daughter, to visit his old home.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Burnham,
when he left his home, and they were our
fellow-travellers on the Overland Railroad,
but in consequence of a severe cold taken at
Ogden, she died at the Grand Hotel in San
Francisco, Nov. 19th, esteemed, respected
and beloved, by the wide circle of friends
among whom she was known. Her remains
were returned to Springfield, Mass. We
bespeak for our friend a cordial welcome
among his old acquaintance on the Islands.

THE FRIEND, JANUARY. 1881.
Our Postal

System Most Inconvenient.

As my father has become old with age,
In what other country are private citizens \ and cannot write anything long, he requested
compelled to import postage stamps over a me to answer your letter.
About nine years ago he was stricken
broad ocean ? No wonder our foreign resi- down
with a severe illness, and we all
dents in Honolulu feel impelled in the way thought he would never get cured, but I reof gratitude to reward clerks in the New joice to say that he has recovered entirely.
He told me often of your kindness, and he
York and San Francisco Post Offices with
out of wishes to see you once more.
Presentation
Canes
for
us
helping
"
Many thanks for the news which you sent
our sad dilemma! Not a mail arrives from us some years ago by Mr. Koga, who spent
San Francisco but scores of letters are quite awhile at the islands, and with whom
marked "short postage." Suppose the United you are very well acquainted.
I have two sisters and three brothers. One
States Post Master General should issue an
of my youngest sisters died suddenly last
order forbidding Post Office clerks from actyear from the cholera, which prevailed over
ing ns private agents for the Hawaiian the whole country at that time.
I am learning medicine at the Tokio
Islands! Ifsucharule was enforced, Merchants, Insurance Agents, Bankers, and the Medical College, under German Professors,
general public would be compelled to look and I leave next year.
1 am very happy if I have a good chance
for many of their letters in the *' Dead Let- to see
you. I hope to visit the United States
ter " Department at Washington. Some and Europe some time, and if I do, I shall
months ago there was a report that such an go and see my old father's friend, and tell
order had been issued. This is our trouble on you all that has happened to him.
I am quite well, and I hope all of you are
that side of the water, but at home it is
the
same.
equally as bad. Unless merchants and
Regretting that I can't give a more favorothers kept on hand imported United States able reply to your letter, I remain, yours
stamps, European correspondence could not truly,
Toichiro Nakohamo,
Son of Mangero Nakohamo.
be carried forward between the Hawaiian

"

Islands and Europe.
Since the above was written we have
received a letter Postmarked, Edinburgh, Scotland, and find the following upon
the back of the same: " Sorry this has been
returned. Have mistaken a four penny for
a six penny stamp." The inconvenience of
our Postage Stamp System to all wishing to
communicate with our islands, in Europe,
and other foreign lands, is very great.
" When shall we have the International Post
Office system?"
P. S. No. 2.—The Steamer's mill
brought us letters; on the back of two we
find the following : " Unpaid postage seven
cents affixed by G. F. Hopper. Superintendent New York Post Office—Short paid; deficit six cents paid by Wm. C. Dougherty.
Assistant Post Master, San Francisco."

A Son of John Mangero.—Many of our
readers will remember the oft-repeated allusions in the columns of the Friend, during
the past thirty years, to John Mangero, the
translator of Bowditch's Navigator into Japanese, and the Japanese who was educated
by Captain Whitfield, of Fairhaven Mass.
During our absence a letter was received
from his son, dated Tokio. Japan, March
26th, ISSO. We think many of our readers
will be interested in reading this letter, as it
is an indication of what the young Japanese
are doing, in the way ol acquiring the English language, and aspiring to acquire a
professional education.
Tokio, March 26th, 1880.
My Dear Mr. Damon :— We received
your kind letter of Feb. 4th on the 20th of
this month, and we were very happy to hear
that you are doing so well and healthy.

5

.

P. M. S. 8. City of New York, Oeptsin Hsebury, sailed
from San FnucUco Dec. 21nt, at 4 r. k. Had a eucceaalou
south and south-weat galea, with hesvy mm. Dae.
V4th, at 1 a. m ahlpp«d a- aea which washed overboard
two Himtu, Arthur Simpson andDavid Sllbery, and oa«
quarter boat; atove In rail and engine room doors ;
washed away ship's bell aud ventilator. Dee. 80th tb*
first fine day sines leaving San Francisco ; arrived in
Honoluluharbor on thin dais.
of

PASSENGERS.
From San Fnuicleco, per Jaue A Falkeuberg, Dec 7—E
Well* Peteraon, W U Crook, 8 Chamberlain, Ju Kernan,
ThoaFhllbru-k. 8 Howe, Ju Noor.
From San Francisco, per D C Murray, Dec S—Mr and
Mra T Lack, JR U Ilea, 0 C Potter, Jun,Mra H Bnxley and
2 children, E D Hawee. JBuaaell, W A King, Lawrence
Miller, Geo Chapln, Peter Uovever, J 11 Jonea, J Jereev,
JohnFord, Tboe Wren,and 14 laborera.
For San Francleco, per Hocbung, Dec 6—Jacob Walter,
W B Lawrence.
From Ban Francleco, per Lady Lampaon, Deo It—Dr
O L Fitcb and wife, Mlaa Anna Sawyer, Mlaa Mary
Bouae, Mlaa Nancy Uoblueon, MlaaE Luaney, A 0 Dalian.
L Lewla, A Hayra, Francleco Louay. Martin Barrow, L
Gazzga, L Prendaand wife, A Lopez, J Juatlno.
For San Franrlaco, per Zealandla,Dec 21—H I Simeon,
, V W Colby ft wife, W Alexander. Dr V T Bird.
J M8
C J Preecott ft wife, D 8 Colby. Charlee Halneea, O
Brandt, J Clifford, L Pllou, 11 Deick, P J Brogan, H Net
ter, Chaa L Hart, 8 Hubbard, Jan Hart. JBaaqnlU, Geo
Francleco, H M Barton, J M Dobaon ft wife, J V Coleman ft wife, Mlaa H E Aldrlch, Hugb Mackay.
From San Franclaco, per Eureka. Dec 18—R McKenaie,
A W Boblnaon, W D'Freeae, O Putnam, L PbllUpa, 0 R
Tralnor, H Brlerly, D McNeil, D M Robblue, ALanoaater.
C Hele. W Morrle, J Morrla.
For Fanuluga Inland, per Giovanni Aplanl, Dec 90—H
Coruatock.
For San Francleco, per Amy Turner, Dec 20—Fred
Carter.
From byduey, per Zealandla, Dec 91—Dr JB W Wadee,
II H w Smltb, M Murphy, A Sboee, 7 aaloou and 36 eteerage paesengerfl In tranaltu.
From Sam Francleco. per JD tipreckela, Dec 27—John
D Spreckele wife and 2 children. Mien Minnie Slebelu,
Mra J Mott Smith. Katie Hoeech, Wm Thomaa, D Holmee,
W F Miller. M C Llnd. H J Hlenner.
From San Frenciaco. per City of New York, Dec 90—
C Ellla. C Burnham, Mlaa O Burnham, Mra EJ Nlcbola.
Geu'l C E Furious. Mra M Brlgga, J Hyinan, Mra C C
Harrla and eervt, John Ruaaell and wife, W Ruaeell, J
Heyler, Mlaa Burbaiik. M Swancey. T H Davlea,, Mra E
T Smatb, M Green Ere M B McMullen. J A Kennedy, 8 E
VYooley, J A Greuney, Mlaa Johnaon Mlaa A M Payaon, H
POHNRLTFUI.
S, .
A Wooley, J H Gardner, Mlaa T Anderaon, J Bbaw, J
Moore J B Tayard C L Crenge S G wilder, H T WlUlama.
ARRIVALS.
Dr D B MacKenzle. Carl Mohr. H J Crandajl, J A Law L
Dec. a—Bk Laaker, Kaemana, Whampoa (88 daya), via Hiorjh. A Strohl, M T Flaber Ah Lung, Tung Wo Ah
Yokohama (32 daya..
Cbtug, E M McDade. A Flaher, H Morgan wife aud 2
7—Bkt Jane A. Falkenberg, Hubbard, 18 daya from children. Mra W Cbopel, E Luther, W T Bhodee, M
San Francleco.
Drover, C Ganael. J Haffron, J Oyle, W Cooke A Jenklna,
7-Bk D. I.'. Murray, Raven, 23 daya from Ban Fran- J Aahworto, E Hayboll, D 8 Seara, A L Tung,B N Win
gate, Thoe Herbert, A Wilson, X H Eaaer, W Braydon, J
cisco.
12—Bk Moblcan, Berry, 162 daya from New York
A McColtera. T H Haley, M Havarung, E Anderaon.
13—Bk Hermlue, Loungreu, 76 daya I'm Hongkoug
For St due}, per City of New York. Dec, Slat—Alex.
18-Bktne Eureka. Nordberg. 1914 daya from S F
Boleter, E. Buckley, wifeand 9 children, M, T. Meagher,
20—Ger atr Caaaandra, Langer, 23 daya fin Canton
Peter Paul, F Leater, Karon Frleaen, R. C. Thorpe.
21—X M 88 Zealandla, Chevalier, from Mydney
22—Bk BuenaViata, Calhoun, 33 daya fm Port
MARRIED.
Townaend
Coij.u*N-LoNa— In Honolulu, December 4th, by Rer.
27—Brig J D Spreckels, Hanaon, from San Fran
30—V M 8 8 City of New York, Cobb, from S Fran S. C. Dunon, Mr John F Couukh to Mrs JuliaAlovu,
30—TernEva, Paul, from Humboldt
both of Honolulu.
31—Sch Caaele Hayward, Le Balleeter, fm Humb't
PnoK—OWN—ln Honolulu, Detvmbrr 10th. hy Rev. 8. C.
31—Bk Kalakaua, Jeuk, from San Francisco
iNtuun, Join. >' Ah Kook, to Marjr
.■>>t»u Act Own, both of
Honolulu.
MKPAKTI RES.
Dec. 6—Bk John M. Clerk, Conant, forVan Francisco.
DIED.
6—St Hocbuug, Petersen, for San Franclaeo
10—8cbExcelsior, Ko.stel.for Port Towneeud, W. T.
lv thin city, on the 7th mat., Dr. 0. T. Shipley, a
11—Bk JenniePitts, Heivert, for Port Towneeud
native of Kentucky.
11 -Brig T W Lucas, Wentworth. for Pt Townseud
On December 4th, Waiohinu, Kau, Hawaii, T. K.
12—Brig Consuelo, Howard, for San Franclaeo
Cooke aged 45.
12—Bk Leaker, Kaemana, for Ban k ranclscu
O'Bbxkh—ln Ban Francleco, on Dae. 14, of couauoip20—bk Amy Turner, NewelI, M een trarjcisco.
Uon, John H O'ifrieii. a late reeldent of Honolulu.
XI—P. M». 8. Zeiandia, Cht-vallcr. for ban rr*n..
Xl—Oeorfsni Apiant, Knjdi.h, for r*»noings Island
Evbbbtt—Died In Honolulu, December 38th, Mr. Kx>'21—Brif ilNiinl. Milter, fur Ban Franclaeo.
w.\ri> Evebxtt aged 41, a native of Laxboroueh, Maim.
28—Mr Cassandra, for Hoiia.kvuw
He had livedupon the lalandaabout 26 yeara. He leavee
SO—Bktne Fa kinberg, Uubfosrd, for San Francisco
a wife and two children.
31—City of New York. Cobb, for Aestralla
Bubkb—ln Ban Franclaco, Dec 9in tbe 27th year of her
age, Lucy A., daughter of Barbaraand John Burke. The
MEMORANDA.
deceaaed waa a alater of sire J Mort Oat Jr. of thla city
Report of P. M. 8. rj. Zealandla, Chevalier, Commander. and ber loaa la deplored by a large circle of affectionate
—Left anchorage. Iv rtyilney harbor ou '2nd December, at frienda.
3.16 p m., and dlecbarged pilot at 4.30 p.m. aarue day.
Sighted Three Kings, tith December, at 10.10 a.m., aud
arrived at Auckland, ou the 7th, at H.30 a.m. Left Auckland aame day at 4 1& p.m., passed ftamoan lalanda, 12
December received Houolulu pilot on board, 'Hat
Commercial A Statistical
December, at 1*1.30 a.m., aud arrived at 1.16 a.m. On the
nth December, paaaed the P. M. 8. 8. Australia, bound to
Auckland. Experienced moderate wlnda and cloudy
weather from Sydney to Auckland, moderate eaatarly
wlnda from Auckland to the equator, aud theuce to
And Tourists'
arrival fraah NE tradea aud hue weather.
B. McDonald, Purser.
NOW
READY FOR DELIVERY.
Hkfobt of steamer Caaaaudra, Capt Lonngran—Left
Canton, Nov 37th, at 0 F.at. PaaaedFormoea, Dec lit,
wind eaatarly with heavy aeaaud rain. Dee 4th, wind
changed to westerly, light clear weather. Dec 7th, wind
ET rnlveraally commendedand asaoroed by the Hewaiian
freahenlng, and Iv lat J7° 6 N, 147 °E encountered
astro g gale with heavy aea, lasting about 12 hours. In and California Prase, (fee pablic of California aod the
lat tt as' N, 174 45' W had contlnuoua calma, weather Hawaiian Islands Contains ever 7*o psfee | 10 Spkodi.l
plaaaant. Dae loth and lath, light 8 E winds snd One Lilhofraphe, portraits of His Majesty, Kin, Kalaksu 1, aod
weather. Sighted Klihau at 6 aJta on the 18th. Took Her Majesty, Queen Kaplolaoi, Map of Honolulu. (all deecrli,tlon of all the Islands, with complete Guide to Tourists, Laws
of the hLtnfdoa. Legende. Anecdotes, sVc, Jtc.

MARINE JOURNAL.

THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM

DIRECTOEY
Guide,

PRICE. 63.Q0.

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THE CRIRND. JANUARY, 1881.
PRAYER.

c nnt afraid lo pi ay—to |>ray I* right,
'rajr. If thou oauai, with hope ; hut ever pray,
li'iiit'li bope be WHi,k. or sick wiili Inns; delay ;
'ray in the dai-kiiea* if llnri' lit- no liebt.
far ia the time, reinnie brant liniimti aiirht.
war anil diecm-d on the earth shall erase;

»*hs-n

fet every prnyer for universal peace
Availa Ibe hleeaed lime to expedlle.
Vlmte'er ia good to wlah, ask Ihul of Heaven,
[hough it be whal thou f.m-l not hone In ace
'ray lo he petfect. thnuirh material liaven
r orbid the spirit m mi eanh to be :
iiit If for any wiah thou canat not pray.
hen pray tv God to cuat that niah away.
[Coltriigt.

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A Ship's Crew that Turn Out Well.
We were most agreenbly surprised a few
days since to meet a shipmaster, whom we
had not seen for twenty and eight years.
The youth had become the man ; the sailor
the shipmaster. We refer to Captain Berry,
of the Mohigan. In our'interview we
learned the following interesting items:—ln
the Autumn of 1852 Captain Berry belonged
to the crew of the •' Messenger Bird," Captain Ooane, which was loaded with oil, for
the United States. Captain Dome and all
his crew of 13, even to the Negro cook, were
from Cape Cod, and we think, all from Yarmouth. Only three of the crew have died,
and two of them were shipmasters; lost at
sea, and never heard from. Th«_- remainder
are now shipmasters, or have retired, after
successful careers, with ample means. One
of them is the proprietor of a large orange
orchard in Florida.
By referring to the " Friend," of October
19.h, 1852. we find the following names of
persons attached to the '• Messenger Bird:"
—Captain Doane, John Rinnell, Hiram F.
Sparrows, Benjamin F. Berry, N. F. Baker,
J. D. Lathrop, P. B. Chase, R. B. Nickerson and A. D.mne. On further examination
we find that this crew contributed $9:75 for
the benefit of the Bethel, Captain Doane
heading the subscription with S5. Such
reminisences are very pleasant, recalling
those years when, with youthful vigor aud
hopeful enthusiasm, we mingled with masters, officers and seamen of the immense
fleet of whalemen and merchant seamen
who were wont to congregnte in the port of

Honolulu. In a note attached to our
Thanksgiving sermon of 1552, as printed in
the •' Friknd" of Decemb-r 11th, we find
the following statement:—" As an apology
for the strong American tone which pervades the sermon, we would call the attention of our readers to the following circumstances —On Thanksgiving day, the editor,
E. O. Hall, Esq , of the Polynesian, asserts
there were 145 whaleships in this harbor.
In addition, there were 12 merchant vessels,
and the U. S. Frigate St. Lawrence. With
only an occasional exception, these vessels
are all under the U. S. flag. The number

:

of seamen on board these vessels would not
full below 6,000. The amount of property
invested in this large amount of shipping
would doubtless amount to 815,000,000."
While calling on board the beautiful ship
so neatly kept.and while sitting
Mohigan,"
"
cabin,
the
our attention was arrested by
in
Captain Berry's tnste for beautiful flowering
plants, carefully guarded, and the more so,
when he remarked " This Ivy my wife gathered at Chester Cathedral; this Geranium is
from the tomb of Napoleon, at St. Helena;
this Ivy is from Hyde Park, London; this
vinca from Java; this orange plant from
Singapore, and this Wax plant from Cape
Cod, and has been in the ship during the
last five years, or ever since she first was
launched." We did not wonder that the
master of the "Mohigan" should be attached
to his ship, or that his soul warmed up when
he relerrvd to one who had accompanied him
in many of his voyages, but for once remained behind in old Yarmouth. It was
pleasant, also, to hear our friend refer to his
good mother, now S2, who still followed
him, with her affection and prayers, as
when he first went forth a sailor boy, from
that Cape Cod, where the Mayflower first
anchored, before the Pilgrims finally anchored in Plymouth Harbor, and landed on
Plymouth Rock. We are glad to learn
that noble men and women still inhabit
regions associated with so many precious
historic memories.

In Memoriam—Rev. Cochran Forbes.
By the " Australia " news was received of
the decease of this brother, at his place of
residence in Philadelphia, Pa. He died on
the sth of November, after a brief but severe
illness of four days, in the seventy-fifth year
of his at;e.
His arrival here to spend his remaining
years in the family of his eldest son, Rev. A.
O. Forbes, had been anticipated by the same
steamer which brought the tidings of his
death; and many old friends at the islands,
both native and foreign, were waiting to
welcome him back to the much-loved scene
of his former labors. He himself had looked
forward most eagerly to a return to these
shores, and to the re-union with beloved
friends His love for Hawaii nei and the
Hawaiian people had never diminished, but
seemed to grow stronger than ever with the
increase of years.
He was born in Goshen, Chester County,
Pa., July 21st, 1805, and received his education at Reading, Pa in the Academy then
under the care of Rev. J. F. Gner, D.D. In
1828 he entered the Theological Seminary
at Princeton, New Jersey, and graduated in
1831, together with tbe late lamented Rev.

.

Richard Armstrong. D.D., and the now venerable and beloved Rev-W. P. .Alexander,
of Wailuku, who is the only survivor of that
trio Mr Forbes was licensed by ihe Presbytery (if Philadelphia, and at his graduation,
or.lamed in the First Presbyterian Church of
Baltimore, Md.; shortly after which he, with
his newly married bride, saiied with a large
company of missionaries for these islands,
under commission of die A. B. C. F. M.
New Bedford on the ship
whaler bound hither Nov. 26,
IS3I, after a tedious and uncomfortable
voyage of more than five months they landed
here May 17th, 1632, and Mr. Forbes was
stationed at Kaawaloa, Hawaii, where he
remained until 1845; when, on account of
the prostration of his wife from ill health, he
removed to Lahnina. There he remained
till the full of 1647, filling the post of Seamen's Chaplain, nt a time when from one
hundred to two hundred whuleships visited
that port annually. Mrs. Forbe's health not
improving, by the advice of the physicians,
they returned to the United States, leaving
Honolulu in Nov. 1647, in the ship ''Abram
H. Howland," dipt. W. T. Walker, and arriving at New Bedfoid April 2d, 1848, after
a pleasant voyage of a little more thun four
months.
During that year he was, at his own request, released from the service of the A B.
C. F. M„ and was settled as Pastor of the
Presbytery Church at Rural Valley and
Glade River, Armstrong County, Pa. Here
he remained nearly eijjht years, when he accepted a call to Kendalville. Noble County,
Indiana. The cl male of that region, however,
proving very unfavorable to health, after
several years, he removed east again, and
became Pastor of the Churches of Mount
Union and Shirley, in the bounds of the
Presbytery of Huntingdon.
Subsequently, on the establishment of the
Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia, he
accepted the post of Chaplain to that institution, where he continued till the df.y o his
death. His beloved wife, Mrs. Rebecca D.
Forbes, had preceded him to the Heavenly
Home Jan 16th, 1878.
His missionary life at these islands embraced a period of fifteen years and a half,
and the total period of his service under the
A. B. C F. M. was seventeen years.
The Philadelphia Presbyterian says of
him : " His kind and gentle ways, and his
cheering and comforting words won many
hearts to himself, and opened the way to
spiritual guidance which will be remembered
by many to whom he had access. His uttractive character and useful life won him
the respect and confidence of all his Christian brethren
Of his fellow-voyagers in the reinforcement of 1812, Rev. L Lyons, of Waimea,
Rev. Messrs. Alexander, of Wailuku, and
Lyman, of Hilo. with their wives, and Mrs.
Armstrong, Mrs Emerson and Mrs. Hitchcock are the only remaining survivors.
A. 0. F.

Embarking

at

" Averick," a

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THE FRIEND, JANI A R 1, 188 1.
Skames'b Bktiiki.—Rev. S. C. Dumon. Chaplain.
King street, near the Sailors' Home. Preaching
at 11 A. M. Seats tree, Sabbath School belnre Ihe
morning service. Prayer meelini! on Wednesday
evening* at
7J o'clock.
Kokt SniKhT (JiiL'iicii—Kev. W. Frear. Pastor,
corner ot Fort and lierctaiilu streets. Preaching
Sitbbulh
0:1 Sundays at 11 a. M. and 7£ r. M.
School at in a. m
Kawaiaiiaii Church--Kev. H. H. Parker. Pastor,
King Blreet. übove the Palace.
Services in Hawaiian eveiy Sunduy at 11a.m. Sabhiitn school
at 10 A.M. livening services al 7J o'clock, alternating wilh Kanuinkapili. District meetings iv
various chapel* at 3.30 P. M. Prayer niceling
every Wednesday al 74 Y. M.
Roman Catholic Cm huh--Under ilie charge of
Rt. Key. bishop Mait'ii'i. assisted by Key. Father
Hermann Fort street, near Jierelania. Services
every Snnil.iy al 10 A. M. anil 2 P. 11.
Kaimakapii.i CiiuitCH-Rev. M. Kiraea. Pastor,
Ileretitina slieet. near Nullum. Services in Hawaiian eveiy Sunday at 1114 A.M. Sulilialh i-chool
al 'J4 A. M
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8

Pure religion and undejiled before God, the Father, it this:
To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspottedfrom the world.

Example.—Among the late arriv- jquarters. The Chinese do not seem to have
EuitenyaCemiitee of tIieY.M.C,A,j alsAofGood
Chinese, a few among them belong to a very great fear of the disease, but in HonThe Y. M. C. A. meets the third Thursday of every month, at the Lyceum, for
business and discussion. All interested in
Y. M. C. A. work are cordially invited to
attend.
Staxdinu CoMMirriia or tub
Y. If. C. A.
President. Dr. J. M. Whitney Vice Preeident, E. C.
Damon ; Secretary, W. A. Kinney ; Treasurer, C. A.
Peteraon.
Beading Boom Committee- -E. Dunecomhe.
Editor—Wm. B. Caatle, Editor or theBth page of The
Fritnd for this quarter.
Chinese Mlaalon Committee—Bey. 8. C. Damon, H.
Weterhuuee, 1. B. Atherton, Bey. ('. M. Uyde.
Entertainment Committee—William 0. Smith. T. H.
Davlee.
Employment Committee—8. B. Dole, E, Dunacombe,
B. F. Dillingham
Committee to Vlalt the Hnapital and Prison—O. C.
Leea, I. Dempale, W. W. Hall, Dr. i: It. Hyde.
Committee of Early Meeting at Fort-street Church -Dr.
f. M. Whitney, G. 0. L*ea.

List or Orricsave

AMD

,

Order ofServices in the Chinese Language,
attheDedication of the Church,
Sabbath Morning. Jan. 2nd., 1881.

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Sit Moon.
1. Invocation,
• •
Scripture
Lessons.
Reading
2.
3. Hymn.

4. Historical Statement by,

Sit Moon.
5. Responsive Reading—Psalm 24th.
6. Presentation of Keys, by Goo Kirn, in
behalf of the Building Committee.
7. Act of Dedication, read by Sit Moon.
8. Prayer.
9. Hymn.
Shing Chack.
10. Address,
11. Hymn.
Rev. Dr. Hyde.
12. Dedication,
At 3, r. m., the Communion will be administered by Rev. Dr. Hyde and Rev. W.
Frear.
Reading the scriptures and prayer, by
Rev. S. E. Bishop.
A short address in English, giving a brief
history of the Evangelic efforts in behalf of
the Chinese, in the Hawaiian Islands, by
i
Rev. S. C. Damon.
Singing in Chinese, and Benediction, by
Rev. Kuaea.

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The old year is past; the new is with us.
1880, with its joys, sorrows, and experiences,
is forever gone. 1881, with its infinite possibilities, is no longer a thing of the future,
but already adorns our letter heads. What
shall it be for each one of us ; for our association; for the land of our birth, or adoption T It is a momentous thought that we
can shape it largely as we will. Our association is now in its eleventh year, and we
ought to be putting off tbe things of childhood, and taking up those of manhood ; that
is, we ought to do more and better work;
there is a plenty of it waiting for us. Let
us make a good record for 1881.

the Christian church. They came with olulu their chances of taking and spreading
their certficates of Church Membership. it are, perhaps, better than the native's.
Some of which were signed by fhe Rev. R. There may be a demand for a relief comLechler, ol the Basle Mission, and others | miiiec, for dispensers of medicines and supthe Rev. Mr. Faber, of the Rhenish Mission. plies, for nursing and watching. If so, the
The example of these Chinese Christians is young men are they who must stand forward
most commendable, and if Christian profes- and lead in this work. The time may come
sors coining from America, England and when their Christian courage and good will
other countries, would follow their example may be testedy^
it would be well.
Week of Prayer-1881.
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The Jubilee Singers.—Their career, January 2.—Theme: Christ the only hope
in view of the disadvantages under which of a lost world.
they commenced it, nine years ago, has been
Mondny, 3 —Thanksgiving for the blessone of the signal events of the last decade. ings, temporal and spiritual, of the past
They have sung in most of the States of the year, nnd prayer for their continuance.
Union, and in most of the countries of EuTuesday, 4.—Humiliation and confession
rope. As Gen. Garfield said to them the on account of individual, social and national
other day, they have sung a university into sins.
being. Their concerts have purchased, for
Wednesday, 5.— Prayer for the Church of
their Alma Mater, twenty-five acres of land, Christ, its unity and purity, its ministry;
and reared upon it, at a cost of a hundred and for revivals of religion.
snd fifty thousand dollars, one of the finest
Thursday, B.—Christian education; prayer
structures in the South. They have been for the family, Sunday Schools, and alleduwelcomed to the royal courts of England, cational institutions, for Young Men's
Germany, Saxony, the Netherlands, an" Christian Associations, and for the Press.
have had in their audiences scores of princes,
Friday, I.—Prayer for the prevalence of
pnneesses. and peers of Great Britain and justice, humanity and peace among all nathe continent. There is not a troupe of vo- tions; for the suppression of intemperance
calists in America that might not. and would and Sabbbth desecration.
not, be proud ot such a record as may be
Saturday, B.—Prayer for Christian Misfound in the autograph book of these young sions and the conversion of the world to
Christ.
freedmen and freedwomen.'— [Advance.
Sunday, 9—Theme: On the Ministration
The last steamer from San Francisco, of the Holy Spirit.
Nov. 28th, brought the small-pox into our
highly gratifying to witness
midst. The two cases reported were both
It
of those who came down. By a miracle, the presence of His Majesty, Attorney Genindeed, or perhaps more correctly, by the eral Armstrong and Col. Judd at the dedicamercy of God, the disease did not spread. tion of the Chinese Church on Sabbath
Christmas or earlier was the last day when morning. His Majesty, and many others,
a case contracted here from this infection, are not a little surprised to witness the earwas to have appeared, and it did not come. nestness and success which has crowned the
But the "Cassandra;" from China, with efforts of the Chinese in the erection of this
nearly 650 Chinese immigrants, brought the beautiful edifice, in a supplement to the
dread disease again, and it was in our very Friend for this month, will be found the
midst before it was discovered. It does not address of Dr. Damon at the church in the
seem possible that we shall escape this time ; afternoon of the dedication, accompanied
indeed, other cases than that brought in have with a list of subscribers for the church,
been reported. Any who passed through the among the Chinese and others.
terrjble scenes of 1853, will dread a repetiArticle 2 of the Constitution of the
tion of that terribl. visitation. It is not
have
C. A., of Melbourne, Australia, says:
Y.
M.
we
shall
ever
again
likely, however.that
such a visitation of small-pox. Conditions " The object of the Association shall be the
are different. There is more sanitary care spiritual, intellectual and social improveof the natives than in those days ; they are ment ofall within its reach." A pretty comliving better; there are not such crowds of prehensive paragraph : Do we of Honolulu
them clustered in close and unwholesome carry out tba spirit of this T

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THEFRIEND.

SUPPLEMENT

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4th,

1881.

Address at the Chinese Church, Sabbath relinquished his store at Lahaina to engage Kirn, and others are there. I do not think
in preaching the goapel to his countrymen, it would be dishonoring*to the Great Head
Afternoon, Jan. 2d, 1881, by Rev.
C.
who ever listened to his addresses with de- of the church to assert, that out of that
S. Damon.
light,
for he could speak in several of the ischool has sprung this church. Do not for
The dedication of the first Chinese Church
dialects
of China. At the time of his sailing ia moment imagine that I overlook or underedifice in Honolulu, and on the Hawaiian
the Sabbath-afternoon-school, at Fort
Islands, is an event of no ordinary interest for China in May, 1870, there were esti- value
street church, under the management of Mr.
in the history of Christianity in the Pacific mated to be 1500 Chinese on the islands. ■
The interest then awakened led to the Atherton. The invaluable services of our exocean. In order to appreciate the importance
of
schools cellent preacher and evangelistic laborer Mr.
of the event, it seems highly proper to take establishment two Chinese evening
Sit Moon, have been most useful, Who bas
note of events in the history of the Chinese in Honolulu. This was in the month of
labored
so unweariedly and preached so
was
immigration to the islands. It is more than April, 1869. One of these schools
constantly
during tbe last seven and more
a
fifty years since a few Chinese came hither, under the auspices of Mr. E. Bonner, lay- |
under
the auspices of our Y. M. C. A.
years,
of
the
Methodist
Church.
preacher
Episcopal
;
but it is only about twenty-five years since
Sit
Moon
and other Chinese evangelists
Mr.
one
was
The
other
Duntaught
by
Mr.
any efforts were made for the educational or
regularly
every Sabbath at the
have
preached
acombe
on
the
Bethel
On
premises.
my
religious instruction of this portion of oar
seven
and nine years.
Bethel, during the last
island population. 1 am not aware that any- return from the United States and Europe in
the
last
two
have held
years,
tbey
the spring of 1870, only Mr. Dunscombe's During
thing was done in the way of teaching the
Sabbath
morning,
at
the
Lyceum,
was in successful operation. Being services
Chinese English until Mr. Watt, a Scotch- school
a
have
sustained
weekly
besides
tbe
Chinese
man, taught a small private school on the fully impressed with the importance of the
or
at
the
at
the
Bethel
as
was
no
prayer-meeting
;
Bethel premises, about a quarter of a centu- education of the Chinese, there
M,
Y.
in
The
efforts
of
the
C.
Lyceum.
A.
forward
the
school,
ry ago. Several pupils taught by Mr. Watt organized effort to carry
the
behalf
of
Chinese
on
evangelization
it
not
be
given up. In I
have subsequently become merchants in I resolved that should
order to sustain Mr. Dunacombe in his self- Hawaiian Islands, are deserving of all praise.
Honolulu.
Hawaiian
The first preaching of the gospel among denying work, I applied to the Board of Ed- During the past two years, the
has
taken
the
work of
up
ucation
for
a
of
Board
again
which
has
proved
grant,
the Chinese, and in their own language, was
this Chinese evangelization, and I trust it will
assistance.
For
several
years
great
by the Rev. W. Speer, D.D, in the year of
for any considera1856. Mr. Speer had been a missionary in grant was 8200 per annum, but of late years not again be relinquished
has moat effitionHyde
Dr.
approit
has
been
increased
to
*300.
This
The
Rev.
China under the American Presbyterian
of
exponent
the views of
Board of Missions. To hear him preach, priation with other aid, which 1 held out, ciently acted as an
members
the
Board.
the
of
a Urge Chinese audience assembled at the encouraged him to go forward. The pupils
addition,
were
one
paid
who
able
bas already been made acin
The
public
have,
Bethel. Mr. Speer wrote some articles rehave
been
per
dollar
while
the
facts relating to the organmany
month,
with
quainted
Chinese,
which
were
published
lating to the
has
been
|
church,
free
of
The
school
this
taught
charge.
of
during the month of
ization
the
Friend.
in
three
each
week
at
the
Bethel
(
evenings
June, 1879. Efforts of an evangelistic naNo systematic effort was made to evan- held
gelize the Chinese until Mr. S. P. Aheong Vestry during the last eleven years. It has ture have been carried forward in Hawaii,
was employed by the Hawaiian Board, dur- averaged about sixteen or eighteen pupils,hut Maui and Kauai, as well as Oahu. Appeals
and at other for pecuniary aid have not been in vain,
ing the years 1868, 1869 and 1870. when he at times risen lo twenty-five,
the
average.
times
below
Yesterday when made to many of the planters and
fallen
left with his Hawaiian wife for China, where
to me as follows: "The ( others. The plantation of Kohala supports
the
teacher
reported
he died, and nut until the yeur 1879, his
of
first year of the Chi- a colporteur, at iis own expense. We could
wife and children returned. Mr. Aheong list scholars lor themislaid,
i.e., for 1809. wish that tbe proprietors of oilier plantanese
school
been
ha*
was really an educated and talented Chinese,
1870,
but
from
April,
up to tbe tions might be inclined to do the same.
and preached with much eloquence. He was and 1870,
time,
1880,
31st
tbe
total numDec,
from the educated class in China. On his present
In referring to the growth and developea*
265,
ber
of
scholars
has
been
embracing
arrival at the islands he fell under the influment of the Christian element among our
ence and was employed by Mr. Terbert at follows:
Chinese population, I should be exceeding248
a
Makawao. While in the Rev. Mr. Green's Chinese
14" ly negligent, did 1 not give prominent
Japanese
C.
This
organischool, and under the teaching of his daugh- White boys
to
Y.
M.
A.
their
place
2
265 zation is purely of their own establishment,
ter Mary, this young Chinaman learned to Natives of Guam
1
speak and read the English language with Wbat renders this report the more interest- |I am not aware as they were aided or assistgreat ease and fluency. So much were his ing and important, is the fact that several |ed by any outside advisers, except in the
services valued by the Hawaiian Board, that names in the catalogue of Mr. D's pupils, matter of securing a charter from tbe Hawduring the last year of his evangelistic are now enrolled among the members of this iaiian Government. It bas been in vigorous
labors he received a salary of $1200. He first Chinese church, I'eter Lee Sam, Goo iand successful existence for several years.

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JANUARY,

1881.

It is a signally note-worthy feature, that tbe nently pious and good minister, of Portland,
Association runs a retail store in aid of its Maine, the Rev. Dr. Payaon. All that baa
funds. It is tba second store from the cor- hitherto been done in behalf of our Chinese
ner, below Chaplain Street, on Nuuanu population, I think ia only a pleasing earnest
Street. At one time .this Association ap- of what may be undertaken and successfully
propriated t4OO for the purchase of lots in accomplished in coming years. I entertain
the New Cemetery, east of " Punchbowl." the fond hope that a light is to be here
This fact indicates that among the Christian kindled which shall enlighten, not a few
Chinese, there is. an abandonment of the coining hither, but even a greater number,
idea of removing the dead to China !
now dwelling on the shore* of Asia. Why
From a long course of observation and not I We have the promises of God to enPastoral labor among tbe Christian Chinese, courage us, and the command of our Blessed
1 am fully convinced that those professing Lord " Go,teach all nations." if it is our duto have embraced tbe Christian faith are ty to teach the leaser nations, surely the
taking op and carrying forward' all depart- greatest in population should not be overments of Christian work to an equal degree, looked ! If we are faithful in our day and
with Christians belonging to other races, re- generation then may we hope to witness the
presented in our island community. I would fulfillment of that prophecy of Isaiah "Beadd that I hare been frequently called upon hold, these shall come from far; and 10,
to officiate at funerals among them, and up- those from the North, and those from the
on tho Records of the Bethel Church I find South, and those from the lannd of Sinia!"
10 Christian marriages of Chinese with 49(12.
Hawaiians, or Chinese women.
Act of Dedication.
In referring to the Christian Chinese upThe
Bible
tells us it i* right to dedicate
on the island, I tbould not omit to note the
to
God
the houses we build for His
publicly
fact, that at least, 100 Christian Chinese
so
and
we wish to do. We are
worship,
hsve arrived in our islands from mission
this
; to separate this buildmet
here
to
do
stations in China. The larger proportion
uses; to dedicate it to
from
all
common
ing
are frm the Basle Mission Church in Hongthank God we have
its
use.
We*
religious
kong, under the Pastorate of the Rev. R.
house, and we now
been
to
build
this
able
are
frbm
Lechler. Some
the Rhenish Mission, conducted by the Rev. E. Faber. It is give it to Him. We dedicate it to reading
an interesting and noteworthy, and most the Bible, to prayer and singing, to baptism
commendable custom for these Christian and Communion, and all other acts of
Chinese to bring the certificates of Church worship and service taught by the Lord Jemembership. Only a few days since eight sus Christ. We dedicate these rooms, these
immigrants from China came to my study seats, this pulpit, every part of this building,
with their certificates. So far as I am able and all its furniture, to help us live as our
to learn these professing Christians have jHeavenly Father wants all his children to
adorned their profession of Christianity with live. We ssk the Holy Spirit to dwell with
a degree of firmness snd propriety that ! us, and with all who may worship here, and
might be emulated by many professing prepare us for the better service and purer
Christianity as they come from America and worship of Heaven above. And because
this dedication of a building is of no use
Europe.
■
remarks,
these
would
closing
In
i
add without the dedication of members, I call
that whatever may be the social, political, |j upon you all here to dedicate yourselves to
nnd financial views of Hawsiians, Ameri- the service of God, body and soul, all the
cans and Europeans residing on these is- labor of your hands, and ail the purposes of
lands, touching the large influx of Chinese, your hearts. So may the Kingdom of God
one thing is certain, that every possible effort come, nnd His will be done by all people in
should be put forth for their immediate evan- all the earth. That God may be pleased to
gelization. Tbe organization of this church accept this solemn dedication—Let us pray.
and the erection of this commodious edifice,
The City of New York arrived on Thursday,
are things for which we are bound to give
about four in the afternoon, over nine
thanks. No effort in the way of schools [ days from San Francisco, having experiand religious teachings should be neglected, enced the roughest and most stormy trip for
but strenuously encouraged. I rejoice to years. She lost two men overboard, and a
learn that a Christian lady, from the United boat was lorn away and lost. Passengers,
States, and she being oue who has had ten for the first time on tins route, thought it all
years' experience of missionary work in but Pacific.
China, arrived by the last steamer from San
Notice.—The Week of Prayer is observed
Francisco, and commences a school among
in Honolulu, meetings held at 11 a.
Chinese women to-morrow on these premises. m. at the Bethel, and 7 r. n. at Fort Street
I refer to Miss Payson, a niece of the eroi- vestry.

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Temperance—We are glad to welcome
the widely known temperance lecturer, D.
Banks Mckenzie, Esq., and announce that
he will lecture at Fort street church, next

Sabbath evening.