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Damon-Smith Memorial Number.
THE FRIEND
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HONOLULU, H. 1., MARCH,
J. A. CBUZAN, I
E. (J. OUUEL,
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EDITORIAL NOTES.
We give up this number of Tin;
PaUJUfO almost exclusively to the memory of Rev. Samuel Oiik nicks Damon,
1). 1)., and Mrs. Ami;am, Willis Smith.
Upon these new-made graves, with tearfllled eyes and loving hands, we wish to
place our tribute of love.
Wk never could understand how the
disfiguring a paper by turning column
rules on the death of an editor came In
be considered necessary as an expression
of grief. We believe Dr. Damon would
not wish Tiie'Fhiknj> to follow this custom. We prefer to express our sense of
loss and grief in a different way.
The family of the late Dr. Damon desire through our minimis to acknowledge
the receipt of many letters from absent
friends expressive of sympathy and condolence, which are highly appreciated,
and for which they tender sincere thanks.
The ruling passion: "I trust you are
pleasantly impressed, Mr. Bala, with our
unique little city?" "Very much so!
at least three coluinns-and-a-half.
By the last mail comes the sad news
of the death in the United States of two
of our csteamed islanders, viz: Mr.
Chas. Alexander, formerly of Makawao,
and Mr. William Lydgate, formerly of
Laupahoehoe, Hawaii. We extend our
sympathies to their bereaved friends.
Just now we are having a feast of
good things in the way of lecture's by
distinguished gentlemen from abroad.
Gen. Van iiuren told us about "Japan
and the Japanese;" last night Prof.
Agassi/,, the distinguished son of a distinguished father, gave a very instructive lecture; and Prof. Waylandand Rev.
R. McKenzie are announced for lectures
in the future.
A PitiVATE letter from Mrs. Hampson, dated San Jose, Cal., Feb. 9th, contains many loving remembrances of
Christian workers here in Honolulu. She
was to begin Evangelistic work in San
Jose, Sunday, Feb. 15th. Mrs. Hanipeon's son will probably be a passenger on
the next steamer from the Colonies, ea
route to Kngland, via America, and Mrs.
11. writes that
Wednesday, March 25; prayer-meet*
Ing, topic, "A study or I Cor. 1:1th
she may accompany him chapter."
to her old home.
THE BETHEL UNION CHURCH.
CJukkiem suggested by the leader of
.MARCH.
our reepacted conteinponiry the A. C C,
The course of .Sunday evening serfor l«'ol»rUitry, on "Conversion:" I. How
"long a time," did the "Conversion" of mons on the Seven Utterances of Christ
the 8,000 on the Day of Pentecost take? from the Cross will be continued and
Was it "a work of years," or a day. clone with the last Sabbath of the month.
The monthly meeting of the olllcers
And also of Matthew, and all the ajiostles, anil Zaceheus? 2. Is there not it and teachers uf the Sunday school will
be held at the residence of Sir. Thru. O.
radical dirt'erence between "Conversion"
on Tuesday evening, Mm loth.
and "Nan-titi -.itioii," and did you not Thrum,
The following arc the subjects for the
make a mistake in choosing the title of
your excellent article. .Should it not Wednesday evening meetings this month:
have been "Sanctitieation?" An error March -1, Monthly Concert—Japan.
"March 11, Means ol Growth—l Pet. 2: 1,
of the compositor very likely.
2; 2 Pet. I: .'-8; 3: 18.
An additional rcs|>inisil>ility is laid at March 18, The Sunday School—Eccl.
the door of Christians in the recent
II: 1, <;.
arrival of 900 Japanese. They are pecu- March 20, Attendance at Church—Ps.
liarly susceptihle to Gospel Influences,
81:1; 122:1; Key. 22:5.
and we are triad to know that the HaAfter the Monthly Concert on the
waiian Hoard has already taken steps to evening of the Ith, there will lie a meetprovide a school, and religious instruc- ing to adopt Rules for the government
tion for those who remain in Honolulu. of the Church and to
elect Trustees for
This promising; and important work the ensuing three years.
should meet with ready and liberal re-
sponse from all who have the moral
interests uf Hawaii at heart. Religious
servicers are held regularly each Sunday
in the Y. M. ('. A., by Mr. Aoki, the Japanese pastor, assisted l>y i)r. and Mrs.
Hyde.
Wk retouch a hit of newspaper "driftwood" which has a point in it, that may
lie seen even through an inverted wineglass. "A Kahi.k.—A well-bred hog
invited out by some friends who lived
at a distillery, became drunken, and
while in that state conducted himself in
an unseemly manner. The next day,
when once more himself, he was very
much chagrined, and penitently amid to
his family, <This is the first time I have
ever made a man of myself; I solemnly
promise you, on the honor of a hog,
hereafter to conduct myself as a wellbred l>east should.' Mokal.—lt makes
all the difference in the world, as to the
terms used, from what point of view
drunkencs.s is considered."
THE CHURCHES.
FORT-ST. CHURCH.
Owing to the jircss of matter (in our
columns, everything in regard lo Church
work during the past month is omitted,
and place is found only fur the announcements for the coming month:
Sunday, March Ist: Communion; baptisms; reception of members.
Wednesday, March 4: Aniyial meeting of the Church; reports and election
of officers.
Wednesday, March II: Monthly concert; subject, China; address by F. W.
Damon, r'sq., and Rev. A. 11. Smith.
Wednesday, March 18th; prayer-meeting; topic, "Difficulties, and how to meet
them;" Eph. 6: 10-20.
Maui has enjoyed a refreshing whiff
from the outer religious world in the
presence of two live ministers, llov. It.
Mackenzie, a live pastor from San Francisco, and Rev. A. 11. Smith, from the
North of China. In exchange for the
scenery of our mountains and valleys
they gave us wortls of counsel and cheer
on the Sabbath ; and we are none the
losers by the bargain, for their words remain with us, —anil so also do the mountains and the valleys. Mr. Smith preached at Makawao, showing by his apt illustrations and ready tongue that even thirteen years' contact with the sleepy Chinaman and his incomprehensible language could not becloud his intellect or
liefog his speech. Mr. Mackenzie preached in Wailuku, much to the satisfaction
of the people there, who have been some
months without preaching. While in
Makawao he gave an interesting talk to
to the native girls at the Seminary. He
seemed to be greatly Interested in the
Work done there, and has promised to
furnish money for the support of one Of
the girls.
The increasing attendance at the Makawao Church on the Sabbath is certainly
encouraging, especially when it is remembered that there is hardly a house
within walking distance, and a large
proportion of the congregation have to
come from three to six miles to attend
service. Effort is being made, with
.some success, to interest and bring In the
Norwegian element. Now that they are
mastering the English language they can
understand something of the preaching,
and take a part in the Sabbath School
where a class has boon torined for them.
A new feature of the Sabbath service Is
a five minute sermon for the children,
precedding the regular sermon. 8. S.
THE FRIEND
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SAMUEL CHENERY DAMON.
EDITORIAL TRIBUTE.
is
He not dead.
We refuse to let our thoughts rest upon
the pall, the grave, and the lifeless form
already touched by decay.
Why should one, when standing on
some lofty height keep his thoughts fixed
on a withered leaf, a blighted branch,
or a lightning-riven tree, when a magnificent country, rich in colors, varied in
scenery, clad with lieauty as a garment,
and reaching so far that imagination
fails to follows, awaits the uplifting of
his eyes?
This not is not Death, it is Hirth.
It is not Night it is the ruddy blaze of
Morning.
It is not rest even: it is new strength,
and power, and a new and endless period
of activity. The immortal, grand, good
man has simply stripped himself of bur-
densome garments, and bounded beyond
our sight.
-
"Hast thou not .rliin |,s.■ -. in the twilight here,
Ol mountains where immortal mom prevails?
Com a. there tmt. through the ail ■uc>: to thine ear,
A Kcutl" ruslliiiL' of the mornine eales;
A innriiiiir wufleil from that jrlorloua shore,
Of streams tl.nl wuler bunks foiever fair,
And voice-of 111 loved ones irone liefore,
M ~-c auulaal ia th it celestial air ?"
Aye. But our hearts are full of tears,
for they are very human. At Daniel
Webster's funeral, a farmer-neighbor,
stood with tear-iilled eyes looking into
the strong face, and with choked voice
said: "The world will be very lonesome
without you, Daniel!" Honolulu will
be "very lonesome without you," Dr.
Damon!
We loved this strong man, and he
was worthly of it. Other pens have written worthy tributes to his memory. It
remains only for us to speak of him in
two relations, personal to ourselves.
For three years, and more, the writer
of this article worked with Dr. Damon,
as pastors of sister Churches. Dr. Alexander used to say to the young men of
his classes, "The bestting sin of the
Of this there was
ministry is envy."
not an atom in Dr. Damon's great heart.
During all the three years and more of
our intimate work together there was
never a hint of that narrow, grasping,
"will- it-build- up-my-Church?" spiiit
shown by him, which so often mars the
characters of otherwise goes! and able
men.
He was larger than any church
or creed. His tirst thought was, "What
will best further the cause of Christ, and
help humanity to nobler lives?" It was
Christ, and man, first, and self second,
If at all. It follows, of course, that in
all the intimate blending of our work,
there was never the shadow of discord, or want of harmony, hut always
the fullest and heartiest sympathy and
co-operation.
The time came when Dr. Damon saw
that it was best for the cause he loved,
and also for himself, to transfer his work
to other hands. There can be no severer
test of the character of a man than the
spirit in which he surrenders place, and
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influence, and power, and stands aside, by Rev. Mr. Oggel, the choir singing
while others lead. This severe test Dr. " Jesus lover of my soul."
Never was the
Stunuel Chenery Damon embarked from
Damon stood nobly.
true character of this grand man so New York for Honolulur March 10, 1842
19th, and at once entered
clearly shown, as in the kind, loving, arriving October
fatherly, helpful, ungrudging spirit with upon the duties of his chaplaincy and the
the Bethel Union Church, in
which he made room in his pulpit for a pastorate of
until his death, for
which
he
remained
successor, and transferred The Friend moro than forty-two years.
t'i younger men. He made us feel that,
On January 1, 1843, he commenced the
our most steadfast friend and helper publication of The Friend, the oldest existCuenkky
Damon.
wcmld be Samukl
Never shall we forget the day when the
transfer of The Fkiend was completed,
how, as he passed out from the room, he
turned, and with tear-rilled eyes and
quivering voice, said, as he grasped the
hand which writes these lines: "I want
you young men to know how constantly
I thank Cod for sending you here to take
up this work, and how heartily I appreciate the work you are doing! I shall not
forget to pray for you, that God will bless
you in it!" We feel the pressure of his
hand still, and his prayer lingers as a
benediction.
What a grand man he was. How like
a father he was to us younger pastors!
How we miss him! Is it any wonder
that we plod along like footsore and
weary children, and forgetting the unalterable joy and blessedness and gain
which is his, would fain bring him back,
because we do not wish to be left alone?
But it will not be long, this separation.
Soon the work of us all will be done.
Then we, too, will be "unclothed, that
we may be clothed upon." When Mary
saw the shrouding lying folded away in
the sepulcher, she said at once. "The
Master has risen!" And when she and
the disciples saw Him, it was not the
sorrowing Jesus, but the serene, effulgent God. "When we see Him we shall
belike Him."
THE SEAMAN'S FRIEND.
Rev. Samuel Chenery Dauioii, after the
short but severe illness ander which ho
has suffered for the past few weeks, died
on Saturday, February 7th, at 6:''s p. m.
He had boon unconscious since the previous Wednesday, at which time he rallied
slightly aud bade his family an affectionate farewell. The immediate cause of his
death was inflammation of the brain.
The funeral service took place on Sunday afternoon, the Bth from the Bethel
Union Church, which was packed to standing room by those desirous to pay their
last tribute of respect to the memory of
one who has gone in and out so prominent
ly among this people for over forty years.
King Kalakaua, Governor and Mrs. Dominis, Ministers Gibson, Neumann and
Gulick were present. The Trustees of
Oahu College attended in a body.
Rev. E. C. Oggel, assisted by Revs. J. A.
Cruzan and S. E. Bishop conducted the services, which were touching and impressive.
Loving hands had arranged many floral
tributes and emblems; anchors, crosses
and wreaths decorated both pulpit aud
coffin. At the close of the service the coffin was opened to allow friends to view the
remains as they passed out by the King
street gate.
At the grave the services were conducted
ing newspaper in the Pacific. He visited
Oregon and California in 1849; the United
States in 1851; Micronisia in 1861, per
Moriiiiiy Star as delegate of the Hawaiian
Board; Europe, Palestine and Egypt in
18G9-70; the United States in 1876; England and the Continont in 1880, and China
and Japan in 1884.
One year ago, before sailling for China,
feeling the advance of age, Dr. Damon
tendered his resignation of the Bethel pastorate, to take effect on his 70th birthday,
and the duties of that position were assumed last August by the Rev. E. C. Oggel.
At the close of 1884, after forty years editorship, Dr. Damon also transferred The
Friend to Mossrs Cruzan and Oggel. He
still felt strong aud active, and looked forward to many years of useful labor among
seamen and others. Ho was engagod in
superintending the completion of alterations and enlargement of his dwellinghouse, for the accommodation of his son,
when his last illness unexpectedly prostrated him.
Although not directly engaged in work
for non-Christiun peoples, Dr. Damon's
aims and sympathies were pre-eminently
missionary. His chief thoughts and desires were supremely and enthusiastically
for the ascendancy of the Lord Christ over
all men, and the blessings of His reign to
them. No subject so aroused his enthusiasm as that of missionary progress. His
happiest public efforts were historical reviews of missionary work in the Pacific.
He was well known as a successful speaker
on missionary platforms in England and
America. In his extensive travels his
highest interest was in visiting and inspecting missonary stations. He had
visited the principal stations in Syria,
Egypt, China and Japan, where ho was a
welcome and most inspiring guest. Of
lato years he had become profoundly interested in evangelistic labors- among the
Chinese in these islands. He was thoroughly convinced that there was no place
in the world so favorable for effectively
reach.ng the Chinese with Christ's Gospel as Honolulu. It was very much through
his father's influence that Mr. Frank W.
Damon became actively aud successfully
employed for three years past as missionary of the Hawaiian Board to the Chinese
in these islands.
Dr. Damon's eminent practical business
and financial aptitudes made him prominent in counsel for good works. Besides
the chief management of theSailor'sHome,
and of the Stranger's Friend Society, ho
had from the beginning been a leading
member of the Board of Trustees of Oahu
College and of the Queen's Hospital, also
of the Hawaiian Board of Missions. In all
these departments, the loss of his wise
counsel will be deeply felt.
Dr. Damon was widely read in general
literature. The writer lately found him
5
THE FRIEND.
March, 1885.
much absorbed with Goethe and with
Confucius. His largo library had a wide
range and received coustaut additions.
His preaching was groatly enriched by
hie travels in literature as well as over the
globe. In the pulpit, wo all know his impressive force, his deep sincerity, and nf
fectionate warmth.
O, think what it is to have such a God." He wis a follower and a faithfriend* To have access at all times to I ful servant of the Most High, and as we
your heavenly Father; tn know th it you listened to his prayers we felt that he
may go and knock at His door with the spoke to God "a.s a man speaketh unto
burden or sorrow, the want or trial, is a his friend."
privilege indeed. Earth his no su l\
honor.
For who, O God, is like unto
Thee? When Moses .communed with
Thee his face shone.
In felAnd tliere is no joy like this.
lowship with God the life will lie full of
brightness and comfort.
The cross will be lightened by the promise of a waiting crown, and through the
troubled night of this life below, the eye
of faith beholds the morning glory that
falls forever on the hills of heaven.
I
Dr. Damon's social powers we all know
are of rare attraction. His personal presence on our streets was strong and attracive, and benignant. A good breadth
of robust manliness, a transparent since
rity, with a sagacious beneficence of purpose commended for him universal conti
dence and honor.
The writer may be allowed to repeat
one private statement of our friend. He
"So .hall my wilk be close iritn God,
was describing the severity of his proCal i i.ttf seren i tnj frame;
tracted mental struggles before resolving
Sn pit.or light shall mark the road
Ho
fimissionary.
That leads me in the l.^ntli."
foreign
become
a
to
nally laid aside all personal desires, and
Walking with God, the light of His
on his knees told tho Lord to send him countenance will rest on us as the rainwhere He would. Tho joy of Christ over- bow on the mountain. There will come
flowed his soul at once. "It was tho hap to us breathing.}of peace. We shall repiest hour of my life," he said, and Mr. ceive the Holy Spirit, and know thai we
, I have been a happy man over are the sons and daughters of Gotl.
B
since." He was, distinctly, a happy man,
"For as many as or > I 1 by the Spirit
one of joyous spirit, whom trouble never of God, are the 8 ins oi God."
long depressed, aud who imparted his
The joy of the Christian here is but as
own gladness to others.
drop before the shower.
the
mind
In religious thought, our friend's
This life is butt 10 Infancy of existence,
dwelt most on theperson, the words and
ways of Jesus of Nazareth. He had read the dawn of the eternal day, the first
lovingly many "Livos of Christ." He had step on the pathwiy of man's endless
in a high degree the "mystic" sense of destiny.
Of Enoch it is said, "And he was not:
personal communion with the risen Lord.
Probably ho had never had a shadow of for Go 1 took him." This brief statement
doubt since his youth of the reality of contains important truths. Thus:
Christ's presonco and power, and his pray
Man'slife and times ire in God's hands.
ers habitually glowed with the joy of his
There
is a state of existence after this
faith. We believe that faith is now life for man's soul and body.
turned to sight, joy to rapture, and that The suiv way of entrance to the predim communing a speaking "face to face." sence and e.ijoyment of God hereafter is
The loss of Dr. Damon's presence is
with God here.
great to us all -to his own family indes- by walking
walk with God we can have no
If
w
■
man
bettor
represented
No
cribable.
Enoch testafellowship with iniquity.
fatherhood in his home. His three sons fled
against the prevailing wickedness of
abide among us, respected and prosperous j
citizens, with their families, to enjoy the his day.
If we honor God, He will honor and
motherly love and counsel that remains to
them, and to solace her deep and sudden reward us.
bereavement. Both they and he had reaHe will not forget a single one of His
son to expect many happy years together. faithful servants.
That was not to be, and last Sunday we
"Every human tie may perish,
Friend to friend unfaithful prove;
saw the three tall men lower their father's
Mother.- sea*, their own in cherish.
body into its last resting-place, and turn
Heaven auel earth at lam remove."
away. It was a noble ending of a good
But
no changes can attend Jehovah's
Sereno E. Bishop.
life.
love.
Honolulu, H. I.
Faith is a power through whi h we
rise aliove fear and self-interest tod live
THE SEAMEN'S CHAPLAIN.
is operative,
Memorial sermon of Rev. S. C. Damon, for an unseen world. It
and
makes
us
more
than constrong
at
Bethel
Union
D.,
the
D.
preached
querors.
15,
Church, by E. C. Oggel, February
It is not the death that tells, but the
1885.
Text—"He walked with (Joel; and he was not; life.
As life tends to death so death is to a
for Old took him."—Gen. 5:24.
This is the brief biography of Enoch, Christian the gate to life, a life forever
and the tribute of Scripture to his memwith God.
ory.
"The life that know, no ending,
The tearless life is there."
Enoch and God were friends. For
He shall be clothed with glory and
"can two walk together except they be
agreed ?"
God was the object of his immortality.
delight; the center of his affections. In I Of a Christian let it never be said:
his heart God was on the throne, king "He is dead," but rather, "he is not,
over all; on its altar burned the sacred for God took him."
flame of love; he lived in God as in a The text has lieen chosen to speak to
palace and the controlling principle of you this morning of Dr. Damon. Of
his life was to please God.
I him also it may be said "he walked with
"
•
I
As the river into the ocean flows so has
the life here broadened into the higher
and bettor life nf the hereafter.
Hi* d ty has c >tne, tint jroiis..
His sun has risen, nut set.
His llf. i- ||.iw 1..-; otltl
The re ~-h nf il" 'ii or change;
Not ended but liegun ''
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The Rev. Samuel Chenery Damon was
born in Golden, Massachusetts, U. S.,
February 15, 181."). As a youth he listened to God's voice, s tying, "Remember now thy Creator," and when fourteen
years of ago he made a public profession
of his fatth in the Son of God as his Almighty Savior. To all the young I say,
follow his example. Link your life and
A life to
interests to the Lord Jesus.
Him entrusted, and by Him directed,
must in the highest sense be a success.
No cause of which He is the leader can
fail of ultimate triumph.
Dr. Damon received a pirt of his education for his life work at Amherst College,
Mass. He was a graduate of the class of
18MG. In that class appear the names of
men illustrious ia the professions of their
choice. Among these are the late exGovernor Uulln :k; Judge Chits. Hut bins
Doolittle; Dr. R. D. Hitchcock, of the
Union Theological Seminary, New York
City; Dr. Stuart Robinson of Kentucky, and Dr. B. M. Palmer, the
celebrated preacher of New Orleans,
La. In college with hii.i were also the
Rev. Dr. R. S. Slorrs and the Rev.
Henry Ward Beechor, both of Brooklyn,
N. Y. With these and many other men
of reputation Dr. D.imon has had a delightful corrosp in.lence in after years.
He entered ujion his theological course
at Princeton Seminary, N. J., in 1838,
and finished the course at Andover,
Speaking of Princeton,
Miss., in 1841.
it is proper to mention here that all
through his life Dr. Damon spoke with
great enthusiasm of Dr. Addison Alexan ler.
Edmund Burke once said that his life
might bo bestdivided into fits or manias;
tbihi • soul would launch out in hi one
lit and be succeeded by a mania for some
other thing.
It was not so with Dr. Damon. He
entered on the career of his life, not only
with a definite aim, but with the highest passible purpose. As in different
ages Augustine and Milton, Galileo and
Martin Luther were called of God to
their several tasks, so was Dr. Damon
directed to preach the gospel of Jesus.
His father, who was a capable business
man, had designed his son also lor business, but Dr. Damon on his knees consecrated himself to the missionary work
and in after years called this his second
conversion.
He was ordained to the Gospel
minis,
try, Sept. 15, 1841.
He was married to Julia Sherman
Mills, Oct. 6, 1841, his faithful aud loving companion till God took him.
6
It was in his mind, utfelar the auspices
of the American Bo ird to carry the glad
tidings to India anil to this end he had
already begun the study of Tamil, but
owing to the ill health and subsequent
doatli at sea of the Rev. John Diell, the
first chaplain at this port, Dr. Damon was
transferred from the American Board to
the American Seamen's Friend Society
as Seamen's Chaplain for Honolulu.
Dr. and Mrs. Damon arrived here on
the IMb. of October, 1842, and until bis
departure to the heavenly land, this has
been his home and the field of his labors.
As his chaplaincy, under the auspices
of the parent society In New York, has
been the great work of Dr. Damon's life,
it is proper that on this oi'casion I should
speak particularly of his labors in this
direction. He began Ins efforts for the
temporal and spiritual welfa.eof the sons
of the ocean in his young manhood.
1 confess my Inability to tell you of all
that he has done for seafaring men in
these more than forty years.
At this time, when eompanitively few
seamen enter this jKirt, we, and especially
those of us who have come here recently,
can form no idea of a chaplain's work
during the first twenty years and more
of Dr. Damon's labors.
1 quote the following from his jubilee sermon:
"During the years intervening between 1842 and 1807, at the lowest estimate 6,000 annually entered this port,
and some years many more. The Rev.
S. E. Bishop reports from .'l,llllO to 4,00(1
visiting Lmaina; the Rev. Titus Coan
reports nearly the same number as visiting Hilo, while at Honolulu we were
visited by 142 whaleships.
I recollect
one Sunday morning over thirty rounded
Diamond Head, sixteen vessels of war,
besides all the merchant vessels, and
there could not have been less than
10,000 seamen during the year in the
port of Honolulu."
"During thc.se years," says Dr. Damon,
"my labors were abundant, and sometimes beyond my strength."
And though he went not to India, he
carried out in the best sense the great commission, "Go preach the Gospel to c verycreature;" for in his distribution of Bibles and papers and tracts, in various
languages, he came in contact with officers aud men of every land and clime.
And here 1 Would remark what a blessing of God is the printing press, by
which, as ou the Pentecostal day, we can
reach the people of all lands, aud give
them the Word of God and the knowledge of salvation through Jesus in their
own language.
1 said 1 could not tell the extent of Dr.
Damon's work for seamen.
No, unfriends, I could not, even if I had accurate and complete statistics of every
one of the forty-two years of his labors.
Dr. Damon himself could have no adequate conception of it And this because
of the multiplying and expanding power
of the Gospel of Jesus.
For the sermon preached and the word
spoken for the Master is like sowing a
THE FRIEND.
seed that tiears abundant fruit, not in
one life, but in many lives.
Hence the glory of Dr. Damon's work
through these? many years. Look back
and see him, a young, earnest man,
devoted to Jesus and his life-work.
There ho goes, carrying hisjiusket full
of the broad of life. As he visits one
vessel after another, he scatters words of
kindness like rain-drops.
With one be
leavss a Bible, with another n tract, that
tells the old, yet ever new story of Jesus,
and with others a FKiF.Nii, and a.s they
read on the wide waters, there conic to
them the memories of early teachings
and a mother's prayers and perchance a
prayer of their own for acceptance with
Cod. And these in their turn speak a
word and put the tract or thk fkif.nd
in other hands, and so the work of one
man has widened«from year to year and
from land to land.
Who of us can tell
how many Simla he has touched, or what
the harvest foi him shall be? My friends,
not here, but with G<*fl it is known.
Thus has he toiled, in closest sympathy
with his Divine Master, who Identified
Himself with sailors and ships, whom
the sailor needs for salvation, and who
in turn needs the ship and the seaman to
carry His Gospel to all lands.
Gladly would I dwell longer on this
part of his work, so dear to him while
But 1 must allude briefly to
he lived.
his other lalmrs.
Of thk friend, a monthly publication
devoted to the highest purposes, he was
editor and publisher from 1843 until
near the close of his life. Freely has it
been circulated, and it has gone to all
lands.
During these years Dr. Damon has
been the pastor of this church, and no
tongue can tell to how many souls from
this pulpit he has offered the bread and
water of life.
For the period of ten years, from 1842
to 1852, he was sole pastor among foreigners in Honolulu, both residents and
seamen.
In last year's report of the Hawaiian
Evangelical Association it is said of him:
."His labors in the Bethel Union
Church, as well as in the chaplaincy for
seamen, and the editorship of thk
FiHKNii newspaper, are for him M enduring monument, and are a part of the
history of this Hawaiian Kingdom."
It was during the years of his greatest
activity that he had the Sailor's Home
built, which ever since, has served to
meet the wants of seamen visiting these
islands, and where not only the temporal
hut also the spiritual needs of men have
constantly been attended to.
Besides these Dr. Damon sustained
His name
other important relations.
was identified with the causes of education, philanthropy and religion. His
pen, his voice and his purse have been
willing servants to elevate the mind,
alleviate distress, and to bless mankind
with the light and glory of the Gospel.
During his period of service here he
traveled at different times abroad. His
Volume 43, No. 8
travels embraced the United States,
Europe, Egypt, Palestine, China and
Japan.
He visited the Micronesian
Islands as delegate from the Hawaiian
Missionary Board.
He went In the
Morning Star, and subsequently published the "Morning Star Papers," of the
highest value to all lovers of missions.
The anticipation and the visit afforded
him much gratification. In the preface
to these papers he says:
"Long before the establishment of the
Mission had we conversed with shipmasters ami sailors alxiut these comparatively unknown regions."
Again: "In imagination we pictured
many a pleasant day's sail along the
shores of islands decked in the rich and
gorgeous drapery of the tropics, and the
bright fancies of the imagination have
been realized."
Through all these years Dr. Damon
has conducted an extensive correspondence. To this he attended in the early
hours of the day. His letters went to
many lands and to people of every class.
Thus the same mail would carry letters
to scholarly men in Europe and America,
to English missionaries throughout all tho
islands of the South Seas, anil to anxious
mothers in Massachusetts and other
States, carrying answers to inquiries
about their sons.
The honorary degree of Doctor of
Divinity was conferred on Dr. Damon by
his alma mater in 1868; as one of our
publications remarks, "a title well earned
and worthily bestowed."
In the latter years of his life he manifested a deep interest in the Chinese,
and was anxious that they should be
reached by the uplifting and saving influences of the Gospel.
Dr. Damon presented his resignation
as pastor of this church just a year ago,
intending it should take effect this day,
which, had he remained with us, would
have been the seventieth anniversary of
his birth. His design, however, was to
continue his fellowship with us and to
work for the Master. He said:
"This decision, to resign the pastorate,
I do not consider as affecting my position
a.s Chaplain of the American Seamen's
Friend Society, neither do 1 wish it to
be understood that I cease my labors in
Honolulu for the good of my fellow men.
If God shall spare my life, I shall hope
to return from China, and labor with you
for years vo come, in the upbuilding of
Christ's kingdom on these islands, it no
longer as your pastor, then as your fellowluliorer in the closest bonds of Christian
fellowship and love.
But "God took him" before his pastorate ended, and the faithful servant has
gone to his reward on high.
He leaves behind, to cherish the
memory of his loving nature, cheering
presence and thoughtful interest in them,
a wife and three sons with their families,
respected by this community, and who
now have the sympathy of all in their
sore bereavement.
In this tribute to the memory of Dr.
Damon we have not attempted to exhaust his life's work. A life so abundant in labors will furnish memories and
teachings as the days go on, as God
paints different pictures on the earth and
ever new ones on the evening sky.
But we are satisfied if we have succeeded in showing that Dr. Damon
"walked with God."
We say to young men: Look at this
life of Dr. Damon, from his youth until
the evening of the day when God took
him; and as you compare it with the life
of the man who has lived for the world
and self, whose is to la' most envied and
which shall be your model ? O, then,
choose rightly and wisely.
Dear friends, as we look at the grandeur of Dr. Damon's work, we are filled
with gratitude to God.
We cannot all attain his years, lint we
may all live in followship with God,
sow the seed, and work while the day
lasts. Then "at evening time it will be
light," and hereafter we shall forever
dwell in the presence of the Lord and
the glorified saints in that ideal land—
'* Where dear ties are never severed;
Parting., clasping, soli und moau,
Hldoljrnt wakiue. twilight weeping,
Heavy nooulfefe—ull are done;
Where we fine! the Joy of loving,
As we never loved before
—
Lovliitron.
mi. hilled, unhindered.
Loving once and evermore;
Brother, we shall meet anil rest,
'.Mid the holy anil the blest."
S. C. D.
BY REV. ALEXANDER MACKINTOSH.
Again the fatal nxe hath bown away
From earth's bright face, a noble stately tree,
Which shelter gave to many in tiis day
Anil food and lovo aud grateful sympathy.
He stood alone, when in his: manhood's prime
And fruit Rare forth with free, unsparing hiinil.
To all who came, or pnre, or tinged with crime,
Who dwell on restless: ships, or peaoefal land.
The flock, he nourished 'usatb his wide-spread
shade,
He saw divide into a two fold stem;
And others, who with Mas, their home had made
Did leave with love, for love he'd shown to them.
The seed of troth ho scattered far and wide,
Throughout a long and multifarious life;
Though Arm and strong be i ver lived, and died
In his belief, he knew no pin ty strife.
The Isles lie loved so well will cherish long
The memory of the "father" they have lost;
His deeds they'll sing in everlasting song,
Who spent for them, bot counted not the coat.
His frienda and fellows miss his cheerful amile.
His kind advice and ready interest shown,
The nick whose gloomy hours he did beguile;
The Sailor's Home, which under him had grown.
The wife, bereaved of this world's ohiefest joy;
The children and their children too, will mourn:
But he has gone to bliss without alloy,
The great Reward, the sweet eternal Bourn.
Honolulu, H. I.
AT THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH.
The Rev. Geo. Wallace, in preaching
on the text: "Be ye also ready, for in
such an hour as ye think not the Son of
Man cometh"—St Matthew, 25:44—
said ; The duty of preparation for entrance into the world invisible is enforced with peculiar power when a gcxxi
man who is ready obeys the summons of
the Son of Man. The whole community
mourns the departure from»our earthly
life of one who for more than forty years
"
7
THE FRIEND.
March, 1885.
has tailored here for the salvation of men
and for the honor and glory of Gotl. Can
we not say of him: <He Was a good man
and a just, full of the Holy Ghost and of
faith, and (through him) much people
was added unto the Lord?' The work
that he has done will lie gratefully remembered by all classes of Christians,
by the stranger, especially, by 'them
that go down to the sea in ships and occupy their business in great waters.' He
is at rest. We doubt not but that he
has overcome by the might of Him who
called him to His service and to him
shall be given to eat of the hidden
manna which is in.the midst of the Paradise of God. His life is calling us with
persuasive voice to follow the Son of
God in cheerful, noble duty and in devotion to His service. His death is calling us, by its unexpected coining and by
his readiness to go when the Master
came. 'Be ye also ready."'
RESOLUTIONS OF THE HAWAIIAN
BOARD.
God, in His wise providence, has recently removed from among us, to a
better service on high, a beloved member of our Board, Rev. S. C. Damon, D.
D. He had been in active membership
ever since its organization in 1803, and
nearly all this time in some position of
special responsibility. In 1864 he was
elected Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Missions, and was annually
elected for five years. From June 1868
he was our Vice-President. In 1870 he
was made Chairman of the Committee
on Publication, and served in this cajiacity for nine years, seeking by his counsels to forward the publication of a
Christian literature in the various dialects of the North Pacific. In 1881 In;
was chosen as Chairman of the Committee on Home Missious, and held this
position until the day of his death.
Without doubt, our brother attended
more meetings of the Board during these
last twenty-one years than any other
member whatever, and it will be long
before we shall cease to miss his genial
face in our deliberations respecting the
work of the Lord in these islands of the
sea
All who have read Dr. Damon's
"Morning Star Papers," written while
he was a Delegate of the Hawaiian
Evangelical Association to Micronesia in
1861, will hot need to be reminded how
sincerely he'desired that "the Isles should
wait for the Messiah's law," and how he
returned from his tour of inspection
with a heart filled to overflowing with
the missionary spirit, and with a bright
hope of the speedy coming of the Kingdom in those dark lands. How often
since then, in our meetings has his face
brightened as he listened to the report
of the success of some distant missionary
in Micronesia, sometimes- interupting to
ask for the name of man or place that he
might more vividly locate the scene of
the triumph among the heathen he had
once visited. Who of his associates can
ever forget his unceasing interest in the
evangelization of the Chinese who have
come to our shores, his earnest presentation of their great spiritual wants, and
of their claims upon us for tho Gospel ?
Few of any am ing us have seemed to
realize the magnitude of these claims as
he did. Whenever we hear the sweettoned bell of the aeal Chinese Church on
Fort street calling these strangers among
ns to the worship of Sehovah, let us be
reminded of that good friend of the
Chinaman, who was indefatigable in his
efforts until that chaste spire, pointing to
tho better land, had been completed, and
a comfortable audience room provided
for their accommodation. As we see
our brother's son, with full consecration,
moving among these Chinese heathen,
who swarm our streets, and seeking to
lead them to the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the world, let
memory turn to our departed friend,
with the thought that tho mantle of the
the father has fallen on his child, and
with David let us sing, Instead of thy
father's shall be thy children."
In view of the loss which our Board
has sustained,
Resolved, That we will cherish the
memory of our Brother as one faithful
unto death.
Resolved, That the tender sympathy
of this Board be extended, in this time
of sorrow and loneliness to the bereaved
help-meet of our Brother who, for so
many years, baa been his constant and
ever present sharer in his labors of love
among the friendless and destitutestrangers from every land ; and to the children now mourning the loss of a beloved
and honored father.
Resolved, That a copy of these Resolutions be sent to the family of Dr. Damon, and that they !>e published in The
Friend, a paper ever to be associated
with his name.
11. Binuham, Com.
Attest:
A. O. Fokbes, Cor. Sec.
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RESOLUTIONS OF THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF SAILORS' HOME.
The President addressed the Board in
appropriate and feeling remarks about
the loss sustained by the community at
large and the Sailor's Home Society in
particular, by the death of Rev. Dr. S. C.
Damon, and introduced the following
preamble and resolutions which were
unanimously adopted :
Whkkeas, it has pleased God In His
wise providence, to remove from our
midst by death the Rev. S. C. Damon,
I).I)., for nearly forty-three years the
Seamen's Chaplain at this port; the
pastor of the Bethel Church ; the efficient
Chairman of the Executive Committee of
this Board from its first organization la
1853 ; a highly esteemed member of this
community, and the establisher and
editor of that useful paper, The Friend.
Resolved, that in the death of Dr.
Damon, this Board of Trustees has sustained a great losa In ("he removal of a
most efficient worker, the seamen have
lost a devoted friend, the church a faith-
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ful pastor, the family a beloved husband
and father, and the community a highly
esteemed member.
Resolved, that this Board] tenders its
earnest sympathies to the afflicted family, and that the Secretary be requested to
send them a copy of this preamble and
resolutions, and that they be also published in the local papers.
A letter of resignation from Mr. Edward Dunscombe as custodian and purveyor of the Sailor's Home waa read and
it was on motion resolved to tlefer that
matter to an early meeting of the Board
of Trustees, to be hold at the call of the
Executive Committee.
TRIBUTE OF OAHU COLLEGE.
The Trustees of Oahu College, at a
special meeting, hold Fob. 9th, adopted
the following minute and resolution, pro
sonted by Dr. Hyde:
On Saturday, Feb. 7th, 1885, lnckiug only eight
days to complete the full three score years and
ten, departed this life. Key. H t G. Damon, D. D.,
vice-President of the Trustees of Oahu College.
The Hoard of Trustees desire to put upon record some fitting expression of their sorrow at
this death of one, associated with them for so
many years. Hy those who knew him ns father,
as friend, ns citizen, as pastor, Dr. Damon's death
will be deeply felt and sincerely mourned. Coming in 1842to this island port, away out in the mid
Paoilic, to act ns Seamen s Chaplain, when Honolulu was the winter leudezvuus for the American
whaling fleet, his offlcid position and special work
brought bim into friendly relations with visitors
to these islands from nil parts of the globe. Few
men have had wider range of friends and acquaintances. These will all feel that the Honolulu they
have known will not be Honolulu to them, without Dr. Damon's genial cordiality to give warmth
and brightness to their enjoyment of its sunshine
and their memories of his courteous friendliness.
It was his privilege, too, himself to enjoy the advantages of foreign travel, t vice visiting Europe,
going as far as tho Holy Land Ht one time, and
having within only a few months returned from
travels bo had long desir d to make in China and
Japan. To few men is it permitted to fill out to
such rounded completenoes their plans for a busy
THE FRIEND.
I'rusteoH, n lined in the Charter uf Onliu College,
granted May 20th, 1853. At the time of his death
ho was the only dim therein named still connected
with the 1.',i11. ge, though Messrs O tstle, Malilwin,
Smith and Lynns yet survive, onfoebled by their
•tdvancetl age.
Dr. D ilium's health was apparently vigorous,
mid nil eif us anticipated still imiuy yours of pleiasuttt association with him in our joint deliberations
and decisions in reg .id to the welfare of Oahu
College. Ho was elected V too President of the
Hmril in 1854, and held that otlioe al the time of
his death. Until 1882, bo wis Chairman of the
siio-i' mi!i■.. on tenchers and instruction. Our
recortls show the constancy of his devotion to the
duties of his position, and Ma high appreciation
of the responsibilities involved in this trust. Generous gifts from time to time have given solid and
enduring attestation to bis personal interest in the
vinous departments of the College finances.
UemilrM—That this minute be engrossed iv
lull on I In- n't- .rd-. of this Hoard ; and Unit tho
secretary send a copy of it to the family in
.assurance of our doopest sympathy with them in
ibo personal bereavement, yet also in the full assurance of Christian hope that Dr. Damon's elopartnre from us is his abundant entrance into the
joy of bis Lord whose service ho loved, and whose
redeeming grace ho trusted as his justifying
Of tli'ie.iHes like the cholera and yellow feverpure nir, clean houses and streets, and blood on,
poisoned by alcohol aud tobnooo, are the beet preventatives,
t
lajnuo season in New Orleans 5,000 drinking
men died of yellow fever, before the disease
touched n sober man ; the poisoned bodies of the
alcohol-users could not resist the diaunse.
I,if.- insnraiico companies keep :< careful reoord,
showing how many veins different classes of men
will probably live. Here are some uf the results
of their siiidv in England
When a total abstainer is
'JO years old, he may i xpect to live 44 years mure.
30
36.5 •'
40
28.8
When a moderate drinker is
20 years old, he may expect to live 1/i.fi yearn more,
30 '
13.8
40
ll.fi
Plea, these records it is plain that those who
never drink liqnor have the best chance for length
of life, as well as for happiness and power to work.
The President nf one life insurance company in
New England ways of beor-driukera :
" t'he deaths among them have I een nslonnding.
l(ol.list health, full muscles, a fair outside, increasing weight, florid faces, then a touch of disease and quick death.
righteousness.
"It was us if the system had been kept fair outside, while within, it was oaten to a shell, and at
the first tonch there was utter collapse; every
OUR BOOK TABLE.
fiber was poisoned and weak
It cr-drinking ia very deoepttve, at first; it ia
thoroughly destructive, at last."
BOOKS.
Some companies will not insure the lives of liqHahnes's New National Keauebr. A. 8. Murium uor sellers; because they now that they are so ofJk Go. publishers, New Yurk. No. 1, 25c. ; No. 2, ten liquor-drinkers."
450.; No. 8, We.
Aud the boys, and some who are older, might
by the following:
We never quite so earnestly long tol>e profit
"Many boys and yonng men learn to smoke bea lx>y again as when we turn over the gining with cigarettes. These seem harmless beleaves of the school Ixioks of this day, cause they are so small; but they are one of the
worst
preparations of tobaoco.
with their attractive covers, clear text, The possible
smoke of the paper wrappings is irriinting
and most admirable illustrations, and to the lungs, and the cigarettes send more poisonthem with Welwter's old, dingy, ous fumos into tiie delictUi air-o-lls than a pipe
contrast
blue-backed Speller, the first book which
we carried to school. And of all the
many excellent School Series of to-day
none which wo have examined surpasses
Kami's', and we doubt if it is equaled.
Dull indeed must bo the pupil whose
attention is not arrested by these l>eautiful, and admirably arranged and planned books. Worthy of special mention
life of suoh varied usefulness.
are the following points: In the words
From the very beginning of his residence in Honolulu he identified himself with the progress of selected for .spelling, the clearly defined
these islands in all that concerns tho social life, pronunciation, and the elision of silent
the moral tone, the religious activates, the higher letters; the analysis of the lessons; the
education of the ootumutiity.
Not interesting
himself especially in the Hawaiian people as such, questions on the lessons in No. 3; the
he has always kept on intimate friendly terms model letters and addresses, etc. Some
with those who have successively held the highest
offioial positions since the adoption of a constitu- of the wood engravings are as fine as
tional form of government. Affectionate and im- anything in either Harper or The Cenpulsive in natural dispositioa, yet keen sighted in
We can unhesitatingly commend
planning and mild in methods of notion, he was tury.
this series.
well fitted fur the position he filled in this com-
munity, with its citizens aud residents of suoh various nationalities, and its constant clashing of
oon Dieting interests at this meeting point of Asiatic
and Anglo-Saxon civilizations. As a minister of
the gospel mid as an slimmer of christian benevolen-m, many are the individuals indebted to his
friendly consols aud guidance f. r their knowledge
and enjoyment of christian life, and to his kindly
sympathy for needed help in their times of destitution and siokness.
From the very first, a staunch advocate of tho
temperanoe reform, he has ever been Among tie
foremost to support the various measures designed
to abate the evilsot nlooholic stimulants. Warmly
interested in the greatobject of christian missions.
his voice, his pen, bis purse were always ready for
the advocacy and maintenance of the missionary
spirit in furthering plans for the developement of
missionary enterprises with unhesitating conviction of the rjeoltMtit blessedness from missionary
labors in these islands and elsewhere Latterly
the immigration of Chinese laborers to those islands
hod engaged his personal enthusiasm in theirbehalf
in view of the magnitude of the work to be done
among the myriads of that race. It was a frequent
expreasion of hia that the two things which he
wished to work for and live for, were the ohristianlzntion of Chinese and the fall equipment of
Oahu College for its work of christian education.
Dr. Damon was one of the original Board of
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cigar.
Drinking men are almost always smokers or
chewers, and many a drunkard owes his ruined
lifo ainl happiness, to the appetite of narcotics
formed by the use of tobacco, and the company
into which it led him.
Old cigiir-stninps are often pioked up from the
streets and smoked-or made into oigarettes. This
is worse than disgusting ; for in this way, diseases may be spread, coming from the months of
the lirst users. These stumps are the "strongest"
pnrt of the cigars—that is, they contain the most
nicotine, whioh thus goes into the cigarettes.
A boy who uses tobacco runs the risk of being
dwarfed in body, mind and soul ;—of becoming a
nervous, siokly man, with ». weak memory and a
feeble heart.
Physicians agree that many and serious troubles
result from its use, evon by adults; it is certain
llint growing boys oan never indulge in it with
safety."
If weoonld see this book put into every school
in the Kingdom as part of tiie course of study we
should have more hope of "Young Hawaii" than
we now have.
An interesting service for the newly-
A Tekfkbanos Phisioloot, for Intermediate
Classes and Common .Schools, by Mm. Miry it. arrived Japanese was held Sunday afterHunt. A. H. 1! trues <fc Co., New York; Price 75c. noon, Feb. 15th, led by Pastor Cruean of
There is no short, ensy road to the suppression the Fort-St. Church. Addresses were
of intemperance. While we fuvor Ihe use of nil made by Mr. Aoki, the Japanese pastor,
legitimate means to nocoioplish this end, and
would use the bitllot, law, argument, mid persua- by a Hawaiian theologecal student, Pnssion against the suloon, yet we have loug lieen cott- ator Crussan, and Mr. F. W. Damon,
vittceu that the most effective way to supprenH Alsiut 100 Japanese were present,
and
drunkenness is in the ri<jbt training of children.
Ins book, prepared by the Superintendent of the gave the closest and most respectful atDepartment of Instruction of tbe W. C. T. 11. of tention.
Anieficu, is most admirably adapted to this end.
Dr. Palmer, Dean of the Dept. of Medicine and
A few days later Pastor Cruzan atSurgery in the University of Michigan, in his
the funeral of one of the Japanese
tended
states
what
is
that
trne,
Introduction to tbe book
"it is free from errors, and from such over-state- whodied suddenly. Consul Irwin transments as are likely to be produced by ardent lated the funeral address and scripture,
seal," The plan of the book is to show, in connection with a plain and terse system of Physi- and a deep impression seemed to be
ology, the deleterious effect of narcotics npot. the made on these strangers so soon called
different parts of the body. The work is most
death In a strange land.'
admirably done. As a sample, in the chapter to face
"Alcohol and Life," under the sub-bead of "Infor the use of the Japanese
building
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surance," we find the following:
"Those who never drink liquor have a prospect will probably be erected by the Hawaiian
of living much longer than those who do. Many Board on_ Punchbowl steeet, on the
diseases are caused by alcohol,and many more are
North Pacific Institute.
made worse by it.
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THE FRIEND.
March, 1885.
ABIGAIL WILLIS SMITH.
MEMORIAM.
BY MRS. M. C. KITTREDGE.
The Master's voice did softly call,
Amid his fields at dawn,
'•<_) who will tend these lowly vines,
Kent down, nntl scarred, and torn ?
Will gently lift these feeble ones,
Nor scorn the humble toil,
To dig, mid water, prune, and bind,
Above the ungrateful soil ?
She stood before the Master's faoe,
In youth's sweet beauty fair,
Imbued with overy mental graoo,
The bride of half a year.
And took the taak her Savior gave,
Unquestioning in ller love,—
She only prayed that she might serve,
And all her duty prove.
And so the Muster weut his way.
And through the inorniiiK hours,
The roseate dawn, the noontide ray,
She labored in His bowers.
How well we marked the busy hand,
And caught the word of cheer,
And heard the song that ever rose,
So thrilling, full, and clear!
And noted too the briar-strewn path,
Made free of noxious weed,
And bloom, and bud, and fruitago rare,
Sprang from the tiny seed ;
The vines that trailed in grimy dust,
Kaised up to life again,
With verdant foliage nesting birds,
The sun, and heavenly rain.
Till all the glowing day was done,
And then in sunset sweet,
A stillness filling all the air,
Was heard the Master's feet,
And rising, smiling at His word,
Her toil she laid aside,
And following close upon His steps,
Was with the glorified I
Sing,birds, your vesper song for her,
Breathe low, O evening breeze
And murniar in a voice of prayer,
Eich leaf upon the trees!
Aye, strew with flowers the waiting bier,
And fill the hands at rest,
Each bnd shall tell a soul that's won,
A life that she has blest!
Hilo, Hawaii, H. I.
—
MR. FORBES' ADDRESS.
John 14:3—"And if I go and prepare
a place for you, I will come again and
receive you unto myself; that where I
am, there ye may be also."
This blessed promise of our Saviour
has been fulfilled to all his beloved children from that day to this. The mansions—the abiding places—in our Heavenly Father's house are many; enough
for each one, and our blessed Saviour
has a mansion prepared for each one,
ready and waiting for each occupant in
glory. His own hands of infinite love
and tenderness have prepared those mansions, not in a general and indefinite
way, but with special reference to each
individual. "The Lord knoweth them
that are his."
"He calleth his own
by name, and leadeth them out," even
as the shepherd does his sheep.
The comings of Christ to His own are
not one, or two, but many; and the
sweetest, most joyful coming is when he
comes to receive them to himself.
Our Saviour loves to lie with His children and to have them with Him. Thus
it is that he would have us walk with
Him and live in Him while in this
world, in order that we may dwell with
Him and reign with Him forever In the
heavenly home. He has gone to pre-
pare us each a place for this very purpose. "That where I am, ye may be
also."
Ho has called home another of His
dear ones, and to-day we pay our part
ing tribute of affection to her memory.
She was so well know to you all, her
whole life was so much a part of this community, that it would lie superfluous for
me to dwell particularly on all its lalxirs
for the good of those with whom she
came in contact. It was a life consecrated
to the Master's service, for the good of
the Hawaiian nation, and there are
doubtless here present many of the
younger generation who feel to-day that
they have lost a true and devoted mother
in her departure from earth. For fiftytwo years has she given "her strength,
her timo, her heart's best love to the
Hawaiian people and to the upbuilding
of the Redeemer's Kingdom in these
islands. A whole generation has passed
and nearly another, and she has been
permitted the joy of seeing this nation
coming out of the darkness and degredation of heathenism, and rising steadily
into the light and the privileges of
Christian civilization.
But to-day I
look around upon this great audience
and ask where are those who were among
the early fruits of her labors? Where
are the old chiefs, whore the good old
men who in firmer years received instruction and Christian'light and help
under her teahings, and were co-workers
with her In all that was good? Alas,
how few remain! Gone—all gone, except here and there a solitary one! Gone
before! And now she has gone to meet
them in the light and the glory of that
heavenly home of which she so often
told them here below, and concerning
which she so often held sweet counsel
with them.
But two short years ago, she was permitted the rare privilege of celebrating
her golden wedding, amid the congratulation of children and grandchildren, and
many friends.' To-day she treads the
streets of the "great city, the New Jerusalem," that city of "pure gold, like
unto clear glass," where earth's dross and
rubbish and alloy have all been demised
away, and only the pure gold of the
redeemed and sanctified nature can be
permitted to enter.
Her life work was well finished. She
dropped in the harness. But two short
weeks ago, she visited the Lunalilo
Home, and her life-long love for the
Hawaiian people, and interest in their
welfare was greatly roused, as she-said,
"Ah here is my remaining work, to do
good to these aged and feeble ones"; and
her soul rejoiced in prospect of that
work. A day or two after, she at tended
a meeting of the Women's Board of
Missions for the Pacific, of which she
was president. Then it was that for the
first time her physical powers failed her,
and that was her lastofficial service. Two
days later, she attended a meeting of the
newly organized Women's Christian
Temperance Union, but was obliged to
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leave liefore the close. A few days more
of quiet, appearently painless, gentle
slumbering away of life, and she slept
sweetly in Jesus. She was not, for the
Lord came and took her to himself. And
to-day we look on her face and say, "Farewelldear mother." As one after another
of the aged fathers and mothers who
have led this Hawaiian nation through
the tottering steps of its infancy up to its
present position pass away, we cannot
resist the feeling of national bereavement in their departure. An orphaned
people may well mourn the loss as they
step through the open door in answer to
the Master's call, and enter the mansions
waiting for them, leaving to us the
priceless legacy of their example, and
the testimony of their lives to the power
of the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the regeneration of our humanity.
MRS. SMITH AS PRESIDENT OF
THE WOMAN'S BOARD.
Mrs. Smith's connection with this
Board began with its beginning in 1871.
The first year she was the First VlceProsident. The second year she was
the Home Secretary. The third year she
was again appointed First Vice-President. But when Mrs. Bingham returned
to Micronesia in the summer of 1878,
Mrs. Smith succeeded her as President
of the Board, a position which she has
most acceptably and faithfully filled for
And her chair
nearly twelve years.
was almost never vacant. With the exception of an absence of three months,
while visiting the Coast in 1878, she was
never more than once or twice detained
from attending our meetings. Even
feebleness and suffering which would
have disablad most of us, never kept her
"Oh yes, I shall be
from her post.
there," she would say; "I have kept
quiet for several days, so that I could go
to the Board meeting."
There was never any discussion during
all these twelve years, as to who should
be our next President; Mrs. Smith, of
course, was the first and only choice of
every one of us.
This Society was the child of her advanced years, and in a very special sense
the child of her love. While never neglecting in any degree, Church or Sabbath
School work, or any benevolent work or
labor with the natives, as her strength
would permit, it was perhaps, as President of this Board that she was best
known and loved by the Christians of
Honolulu ; and this was the Missionary
work to which she devoted the last years
of her life. She was always and InThe cause to
tensely a Missionary.
which she early gave her life, held ever
the first place In her love, and she
counted It a privilege and a joy that she
was thus able, in this public position, to
carry on this work, which otherwise advancing years might have Impeded.
Mrs. Smith was a person of great
sympathy; and this, combined with her
devotion to God's cause, gave her a love
for all those engaged In God's work,
which overbalanced all other considerations. It gave her an especial love for
all Missionary workers, who were almost
more than brother and sister to her. We
must all remember with pleasure the
tender reception which she gave our
Mlcronesian Missionary, Miss Palmer,
last summer.
In the name of the
Woman's Board, I extend to you a glad
and loving welcome. You shall have u
daughter's, a sister's place in our hearts
always. Give yourself to us. Confide
In us with a daughter's freedom, antl we
promise you all the love and aid and
spmpathy it is in our power to bestow."
Wo have reason to be thankful that our
loved President was permitted in the
last year of her life, to see this ardent
wish of many years accomplished, and
to thus bestow her blessing upon a Missionary of our own, going to that distant
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Mrs. Smith was naturally prompt and
methodical. She was always among the
first to arrive at each meeting, and she
rarely overlooked or forgot anything
which should come l>efore us. As we
came in one by one, and sat down before
her, how her tlear face would beam upon
each of us ! It was so plain that she had
come straight from the great Fountain
of Love! And as she opened with reverent hand God's word, and spoke to
Him in prayer, we knew that it was
only a continuation of the communion
with Him which had filled her soul in
preparing for the meeting.
It was this intimate union of her soul
with God, this habit of her life of taking
all her wants to Him, and accepting His
guiding, which made her the successful
leader and the tender mother to us all,
which she was. She was strong in faith.
Perhaps we none of us realize how much
we owe as a society, for the many works
of bonevolence we have been able to
assist, to her never-failing faith. If the
object was worthy, she always knew that
we could raise the money to aid it; and
she often thus led us with her faith
where few of us would otherwise have
ventured. Mention has been made in
another place, of how, several years ago,
when the thought of a new Morning
Star, with steam attachment, was first
spoken of, while some of us were inclined to think that could never be, Mrs.
Smith said: "Oh yes, we shall certainly
have it—we must pray for it till we get
it"
Her active mind and ready wit, were
particularly advantageous to her in conducting our meetings. How quickly she
grasped a point, and saw in it all its
bearings 1 How readily she met a
thought of discouragement with some
word of cheer 1 How quick she was to
catch some bright thought, and reflect
its light over all of us I The dullest of
us could not be very dull in her bright
presence. And so our meetings have
always been entertaining and cheerful
and social, and there has never been any
of the stiffness and shrinking from
"speaking in meeting," which have so
frozen many meetings of the kind which
we have been wont to attend In other
places. These Board meetings have
been schools to some of us, which she,
our teacher, never dreamed of.
Not the least of those traits of
diameter which made Mrs. Smith so
loved and acceptable a.s President of this
Board, was her intense motherliness.
She has said of herself that the strongest
passion of her nature was her love of
children. And this love extended to all
over whom she was placed in miy position. Hhe seemed by right, to lie our
hfd, not only by her superior years, but
still more by her great motherly nature.
How she took us all into her loving
heart! How appreciative she was of any
effort we ever made, esi>ecially in any
branch of the Lord's work ! How cheering her words of sympathy were, and
how her warm approval encouraged us!
Yes
Her kind look and nod, and
dear !" How we sh.dl miss them—how
we do miss them to-day ! We stretch
out our hands as did Elisha toward the
ascending prophet, and cry with tears
"Oh, my mother! my mother!" and
like Elisha, we each one pray most earnestly—" Let a double portion of thy
spirit be upon mcV M. L. Whitney.
"
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MRS. SMITH AS A TEACHER.
From the time my baby fingers could
point out round O, I have always
thought of Mrs. Smith as teacher, and
guide, as well as friend.
Seven of us, her pupils in times past,
walked the old familiar way down
Judd's hill, —but from her grave, instead
of the schoolroom door, —and spoke of
the strangeness of it all.
Our old teacher's long labor of love
ended, and the busy hands for the first
time at rest.
Some of us grown into womanhood,
with life's duties and trials upon us,
some still in school—all, thinking not
only of school lessons, (those firm foundation stones in the "temple of knowledge" for the laying of which she was
so often and so justly praised)—but also
of the earnest life lessons.
As tenderly as she taught the baby
lips to say their A. B. C.'s, just so patiently and tenderly she led tho baby
feet along the "narrow way."
Every quarrel on the play-ground,
every lesson and song, all made to tench
in some form, "the old, old story."
Thirty-two years of teaching given to
us Island children. Some of us were
her pupils for ten, and twelve years, and
upon her golden wedding, came loving
words of greeting and gratitude, from
far and near—across the seas, and beyond the mountains—each one written
by a former pupil.
Truly, we thought, as we heard them
tell of her good works, these consecrated
years of teaching, were among the most
blessed, and only God can measure the
abundance of the harvest, as children's
children shall scatter broad-cast, the
seed of her sowing.
As we looked at her lying calm in
death, after her faithful stewardship—
her life with its bitter and sweet," its
many hard trials, and its pleasant places,
ended forever-—came thoughts of what
she had awakened to, out of that sleep.
Was she sitting at Jesus's feet, as we sat
ut hers, learning glorious lessons of life
eternal 1
Yes, I like to think so. And, our
dear old teacher, though your lioys and
girls will never have your loving greeting or word of sympathy again, we are
glad you are at rest.
And because you have
fallen asleep
in Jesus," we will strive more earnestly
to follow your teachings, and be Christian men, and women. So that it may
be said of us, as it is of you—•" Well
done good and faithful servant." "He
that goeth forth with weeping, bearing
precious seed, shall doubtless come again
with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with
Nellie E. Fuller.
him."
"
MRS. SMITH'S CONNECTION WITH
THE STRANGERS' FRIEND
SOCIETY.
Among tho various forms of Christian
work which have occupied the life of
our gifted friend, none perhaps interested her more than that connected with
the Strangers' Friend Society.
Formed as it was at a time when imperative need called for some organization by which the destitute strangers
thrown upon our shores could be systematically cared for, her ready sympathies
responded to the call. She was present
at the first gathering ; accepted the office
of Secretary, and acted in that capacity
to the close of her life, a period of thirtytwo years.
In this as in every branch of her work
she truly obeyed the Master's injunction,
Occupy till I come."
During these latter years, Mrs. Smith
has been mote actively engaged in the
details of the society work than earlier,
when schtxil and family duties pressed
more closely. The hospital, the sick
bed and the resort of the degraded, can
all testify to her faithful zeal ane indefatigable effort to relieve distress, succor
the helpless and reclaim the erring.
Who but God can toll and what but
eternity reveal tho results of such a life ?
But It Is finished, rounded offand she is
gone. We do not see her, her place is
vacant and we are stricken ; still we rejoice in her peaceful and delightful release ; we rejoice in the easy transition
from this life to the other. She is with
her Saviour whom she loved and served
all these years; with her children and
grandchildren who have passed on, with
the dear old mother who lived on Into
the nineties, and with hundreds of
friends whom she knew and loved here
below, and who are now in the ranks of
the redeemed.
We wish her joy in it all, and pray
that her example may incite us who remain, to like faithfulness and unwearied
effort.
Mrs. H. M. Whitney.
"
March,
188,5.
MRS. SMITH'S CONNECTION WITH
THE BETHEL UNION CHURCH
AND SABBATH SCHOOL.
As a leader in many branches of
Christian work, Ms. Smith has been
spoken of this nftenoon. There remains
another most tender and loving connection, that of the Bethel Church and Sabhath School. The same ship that brought
Mr. and Mrs. Smith to these islands
brought material to be used in the construction of this chapel, which still
remains as part of the Bethel. Mrs
Smith's interests have ever been closely
connected with the Bethel Church. During the years that she was particularly
occupied in work among Hawaiians, she
was, socially, most intimately connected
with Dr. Damon, then pastor of the
Bethel, and his family. On the occasion
of the Golden Wedding in 1882, Dr.
Damon, said "For 40 years our lives
run parallel, and our work has been in
the same calling; love and confidence
have charactuized our intercourse with
cnch other. We have rejoiced in each
others successes and sympathized in each
others trials—especially has this Ireen
true in the deep family bereavements,
which each has been called to sustain."
This Ismd of union, still exists, for when
the spark of life went out, and while
loving hands were bearing what we knew
as earthly of Mrs Smith to rest in Nuuanu cemetery, Dr. Damon was lying upon his dying lied, unconscious that his
old-time friend had passed over the
river before him. One week later, he
also was laid to rest in the same valley
cemetery. Together they sing "the song
of the redeemed," around the throne of
God, while two mourning households
linger here a little longer.
Her warm heart opened naturally to
the sailors and strangers, who came for
longer or shorter time, to this Church
There in the early
and congregation.
days, her children were brought SablHtth
after Sabbath, to listen to preaching in
their mother tongue, and as they grew
to mature years, they gave very efficient
aid in Christian work. This thought was
in stilled: "Do all you can to help the
Bethel prayer meeting, choir Sabbath
School, Ac." Thus she upheld the pustor in his work. Some years ago, Dr.
Smith having left the pastorate of Kaumakapili Church her attendance at the
Bethel became constant We shall all
miss her familiar face in our congregation*
With heart and life overflowing with
love to God, her testimony for the Master,
was often heard in our social meetings.
Her zeal was great during the revival
meetings held by Mr. Hallenbeckin 1881,
and many were led to Christ through her
earnest entreaties. We who used to meet
with her in those ladies, afternoon prayer
meetings know how she would plead for
souls, even by name In many cases. God
was very good to her and gave her answers to her prayers, so that many now
think of her as their spiritual mother in
Christ. From her own rich experience
at that time she often spoke in the
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Wednesday evening meeting, whereby class and listening to her earnestpresenta-
all our hearts were full, and we were
quickened te more active work, through
her words and example. During the
recent temperance and evangelistic
work, she lalxired as actively as her
strength would allow, saying, "I will do
all that 11 woman of 75 years can do."
She prayed most fervently for a full outpouring nf God's Spirit upon this community, and rejoiced greatly over some
who came out on the Lord's side.
Alxmt a year ago, as you all know, our
Pastor presented his resignation to this
Church. This weighed heavily upon
Mrs. Smith's mind. Were we to be left
alone in our weakness? The first Sabhath in March a notice was read, asking
all ladies of the congregation to assemble
at the vestry on Monday afternoon. Wo
went, wondering for what! Then she
laid liefore us, how much we needed
prayer to (iod in this, our emergency,
that He would lift Hie dark cloud and
send us a man after His own heart to
minister to us. Some of you will rememlier the prayers that went up from
that little room as week after week we
gathered the re. How closely our hearts
were drawn together and what a comforting hour it was! Mrs. Smith was
never absent except when detained
by sickness, and that was seldom,
for she often came when weak and suffering. When the faith of some was
weak and trembling, she took strong
hold of God's promises and led us upward and onward. Is it not in answer
to those prayers that we have been so
blessed during the past six months?
She welcomed our present Pastor and his
wife most cordially and a warm Christian
affection had grown up between them.
On the first Monday of the New Year
she led the Ladle's prayer meeting in a
very solemn and impressive manner.
The next week she was again present,
and urged upon an inquiring one that
she she should "put her trust in the
Saviour; who doeth all things well."
The next week, from her sick bed, she
sent us a loving message through the
elder Mrs Thrum. Now she is gone.
She loved this little meeting, as a mother
loves her child. Let the Ladies prayer
meeting at the Bethel, on Monday afternoon, be a lasting, living memorial of
Mrs. Smith's life among us.
Closely connected with all her other
efforts has been her work for the Bethel
Having a ready and
Sabbath School.
peculiar gift for communicating with and
instucting others, Mrs. Smith was a most
For many
acceptable Bible teacher.
years she was personally connected with
the school, first in charge of the infant
class, afterward of a class of young girls,
many of whom have now, in turn be
come teachers, while others have gone
up higher. For several years she has
conducted a Bible class for adults, on
compossd
Sabbath morning. This
chiefly of ladles, but I have often seen
men who, as strangers, had found their
way into tho room, gathered into her
tion of the truth as found In God's word.
No doubt much seed was thus scattered
abroad which will bring forth fruit in
Janunry 11th was her last
due season.
morning at the Sabbath School. By
request she came into the room when
the scholars were gathered for dosing
exercises and made the dosing prayer.
These were her last words to the dear
Sabbath School children whom she loved
so dearly. While thus we all, Pastor and
tieople, aged and young, friends and
family, miss her from our midst, may
we each and every one be incited by her
memory to do more for the Master's
cause; that whether it shall lie as the
unfolding bud, or as the rijiened sheaf of
wheat, that any of us are called to end
our pilgrimage, we too may be ready
when our summons shall come.
<< Blessed are they that do His commandment, that they may have right
to the tree of life and may enter in
through the gates into the city."
Mrs. S. E. Bishop.
MRS. SMITH AS A CHRISTIAN.
Dear Friends: We have assembled
in this place to-day to unite in calling to
mind precious memories connected with
our sister, Mrs. Ixiwell Smith.
We read in the good twok that after
Dorcas died, many who loved her came
together to mourn for her. They recounted to each other her good deeds,
displayed the evidences of her love, lal»r and self-denial, for the poor people
around her. Did not our Lord show that
he approved of this memorial meeting?
He gave Peter power to restore their
kind friend to life.
Our blessed Jesus commanded his disciples to love one another. We are thankful for this command; thankful that it is
a duty as well as a privilege ; thankful
for tfte example He gave us when Lazarus died, of his love and sympathy for
the afflicted. This love does not die. It
reaches into the world beyond.
We have in remembrance the names
of many dear sisters who have been fellow workers with us. Their faces are
seen no more on earth. But they appear to the eyes of our minds when we
think of them or speak their names. We
shall not forget them.
Mother Thurston, Mother Andrews,
Mrs. Judd, Mrs. Chamberlain, Mrs. E.
O. Hall, Miss Ogden, Mrs. Fidelia Coan,
Mrs. Wetmore, Mrs. Bond, and some
others; now we have another dear name
to place with those in memory's cabinet
—the one we speak of to-day.
She was a friend of this nation, and
proved it by her works. For over fifty
years she dwelt among this people doing
good. She was no half-way Christian.
She threw into her work the whole energies of her being. A large, warm heart
was hers, and she had room in it for oh!
ad many I Not only her kindred, her
children (no mother ever loved her children more!), not only fellow Christians
(those she loved i-rdrntly, by whatever
12
na mo they were called), but ; !.e had a
warm place in her heart for theiittiiite.j,
the ignorant, the degraded, the heathen;
"Christ loved them," she said, "He died
for them! they do not know him! I love
them, and long that they should come to
Him !"
"Love of children," said Mrs. Smith,
"is the strongest passion of my nature."
We who knew her understand this. She
was gifted with a kind of magnetism
that drew children to her and made it
easy for her to teach them. No child
passed by her unnoticed. They all belonged tn her she said. No wonder that
it was a "glad day to her when she first
gathered a group of Hawaiian lioys and
girls around r.ei." Teaching was work
that she loved, and for which she was
especially prepared.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith landed on these
shores, May Ist, 1833. They had a long
passage round Cape Horn of 150 days,
without sight of land. In those early
days the Missionaries on these Islands
assembled in Honolulu once in a year,
somewhat as the Jews used to go up to
Jerusalem. It was called the General
Meeting. They assembled every day in
the old school-house, for mission business. Here they read reports of their
work, discussed difficulties; decided
on plans of work for the coming year;
books that were needed, and who should
write them;translations, printing,sehools,
fields to be occupied, and who should occupy them; and above all, they united solemnly in seeking aid from on high and a
blessing on their work. By this Association Mr. and Mrs. Smith were located on
Molokai as assistants to Mr. and Mrs.
Hitchcock. They were to teach school and
learn the language. Their dwelling was
a small grass hut; as it proved very uncomfortable, they built a cottage of stone.
There was an old heiau near by tijat furnished the material, and natives assisted
in the work of construction. Their bouse
being completed, their work was pro
grossing, hut Mrs. Smith's health was
failing, and her condition became so
alarming that after one year she was
brougnt to Honolulu, und the physicians
decided that she must live nearer medical aid. They were then stationed at
Ewa, a new station, about 10 miies from
Honolulu. There Mr. Smith erected a
house and school-house, and commenced
a church. Work for the people began
with vigor. After two years trial, during which time Mrs. Smith suffered
much, physicians again interfeivd, and
our friends were brought to Honolulu
that Mrs. Sought have continued medical treatment. Rev. Mr. Bishop was appointed to take the station at Ewa.
Mr. Smith took charge of the schools
of Honolulu. Mrs. Smith did what she
could reclining on her couch. Native
women visited her and she used her opportunities with them. For six months
she taught the little Prince Alexander,
giving him his first lessons in English
and lessons from the bible.
In 1837 teachers arrived, after which
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Mr. antl Mrs. Smith were located in the
lower part of the city, called Kaumakapili, where mission work seemed especially needed. Again they commenced
anew with unabated enthusiasm and zeal.
Mrs. Smith's health had improved, and
she was delighted with the prospect of
work, real work for the lower class of
natives. This was the commencement of
a long term of labor fur the blessed Master. They took it up with avidity. The
first place of worship was a schoolhouse, with a large lariai built outside of
it. People flocked around them, and
often 2000 persons were presnt to hear
the Gospel.
Our sister, though still in delicate
health, found many ways to help in the
work. Hundreds of women came to see
the new teacher; she gave them kind
greetings of sympathy. Sometimes they
brought their infants and young children, and received instruction and advice
about training and caring for them, or
medicine if they were sick.
Native teachers were employed, and it
gave her delight to give them instruction to tit them to influence, govern and
instruct in the best way.
She organized female pniyer meetings,
which she always attended and took
charge of, if possiblee, and from which
she derived much strength and courage.
She appointed women in whom she had
eotideiiee to go to out-districts, conduct
duct meetings, visit the sick, and report
to her such as needed especial help.
After laboring and preaching under
the lanai for two years, Mr. Smith and
his people decided to build a church.
Their people were all poor. It was a
large building that was planned. Mrs.
Smith took hold of this work with energy. She called the women together to
contrive ways to raise money, as a large
sum would be Deeded. They all wanted
to help. Some who had work would
save a part of their wages. Others were
taught to braid hats and mat bags; these
were sold, the former to native's, and the
latter to a sugar Hunter on Kauai. Men,
women and children joined heaitily in
the work of building the new church.
The walls were to be of sun dried bricks,
or adobes. They were made by the men,
the moulds lieing prepared by Mr. Smith.
Lime was needed to plaster the walls.
Tiie. natives brought coral from the sea,
and burned it for this purpose by their
teacher's instructions. The people had
willing hearts and labored gladly. It
was to be their church, in which they
would worship God.
It would lie impossible to speak of the
lnmy tilings that our sister found to do
for the peopie of Kaumakapili. Besides
giving religious instruction, home life,
cleanliness, dress, economy, care of time,
the decencies and common things of
life, all called for thought and lessons
from her.
In 185i»Mrs. Smith consented to commence an evening school for some promising young men (Hawaiians) who
applied to her for lessons in English.
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found them docile and appreciaAfter teaching them one year she
reluctantly gave it up, as this night work
was too fatiguing after the labor of the
day. She had much comfort in these
pupils and some of them afterwards filled
positions of usefullness with credibility
and faithfulness. Mrs. Smith was teaching at this time aa English day school
for Hawaiian children.
In 1856 this
was made a Government school. It was
the first English common school taught
on these islands.- June 1854 to 1860 it
was a popular flourishing school of 80 or
more pupils. In 1860 the Government
organized the Royal school and Mrs.
Smith was invited to be its principal.
This she declined, gave up her school
and advised her pupils to go to theRoyal
School.
After this Mrs. Smith taught for many
years the children of some of her friends
and neighbors. One of those pupils will
give some reminiscences of that school
to-day.
Mrs. Smith was a Christian worker as
well as teacher. She was ready and
helpful whenever and wherever duty
called her. Others will speak of her as
a member of The Womans' Board, the
Stranger's Friend Society and of the
Bethel Union Church and Sabbath School.
But whatever other work she engaged
in her sympathies and best efforts were
for the Hawaiians. Much was done by
her for their sick. During those dreadful months when the smnll-pox raged in
Honolulu, this father and mother labored
constantly for this poor suffering people.
Mr. Smith left home in the morning and
sometimes did not return till midnight.
For three months fire .scarcely went out
in Mrs. Smith's kitchen. Soup, rice, pia
and tea were prepared daily in large
quant'tics for distribution among their
people. When the awful disease subsided, 500 from their roll-call answered
they were numbered with the
not
dead! Those were sorrowful days! Mr.
and Mrs. Smith had other sorrows in
their Mission at Kamakajiili.
Their
home so delightful to them, where they
had spent so many years of joy and sorrow was burned to the ground and never
rebuilt. Many dear friends and relatives
in the home-land, left for the far country
and their loving, cheering letters ceased
to come. Seven little lives, heart treasures, were given them, but five were recalled to be educated in heaven. They
left living arms that ached from emptiness!
But I heir severest trials came when
some whom they had loved, and for
whom they had prayed and hoped, left
the good and returned to theirevil ways.
One consolation was always theirs. They
could go and tell Jesu*! They found in
Him help and comfort at all times.
Our precious friend has gone to her
rest. All her toils and anxieties are over.
She left no word of farewell for ys, but
she has left lessons for each of us. Her
example seems to say to us, These are
days of opportunities. Watch for them.
She
tive.
—
"
March, 1885.
Do not neglect one; neglected, the same
one never returns."
Let us together praise the Lord to-day
for all his loving care and help from our
sister during the many years of her sojourn in these Isles of the Sea.
Juliette M. Cooke.
BOARD
HAWAIIAN
HONOLULU, H. I.
This pa<j*;e is devoted Ut the interests of the Hawaiian
Board of Missions, und the Editor, appointed by the
Board, is responsible for its contents.
A. 0. Forbes,
13
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Editor.
OUR DUTY TO THE JAPANESE.
Nine hundred and forty-eight Japanese have just landed on our shores, the
large majority of whom come as laborers
and household servants. We owe it to
them to give them such opportunities of
Christian instruction and education as
may be in our ixiwer to give. At the
suggestion and request of the Hawaiian
Board, in a letter sent by the Corresponding Secretary to Japan as long ago as
last September, a young and intelligent
Christian Japanese who is preparing for
the ministry has come with them. A supply of Japanese Scriptures and tracts has
also Ixjen received from Rev. Mr. Loomis,
the Agent of the American Bible Society
in Japan. Consul Irwin, who has come
with this lot of immigrants, has shown a
• commendable interest in their moral and
spiritual
aiding in every way
the advancement of these objects so far
as was within his power.
i'lie Honolulu Y. M. C. A. have tendered the use of their hall for religious
meetings of the Japanese on Sundays,
and it has been accepted by the Hawaiian
Board with thanks for the generous
courtesy thus siiown.
Arrangements
will be made to have a service held there
for the Japanese in Honolulu each Sunday.
The Board are also expecting to start
an evening school at once for such of
them as may desire to be taught English.
We commend these objects to the generosity and Christian cooperation of the
community.
THE CHINESE.
True Christianity is as broad as the
world.
It embraces in its beneficent
provisions, all races, and all classes of
men. And we hold that this grand
principle should govern the views and
the daily life of every professing Christian. The fact that it often does not,
and that so many who profess to believe
in Christianity, and to be in cordial
sympathy with its spirit and its objects,
nevertheless act and speak in a manner
inconsistent with those professions, only
shows the imperfection of man.
In our editorial for February, we quoted with hearty endorsement, a noble,
manly Christian, utterance from a journalist of natioi'"' reputation and of high
stauding, in
to the Chinese
problem." We stated no "conclusions"
of our own on either the political, social,
.
"
or economic features of the question.
When therefore our fellow editor of
the Saturday Press launches out in rather
wild tirade against what he is pleased to
term our conclusions on the subject of
admitting unrestricted Chinese immigration," we are somewhat curious lo know
whence he derived his information as to
our views on that point. And all the
more so as the views he impliedly attributes to us happen to be wide of the;
mark. We are well aware that there
are* many serious and difficult questions
connected with the political and economic sides of this question. And we
do not undertake to deliver any oracular
utterances Uiereanent, or to enter the lists
in the controversy. We simply recognise the fact that the Chinaman is a
brother samj that he has a soul to be
saved as well as any other man; that he
is here in large number, and 'hat we
who profess the doctrines and principles
of Christianity havea moral responsibility
laid upon us by these very facts; a duty
which we owe to the Chinaman in common with every other human being; that
of endeavoring to do him good. We
hold further, that if there be danger to
trade or to social morals from bis presence in such numbers, (and we do not
deny such danger) there can be no
greater safeguard against it than the
bringing, to bear upon it the transforming
and elevating power of a true, warmhearted Christianity.
"
pauied him were slain. And Teteke
(the native of Nonouti) who brought
these people to Nonouti (from Honolulu)
is now ■ slave on Kuria.
Many went aboard the vessel when It
was lying off and on under the lee of
Nonouti. Some were sent hack to the
land, but they did not reach it Isacause
they were driven off from the vessel
Dear the sunken reef. There were two
boats whose passengers did not reach the
shore. They all perished at sea, women
and men. Many went to Apemama.
Some were women and childrent, but
their husbands were left at Nonouti.
Nonouti is now entirely in the hands
of this King Binoka.
A labor-ship arrived here to see Binoka, and he sent it to Nonouti to get the
people, and many went aboard there to
go to labor.
Pitiable are the children who have no
parents. It is God who will care for
them.
Trnimliition from Vutaio Tibur's letter of July 9,
1884. [Teacher on Nonouti J.
Rev. H. Dinoham :—
« War
* Karakaua
was made upon Nonouti by
(Nimatu), and he was. victorious. He
also made slaves of the people ; and we
(the teacher and his party) were about
to be killed by him, in order that the
word of God might perish, for he said
that he would rule, but God did not give
him the kingdom, for lie was afterward
slain in battle by Binoka (King of Apemama).
The inhabitants of Nonouti were also
very many of them slain by Binoka,
and very many were bound, after
the fashion of a pig when its four feet
are tied together. I then ran to rescue
them by asking peace from the King ;
and when I came to him, he said
Let
there be peace now." So the people
were delivered, and all set free, perhaps
four hundred of them. How pitiable
were the inhabitants of this island.
Many of them were slain, and many
of'them were taken away to Apemama
to Ih* made slaves of to be sent to Tahiti.
For Binoka gave orders that they should
be transported to labor, but the people
did not want to labor, for there was only
one thing they desired, and that was
God's word. The inhabitants of this
island are very desirous of religious inTranslation from Mr. John TeraoCs letter of Feb.
4, 1884. [Mr. Ternoi is a Gilbert Island Cate- struction. Some of them have publicly
chisl, residing on Apemama.]
declared their desire, a
Rev. H. Bingham:— * * * The Kjrtruet from Mr- John Ternoi'e letter (Teacher OH
Apemumii) of .tug-nut 4, 1884.
following is an item of sad news from
Nonouti. Multitudes of its inhabitants
A British ship of war came here to
have been slain by a native of Apaiang, see Binoka about his attack on Nonouti.
named Niniatu, who lately returned from He arrived in July. All Binoka's musHonolulu where he had been at service. kets were thrown into the sea, and he
He made war on Nonouti, and many was fined 20,000 lbs. of cobra. There
were killed; many of the fugitives ar- were two boat loads of the muskets."
From these, and from our previous
rived at Keuria and Apemama. There
were nearly 100 proas. And when they knowledge of the islands, we gather the
came to Binoka he took compassion on following statement of what appear to be
them, so he desired to go with some of the facts in the case.
Binoka is King of the three neighborthem back to Nonouti. He said he
would make peace for them, and going ing islands of Apemama, Kuria, and
on board a vessel he sailed for that is- Aranuka. The island of Nonouti lies
land. He then attacked the Apaiaugans; about fifty miles to the southeastward ot
and Nimatu and his friends who accom- Apemama.
THE NONOUTI MASSACRE.
An item has appeared in the papers of
this city about the visit of a British ship of
war to Apemami, and the penalty inflicted upon the King of that island for his
share in the trouble at Nonouti last year.
A little explanation may place the affair
in a somewhat different light from that
in which it appeared to a British captain
unacquainted, doubtless, with the language, and probably receiving his information from doubtful sources.
Letters have been received by the
Hawaiian Board, and also by Rev. H.
Bingham from theGilliert Island teachers
on those two islands of Apemama, who
were on the spot, and who, so far a.s we
know, are reliable men, extracts from
which we give below:
"
•.
"
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Volume 48, No. 3
When the Gilbert island laborers were rising through the ranks of the merchant Balm of Gilead that secures everlasting
returned last year by the Hawaiian sailing service, from sailor to master. youth.
government, on the Hazard, there was From 1849 to 1855 Captain Oat worked
IN MEMORIAM.
among them a native of Apaiang named at sail-making in San Francisco, lie arNimatu, who had been .for some time rived in these Islands in April of 1855,
On Thursday, Feb. UOtli, Mrs. Maria
with His Majesty Kalakaua here. This followed in June of the same year by Mngoon was called to her reward on high.
started
man was for some reason obnoxious Mrs. Oat and family. He at once
She was born at Lisbon, Me., in 1830.
to the King of Apaiang, and word had sail-making, a business which he has suc- She was the daughter of Abnerand Hanbeen sent up here from Apaiang that he cessfully carried on through the years nah Eaton, and was left an orphan when
must not go back there or his life would following. They have had nine children, a child. She was married to Mr. John
be forfeited. So he proceeded to the four of whom are living.
Magoon Jan. 1, 1850. Mr. and Mrs.
On the 17th of December last, you re- Magoon came to the Islands in 1877.
Island of Nonouti with those who be*
longed there, among whom was one member, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. They have one son, Mr. John A. Magoon,
Teteke, who seems to have Joined with Oat was made a bower of beauty, the oc- a student in the law department of the
Nimatu in his warlike operations. Landed on Nonouti with their rifles and
ammunition purchased in Honolulu, this
Nimatu assumed royal airs and authority,
called himself Kalakaua, and gathering
a party about him, committed havoc on
the poor people. Many of the inhabitants were slain by him, and many subjugated. Many others, to the number
of one hundred canoe loads, fled to Kuria
and Apemama, and called on King Binoka to protect them. He accordingly
collected a force of his own people, and
went to Nonouti to quell the disturbance
anil restore order. He landed, attacked
Nimatu, the pseudo Kalakaua, vanquished his party and slew Nimatu himself,
and thus became master of the island.
His treatment of the vanquished party
was in accordance with savage custom,
"thongh not in accordance with our ideas
of civilized warfare.
For this he is visited by a British ship
of war and severely punished as though
he had been guilty of a wanton act,
whereas he was only doing a kindness
and a real service to the people of Nonouti by rescuing them from their oppressor,and that too at their own request.
We regret that the commander of that
ship of war should have been led by
what he may have supposed to be sufficient evidence, into the commission of
an act which must have appeared to the
King Binoka and to the people themselves an unjust act, and one which will
not tend to exait their confidence in the
paternal Justice and kindness of the English nation.
CAPTAIN J. M. OAT, Sr.
Ftom the Memorial Address, by Rev. S. C. Oggel, in
the Bethel Union Church, Feb. 25th, 1985.
My friends, In the Providence of God,
this Church is again called to give up one
of its members. To Brother Oat, having
fought the battle of life and run the race,
came the voice of God: "Come up
higher,"—and knowing that our Father
doeth all things well, it behoves us to
say, "Thy will be done."
The following is a brief account of the
history of his life and of the leadings of
God with himself and family.
Captain Oat was born at Philadelphia,
September 25th, 1809, and was therefore in his 7'ith year. He was married
to Miss Elizabeth R. Crocker, December
17, 1884, In New York City, by the Rev.
Mr. Chase. For IS years after their
marriage Mr. Oat "followed the sea,"
casion lieing the fiftieth anniversary of
their marriage, at which over two hundred guests were present and regrets for
unavoidable absence were received from
many others. The event was a most
pleasant one to the aged couple and their
children, and to thecontinuous stream of
visitors that came to offer their congratulations. For half a century these two
bad been united as one and had together
borne the sorrows unci shared the joys of
life. Yes, we rejoiced that evening with
parents and children in the goodness and
faithfulness of (Jotl to this family. Surely
His blessing, and comfort and pence
were there. The occasion was one that
will fill a place in our memories for many
years to come.
To this it gives me great pleasure to
add, that on the 2d day of October, 1881,
Mr. Oat made public profession of his
faith in Christ and united with this
Church, "lie that confessedh me before
men," the Muster says, "him will I confess before my Father and his holy
angels." And therefore to you, the companion of his many years, I would say,
1'Be comforted."
Having been together
for so many years you will miss him in
days to come, but trust in God, and in
an ever present Savior, who is "the same
yesterday and to-day and forever." Jesus
has said, "I will not leave you comfortless." And rejoice in the promsies of
God of re-union in the better land and
home on high. And to you his children
I would say, recognize with gratitude to
God that you carry to his resting place
to-day an honorable and honored man.
For such was your father in this community. Satisfied that you have done all
in your power to please him while he
lived and especially to make his last
days comfortable, submit to-day to the
will of Him, whom it hath pleased to
take your father unto Himself.
Shall we all this day, realizing that
death may any day call for you ami me,
heed the loving voice of God, "Son,
daughter, give me thine heart?" Captain Oat was present in this Church on
the Bth day of this month, the day after
God took Dr. Damon from us, and we
were here that Sabbath afternoon to hear
God speak, look at the remains, and then
carry them to their last resting-place.
My friends, you are here to-day. Who
of us will be called next? Oh, God alone
knowsl Are we ready? Not all become
old. Human life must close. I, this
afternoon commend to you all Jesus
Christ the Great Physician, and the
University of Michigan.
Mrs. Mngoon
was a member of the Bethel Union
Church. She was a consecrated, happy
Christian, faithful in all her relations.
Blessed are the dead who die in tho
Lord. Yea, saith the Spirit, for they
rest from their labors, and their works
follow them."
The funeral service was held from the
Bethel Union Church, E. C. Oggel, the
"
pastor, officiating.
To the husband and son we extend our
sympathy in their bereavement.
REC IPTFS OR THE HAWAIIAN BOARD
FROM JAN. 21, TO FEB. 25, 1885.
roit rottKlUN Ml-SloN.
from Kor'.-I It.
bnre!
) W.W
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VOlt OKMCKAJ. PUNI>.
IVniinen Church. I.. Lyman
\niiliohi Church, Kanai
Knhala Church. K. Bond
kuiiiiiukupili Church, A. L Smith
kViiiiihinu Church J. H. Martin
[lothel Union Church
h'ortiirx Church Kohala
Total
4»<H>
91.(0
1:«I.5S
m
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4».tX)
vO.iW
10.50
$ 383.85
$4'ID.flO
W. W. HALL, Treasury.
The Honolulu Sailors' Home Society in
Account with Chas. R. Bishop,
Treasurer.
loo.,.
Ile-c.l!l, Ilalance
t 15 70
IBM,
Fob. 22, Donation, J. T. Waterliouae, Jr
50 01)
Donnlion. II. K. Ulade
80 00
.m hi
Donation, febaafar & Co
SOU)
Donation, (i. W. Marfttrliine 4 Co
60 CXI
Donation. W. O. Irwin A Co
Donation, S. c. Damon
50 00
Donation. S. O. Wilder
25 00
Donation. A. W. Pelrce
80 00
10 00
Donation, Cash
100 00
Mar.it, Donation, Bishop & Co
1U000
11,.1.,ill..n. Castle A' l 'n.ikf
50 00
Donation, W. W. Hall
25 00
Donation, U. F. Dlllllls-llum
50 00
Donation, Mr. May
50 00
Donation, l.ewcrs A Cooke
Oct.mi, I'm. Note, Chairman Sailor's Home... 450 00
1885.
Jan. ill, Donation, J. T. Waterhouae
25 00
50 00
Donation, U. H. Bishop
Donation. S. M. Damon
.'18 411
Donnlion. II. V IH11 i inrliani
25 110
Donation, I.ewers & t'ookc
50 00
20 00
17. Donation, W. tl. Irwin
20 00
Donation, S. U. Wilder
50 00
Donation, B.C. Damon
50 00
I ona linn. Castle & Cooke
Kent of corner room advanced by S. C.
1885
100
00
12,
Damon, and repaid Feb.
21 «7
Feb. 12, Donation, 8. M. Damon
$1.IM.", 86
1881.
Burjres.on
account,repair..$
Paid
350 00
Mar. 6,
N. F.
850 1)0
\pr. 4.
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balanec
acc't
$458.(W
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Oct. 40. "
484 19
Ii months inleresl on do. .. 27.81
1885
Jan.'20, " Note Chairman of Com.. 460.00
11.6H 4M «7
lntereatondo
"
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$1,646 M
CHAS. R. BISHOP, Trea.nr.r.
K. t, O. K.
Honolulu, Feb 12, 1886.
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THE FRIEND.
March, 1885.
THE CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN.
A valued correspondent sends us the
following from his note-book:
"The noblest type of man, the noblest
work of God, is the Christian Gentleman,
and that household is nearest the Christian ideal, where are studied, most minutely, those delicate offices and interchanges of kindliness, which like; golden
threads run through the warp and woof
of every day life."
MONTHLY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
Honolulu, February 3d. 1885,
at the residence of eieori;e Liicns, Fsq., Kukul Place,
Bishop
of Ollia, Mb John I.ci-as
Lordship
Ihe
by hi.
to Mian L. FusTKii. Hi I of this city.
MILES—RKDDINUTON.—In Honolulu, February
l'.'lh, 1885. by Key. 11. IL Parker, Okoiiuk W. Milks to
Miss Jknn.e 11. Kkhimniit.in.
SOU I HWICK—BREESE—III Kort-St. Church, Feb.
Still,, 188.-1. tiy Pastor Cruzaii. Mr. Thomas Smyth
LUCAS—FOSTER—In
Southwick, and Miss
Anna ,).
ii
IiyOMAN
& TEMPERANCE,"
A new Hook by
»•»
Miss Frances E. Willard,
or
President
the National W. •'. T. tl of America.
Editors and Publiahera.
After moro than forty years of very successful editorial contiol and management by Rev. 8. C. Damon, D.
1)., Til. Kiuend passes iuio the hands of Pastor. Crnpaper haa
/.aii and oggel. During all these years Ihis
inimportunt purl in shaping and moulding tba
had
This sterling work on the Temperance Question, has religious and social life nf ilns Nation. It has always
been examined by MRS J. M. WHITNEY,
been a poient factor forall that was right, pure and
I'rest. of W. CT. I', of Hawaii, peaceable.
What it has been in the past It will continue to be in
and I'as.ors Oggel and Cntzan, and has their unqualified Ihe future.
cndiirs.-meiit.
While retaining all Its former characteristics, and
pushing, with unabated ncal, all the Interests which
canvass
have had so warm an advocacy in its column.. Il will
be the niin of the preßont editors to make Thk Fhiind
feliSStr
for Subscribers.
distinctively
Agent for the Hawaiian Islands.
Mr. Cutler will
ALLEN
&
the city
ROBINSON,"
A Family Religious Newspaper.
Dealeta ir,
LUMBER, BUILDING MATERIALS AND
COALS.
LUMBER YARD-ROBINSON'S WHARF.
Honolulu, 11. I.
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TTNION FEED CO.
In this city, .lan 241h, 1885, to tho wife of J. D.
Tucker, Esq., a duughter.
At Cralgsidc, Nuuanu Valley, Honolulu .lan. 29th,
1885, lo the wife of Theo. 11. Davles, Esq., a son.
In Pauoa Valley, Honolulu, Jan. 30th, 1885, to the
wife of A. T. Atkinson. Esq., a son.
In Ihis city, on the nih Inst., to the wife of John
Johnson, a aon.
In this city, February 11th, 1885, to the wife of K. E.
Burns, a son.
FRIEND FOR 1886.
J. A. Cruzan and E. C. Oggel,
Rev. J. S. Cutler,
Ilrecse.
BIRTHS.
rpHE
We shall keep constantly before us as speclaltlea the
quicl.enlng and deepening of the religious life of the
people: to make Thk Fbiknd a medium of communication between Ih.- Churches of the Kingdom, and also
Isolated Chitrchesand theoutaide world
General, Mission Work,
between
The Chinese Work,
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Corner of liuocn anil Edinburgh street.,
Telephone 175.
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The Sunday School Work,
Education, Literature
And General Culture,
Will also have a large place In our columns.
Public Questions.
Thk Fuiknd, under the new management, will be a
religious and not a political paper. We have no desire
or intention lo meddle with the so callod "politics" of
DEATHS.
this Kingdom. But on every public question where
Rev. Father Chiniquy, formerly a Priest. principles
and morals are at Issue, we shall have conOOODALK—At Adrian. Michigan, on January 10th,
every
bands
of
Protestant.
victions
and the courage to boldly and clearly state
i his book should be In the
1885. D. 11. Uoodale, uged 74 ycurs.
letter, them, in favor of
Price *6. Money should be sent In registered
SHIPMAN-.U Wuiakca lliinch, Hllo. Hawaii, on or by P.O. Money Ordei-to " Ukv. Father Chiniuuy.
Good Uovernment, Righteousness, Temperance.
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Wednesday, the 21st day of January, 1885. William St. Anna. Kaukiikcc Co., Ilia."
the best Interests of all the people, this Journal
and fearlessly
Kkkd Shipman, the beloved elelest son of W. 11. and
will
sjieak. We have but little respect for a
Mary E. Shlpniun, aged 4 years, 2 monthsund 111 days.
religion which Is not robust enough lo be carried Into
business and politics.
YON SCHMIDT-In Sail Francisco, at the Urnnd
Hotel, January 22nd. 1885, of pneumonia. Ueoiioiana
(LIMITED.)
Jcjanita LiiiANAHiNK beloved wife of Cupt. Edward
A Yon Schmidt, it native of Honolulu. 11. 1., uged '27
years.
Wo aie h&ppy to announce that the reader, of Tea
CIIASE-In this cily. Jan. HO, Mrs. Maby R. Chase,
l-'ttiknii are not to lose tho services of Dr. Damon. HI.
of
75
Rochester, Vt., Hged
years.
a native
Commander vlgoroua pen will still be at the serylco of Iho paper
KING
4 r. m. for La- and the people. One page of the paper will be devoted
SMITH In this city. .limitary 30th, 1885. Abioail
Will leave Honolulu each Tuesday atKawnlhae,
Lav lo
Willih. beloved wife of Rev. Lowell Smith, aged 76 haina Mnalaca, Makenii, Mahiikonn.
The Seamen,
pnhoohoc und llilo. Leave Hllo Thursdays at noon,
ycurs, 1 month nnd -27 days.
touching ut the same ports on return, arriving back of which Dr. Damon will be editor, and for which he
will
train
for
Nlulll
Honolulu,
DAMON—In
February 7th, 1885. Rev. Sam- Saturdays at. noon. Passenger
will be wholly reapon.lhlc. From time to time other
uel C'hknehy Damon, D.D., a unlive of Hidden. Mass.,
to connect with the Klnau artlclea from his pen on subject. In which he ia Inleave each Friday at 1 r.
and
U. S. A., aged B9 years, 11 monthsand 22 days.
touch
at
llcnokua
terested, and specially qualified to treat, will appear In
at Maliuktiiia. The Klnau will
is our columns.
Pallidum on down Irips for Passengers, If a signal
will
not
The
steamer Klnau
The Hawaiian Board
made from the shore.
lake heavy freight for Laupahoehoe; light freight and will also have control of one page, which will be de&
packs -es only. All heavy freight for Ihe above port voted to missionary news,and especially to full report,
wlil be taken by the Lehua and Kllauea Hou.
of the work In Hawaii and Mfcrone.ta, Rev. A. 0.
Jobbing'and Retail
Forbes, by election of the Board, will have charge of
this Department.
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Due page will also, aa heretofore, be devoted to the
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Agents for Borcicke ts Schreck's
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Leaves Honolulu each Monday at 5 p.. for Paauhau.
Koholalele, Ookala. Kukutau, Honohtnu, Laupahoehoe,
llnkalaii and Onome». Returning, will arrive hack
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Leaves Honolulu each Wednesday for KannakahaPele
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freight
for
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The Company will
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All possible care will be laken of Live Stock, but the
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HcQREOOK
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In each number a small space will be allotted to each
of these Churchea, in which the Pastor will gathe. op
the work done, and give an epitome of the church-lire,
of the paat month, and outline special work for the
month lo come.
Enlargement.
Thi Fbk»h haa bee. en larged 1rom an 8 page to a
12-pagepaper. In addition the column, have been Increased In width, thus about doubling Ihe amount of
reading mailer heretofore given.
We believe there Is need of Just such a live religions
newspaper as we propose to publish i that TH. "fßanrp
will demonstrate Its right to exirt, and jrlTe baxk U» 111
friends much more than value received for all the financial support which it receive.. Therefor, we cosrlldently solicit the help of all thoae intere.ted In the
cause of moral and religion. Help na that we may
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and give n. our .hare of your advertising patronage.
All business letter, should be addressed.to "J. A.
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containing matter for lnsertlo. In the paper shoald be
.ddressed to " K. C. Oggel, Box 847, Honolulu, H. I."
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The general average of attendants at anceat the young
men's Sunday afterAssociation reading room during the noon meeting is 800, and conversions
month has been 28.
are constantly taking place. Their work
I his pai'. ■is devoi. a I.the interest! <>r the Honolulu
The use of the Y. M. ('. A. Hall Sun- has grown so large the
en
Ohrlstlau
Association,
and
President in his
V\""~
of
Directors
* are responsible for its contents.the Board day mornings has been tendered to the annual report recommended
the trustees
Hawaiian Board for the use
the Jap- to take Immediate steps to enlarge the
/////. /.'. Kinney,
Editor. anese. This is tin Important of
move of the building. The reception on
Association. The Chinese mission work day, notwithstanding the New Year's
rain, was
The CongreyationuHxt, of Boston, in a was
inaugurated by the Association un- tended by I,IMIO young men. Rev. J. atrecent issue says:
I'.
der the guidance of the bite Rev. S. ('. Newman lectured for
them January 8,
"An attendant upon the recent State Damon.
it
pioneer
Let
be
the
with
the
being introduced by ex-Gov. Lel'and
meeting in Vermont, bears the following
Stanford.
ing testimony, which will be welcome to Japanese as well.
By vote, the time tor holding the
many of our readers:
"An observer of the movements of the' Sunday evening meeting held a! the Y.
ANNUAL MEETING
Young Men's Christian Association at M. C. A. Hall was put at half-past six- Of the
II
o'clock
Sailor's
i>. m. for the next two months.
c Society held on
this meeting could but be Impressed
The Treasurer of the Association was the 12th of February, 1886, at 10.80 a.m.
with (he progress which the Associations
Instructed to insure the Association Hall Hon. C. R. Bishop presiding.
in general have made within the past and
After prayer and the reading of the
furniture in the sum of ten thousand
decade, or a little more. They have
minutes of the last annual meeting, the
found and know very thoroughly that dollars.
The following resolution in view of Treasurer's report was read and accepttheir proper sphere Is to evangelize, not
the death of (he late Dr. Damon was ed. There was no debt on the Sailor's
all the world, but young men. They have
unanimously carried and spread up- Home at the dose of 1884. Hills c,r
learned by concentration upon this Held then
Mr. Dunscoinbe to the amount of toon
the
records of the Association :
how large and Important ii la, and are
in the death of Ihe gether $109.10, were assumed by the
Thai
Retolmd,
achieving great results m it They have bite Rev. s. C.
Damon, D. 1)., this Society.
learned, too, that the Young Metis's Young Men's Association
The election of Trustees to serve for a
of Honolulu
Christian Association Is not tin end, but
of three years ending Dee. 81,
has
lost
a
term
valuable
and
efficient
member,
a means to build up the Church of Christ.
1887,
and
a
resulted as follows : Messrs. S. M.
long
counsellor
whose
and consisIt Is the Church in action in behalf of
p.. p. Dillingham,
Damon,
tent
service
lor
an
exil. F. Glade,
Christ,
affords
US
young men. Of course it is working *~.
A. S. Cleghorn, W. \V. Hall, Rev. E. C.
ample worthy of emulation."
timatdy and sympathetically with church
The meeting then dosed with prayer. OggeL
and ministry.
Tiie meeting of the Society than adAnother noticeable thing is the larger
MICHIGAN.
journed.
The Detroit Association has made
Importance given to the Bible as a means
A meeting of the Hoard of Trustees of
to the growth of the Individual life and excellent progress. The contributions
to
the Sailor's Home Society was therethe winning of men. The day of affect- their work w.'re thirty percent, greater upon
called to order, lion. C. R. Bishop
ing stories, as a substitute tor searching than the previous year, notwithstanding presiding.
divine truth, In the conversion of men the dull financial season. Their memThe election of officers of the Board
seems to have passed away. The love bership increased from I'ii.*", to n.V.i. Their being first in
order, the Chairman read
of God's word evinced among these religious meetings had a total attendance a letter
from Hon. S. X. Castle, resignyoung men is exemplary and delight- of 11,217. The young men's meeting ing
his position as President, on account
ful.'
had an average attendance for the year of ill health.
After appreciative remarks made by
The regular monthly meeting of the of;4; Bible class, 27; training class, 26;
Association was held Thursday, Pebruary noon meeting, 20. The total attendance several trustees, in regard to Mr. Castle's
19th, A. D. 1885, at the Hall Among at their rooms, meetings, entertainments, long and faithful services rendered to
thi' Items Of interest we note the follow- etc., was 87,539 or a daily average of the Sailor's Home Society since its infancy, the resignation was accepted, and
ing i The President read a letter from 200 for the year.
an unanimous vote of well-merited
Mr. H. J. McCoy, General Secretary of
CALIFORNIA.
thanks was passed, to be placed on the
the Sun Francisco Association, stating
Aii increased
activity Is reported
that he intended making us a visit short- in till the Associations In this State, and records, with instruction to the Secrely in company with his wife, lie is ex- they all close
tary to convey the same by letter to Mr.
the year free of debt.
pected to arrive either on tin; first or
The San Francisco Association held Castle.
The following officers were then duly
fifteenth of next month—though his their thirty-second annual meeting on
coming may be delayed until April, when the evening of January 5. The mem- elected by ballot : lion. (.'has. R. Bishop,
the Association holds its annual meeting. bership has increased thirty per cent, President; Mr. John 11. Paty, TreasMr. McCoy Is well Known among us and during the year, and nearly 200,000 visits urer; Mr. F. A. Schuefer, Secretary;
will receive a most hearty reception. He have been made to the building, seventy- Executive Committee, Messrs. S. M.
will undoubtedly assist in Association five percent, of the number being young Damon, K. C. Oggel, J. B. Atherton.
work while here, as he has so often done men under thirty-five years of
age. An
even from a distance.
average of ten religious services a
MAGAZINES.
Mr. Atherton, in behalf of the com- have been held, 31!) situations hare week
been
have
received the January and
VVk
mittee appointed to secure a General secured for young men since the
establish- February numbers of Llppinvotfs MagaSecretaryreported progress, several indi- ment of the employment bureau
last
viduals now being under consideration. summer. Reports were presented by zine. We regret that the unusual pressure ui>on our columns prevents extended
The following persons were voted in eighteen working
committees, showing and deserved notice. Among the timely
its members of the Association :
the Association to be thoroughly organiz- articles in the February
number are
W. (). Atwator
Voting Member ed, and an aggressive work being done Representation
the English Parliain
'<
J. N. K. Keola
In
for young men. They expended last ment, and Prussian Civil
Service, while
Mr. Henderson
<<
<<
year $14,435, dosing the year with all To Liverpool and
Return in the SteerFred Lind
Associate
bills paid and a balance in the treasury.
age gives the magazine
u
Then. Severin
All the services held at the building of ocean travel from a reader glimpses
novel point of
Ralph Meatman
«
xcept the noon day meeting, are for view.
This
sterling
magazine
is one of
Horace Lyle
Voting
oung men only. The average attend- the best.
the
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organized. In addition to these, the best of instrucPainting and Paper Hanging.
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The Paja Plantation,
The Hitchcock & Co. Plantation.
The Wainluii Plantation, R. Ilal.tead,
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The Now England Mutual Life Insurance Co.,
The Union .Murine Insurance Co.,
The George F. Blake Manufacturing Co.,
1). M. Weslon's I'l-titrifiigals,
Jayne at Son's Medicines,
Wilcox JB tiibbs' Sewing Machine Co.,
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Cutlery, Chandeliers,
Thirty-fourth Annual Report.
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li. F. Dillingham <(• Co., and Samuel Honolulu Steam Planing Mills,
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S. N. CASTLE.
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HONOLULU, H. 1., MARCH,
J. A. CBUZAN, I
E. (J. OUUEL,
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EDITORIAL NOTES.
We give up this number of Tin;
PaUJUfO almost exclusively to the memory of Rev. Samuel Oiik nicks Damon,
1). 1)., and Mrs. Ami;am, Willis Smith.
Upon these new-made graves, with tearfllled eyes and loving hands, we wish to
place our tribute of love.
Wk never could understand how the
disfiguring a paper by turning column
rules on the death of an editor came In
be considered necessary as an expression
of grief. We believe Dr. Damon would
not wish Tiie'Fhiknj> to follow this custom. We prefer to express our sense of
loss and grief in a different way.
The family of the late Dr. Damon desire through our minimis to acknowledge
the receipt of many letters from absent
friends expressive of sympathy and condolence, which are highly appreciated,
and for which they tender sincere thanks.
The ruling passion: "I trust you are
pleasantly impressed, Mr. Bala, with our
unique little city?" "Very much so!
at least three coluinns-and-a-half.
By the last mail comes the sad news
of the death in the United States of two
of our csteamed islanders, viz: Mr.
Chas. Alexander, formerly of Makawao,
and Mr. William Lydgate, formerly of
Laupahoehoe, Hawaii. We extend our
sympathies to their bereaved friends.
Just now we are having a feast of
good things in the way of lecture's by
distinguished gentlemen from abroad.
Gen. Van iiuren told us about "Japan
and the Japanese;" last night Prof.
Agassi/,, the distinguished son of a distinguished father, gave a very instructive lecture; and Prof. Waylandand Rev.
R. McKenzie are announced for lectures
in the future.
A PitiVATE letter from Mrs. Hampson, dated San Jose, Cal., Feb. 9th, contains many loving remembrances of
Christian workers here in Honolulu. She
was to begin Evangelistic work in San
Jose, Sunday, Feb. 15th. Mrs. Hanipeon's son will probably be a passenger on
the next steamer from the Colonies, ea
route to Kngland, via America, and Mrs.
11. writes that
Wednesday, March 25; prayer-meet*
Ing, topic, "A study or I Cor. 1:1th
she may accompany him chapter."
to her old home.
THE BETHEL UNION CHURCH.
CJukkiem suggested by the leader of
.MARCH.
our reepacted conteinponiry the A. C C,
The course of .Sunday evening serfor l«'ol»rUitry, on "Conversion:" I. How
"long a time," did the "Conversion" of mons on the Seven Utterances of Christ
the 8,000 on the Day of Pentecost take? from the Cross will be continued and
Was it "a work of years," or a day. clone with the last Sabbath of the month.
The monthly meeting of the olllcers
And also of Matthew, and all the ajiostles, anil Zaceheus? 2. Is there not it and teachers uf the Sunday school will
be held at the residence of Sir. Thru. O.
radical dirt'erence between "Conversion"
on Tuesday evening, Mm loth.
and "Nan-titi -.itioii," and did you not Thrum,
The following arc the subjects for the
make a mistake in choosing the title of
your excellent article. .Should it not Wednesday evening meetings this month:
have been "Sanctitieation?" An error March -1, Monthly Concert—Japan.
"March 11, Means ol Growth—l Pet. 2: 1,
of the compositor very likely.
2; 2 Pet. I: .'-8; 3: 18.
An additional rcs|>inisil>ility is laid at March 18, The Sunday School—Eccl.
the door of Christians in the recent
II: 1, <;.
arrival of 900 Japanese. They are pecu- March 20, Attendance at Church—Ps.
liarly susceptihle to Gospel Influences,
81:1; 122:1; Key. 22:5.
and we are triad to know that the HaAfter the Monthly Concert on the
waiian Hoard has already taken steps to evening of the Ith, there will lie a meetprovide a school, and religious instruc- ing to adopt Rules for the government
tion for those who remain in Honolulu. of the Church and to
elect Trustees for
This promising; and important work the ensuing three years.
should meet with ready and liberal re-
sponse from all who have the moral
interests uf Hawaii at heart. Religious
servicers are held regularly each Sunday
in the Y. M. ('. A., by Mr. Aoki, the Japanese pastor, assisted l>y i)r. and Mrs.
Hyde.
Wk retouch a hit of newspaper "driftwood" which has a point in it, that may
lie seen even through an inverted wineglass. "A Kahi.k.—A well-bred hog
invited out by some friends who lived
at a distillery, became drunken, and
while in that state conducted himself in
an unseemly manner. The next day,
when once more himself, he was very
much chagrined, and penitently amid to
his family, <This is the first time I have
ever made a man of myself; I solemnly
promise you, on the honor of a hog,
hereafter to conduct myself as a wellbred l>east should.' Mokal.—lt makes
all the difference in the world, as to the
terms used, from what point of view
drunkencs.s is considered."
THE CHURCHES.
FORT-ST. CHURCH.
Owing to the jircss of matter (in our
columns, everything in regard lo Church
work during the past month is omitted,
and place is found only fur the announcements for the coming month:
Sunday, March Ist: Communion; baptisms; reception of members.
Wednesday, March 4: Aniyial meeting of the Church; reports and election
of officers.
Wednesday, March II: Monthly concert; subject, China; address by F. W.
Damon, r'sq., and Rev. A. 11. Smith.
Wednesday, March 18th; prayer-meeting; topic, "Difficulties, and how to meet
them;" Eph. 6: 10-20.
Maui has enjoyed a refreshing whiff
from the outer religious world in the
presence of two live ministers, llov. It.
Mackenzie, a live pastor from San Francisco, and Rev. A. 11. Smith, from the
North of China. In exchange for the
scenery of our mountains and valleys
they gave us wortls of counsel and cheer
on the Sabbath ; and we are none the
losers by the bargain, for their words remain with us, —anil so also do the mountains and the valleys. Mr. Smith preached at Makawao, showing by his apt illustrations and ready tongue that even thirteen years' contact with the sleepy Chinaman and his incomprehensible language could not becloud his intellect or
liefog his speech. Mr. Mackenzie preached in Wailuku, much to the satisfaction
of the people there, who have been some
months without preaching. While in
Makawao he gave an interesting talk to
to the native girls at the Seminary. He
seemed to be greatly Interested in the
Work done there, and has promised to
furnish money for the support of one Of
the girls.
The increasing attendance at the Makawao Church on the Sabbath is certainly
encouraging, especially when it is remembered that there is hardly a house
within walking distance, and a large
proportion of the congregation have to
come from three to six miles to attend
service. Effort is being made, with
.some success, to interest and bring In the
Norwegian element. Now that they are
mastering the English language they can
understand something of the preaching,
and take a part in the Sabbath School
where a class has boon torined for them.
A new feature of the Sabbath service Is
a five minute sermon for the children,
precedding the regular sermon. 8. S.
THE FRIEND
4
SAMUEL CHENERY DAMON.
EDITORIAL TRIBUTE.
is
He not dead.
We refuse to let our thoughts rest upon
the pall, the grave, and the lifeless form
already touched by decay.
Why should one, when standing on
some lofty height keep his thoughts fixed
on a withered leaf, a blighted branch,
or a lightning-riven tree, when a magnificent country, rich in colors, varied in
scenery, clad with lieauty as a garment,
and reaching so far that imagination
fails to follows, awaits the uplifting of
his eyes?
This not is not Death, it is Hirth.
It is not Night it is the ruddy blaze of
Morning.
It is not rest even: it is new strength,
and power, and a new and endless period
of activity. The immortal, grand, good
man has simply stripped himself of bur-
densome garments, and bounded beyond
our sight.
-
"Hast thou not .rliin |,s.■ -. in the twilight here,
Ol mountains where immortal mom prevails?
Com a. there tmt. through the ail ■uc>: to thine ear,
A Kcutl" ruslliiiL' of the mornine eales;
A innriiiiir wufleil from that jrlorloua shore,
Of streams tl.nl wuler bunks foiever fair,
And voice-of 111 loved ones irone liefore,
M ~-c auulaal ia th it celestial air ?"
Aye. But our hearts are full of tears,
for they are very human. At Daniel
Webster's funeral, a farmer-neighbor,
stood with tear-iilled eyes looking into
the strong face, and with choked voice
said: "The world will be very lonesome
without you, Daniel!" Honolulu will
be "very lonesome without you," Dr.
Damon!
We loved this strong man, and he
was worthly of it. Other pens have written worthy tributes to his memory. It
remains only for us to speak of him in
two relations, personal to ourselves.
For three years, and more, the writer
of this article worked with Dr. Damon,
as pastors of sister Churches. Dr. Alexander used to say to the young men of
his classes, "The bestting sin of the
Of this there was
ministry is envy."
not an atom in Dr. Damon's great heart.
During all the three years and more of
our intimate work together there was
never a hint of that narrow, grasping,
"will- it-build- up-my-Church?" spiiit
shown by him, which so often mars the
characters of otherwise goes! and able
men.
He was larger than any church
or creed. His tirst thought was, "What
will best further the cause of Christ, and
help humanity to nobler lives?" It was
Christ, and man, first, and self second,
If at all. It follows, of course, that in
all the intimate blending of our work,
there was never the shadow of discord, or want of harmony, hut always
the fullest and heartiest sympathy and
co-operation.
The time came when Dr. Damon saw
that it was best for the cause he loved,
and also for himself, to transfer his work
to other hands. There can be no severer
test of the character of a man than the
spirit in which he surrenders place, and
Volume 43, No. 3
influence, and power, and stands aside, by Rev. Mr. Oggel, the choir singing
while others lead. This severe test Dr. " Jesus lover of my soul."
Never was the
Stunuel Chenery Damon embarked from
Damon stood nobly.
true character of this grand man so New York for Honolulur March 10, 1842
19th, and at once entered
clearly shown, as in the kind, loving, arriving October
fatherly, helpful, ungrudging spirit with upon the duties of his chaplaincy and the
the Bethel Union Church, in
which he made room in his pulpit for a pastorate of
until his death, for
which
he
remained
successor, and transferred The Friend moro than forty-two years.
t'i younger men. He made us feel that,
On January 1, 1843, he commenced the
our most steadfast friend and helper publication of The Friend, the oldest existCuenkky
Damon.
wcmld be Samukl
Never shall we forget the day when the
transfer of The Fkiend was completed,
how, as he passed out from the room, he
turned, and with tear-rilled eyes and
quivering voice, said, as he grasped the
hand which writes these lines: "I want
you young men to know how constantly
I thank Cod for sending you here to take
up this work, and how heartily I appreciate the work you are doing! I shall not
forget to pray for you, that God will bless
you in it!" We feel the pressure of his
hand still, and his prayer lingers as a
benediction.
What a grand man he was. How like
a father he was to us younger pastors!
How we miss him! Is it any wonder
that we plod along like footsore and
weary children, and forgetting the unalterable joy and blessedness and gain
which is his, would fain bring him back,
because we do not wish to be left alone?
But it will not be long, this separation.
Soon the work of us all will be done.
Then we, too, will be "unclothed, that
we may be clothed upon." When Mary
saw the shrouding lying folded away in
the sepulcher, she said at once. "The
Master has risen!" And when she and
the disciples saw Him, it was not the
sorrowing Jesus, but the serene, effulgent God. "When we see Him we shall
belike Him."
THE SEAMAN'S FRIEND.
Rev. Samuel Chenery Dauioii, after the
short but severe illness ander which ho
has suffered for the past few weeks, died
on Saturday, February 7th, at 6:''s p. m.
He had boon unconscious since the previous Wednesday, at which time he rallied
slightly aud bade his family an affectionate farewell. The immediate cause of his
death was inflammation of the brain.
The funeral service took place on Sunday afternoon, the Bth from the Bethel
Union Church, which was packed to standing room by those desirous to pay their
last tribute of respect to the memory of
one who has gone in and out so prominent
ly among this people for over forty years.
King Kalakaua, Governor and Mrs. Dominis, Ministers Gibson, Neumann and
Gulick were present. The Trustees of
Oahu College attended in a body.
Rev. E. C. Oggel, assisted by Revs. J. A.
Cruzan and S. E. Bishop conducted the services, which were touching and impressive.
Loving hands had arranged many floral
tributes and emblems; anchors, crosses
and wreaths decorated both pulpit aud
coffin. At the close of the service the coffin was opened to allow friends to view the
remains as they passed out by the King
street gate.
At the grave the services were conducted
ing newspaper in the Pacific. He visited
Oregon and California in 1849; the United
States in 1851; Micronisia in 1861, per
Moriiiiiy Star as delegate of the Hawaiian
Board; Europe, Palestine and Egypt in
18G9-70; the United States in 1876; England and the Continont in 1880, and China
and Japan in 1884.
One year ago, before sailling for China,
feeling the advance of age, Dr. Damon
tendered his resignation of the Bethel pastorate, to take effect on his 70th birthday,
and the duties of that position were assumed last August by the Rev. E. C. Oggel.
At the close of 1884, after forty years editorship, Dr. Damon also transferred The
Friend to Mossrs Cruzan and Oggel. He
still felt strong aud active, and looked forward to many years of useful labor among
seamen and others. Ho was engagod in
superintending the completion of alterations and enlargement of his dwellinghouse, for the accommodation of his son,
when his last illness unexpectedly prostrated him.
Although not directly engaged in work
for non-Christiun peoples, Dr. Damon's
aims and sympathies were pre-eminently
missionary. His chief thoughts and desires were supremely and enthusiastically
for the ascendancy of the Lord Christ over
all men, and the blessings of His reign to
them. No subject so aroused his enthusiasm as that of missionary progress. His
happiest public efforts were historical reviews of missionary work in the Pacific.
He was well known as a successful speaker
on missionary platforms in England and
America. In his extensive travels his
highest interest was in visiting and inspecting missonary stations. He had
visited the principal stations in Syria,
Egypt, China and Japan, where ho was a
welcome and most inspiring guest. Of
lato years he had become profoundly interested in evangelistic labors- among the
Chinese in these islands. He was thoroughly convinced that there was no place
in the world so favorable for effectively
reach.ng the Chinese with Christ's Gospel as Honolulu. It was very much through
his father's influence that Mr. Frank W.
Damon became actively aud successfully
employed for three years past as missionary of the Hawaiian Board to the Chinese
in these islands.
Dr. Damon's eminent practical business
and financial aptitudes made him prominent in counsel for good works. Besides
the chief management of theSailor'sHome,
and of the Stranger's Friend Society, ho
had from the beginning been a leading
member of the Board of Trustees of Oahu
College and of the Queen's Hospital, also
of the Hawaiian Board of Missions. In all
these departments, the loss of his wise
counsel will be deeply felt.
Dr. Damon was widely read in general
literature. The writer lately found him
5
THE FRIEND.
March, 1885.
much absorbed with Goethe and with
Confucius. His largo library had a wide
range and received coustaut additions.
His preaching was groatly enriched by
hie travels in literature as well as over the
globe. In the pulpit, wo all know his impressive force, his deep sincerity, and nf
fectionate warmth.
O, think what it is to have such a God." He wis a follower and a faithfriend* To have access at all times to I ful servant of the Most High, and as we
your heavenly Father; tn know th it you listened to his prayers we felt that he
may go and knock at His door with the spoke to God "a.s a man speaketh unto
burden or sorrow, the want or trial, is a his friend."
privilege indeed. Earth his no su l\
honor.
For who, O God, is like unto
Thee? When Moses .communed with
Thee his face shone.
In felAnd tliere is no joy like this.
lowship with God the life will lie full of
brightness and comfort.
The cross will be lightened by the promise of a waiting crown, and through the
troubled night of this life below, the eye
of faith beholds the morning glory that
falls forever on the hills of heaven.
I
Dr. Damon's social powers we all know
are of rare attraction. His personal presence on our streets was strong and attracive, and benignant. A good breadth
of robust manliness, a transparent since
rity, with a sagacious beneficence of purpose commended for him universal conti
dence and honor.
The writer may be allowed to repeat
one private statement of our friend. He
"So .hall my wilk be close iritn God,
was describing the severity of his proCal i i.ttf seren i tnj frame;
tracted mental struggles before resolving
Sn pit.or light shall mark the road
Ho
fimissionary.
That leads me in the l.^ntli."
foreign
become
a
to
nally laid aside all personal desires, and
Walking with God, the light of His
on his knees told tho Lord to send him countenance will rest on us as the rainwhere He would. Tho joy of Christ over- bow on the mountain. There will come
flowed his soul at once. "It was tho hap to us breathing.}of peace. We shall repiest hour of my life," he said, and Mr. ceive the Holy Spirit, and know thai we
, I have been a happy man over are the sons and daughters of Gotl.
B
since." He was, distinctly, a happy man,
"For as many as or > I 1 by the Spirit
one of joyous spirit, whom trouble never of God, are the 8 ins oi God."
long depressed, aud who imparted his
The joy of the Christian here is but as
own gladness to others.
drop before the shower.
the
mind
In religious thought, our friend's
This life is butt 10 Infancy of existence,
dwelt most on theperson, the words and
ways of Jesus of Nazareth. He had read the dawn of the eternal day, the first
lovingly many "Livos of Christ." He had step on the pathwiy of man's endless
in a high degree the "mystic" sense of destiny.
Of Enoch it is said, "And he was not:
personal communion with the risen Lord.
Probably ho had never had a shadow of for Go 1 took him." This brief statement
doubt since his youth of the reality of contains important truths. Thus:
Christ's presonco and power, and his pray
Man'slife and times ire in God's hands.
ers habitually glowed with the joy of his
There
is a state of existence after this
faith. We believe that faith is now life for man's soul and body.
turned to sight, joy to rapture, and that The suiv way of entrance to the predim communing a speaking "face to face." sence and e.ijoyment of God hereafter is
The loss of Dr. Damon's presence is
with God here.
great to us all -to his own family indes- by walking
walk with God we can have no
If
w
■
man
bettor
represented
No
cribable.
Enoch testafellowship with iniquity.
fatherhood in his home. His three sons fled
against the prevailing wickedness of
abide among us, respected and prosperous j
citizens, with their families, to enjoy the his day.
If we honor God, He will honor and
motherly love and counsel that remains to
them, and to solace her deep and sudden reward us.
bereavement. Both they and he had reaHe will not forget a single one of His
son to expect many happy years together. faithful servants.
That was not to be, and last Sunday we
"Every human tie may perish,
Friend to friend unfaithful prove;
saw the three tall men lower their father's
Mother.- sea*, their own in cherish.
body into its last resting-place, and turn
Heaven auel earth at lam remove."
away. It was a noble ending of a good
But
no changes can attend Jehovah's
Sereno E. Bishop.
life.
love.
Honolulu, H. I.
Faith is a power through whi h we
rise aliove fear and self-interest tod live
THE SEAMEN'S CHAPLAIN.
is operative,
Memorial sermon of Rev. S. C. Damon, for an unseen world. It
and
makes
us
more
than constrong
at
Bethel
Union
D.,
the
D.
preached
querors.
15,
Church, by E. C. Oggel, February
It is not the death that tells, but the
1885.
Text—"He walked with (Joel; and he was not; life.
As life tends to death so death is to a
for Old took him."—Gen. 5:24.
This is the brief biography of Enoch, Christian the gate to life, a life forever
and the tribute of Scripture to his memwith God.
ory.
"The life that know, no ending,
The tearless life is there."
Enoch and God were friends. For
He shall be clothed with glory and
"can two walk together except they be
agreed ?"
God was the object of his immortality.
delight; the center of his affections. In I Of a Christian let it never be said:
his heart God was on the throne, king "He is dead," but rather, "he is not,
over all; on its altar burned the sacred for God took him."
flame of love; he lived in God as in a The text has lieen chosen to speak to
palace and the controlling principle of you this morning of Dr. Damon. Of
his life was to please God.
I him also it may be said "he walked with
"
•
I
As the river into the ocean flows so has
the life here broadened into the higher
and bettor life nf the hereafter.
Hi* d ty has c >tne, tint jroiis..
His sun has risen, nut set.
His llf. i- ||.iw 1..-; otltl
The re ~-h nf il" 'ii or change;
Not ended but liegun ''
'■
The Rev. Samuel Chenery Damon was
born in Golden, Massachusetts, U. S.,
February 15, 181."). As a youth he listened to God's voice, s tying, "Remember now thy Creator," and when fourteen
years of ago he made a public profession
of his fatth in the Son of God as his Almighty Savior. To all the young I say,
follow his example. Link your life and
A life to
interests to the Lord Jesus.
Him entrusted, and by Him directed,
must in the highest sense be a success.
No cause of which He is the leader can
fail of ultimate triumph.
Dr. Damon received a pirt of his education for his life work at Amherst College,
Mass. He was a graduate of the class of
18MG. In that class appear the names of
men illustrious ia the professions of their
choice. Among these are the late exGovernor Uulln :k; Judge Chits. Hut bins
Doolittle; Dr. R. D. Hitchcock, of the
Union Theological Seminary, New York
City; Dr. Stuart Robinson of Kentucky, and Dr. B. M. Palmer, the
celebrated preacher of New Orleans,
La. In college with hii.i were also the
Rev. Dr. R. S. Slorrs and the Rev.
Henry Ward Beechor, both of Brooklyn,
N. Y. With these and many other men
of reputation Dr. D.imon has had a delightful corrosp in.lence in after years.
He entered ujion his theological course
at Princeton Seminary, N. J., in 1838,
and finished the course at Andover,
Speaking of Princeton,
Miss., in 1841.
it is proper to mention here that all
through his life Dr. Damon spoke with
great enthusiasm of Dr. Addison Alexan ler.
Edmund Burke once said that his life
might bo bestdivided into fits or manias;
tbihi • soul would launch out in hi one
lit and be succeeded by a mania for some
other thing.
It was not so with Dr. Damon. He
entered on the career of his life, not only
with a definite aim, but with the highest passible purpose. As in different
ages Augustine and Milton, Galileo and
Martin Luther were called of God to
their several tasks, so was Dr. Damon
directed to preach the gospel of Jesus.
His father, who was a capable business
man, had designed his son also lor business, but Dr. Damon on his knees consecrated himself to the missionary work
and in after years called this his second
conversion.
He was ordained to the Gospel
minis,
try, Sept. 15, 1841.
He was married to Julia Sherman
Mills, Oct. 6, 1841, his faithful aud loving companion till God took him.
6
It was in his mind, utfelar the auspices
of the American Bo ird to carry the glad
tidings to India anil to this end he had
already begun the study of Tamil, but
owing to the ill health and subsequent
doatli at sea of the Rev. John Diell, the
first chaplain at this port, Dr. Damon was
transferred from the American Board to
the American Seamen's Friend Society
as Seamen's Chaplain for Honolulu.
Dr. and Mrs. Damon arrived here on
the IMb. of October, 1842, and until bis
departure to the heavenly land, this has
been his home and the field of his labors.
As his chaplaincy, under the auspices
of the parent society In New York, has
been the great work of Dr. Damon's life,
it is proper that on this oi'casion I should
speak particularly of his labors in this
direction. He began Ins efforts for the
temporal and spiritual welfa.eof the sons
of the ocean in his young manhood.
1 confess my Inability to tell you of all
that he has done for seafaring men in
these more than forty years.
At this time, when eompanitively few
seamen enter this jKirt, we, and especially
those of us who have come here recently,
can form no idea of a chaplain's work
during the first twenty years and more
of Dr. Damon's labors.
1 quote the following from his jubilee sermon:
"During the years intervening between 1842 and 1807, at the lowest estimate 6,000 annually entered this port,
and some years many more. The Rev.
S. E. Bishop reports from .'l,llllO to 4,00(1
visiting Lmaina; the Rev. Titus Coan
reports nearly the same number as visiting Hilo, while at Honolulu we were
visited by 142 whaleships.
I recollect
one Sunday morning over thirty rounded
Diamond Head, sixteen vessels of war,
besides all the merchant vessels, and
there could not have been less than
10,000 seamen during the year in the
port of Honolulu."
"During thc.se years," says Dr. Damon,
"my labors were abundant, and sometimes beyond my strength."
And though he went not to India, he
carried out in the best sense the great commission, "Go preach the Gospel to c verycreature;" for in his distribution of Bibles and papers and tracts, in various
languages, he came in contact with officers aud men of every land and clime.
And here 1 Would remark what a blessing of God is the printing press, by
which, as ou the Pentecostal day, we can
reach the people of all lands, aud give
them the Word of God and the knowledge of salvation through Jesus in their
own language.
1 said 1 could not tell the extent of Dr.
Damon's work for seamen.
No, unfriends, I could not, even if I had accurate and complete statistics of every
one of the forty-two years of his labors.
Dr. Damon himself could have no adequate conception of it And this because
of the multiplying and expanding power
of the Gospel of Jesus.
For the sermon preached and the word
spoken for the Master is like sowing a
THE FRIEND.
seed that tiears abundant fruit, not in
one life, but in many lives.
Hence the glory of Dr. Damon's work
through these? many years. Look back
and see him, a young, earnest man,
devoted to Jesus and his life-work.
There ho goes, carrying hisjiusket full
of the broad of life. As he visits one
vessel after another, he scatters words of
kindness like rain-drops.
With one be
leavss a Bible, with another n tract, that
tells the old, yet ever new story of Jesus,
and with others a FKiF.Nii, and a.s they
read on the wide waters, there conic to
them the memories of early teachings
and a mother's prayers and perchance a
prayer of their own for acceptance with
Cod. And these in their turn speak a
word and put the tract or thk fkif.nd
in other hands, and so the work of one
man has widened«from year to year and
from land to land.
Who of us can tell
how many Simla he has touched, or what
the harvest foi him shall be? My friends,
not here, but with G<*fl it is known.
Thus has he toiled, in closest sympathy
with his Divine Master, who Identified
Himself with sailors and ships, whom
the sailor needs for salvation, and who
in turn needs the ship and the seaman to
carry His Gospel to all lands.
Gladly would I dwell longer on this
part of his work, so dear to him while
But 1 must allude briefly to
he lived.
his other lalmrs.
Of thk friend, a monthly publication
devoted to the highest purposes, he was
editor and publisher from 1843 until
near the close of his life. Freely has it
been circulated, and it has gone to all
lands.
During these years Dr. Damon has
been the pastor of this church, and no
tongue can tell to how many souls from
this pulpit he has offered the bread and
water of life.
For the period of ten years, from 1842
to 1852, he was sole pastor among foreigners in Honolulu, both residents and
seamen.
In last year's report of the Hawaiian
Evangelical Association it is said of him:
."His labors in the Bethel Union
Church, as well as in the chaplaincy for
seamen, and the editorship of thk
FiHKNii newspaper, are for him M enduring monument, and are a part of the
history of this Hawaiian Kingdom."
It was during the years of his greatest
activity that he had the Sailor's Home
built, which ever since, has served to
meet the wants of seamen visiting these
islands, and where not only the temporal
hut also the spiritual needs of men have
constantly been attended to.
Besides these Dr. Damon sustained
His name
other important relations.
was identified with the causes of education, philanthropy and religion. His
pen, his voice and his purse have been
willing servants to elevate the mind,
alleviate distress, and to bless mankind
with the light and glory of the Gospel.
During his period of service here he
traveled at different times abroad. His
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travels embraced the United States,
Europe, Egypt, Palestine, China and
Japan.
He visited the Micronesian
Islands as delegate from the Hawaiian
Missionary Board.
He went In the
Morning Star, and subsequently published the "Morning Star Papers," of the
highest value to all lovers of missions.
The anticipation and the visit afforded
him much gratification. In the preface
to these papers he says:
"Long before the establishment of the
Mission had we conversed with shipmasters ami sailors alxiut these comparatively unknown regions."
Again: "In imagination we pictured
many a pleasant day's sail along the
shores of islands decked in the rich and
gorgeous drapery of the tropics, and the
bright fancies of the imagination have
been realized."
Through all these years Dr. Damon
has conducted an extensive correspondence. To this he attended in the early
hours of the day. His letters went to
many lands and to people of every class.
Thus the same mail would carry letters
to scholarly men in Europe and America,
to English missionaries throughout all tho
islands of the South Seas, anil to anxious
mothers in Massachusetts and other
States, carrying answers to inquiries
about their sons.
The honorary degree of Doctor of
Divinity was conferred on Dr. Damon by
his alma mater in 1868; as one of our
publications remarks, "a title well earned
and worthily bestowed."
In the latter years of his life he manifested a deep interest in the Chinese,
and was anxious that they should be
reached by the uplifting and saving influences of the Gospel.
Dr. Damon presented his resignation
as pastor of this church just a year ago,
intending it should take effect this day,
which, had he remained with us, would
have been the seventieth anniversary of
his birth. His design, however, was to
continue his fellowship with us and to
work for the Master. He said:
"This decision, to resign the pastorate,
I do not consider as affecting my position
a.s Chaplain of the American Seamen's
Friend Society, neither do 1 wish it to
be understood that I cease my labors in
Honolulu for the good of my fellow men.
If God shall spare my life, I shall hope
to return from China, and labor with you
for years vo come, in the upbuilding of
Christ's kingdom on these islands, it no
longer as your pastor, then as your fellowluliorer in the closest bonds of Christian
fellowship and love.
But "God took him" before his pastorate ended, and the faithful servant has
gone to his reward on high.
He leaves behind, to cherish the
memory of his loving nature, cheering
presence and thoughtful interest in them,
a wife and three sons with their families,
respected by this community, and who
now have the sympathy of all in their
sore bereavement.
In this tribute to the memory of Dr.
Damon we have not attempted to exhaust his life's work. A life so abundant in labors will furnish memories and
teachings as the days go on, as God
paints different pictures on the earth and
ever new ones on the evening sky.
But we are satisfied if we have succeeded in showing that Dr. Damon
"walked with God."
We say to young men: Look at this
life of Dr. Damon, from his youth until
the evening of the day when God took
him; and as you compare it with the life
of the man who has lived for the world
and self, whose is to la' most envied and
which shall be your model ? O, then,
choose rightly and wisely.
Dear friends, as we look at the grandeur of Dr. Damon's work, we are filled
with gratitude to God.
We cannot all attain his years, lint we
may all live in followship with God,
sow the seed, and work while the day
lasts. Then "at evening time it will be
light," and hereafter we shall forever
dwell in the presence of the Lord and
the glorified saints in that ideal land—
'* Where dear ties are never severed;
Parting., clasping, soli und moau,
Hldoljrnt wakiue. twilight weeping,
Heavy nooulfefe—ull are done;
Where we fine! the Joy of loving,
As we never loved before
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Lovliitron.
mi. hilled, unhindered.
Loving once and evermore;
Brother, we shall meet anil rest,
'.Mid the holy anil the blest."
S. C. D.
BY REV. ALEXANDER MACKINTOSH.
Again the fatal nxe hath bown away
From earth's bright face, a noble stately tree,
Which shelter gave to many in tiis day
Anil food and lovo aud grateful sympathy.
He stood alone, when in his: manhood's prime
And fruit Rare forth with free, unsparing hiinil.
To all who came, or pnre, or tinged with crime,
Who dwell on restless: ships, or peaoefal land.
The flock, he nourished 'usatb his wide-spread
shade,
He saw divide into a two fold stem;
And others, who with Mas, their home had made
Did leave with love, for love he'd shown to them.
The seed of troth ho scattered far and wide,
Throughout a long and multifarious life;
Though Arm and strong be i ver lived, and died
In his belief, he knew no pin ty strife.
The Isles lie loved so well will cherish long
The memory of the "father" they have lost;
His deeds they'll sing in everlasting song,
Who spent for them, bot counted not the coat.
His frienda and fellows miss his cheerful amile.
His kind advice and ready interest shown,
The nick whose gloomy hours he did beguile;
The Sailor's Home, which under him had grown.
The wife, bereaved of this world's ohiefest joy;
The children and their children too, will mourn:
But he has gone to bliss without alloy,
The great Reward, the sweet eternal Bourn.
Honolulu, H. I.
AT THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH.
The Rev. Geo. Wallace, in preaching
on the text: "Be ye also ready, for in
such an hour as ye think not the Son of
Man cometh"—St Matthew, 25:44—
said ; The duty of preparation for entrance into the world invisible is enforced with peculiar power when a gcxxi
man who is ready obeys the summons of
the Son of Man. The whole community
mourns the departure from»our earthly
life of one who for more than forty years
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March, 1885.
has tailored here for the salvation of men
and for the honor and glory of Gotl. Can
we not say of him: <He Was a good man
and a just, full of the Holy Ghost and of
faith, and (through him) much people
was added unto the Lord?' The work
that he has done will lie gratefully remembered by all classes of Christians,
by the stranger, especially, by 'them
that go down to the sea in ships and occupy their business in great waters.' He
is at rest. We doubt not but that he
has overcome by the might of Him who
called him to His service and to him
shall be given to eat of the hidden
manna which is in.the midst of the Paradise of God. His life is calling us with
persuasive voice to follow the Son of
God in cheerful, noble duty and in devotion to His service. His death is calling us, by its unexpected coining and by
his readiness to go when the Master
came. 'Be ye also ready."'
RESOLUTIONS OF THE HAWAIIAN
BOARD.
God, in His wise providence, has recently removed from among us, to a
better service on high, a beloved member of our Board, Rev. S. C. Damon, D.
D. He had been in active membership
ever since its organization in 1803, and
nearly all this time in some position of
special responsibility. In 1864 he was
elected Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Missions, and was annually
elected for five years. From June 1868
he was our Vice-President. In 1870 he
was made Chairman of the Committee
on Publication, and served in this cajiacity for nine years, seeking by his counsels to forward the publication of a
Christian literature in the various dialects of the North Pacific. In 1881 In;
was chosen as Chairman of the Committee on Home Missious, and held this
position until the day of his death.
Without doubt, our brother attended
more meetings of the Board during these
last twenty-one years than any other
member whatever, and it will be long
before we shall cease to miss his genial
face in our deliberations respecting the
work of the Lord in these islands of the
sea
All who have read Dr. Damon's
"Morning Star Papers," written while
he was a Delegate of the Hawaiian
Evangelical Association to Micronesia in
1861, will hot need to be reminded how
sincerely he'desired that "the Isles should
wait for the Messiah's law," and how he
returned from his tour of inspection
with a heart filled to overflowing with
the missionary spirit, and with a bright
hope of the speedy coming of the Kingdom in those dark lands. How often
since then, in our meetings has his face
brightened as he listened to the report
of the success of some distant missionary
in Micronesia, sometimes- interupting to
ask for the name of man or place that he
might more vividly locate the scene of
the triumph among the heathen he had
once visited. Who of his associates can
ever forget his unceasing interest in the
evangelization of the Chinese who have
come to our shores, his earnest presentation of their great spiritual wants, and
of their claims upon us for tho Gospel ?
Few of any am ing us have seemed to
realize the magnitude of these claims as
he did. Whenever we hear the sweettoned bell of the aeal Chinese Church on
Fort street calling these strangers among
ns to the worship of Sehovah, let us be
reminded of that good friend of the
Chinaman, who was indefatigable in his
efforts until that chaste spire, pointing to
tho better land, had been completed, and
a comfortable audience room provided
for their accommodation. As we see
our brother's son, with full consecration,
moving among these Chinese heathen,
who swarm our streets, and seeking to
lead them to the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the world, let
memory turn to our departed friend,
with the thought that tho mantle of the
the father has fallen on his child, and
with David let us sing, Instead of thy
father's shall be thy children."
In view of the loss which our Board
has sustained,
Resolved, That we will cherish the
memory of our Brother as one faithful
unto death.
Resolved, That the tender sympathy
of this Board be extended, in this time
of sorrow and loneliness to the bereaved
help-meet of our Brother who, for so
many years, baa been his constant and
ever present sharer in his labors of love
among the friendless and destitutestrangers from every land ; and to the children now mourning the loss of a beloved
and honored father.
Resolved, That a copy of these Resolutions be sent to the family of Dr. Damon, and that they !>e published in The
Friend, a paper ever to be associated
with his name.
11. Binuham, Com.
Attest:
A. O. Fokbes, Cor. Sec.
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RESOLUTIONS OF THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF SAILORS' HOME.
The President addressed the Board in
appropriate and feeling remarks about
the loss sustained by the community at
large and the Sailor's Home Society in
particular, by the death of Rev. Dr. S. C.
Damon, and introduced the following
preamble and resolutions which were
unanimously adopted :
Whkkeas, it has pleased God In His
wise providence, to remove from our
midst by death the Rev. S. C. Damon,
I).I)., for nearly forty-three years the
Seamen's Chaplain at this port; the
pastor of the Bethel Church ; the efficient
Chairman of the Executive Committee of
this Board from its first organization la
1853 ; a highly esteemed member of this
community, and the establisher and
editor of that useful paper, The Friend.
Resolved, that in the death of Dr.
Damon, this Board of Trustees has sustained a great losa In ("he removal of a
most efficient worker, the seamen have
lost a devoted friend, the church a faith-
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ful pastor, the family a beloved husband
and father, and the community a highly
esteemed member.
Resolved, that this Board] tenders its
earnest sympathies to the afflicted family, and that the Secretary be requested to
send them a copy of this preamble and
resolutions, and that they be also published in the local papers.
A letter of resignation from Mr. Edward Dunscombe as custodian and purveyor of the Sailor's Home waa read and
it was on motion resolved to tlefer that
matter to an early meeting of the Board
of Trustees, to be hold at the call of the
Executive Committee.
TRIBUTE OF OAHU COLLEGE.
The Trustees of Oahu College, at a
special meeting, hold Fob. 9th, adopted
the following minute and resolution, pro
sonted by Dr. Hyde:
On Saturday, Feb. 7th, 1885, lnckiug only eight
days to complete the full three score years and
ten, departed this life. Key. H t G. Damon, D. D.,
vice-President of the Trustees of Oahu College.
The Hoard of Trustees desire to put upon record some fitting expression of their sorrow at
this death of one, associated with them for so
many years. Hy those who knew him ns father,
as friend, ns citizen, as pastor, Dr. Damon's death
will be deeply felt and sincerely mourned. Coming in 1842to this island port, away out in the mid
Paoilic, to act ns Seamen s Chaplain, when Honolulu was the winter leudezvuus for the American
whaling fleet, his offlcid position and special work
brought bim into friendly relations with visitors
to these islands from nil parts of the globe. Few
men have had wider range of friends and acquaintances. These will all feel that the Honolulu they
have known will not be Honolulu to them, without Dr. Damon's genial cordiality to give warmth
and brightness to their enjoyment of its sunshine
and their memories of his courteous friendliness.
It was his privilege, too, himself to enjoy the advantages of foreign travel, t vice visiting Europe,
going as far as tho Holy Land Ht one time, and
having within only a few months returned from
travels bo had long desir d to make in China and
Japan. To few men is it permitted to fill out to
such rounded completenoes their plans for a busy
THE FRIEND.
I'rusteoH, n lined in the Charter uf Onliu College,
granted May 20th, 1853. At the time of his death
ho was the only dim therein named still connected
with the 1.',i11. ge, though Messrs O tstle, Malilwin,
Smith and Lynns yet survive, onfoebled by their
•tdvancetl age.
Dr. D ilium's health was apparently vigorous,
mid nil eif us anticipated still imiuy yours of pleiasuttt association with him in our joint deliberations
and decisions in reg .id to the welfare of Oahu
College. Ho was elected V too President of the
Hmril in 1854, and held that otlioe al the time of
his death. Until 1882, bo wis Chairman of the
siio-i' mi!i■.. on tenchers and instruction. Our
recortls show the constancy of his devotion to the
duties of his position, and Ma high appreciation
of the responsibilities involved in this trust. Generous gifts from time to time have given solid and
enduring attestation to bis personal interest in the
vinous departments of the College finances.
UemilrM—That this minute be engrossed iv
lull on I In- n't- .rd-. of this Hoard ; and Unit tho
secretary send a copy of it to the family in
.assurance of our doopest sympathy with them in
ibo personal bereavement, yet also in the full assurance of Christian hope that Dr. Damon's elopartnre from us is his abundant entrance into the
joy of bis Lord whose service ho loved, and whose
redeeming grace ho trusted as his justifying
Of tli'ie.iHes like the cholera and yellow feverpure nir, clean houses and streets, and blood on,
poisoned by alcohol aud tobnooo, are the beet preventatives,
t
lajnuo season in New Orleans 5,000 drinking
men died of yellow fever, before the disease
touched n sober man ; the poisoned bodies of the
alcohol-users could not resist the diaunse.
I,if.- insnraiico companies keep :< careful reoord,
showing how many veins different classes of men
will probably live. Here are some uf the results
of their siiidv in England
When a total abstainer is
'JO years old, he may i xpect to live 44 years mure.
30
36.5 •'
40
28.8
When a moderate drinker is
20 years old, he may expect to live 1/i.fi yearn more,
30 '
13.8
40
ll.fi
Plea, these records it is plain that those who
never drink liqnor have the best chance for length
of life, as well as for happiness and power to work.
The President nf one life insurance company in
New England ways of beor-driukera :
" t'he deaths among them have I een nslonnding.
l(ol.list health, full muscles, a fair outside, increasing weight, florid faces, then a touch of disease and quick death.
righteousness.
"It was us if the system had been kept fair outside, while within, it was oaten to a shell, and at
the first tonch there was utter collapse; every
OUR BOOK TABLE.
fiber was poisoned and weak
It cr-drinking ia very deoepttve, at first; it ia
thoroughly destructive, at last."
BOOKS.
Some companies will not insure the lives of liqHahnes's New National Keauebr. A. 8. Murium uor sellers; because they now that they are so ofJk Go. publishers, New Yurk. No. 1, 25c. ; No. 2, ten liquor-drinkers."
450.; No. 8, We.
Aud the boys, and some who are older, might
by the following:
We never quite so earnestly long tol>e profit
"Many boys and yonng men learn to smoke bea lx>y again as when we turn over the gining with cigarettes. These seem harmless beleaves of the school Ixioks of this day, cause they are so small; but they are one of the
worst
preparations of tobaoco.
with their attractive covers, clear text, The possible
smoke of the paper wrappings is irriinting
and most admirable illustrations, and to the lungs, and the cigarettes send more poisonthem with Welwter's old, dingy, ous fumos into tiie delictUi air-o-lls than a pipe
contrast
blue-backed Speller, the first book which
we carried to school. And of all the
many excellent School Series of to-day
none which wo have examined surpasses
Kami's', and we doubt if it is equaled.
Dull indeed must bo the pupil whose
attention is not arrested by these l>eautiful, and admirably arranged and planned books. Worthy of special mention
life of suoh varied usefulness.
are the following points: In the words
From the very beginning of his residence in Honolulu he identified himself with the progress of selected for .spelling, the clearly defined
these islands in all that concerns tho social life, pronunciation, and the elision of silent
the moral tone, the religious activates, the higher letters; the analysis of the lessons; the
education of the ootumutiity.
Not interesting
himself especially in the Hawaiian people as such, questions on the lessons in No. 3; the
he has always kept on intimate friendly terms model letters and addresses, etc. Some
with those who have successively held the highest
offioial positions since the adoption of a constitu- of the wood engravings are as fine as
tional form of government. Affectionate and im- anything in either Harper or The Cenpulsive in natural dispositioa, yet keen sighted in
We can unhesitatingly commend
planning and mild in methods of notion, he was tury.
this series.
well fitted fur the position he filled in this com-
munity, with its citizens aud residents of suoh various nationalities, and its constant clashing of
oon Dieting interests at this meeting point of Asiatic
and Anglo-Saxon civilizations. As a minister of
the gospel mid as an slimmer of christian benevolen-m, many are the individuals indebted to his
friendly consols aud guidance f. r their knowledge
and enjoyment of christian life, and to his kindly
sympathy for needed help in their times of destitution and siokness.
From the very first, a staunch advocate of tho
temperanoe reform, he has ever been Among tie
foremost to support the various measures designed
to abate the evilsot nlooholic stimulants. Warmly
interested in the greatobject of christian missions.
his voice, his pen, bis purse were always ready for
the advocacy and maintenance of the missionary
spirit in furthering plans for the developement of
missionary enterprises with unhesitating conviction of the rjeoltMtit blessedness from missionary
labors in these islands and elsewhere Latterly
the immigration of Chinese laborers to those islands
hod engaged his personal enthusiasm in theirbehalf
in view of the magnitude of the work to be done
among the myriads of that race. It was a frequent
expreasion of hia that the two things which he
wished to work for and live for, were the ohristianlzntion of Chinese and the fall equipment of
Oahu College for its work of christian education.
Dr. Damon was one of the original Board of
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cigar.
Drinking men are almost always smokers or
chewers, and many a drunkard owes his ruined
lifo ainl happiness, to the appetite of narcotics
formed by the use of tobacco, and the company
into which it led him.
Old cigiir-stninps are often pioked up from the
streets and smoked-or made into oigarettes. This
is worse than disgusting ; for in this way, diseases may be spread, coming from the months of
the lirst users. These stumps are the "strongest"
pnrt of the cigars—that is, they contain the most
nicotine, whioh thus goes into the cigarettes.
A boy who uses tobacco runs the risk of being
dwarfed in body, mind and soul ;—of becoming a
nervous, siokly man, with ». weak memory and a
feeble heart.
Physicians agree that many and serious troubles
result from its use, evon by adults; it is certain
llint growing boys oan never indulge in it with
safety."
If weoonld see this book put into every school
in the Kingdom as part of tiie course of study we
should have more hope of "Young Hawaii" than
we now have.
An interesting service for the newly-
A Tekfkbanos Phisioloot, for Intermediate
Classes and Common .Schools, by Mm. Miry it. arrived Japanese was held Sunday afterHunt. A. H. 1! trues <fc Co., New York; Price 75c. noon, Feb. 15th, led by Pastor Cruean of
There is no short, ensy road to the suppression the Fort-St. Church. Addresses were
of intemperance. While we fuvor Ihe use of nil made by Mr. Aoki, the Japanese pastor,
legitimate means to nocoioplish this end, and
would use the bitllot, law, argument, mid persua- by a Hawaiian theologecal student, Pnssion against the suloon, yet we have loug lieen cott- ator Crussan, and Mr. F. W. Damon,
vittceu that the most effective way to supprenH Alsiut 100 Japanese were present,
and
drunkenness is in the ri<jbt training of children.
Ins book, prepared by the Superintendent of the gave the closest and most respectful atDepartment of Instruction of tbe W. C. T. 11. of tention.
Anieficu, is most admirably adapted to this end.
Dr. Palmer, Dean of the Dept. of Medicine and
A few days later Pastor Cruzan atSurgery in the University of Michigan, in his
the funeral of one of the Japanese
tended
states
what
is
that
trne,
Introduction to tbe book
"it is free from errors, and from such over-state- whodied suddenly. Consul Irwin transments as are likely to be produced by ardent lated the funeral address and scripture,
seal," The plan of the book is to show, in connection with a plain and terse system of Physi- and a deep impression seemed to be
ology, the deleterious effect of narcotics npot. the made on these strangers so soon called
different parts of the body. The work is most
death In a strange land.'
admirably done. As a sample, in the chapter to face
"Alcohol and Life," under the sub-bead of "Infor the use of the Japanese
building
A
surance," we find the following:
"Those who never drink liquor have a prospect will probably be erected by the Hawaiian
of living much longer than those who do. Many Board on_ Punchbowl steeet, on the
diseases are caused by alcohol,and many more are
North Pacific Institute.
made worse by it.
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THE FRIEND.
March, 1885.
ABIGAIL WILLIS SMITH.
MEMORIAM.
BY MRS. M. C. KITTREDGE.
The Master's voice did softly call,
Amid his fields at dawn,
'•<_) who will tend these lowly vines,
Kent down, nntl scarred, and torn ?
Will gently lift these feeble ones,
Nor scorn the humble toil,
To dig, mid water, prune, and bind,
Above the ungrateful soil ?
She stood before the Master's faoe,
In youth's sweet beauty fair,
Imbued with overy mental graoo,
The bride of half a year.
And took the taak her Savior gave,
Unquestioning in ller love,—
She only prayed that she might serve,
And all her duty prove.
And so the Muster weut his way.
And through the inorniiiK hours,
The roseate dawn, the noontide ray,
She labored in His bowers.
How well we marked the busy hand,
And caught the word of cheer,
And heard the song that ever rose,
So thrilling, full, and clear!
And noted too the briar-strewn path,
Made free of noxious weed,
And bloom, and bud, and fruitago rare,
Sprang from the tiny seed ;
The vines that trailed in grimy dust,
Kaised up to life again,
With verdant foliage nesting birds,
The sun, and heavenly rain.
Till all the glowing day was done,
And then in sunset sweet,
A stillness filling all the air,
Was heard the Master's feet,
And rising, smiling at His word,
Her toil she laid aside,
And following close upon His steps,
Was with the glorified I
Sing,birds, your vesper song for her,
Breathe low, O evening breeze
And murniar in a voice of prayer,
Eich leaf upon the trees!
Aye, strew with flowers the waiting bier,
And fill the hands at rest,
Each bnd shall tell a soul that's won,
A life that she has blest!
Hilo, Hawaii, H. I.
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MR. FORBES' ADDRESS.
John 14:3—"And if I go and prepare
a place for you, I will come again and
receive you unto myself; that where I
am, there ye may be also."
This blessed promise of our Saviour
has been fulfilled to all his beloved children from that day to this. The mansions—the abiding places—in our Heavenly Father's house are many; enough
for each one, and our blessed Saviour
has a mansion prepared for each one,
ready and waiting for each occupant in
glory. His own hands of infinite love
and tenderness have prepared those mansions, not in a general and indefinite
way, but with special reference to each
individual. "The Lord knoweth them
that are his."
"He calleth his own
by name, and leadeth them out," even
as the shepherd does his sheep.
The comings of Christ to His own are
not one, or two, but many; and the
sweetest, most joyful coming is when he
comes to receive them to himself.
Our Saviour loves to lie with His children and to have them with Him. Thus
it is that he would have us walk with
Him and live in Him while in this
world, in order that we may dwell with
Him and reign with Him forever In the
heavenly home. He has gone to pre-
pare us each a place for this very purpose. "That where I am, ye may be
also."
Ho has called home another of His
dear ones, and to-day we pay our part
ing tribute of affection to her memory.
She was so well know to you all, her
whole life was so much a part of this community, that it would lie superfluous for
me to dwell particularly on all its lalxirs
for the good of those with whom she
came in contact. It was a life consecrated
to the Master's service, for the good of
the Hawaiian nation, and there are
doubtless here present many of the
younger generation who feel to-day that
they have lost a true and devoted mother
in her departure from earth. For fiftytwo years has she given "her strength,
her timo, her heart's best love to the
Hawaiian people and to the upbuilding
of the Redeemer's Kingdom in these
islands. A whole generation has passed
and nearly another, and she has been
permitted the joy of seeing this nation
coming out of the darkness and degredation of heathenism, and rising steadily
into the light and the privileges of
Christian civilization.
But to-day I
look around upon this great audience
and ask where are those who were among
the early fruits of her labors? Where
are the old chiefs, whore the good old
men who in firmer years received instruction and Christian'light and help
under her teahings, and were co-workers
with her In all that was good? Alas,
how few remain! Gone—all gone, except here and there a solitary one! Gone
before! And now she has gone to meet
them in the light and the glory of that
heavenly home of which she so often
told them here below, and concerning
which she so often held sweet counsel
with them.
But two short years ago, she was permitted the rare privilege of celebrating
her golden wedding, amid the congratulation of children and grandchildren, and
many friends.' To-day she treads the
streets of the "great city, the New Jerusalem," that city of "pure gold, like
unto clear glass," where earth's dross and
rubbish and alloy have all been demised
away, and only the pure gold of the
redeemed and sanctified nature can be
permitted to enter.
Her life work was well finished. She
dropped in the harness. But two short
weeks ago, she visited the Lunalilo
Home, and her life-long love for the
Hawaiian people, and interest in their
welfare was greatly roused, as she-said,
"Ah here is my remaining work, to do
good to these aged and feeble ones"; and
her soul rejoiced in prospect of that
work. A day or two after, she at tended
a meeting of the Women's Board of
Missions for the Pacific, of which she
was president. Then it was that for the
first time her physical powers failed her,
and that was her lastofficial service. Two
days later, she attended a meeting of the
newly organized Women's Christian
Temperance Union, but was obliged to
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leave liefore the close. A few days more
of quiet, appearently painless, gentle
slumbering away of life, and she slept
sweetly in Jesus. She was not, for the
Lord came and took her to himself. And
to-day we look on her face and say, "Farewelldear mother." As one after another
of the aged fathers and mothers who
have led this Hawaiian nation through
the tottering steps of its infancy up to its
present position pass away, we cannot
resist the feeling of national bereavement in their departure. An orphaned
people may well mourn the loss as they
step through the open door in answer to
the Master's call, and enter the mansions
waiting for them, leaving to us the
priceless legacy of their example, and
the testimony of their lives to the power
of the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the regeneration of our humanity.
MRS. SMITH AS PRESIDENT OF
THE WOMAN'S BOARD.
Mrs. Smith's connection with this
Board began with its beginning in 1871.
The first year she was the First VlceProsident. The second year she was
the Home Secretary. The third year she
was again appointed First Vice-President. But when Mrs. Bingham returned
to Micronesia in the summer of 1878,
Mrs. Smith succeeded her as President
of the Board, a position which she has
most acceptably and faithfully filled for
And her chair
nearly twelve years.
was almost never vacant. With the exception of an absence of three months,
while visiting the Coast in 1878, she was
never more than once or twice detained
from attending our meetings. Even
feebleness and suffering which would
have disablad most of us, never kept her
"Oh yes, I shall be
from her post.
there," she would say; "I have kept
quiet for several days, so that I could go
to the Board meeting."
There was never any discussion during
all these twelve years, as to who should
be our next President; Mrs. Smith, of
course, was the first and only choice of
every one of us.
This Society was the child of her advanced years, and in a very special sense
the child of her love. While never neglecting in any degree, Church or Sabbath
School work, or any benevolent work or
labor with the natives, as her strength
would permit, it was perhaps, as President of this Board that she was best
known and loved by the Christians of
Honolulu ; and this was the Missionary
work to which she devoted the last years
of her life. She was always and InThe cause to
tensely a Missionary.
which she early gave her life, held ever
the first place In her love, and she
counted It a privilege and a joy that she
was thus able, in this public position, to
carry on this work, which otherwise advancing years might have Impeded.
Mrs. Smith was a person of great
sympathy; and this, combined with her
devotion to God's cause, gave her a love
for all those engaged In God's work,
which overbalanced all other considerations. It gave her an especial love for
all Missionary workers, who were almost
more than brother and sister to her. We
must all remember with pleasure the
tender reception which she gave our
Mlcronesian Missionary, Miss Palmer,
last summer.
In the name of the
Woman's Board, I extend to you a glad
and loving welcome. You shall have u
daughter's, a sister's place in our hearts
always. Give yourself to us. Confide
In us with a daughter's freedom, antl we
promise you all the love and aid and
spmpathy it is in our power to bestow."
Wo have reason to be thankful that our
loved President was permitted in the
last year of her life, to see this ardent
wish of many years accomplished, and
to thus bestow her blessing upon a Missionary of our own, going to that distant
"
field.
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Mrs. Smith was naturally prompt and
methodical. She was always among the
first to arrive at each meeting, and she
rarely overlooked or forgot anything
which should come l>efore us. As we
came in one by one, and sat down before
her, how her tlear face would beam upon
each of us ! It was so plain that she had
come straight from the great Fountain
of Love! And as she opened with reverent hand God's word, and spoke to
Him in prayer, we knew that it was
only a continuation of the communion
with Him which had filled her soul in
preparing for the meeting.
It was this intimate union of her soul
with God, this habit of her life of taking
all her wants to Him, and accepting His
guiding, which made her the successful
leader and the tender mother to us all,
which she was. She was strong in faith.
Perhaps we none of us realize how much
we owe as a society, for the many works
of bonevolence we have been able to
assist, to her never-failing faith. If the
object was worthy, she always knew that
we could raise the money to aid it; and
she often thus led us with her faith
where few of us would otherwise have
ventured. Mention has been made in
another place, of how, several years ago,
when the thought of a new Morning
Star, with steam attachment, was first
spoken of, while some of us were inclined to think that could never be, Mrs.
Smith said: "Oh yes, we shall certainly
have it—we must pray for it till we get
it"
Her active mind and ready wit, were
particularly advantageous to her in conducting our meetings. How quickly she
grasped a point, and saw in it all its
bearings 1 How readily she met a
thought of discouragement with some
word of cheer 1 How quick she was to
catch some bright thought, and reflect
its light over all of us I The dullest of
us could not be very dull in her bright
presence. And so our meetings have
always been entertaining and cheerful
and social, and there has never been any
of the stiffness and shrinking from
"speaking in meeting," which have so
frozen many meetings of the kind which
we have been wont to attend In other
places. These Board meetings have
been schools to some of us, which she,
our teacher, never dreamed of.
Not the least of those traits of
diameter which made Mrs. Smith so
loved and acceptable a.s President of this
Board, was her intense motherliness.
She has said of herself that the strongest
passion of her nature was her love of
children. And this love extended to all
over whom she was placed in miy position. Hhe seemed by right, to lie our
hfd, not only by her superior years, but
still more by her great motherly nature.
How she took us all into her loving
heart! How appreciative she was of any
effort we ever made, esi>ecially in any
branch of the Lord's work ! How cheering her words of sympathy were, and
how her warm approval encouraged us!
Yes
Her kind look and nod, and
dear !" How we sh.dl miss them—how
we do miss them to-day ! We stretch
out our hands as did Elisha toward the
ascending prophet, and cry with tears
"Oh, my mother! my mother!" and
like Elisha, we each one pray most earnestly—" Let a double portion of thy
spirit be upon mcV M. L. Whitney.
"
—
MRS. SMITH AS A TEACHER.
From the time my baby fingers could
point out round O, I have always
thought of Mrs. Smith as teacher, and
guide, as well as friend.
Seven of us, her pupils in times past,
walked the old familiar way down
Judd's hill, —but from her grave, instead
of the schoolroom door, —and spoke of
the strangeness of it all.
Our old teacher's long labor of love
ended, and the busy hands for the first
time at rest.
Some of us grown into womanhood,
with life's duties and trials upon us,
some still in school—all, thinking not
only of school lessons, (those firm foundation stones in the "temple of knowledge" for the laying of which she was
so often and so justly praised)—but also
of the earnest life lessons.
As tenderly as she taught the baby
lips to say their A. B. C.'s, just so patiently and tenderly she led tho baby
feet along the "narrow way."
Every quarrel on the play-ground,
every lesson and song, all made to tench
in some form, "the old, old story."
Thirty-two years of teaching given to
us Island children. Some of us were
her pupils for ten, and twelve years, and
upon her golden wedding, came loving
words of greeting and gratitude, from
far and near—across the seas, and beyond the mountains—each one written
by a former pupil.
Truly, we thought, as we heard them
tell of her good works, these consecrated
years of teaching, were among the most
blessed, and only God can measure the
abundance of the harvest, as children's
children shall scatter broad-cast, the
seed of her sowing.
As we looked at her lying calm in
death, after her faithful stewardship—
her life with its bitter and sweet," its
many hard trials, and its pleasant places,
ended forever-—came thoughts of what
she had awakened to, out of that sleep.
Was she sitting at Jesus's feet, as we sat
ut hers, learning glorious lessons of life
eternal 1
Yes, I like to think so. And, our
dear old teacher, though your lioys and
girls will never have your loving greeting or word of sympathy again, we are
glad you are at rest.
And because you have
fallen asleep
in Jesus," we will strive more earnestly
to follow your teachings, and be Christian men, and women. So that it may
be said of us, as it is of you—•" Well
done good and faithful servant." "He
that goeth forth with weeping, bearing
precious seed, shall doubtless come again
with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with
Nellie E. Fuller.
him."
"
MRS. SMITH'S CONNECTION WITH
THE STRANGERS' FRIEND
SOCIETY.
Among tho various forms of Christian
work which have occupied the life of
our gifted friend, none perhaps interested her more than that connected with
the Strangers' Friend Society.
Formed as it was at a time when imperative need called for some organization by which the destitute strangers
thrown upon our shores could be systematically cared for, her ready sympathies
responded to the call. She was present
at the first gathering ; accepted the office
of Secretary, and acted in that capacity
to the close of her life, a period of thirtytwo years.
In this as in every branch of her work
she truly obeyed the Master's injunction,
Occupy till I come."
During these latter years, Mrs. Smith
has been mote actively engaged in the
details of the society work than earlier,
when schtxil and family duties pressed
more closely. The hospital, the sick
bed and the resort of the degraded, can
all testify to her faithful zeal ane indefatigable effort to relieve distress, succor
the helpless and reclaim the erring.
Who but God can toll and what but
eternity reveal tho results of such a life ?
But It Is finished, rounded offand she is
gone. We do not see her, her place is
vacant and we are stricken ; still we rejoice in her peaceful and delightful release ; we rejoice in the easy transition
from this life to the other. She is with
her Saviour whom she loved and served
all these years; with her children and
grandchildren who have passed on, with
the dear old mother who lived on Into
the nineties, and with hundreds of
friends whom she knew and loved here
below, and who are now in the ranks of
the redeemed.
We wish her joy in it all, and pray
that her example may incite us who remain, to like faithfulness and unwearied
effort.
Mrs. H. M. Whitney.
"
March,
188,5.
MRS. SMITH'S CONNECTION WITH
THE BETHEL UNION CHURCH
AND SABBATH SCHOOL.
As a leader in many branches of
Christian work, Ms. Smith has been
spoken of this nftenoon. There remains
another most tender and loving connection, that of the Bethel Church and Sabhath School. The same ship that brought
Mr. and Mrs. Smith to these islands
brought material to be used in the construction of this chapel, which still
remains as part of the Bethel. Mrs
Smith's interests have ever been closely
connected with the Bethel Church. During the years that she was particularly
occupied in work among Hawaiians, she
was, socially, most intimately connected
with Dr. Damon, then pastor of the
Bethel, and his family. On the occasion
of the Golden Wedding in 1882, Dr.
Damon, said "For 40 years our lives
run parallel, and our work has been in
the same calling; love and confidence
have charactuized our intercourse with
cnch other. We have rejoiced in each
others successes and sympathized in each
others trials—especially has this Ireen
true in the deep family bereavements,
which each has been called to sustain."
This Ismd of union, still exists, for when
the spark of life went out, and while
loving hands were bearing what we knew
as earthly of Mrs Smith to rest in Nuuanu cemetery, Dr. Damon was lying upon his dying lied, unconscious that his
old-time friend had passed over the
river before him. One week later, he
also was laid to rest in the same valley
cemetery. Together they sing "the song
of the redeemed," around the throne of
God, while two mourning households
linger here a little longer.
Her warm heart opened naturally to
the sailors and strangers, who came for
longer or shorter time, to this Church
There in the early
and congregation.
days, her children were brought SablHtth
after Sabbath, to listen to preaching in
their mother tongue, and as they grew
to mature years, they gave very efficient
aid in Christian work. This thought was
in stilled: "Do all you can to help the
Bethel prayer meeting, choir Sabbath
School, Ac." Thus she upheld the pustor in his work. Some years ago, Dr.
Smith having left the pastorate of Kaumakapili Church her attendance at the
Bethel became constant We shall all
miss her familiar face in our congregation*
With heart and life overflowing with
love to God, her testimony for the Master,
was often heard in our social meetings.
Her zeal was great during the revival
meetings held by Mr. Hallenbeckin 1881,
and many were led to Christ through her
earnest entreaties. We who used to meet
with her in those ladies, afternoon prayer
meetings know how she would plead for
souls, even by name In many cases. God
was very good to her and gave her answers to her prayers, so that many now
think of her as their spiritual mother in
Christ. From her own rich experience
at that time she often spoke in the
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Wednesday evening meeting, whereby class and listening to her earnestpresenta-
all our hearts were full, and we were
quickened te more active work, through
her words and example. During the
recent temperance and evangelistic
work, she lalxired as actively as her
strength would allow, saying, "I will do
all that 11 woman of 75 years can do."
She prayed most fervently for a full outpouring nf God's Spirit upon this community, and rejoiced greatly over some
who came out on the Lord's side.
Alxmt a year ago, as you all know, our
Pastor presented his resignation to this
Church. This weighed heavily upon
Mrs. Smith's mind. Were we to be left
alone in our weakness? The first Sabhath in March a notice was read, asking
all ladies of the congregation to assemble
at the vestry on Monday afternoon. Wo
went, wondering for what! Then she
laid liefore us, how much we needed
prayer to (iod in this, our emergency,
that He would lift Hie dark cloud and
send us a man after His own heart to
minister to us. Some of you will rememlier the prayers that went up from
that little room as week after week we
gathered the re. How closely our hearts
were drawn together and what a comforting hour it was! Mrs. Smith was
never absent except when detained
by sickness, and that was seldom,
for she often came when weak and suffering. When the faith of some was
weak and trembling, she took strong
hold of God's promises and led us upward and onward. Is it not in answer
to those prayers that we have been so
blessed during the past six months?
She welcomed our present Pastor and his
wife most cordially and a warm Christian
affection had grown up between them.
On the first Monday of the New Year
she led the Ladle's prayer meeting in a
very solemn and impressive manner.
The next week she was again present,
and urged upon an inquiring one that
she she should "put her trust in the
Saviour; who doeth all things well."
The next week, from her sick bed, she
sent us a loving message through the
elder Mrs Thrum. Now she is gone.
She loved this little meeting, as a mother
loves her child. Let the Ladies prayer
meeting at the Bethel, on Monday afternoon, be a lasting, living memorial of
Mrs. Smith's life among us.
Closely connected with all her other
efforts has been her work for the Bethel
Having a ready and
Sabbath School.
peculiar gift for communicating with and
instucting others, Mrs. Smith was a most
For many
acceptable Bible teacher.
years she was personally connected with
the school, first in charge of the infant
class, afterward of a class of young girls,
many of whom have now, in turn be
come teachers, while others have gone
up higher. For several years she has
conducted a Bible class for adults, on
compossd
Sabbath morning. This
chiefly of ladles, but I have often seen
men who, as strangers, had found their
way into tho room, gathered into her
tion of the truth as found In God's word.
No doubt much seed was thus scattered
abroad which will bring forth fruit in
Janunry 11th was her last
due season.
morning at the Sabbath School. By
request she came into the room when
the scholars were gathered for dosing
exercises and made the dosing prayer.
These were her last words to the dear
Sabbath School children whom she loved
so dearly. While thus we all, Pastor and
tieople, aged and young, friends and
family, miss her from our midst, may
we each and every one be incited by her
memory to do more for the Master's
cause; that whether it shall lie as the
unfolding bud, or as the rijiened sheaf of
wheat, that any of us are called to end
our pilgrimage, we too may be ready
when our summons shall come.
<< Blessed are they that do His commandment, that they may have right
to the tree of life and may enter in
through the gates into the city."
Mrs. S. E. Bishop.
MRS. SMITH AS A CHRISTIAN.
Dear Friends: We have assembled
in this place to-day to unite in calling to
mind precious memories connected with
our sister, Mrs. Ixiwell Smith.
We read in the good twok that after
Dorcas died, many who loved her came
together to mourn for her. They recounted to each other her good deeds,
displayed the evidences of her love, lal»r and self-denial, for the poor people
around her. Did not our Lord show that
he approved of this memorial meeting?
He gave Peter power to restore their
kind friend to life.
Our blessed Jesus commanded his disciples to love one another. We are thankful for this command; thankful that it is
a duty as well as a privilege ; thankful
for tfte example He gave us when Lazarus died, of his love and sympathy for
the afflicted. This love does not die. It
reaches into the world beyond.
We have in remembrance the names
of many dear sisters who have been fellow workers with us. Their faces are
seen no more on earth. But they appear to the eyes of our minds when we
think of them or speak their names. We
shall not forget them.
Mother Thurston, Mother Andrews,
Mrs. Judd, Mrs. Chamberlain, Mrs. E.
O. Hall, Miss Ogden, Mrs. Fidelia Coan,
Mrs. Wetmore, Mrs. Bond, and some
others; now we have another dear name
to place with those in memory's cabinet
—the one we speak of to-day.
She was a friend of this nation, and
proved it by her works. For over fifty
years she dwelt among this people doing
good. She was no half-way Christian.
She threw into her work the whole energies of her being. A large, warm heart
was hers, and she had room in it for oh!
ad many I Not only her kindred, her
children (no mother ever loved her children more!), not only fellow Christians
(those she loved i-rdrntly, by whatever
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na mo they were called), but ; !.e had a
warm place in her heart for theiittiiite.j,
the ignorant, the degraded, the heathen;
"Christ loved them," she said, "He died
for them! they do not know him! I love
them, and long that they should come to
Him !"
"Love of children," said Mrs. Smith,
"is the strongest passion of my nature."
We who knew her understand this. She
was gifted with a kind of magnetism
that drew children to her and made it
easy for her to teach them. No child
passed by her unnoticed. They all belonged tn her she said. No wonder that
it was a "glad day to her when she first
gathered a group of Hawaiian lioys and
girls around r.ei." Teaching was work
that she loved, and for which she was
especially prepared.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith landed on these
shores, May Ist, 1833. They had a long
passage round Cape Horn of 150 days,
without sight of land. In those early
days the Missionaries on these Islands
assembled in Honolulu once in a year,
somewhat as the Jews used to go up to
Jerusalem. It was called the General
Meeting. They assembled every day in
the old school-house, for mission business. Here they read reports of their
work, discussed difficulties; decided
on plans of work for the coming year;
books that were needed, and who should
write them;translations, printing,sehools,
fields to be occupied, and who should occupy them; and above all, they united solemnly in seeking aid from on high and a
blessing on their work. By this Association Mr. and Mrs. Smith were located on
Molokai as assistants to Mr. and Mrs.
Hitchcock. They were to teach school and
learn the language. Their dwelling was
a small grass hut; as it proved very uncomfortable, they built a cottage of stone.
There was an old heiau near by tijat furnished the material, and natives assisted
in the work of construction. Their bouse
being completed, their work was pro
grossing, hut Mrs. Smith's health was
failing, and her condition became so
alarming that after one year she was
brougnt to Honolulu, und the physicians
decided that she must live nearer medical aid. They were then stationed at
Ewa, a new station, about 10 miies from
Honolulu. There Mr. Smith erected a
house and school-house, and commenced
a church. Work for the people began
with vigor. After two years trial, during which time Mrs. Smith suffered
much, physicians again interfeivd, and
our friends were brought to Honolulu
that Mrs. Sought have continued medical treatment. Rev. Mr. Bishop was appointed to take the station at Ewa.
Mr. Smith took charge of the schools
of Honolulu. Mrs. Smith did what she
could reclining on her couch. Native
women visited her and she used her opportunities with them. For six months
she taught the little Prince Alexander,
giving him his first lessons in English
and lessons from the bible.
In 1837 teachers arrived, after which
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Mr. antl Mrs. Smith were located in the
lower part of the city, called Kaumakapili, where mission work seemed especially needed. Again they commenced
anew with unabated enthusiasm and zeal.
Mrs. Smith's health had improved, and
she was delighted with the prospect of
work, real work for the lower class of
natives. This was the commencement of
a long term of labor fur the blessed Master. They took it up with avidity. The
first place of worship was a schoolhouse, with a large lariai built outside of
it. People flocked around them, and
often 2000 persons were presnt to hear
the Gospel.
Our sister, though still in delicate
health, found many ways to help in the
work. Hundreds of women came to see
the new teacher; she gave them kind
greetings of sympathy. Sometimes they
brought their infants and young children, and received instruction and advice
about training and caring for them, or
medicine if they were sick.
Native teachers were employed, and it
gave her delight to give them instruction to tit them to influence, govern and
instruct in the best way.
She organized female pniyer meetings,
which she always attended and took
charge of, if possiblee, and from which
she derived much strength and courage.
She appointed women in whom she had
eotideiiee to go to out-districts, conduct
duct meetings, visit the sick, and report
to her such as needed especial help.
After laboring and preaching under
the lanai for two years, Mr. Smith and
his people decided to build a church.
Their people were all poor. It was a
large building that was planned. Mrs.
Smith took hold of this work with energy. She called the women together to
contrive ways to raise money, as a large
sum would be Deeded. They all wanted
to help. Some who had work would
save a part of their wages. Others were
taught to braid hats and mat bags; these
were sold, the former to native's, and the
latter to a sugar Hunter on Kauai. Men,
women and children joined heaitily in
the work of building the new church.
The walls were to be of sun dried bricks,
or adobes. They were made by the men,
the moulds lieing prepared by Mr. Smith.
Lime was needed to plaster the walls.
Tiie. natives brought coral from the sea,
and burned it for this purpose by their
teacher's instructions. The people had
willing hearts and labored gladly. It
was to be their church, in which they
would worship God.
It would lie impossible to speak of the
lnmy tilings that our sister found to do
for the peopie of Kaumakapili. Besides
giving religious instruction, home life,
cleanliness, dress, economy, care of time,
the decencies and common things of
life, all called for thought and lessons
from her.
In 185i»Mrs. Smith consented to commence an evening school for some promising young men (Hawaiians) who
applied to her for lessons in English.
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found them docile and appreciaAfter teaching them one year she
reluctantly gave it up, as this night work
was too fatiguing after the labor of the
day. She had much comfort in these
pupils and some of them afterwards filled
positions of usefullness with credibility
and faithfulness. Mrs. Smith was teaching at this time aa English day school
for Hawaiian children.
In 1856 this
was made a Government school. It was
the first English common school taught
on these islands.- June 1854 to 1860 it
was a popular flourishing school of 80 or
more pupils. In 1860 the Government
organized the Royal school and Mrs.
Smith was invited to be its principal.
This she declined, gave up her school
and advised her pupils to go to theRoyal
School.
After this Mrs. Smith taught for many
years the children of some of her friends
and neighbors. One of those pupils will
give some reminiscences of that school
to-day.
Mrs. Smith was a Christian worker as
well as teacher. She was ready and
helpful whenever and wherever duty
called her. Others will speak of her as
a member of The Womans' Board, the
Stranger's Friend Society and of the
Bethel Union Church and Sabbath School.
But whatever other work she engaged
in her sympathies and best efforts were
for the Hawaiians. Much was done by
her for their sick. During those dreadful months when the smnll-pox raged in
Honolulu, this father and mother labored
constantly for this poor suffering people.
Mr. Smith left home in the morning and
sometimes did not return till midnight.
For three months fire .scarcely went out
in Mrs. Smith's kitchen. Soup, rice, pia
and tea were prepared daily in large
quant'tics for distribution among their
people. When the awful disease subsided, 500 from their roll-call answered
they were numbered with the
not
dead! Those were sorrowful days! Mr.
and Mrs. Smith had other sorrows in
their Mission at Kamakajiili.
Their
home so delightful to them, where they
had spent so many years of joy and sorrow was burned to the ground and never
rebuilt. Many dear friends and relatives
in the home-land, left for the far country
and their loving, cheering letters ceased
to come. Seven little lives, heart treasures, were given them, but five were recalled to be educated in heaven. They
left living arms that ached from emptiness!
But I heir severest trials came when
some whom they had loved, and for
whom they had prayed and hoped, left
the good and returned to theirevil ways.
One consolation was always theirs. They
could go and tell Jesu*! They found in
Him help and comfort at all times.
Our precious friend has gone to her
rest. All her toils and anxieties are over.
She left no word of farewell for ys, but
she has left lessons for each of us. Her
example seems to say to us, These are
days of opportunities. Watch for them.
She
tive.
—
"
March, 1885.
Do not neglect one; neglected, the same
one never returns."
Let us together praise the Lord to-day
for all his loving care and help from our
sister during the many years of her sojourn in these Isles of the Sea.
Juliette M. Cooke.
BOARD
HAWAIIAN
HONOLULU, H. I.
This pa<j*;e is devoted Ut the interests of the Hawaiian
Board of Missions, und the Editor, appointed by the
Board, is responsible for its contents.
A. 0. Forbes,
13
THE FRIEND.
Editor.
OUR DUTY TO THE JAPANESE.
Nine hundred and forty-eight Japanese have just landed on our shores, the
large majority of whom come as laborers
and household servants. We owe it to
them to give them such opportunities of
Christian instruction and education as
may be in our ixiwer to give. At the
suggestion and request of the Hawaiian
Board, in a letter sent by the Corresponding Secretary to Japan as long ago as
last September, a young and intelligent
Christian Japanese who is preparing for
the ministry has come with them. A supply of Japanese Scriptures and tracts has
also Ixjen received from Rev. Mr. Loomis,
the Agent of the American Bible Society
in Japan. Consul Irwin, who has come
with this lot of immigrants, has shown a
• commendable interest in their moral and
spiritual
aiding in every way
the advancement of these objects so far
as was within his power.
i'lie Honolulu Y. M. C. A. have tendered the use of their hall for religious
meetings of the Japanese on Sundays,
and it has been accepted by the Hawaiian
Board with thanks for the generous
courtesy thus siiown.
Arrangements
will be made to have a service held there
for the Japanese in Honolulu each Sunday.
The Board are also expecting to start
an evening school at once for such of
them as may desire to be taught English.
We commend these objects to the generosity and Christian cooperation of the
community.
THE CHINESE.
True Christianity is as broad as the
world.
It embraces in its beneficent
provisions, all races, and all classes of
men. And we hold that this grand
principle should govern the views and
the daily life of every professing Christian. The fact that it often does not,
and that so many who profess to believe
in Christianity, and to be in cordial
sympathy with its spirit and its objects,
nevertheless act and speak in a manner
inconsistent with those professions, only
shows the imperfection of man.
In our editorial for February, we quoted with hearty endorsement, a noble,
manly Christian, utterance from a journalist of natioi'"' reputation and of high
stauding, in
to the Chinese
problem." We stated no "conclusions"
of our own on either the political, social,
.
"
or economic features of the question.
When therefore our fellow editor of
the Saturday Press launches out in rather
wild tirade against what he is pleased to
term our conclusions on the subject of
admitting unrestricted Chinese immigration," we are somewhat curious lo know
whence he derived his information as to
our views on that point. And all the
more so as the views he impliedly attributes to us happen to be wide of the;
mark. We are well aware that there
are* many serious and difficult questions
connected with the political and economic sides of this question. And we
do not undertake to deliver any oracular
utterances Uiereanent, or to enter the lists
in the controversy. We simply recognise the fact that the Chinaman is a
brother samj that he has a soul to be
saved as well as any other man; that he
is here in large number, and 'hat we
who profess the doctrines and principles
of Christianity havea moral responsibility
laid upon us by these very facts; a duty
which we owe to the Chinaman in common with every other human being; that
of endeavoring to do him good. We
hold further, that if there be danger to
trade or to social morals from bis presence in such numbers, (and we do not
deny such danger) there can be no
greater safeguard against it than the
bringing, to bear upon it the transforming
and elevating power of a true, warmhearted Christianity.
"
pauied him were slain. And Teteke
(the native of Nonouti) who brought
these people to Nonouti (from Honolulu)
is now ■ slave on Kuria.
Many went aboard the vessel when It
was lying off and on under the lee of
Nonouti. Some were sent hack to the
land, but they did not reach it Isacause
they were driven off from the vessel
Dear the sunken reef. There were two
boats whose passengers did not reach the
shore. They all perished at sea, women
and men. Many went to Apemama.
Some were women and childrent, but
their husbands were left at Nonouti.
Nonouti is now entirely in the hands
of this King Binoka.
A labor-ship arrived here to see Binoka, and he sent it to Nonouti to get the
people, and many went aboard there to
go to labor.
Pitiable are the children who have no
parents. It is God who will care for
them.
Trnimliition from Vutaio Tibur's letter of July 9,
1884. [Teacher on Nonouti J.
Rev. H. Dinoham :—
« War
* Karakaua
was made upon Nonouti by
(Nimatu), and he was. victorious. He
also made slaves of the people ; and we
(the teacher and his party) were about
to be killed by him, in order that the
word of God might perish, for he said
that he would rule, but God did not give
him the kingdom, for lie was afterward
slain in battle by Binoka (King of Apemama).
The inhabitants of Nonouti were also
very many of them slain by Binoka,
and very many were bound, after
the fashion of a pig when its four feet
are tied together. I then ran to rescue
them by asking peace from the King ;
and when I came to him, he said
Let
there be peace now." So the people
were delivered, and all set free, perhaps
four hundred of them. How pitiable
were the inhabitants of this island.
Many of them were slain, and many
of'them were taken away to Apemama
to Ih* made slaves of to be sent to Tahiti.
For Binoka gave orders that they should
be transported to labor, but the people
did not want to labor, for there was only
one thing they desired, and that was
God's word. The inhabitants of this
island are very desirous of religious inTranslation from Mr. John TeraoCs letter of Feb.
4, 1884. [Mr. Ternoi is a Gilbert Island Cate- struction. Some of them have publicly
chisl, residing on Apemama.]
declared their desire, a
Rev. H. Bingham:— * * * The Kjrtruet from Mr- John Ternoi'e letter (Teacher OH
Apemumii) of .tug-nut 4, 1884.
following is an item of sad news from
Nonouti. Multitudes of its inhabitants
A British ship of war came here to
have been slain by a native of Apaiang, see Binoka about his attack on Nonouti.
named Niniatu, who lately returned from He arrived in July. All Binoka's musHonolulu where he had been at service. kets were thrown into the sea, and he
He made war on Nonouti, and many was fined 20,000 lbs. of cobra. There
were killed; many of the fugitives ar- were two boat loads of the muskets."
From these, and from our previous
rived at Keuria and Apemama. There
were nearly 100 proas. And when they knowledge of the islands, we gather the
came to Binoka he took compassion on following statement of what appear to be
them, so he desired to go with some of the facts in the case.
Binoka is King of the three neighborthem back to Nonouti. He said he
would make peace for them, and going ing islands of Apemama, Kuria, and
on board a vessel he sailed for that is- Aranuka. The island of Nonouti lies
land. He then attacked the Apaiaugans; about fifty miles to the southeastward ot
and Nimatu and his friends who accom- Apemama.
THE NONOUTI MASSACRE.
An item has appeared in the papers of
this city about the visit of a British ship of
war to Apemami, and the penalty inflicted upon the King of that island for his
share in the trouble at Nonouti last year.
A little explanation may place the affair
in a somewhat different light from that
in which it appeared to a British captain
unacquainted, doubtless, with the language, and probably receiving his information from doubtful sources.
Letters have been received by the
Hawaiian Board, and also by Rev. H.
Bingham from theGilliert Island teachers
on those two islands of Apemama, who
were on the spot, and who, so far a.s we
know, are reliable men, extracts from
which we give below:
"
•.
"
THE FRIEND.
14
Volume 48, No. 3
When the Gilbert island laborers were rising through the ranks of the merchant Balm of Gilead that secures everlasting
returned last year by the Hawaiian sailing service, from sailor to master. youth.
government, on the Hazard, there was From 1849 to 1855 Captain Oat worked
IN MEMORIAM.
among them a native of Apaiang named at sail-making in San Francisco, lie arNimatu, who had been .for some time rived in these Islands in April of 1855,
On Thursday, Feb. UOtli, Mrs. Maria
with His Majesty Kalakaua here. This followed in June of the same year by Mngoon was called to her reward on high.
started
man was for some reason obnoxious Mrs. Oat and family. He at once
She was born at Lisbon, Me., in 1830.
to the King of Apaiang, and word had sail-making, a business which he has suc- She was the daughter of Abnerand Hanbeen sent up here from Apaiang that he cessfully carried on through the years nah Eaton, and was left an orphan when
must not go back there or his life would following. They have had nine children, a child. She was married to Mr. John
be forfeited. So he proceeded to the four of whom are living.
Magoon Jan. 1, 1850. Mr. and Mrs.
On the 17th of December last, you re- Magoon came to the Islands in 1877.
Island of Nonouti with those who be*
longed there, among whom was one member, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. They have one son, Mr. John A. Magoon,
Teteke, who seems to have Joined with Oat was made a bower of beauty, the oc- a student in the law department of the
Nimatu in his warlike operations. Landed on Nonouti with their rifles and
ammunition purchased in Honolulu, this
Nimatu assumed royal airs and authority,
called himself Kalakaua, and gathering
a party about him, committed havoc on
the poor people. Many of the inhabitants were slain by him, and many subjugated. Many others, to the number
of one hundred canoe loads, fled to Kuria
and Apemama, and called on King Binoka to protect them. He accordingly
collected a force of his own people, and
went to Nonouti to quell the disturbance
anil restore order. He landed, attacked
Nimatu, the pseudo Kalakaua, vanquished his party and slew Nimatu himself,
and thus became master of the island.
His treatment of the vanquished party
was in accordance with savage custom,
"thongh not in accordance with our ideas
of civilized warfare.
For this he is visited by a British ship
of war and severely punished as though
he had been guilty of a wanton act,
whereas he was only doing a kindness
and a real service to the people of Nonouti by rescuing them from their oppressor,and that too at their own request.
We regret that the commander of that
ship of war should have been led by
what he may have supposed to be sufficient evidence, into the commission of
an act which must have appeared to the
King Binoka and to the people themselves an unjust act, and one which will
not tend to exait their confidence in the
paternal Justice and kindness of the English nation.
CAPTAIN J. M. OAT, Sr.
Ftom the Memorial Address, by Rev. S. C. Oggel, in
the Bethel Union Church, Feb. 25th, 1985.
My friends, In the Providence of God,
this Church is again called to give up one
of its members. To Brother Oat, having
fought the battle of life and run the race,
came the voice of God: "Come up
higher,"—and knowing that our Father
doeth all things well, it behoves us to
say, "Thy will be done."
The following is a brief account of the
history of his life and of the leadings of
God with himself and family.
Captain Oat was born at Philadelphia,
September 25th, 1809, and was therefore in his 7'ith year. He was married
to Miss Elizabeth R. Crocker, December
17, 1884, In New York City, by the Rev.
Mr. Chase. For IS years after their
marriage Mr. Oat "followed the sea,"
casion lieing the fiftieth anniversary of
their marriage, at which over two hundred guests were present and regrets for
unavoidable absence were received from
many others. The event was a most
pleasant one to the aged couple and their
children, and to thecontinuous stream of
visitors that came to offer their congratulations. For half a century these two
bad been united as one and had together
borne the sorrows unci shared the joys of
life. Yes, we rejoiced that evening with
parents and children in the goodness and
faithfulness of (Jotl to this family. Surely
His blessing, and comfort and pence
were there. The occasion was one that
will fill a place in our memories for many
years to come.
To this it gives me great pleasure to
add, that on the 2d day of October, 1881,
Mr. Oat made public profession of his
faith in Christ and united with this
Church, "lie that confessedh me before
men," the Muster says, "him will I confess before my Father and his holy
angels." And therefore to you, the companion of his many years, I would say,
1'Be comforted."
Having been together
for so many years you will miss him in
days to come, but trust in God, and in
an ever present Savior, who is "the same
yesterday and to-day and forever." Jesus
has said, "I will not leave you comfortless." And rejoice in the promsies of
God of re-union in the better land and
home on high. And to you his children
I would say, recognize with gratitude to
God that you carry to his resting place
to-day an honorable and honored man.
For such was your father in this community. Satisfied that you have done all
in your power to please him while he
lived and especially to make his last
days comfortable, submit to-day to the
will of Him, whom it hath pleased to
take your father unto Himself.
Shall we all this day, realizing that
death may any day call for you ami me,
heed the loving voice of God, "Son,
daughter, give me thine heart?" Captain Oat was present in this Church on
the Bth day of this month, the day after
God took Dr. Damon from us, and we
were here that Sabbath afternoon to hear
God speak, look at the remains, and then
carry them to their last resting-place.
My friends, you are here to-day. Who
of us will be called next? Oh, God alone
knowsl Are we ready? Not all become
old. Human life must close. I, this
afternoon commend to you all Jesus
Christ the Great Physician, and the
University of Michigan.
Mrs. Mngoon
was a member of the Bethel Union
Church. She was a consecrated, happy
Christian, faithful in all her relations.
Blessed are the dead who die in tho
Lord. Yea, saith the Spirit, for they
rest from their labors, and their works
follow them."
The funeral service was held from the
Bethel Union Church, E. C. Oggel, the
"
pastor, officiating.
To the husband and son we extend our
sympathy in their bereavement.
REC IPTFS OR THE HAWAIIAN BOARD
FROM JAN. 21, TO FEB. 25, 1885.
roit rottKlUN Ml-SloN.
from Kor'.-I It.
bnre!
) W.W
MM
VOlt OKMCKAJ. PUNI>.
IVniinen Church. I.. Lyman
\niiliohi Church, Kanai
Knhala Church. K. Bond
kuiiiiiukupili Church, A. L Smith
kViiiiihinu Church J. H. Martin
[lothel Union Church
h'ortiirx Church Kohala
Total
4»<H>
91.(0
1:«I.5S
m
*
W.S0
4».tX)
vO.iW
10.50
$ 383.85
$4'ID.flO
W. W. HALL, Treasury.
The Honolulu Sailors' Home Society in
Account with Chas. R. Bishop,
Treasurer.
loo.,.
Ile-c.l!l, Ilalance
t 15 70
IBM,
Fob. 22, Donation, J. T. Waterliouae, Jr
50 01)
Donnlion. II. K. Ulade
80 00
.m hi
Donation, febaafar & Co
SOU)
Donation, (i. W. Marfttrliine 4 Co
60 CXI
Donation. W. O. Irwin A Co
Donation, S. c. Damon
50 00
Donation. S. O. Wilder
25 00
Donation. A. W. Pelrce
80 00
10 00
Donation, Cash
100 00
Mar.it, Donation, Bishop & Co
1U000
11,.1.,ill..n. Castle A' l 'n.ikf
50 00
Donation, W. W. Hall
25 00
Donation, U. F. Dlllllls-llum
50 00
Donation, Mr. May
50 00
Donation, l.ewcrs A Cooke
Oct.mi, I'm. Note, Chairman Sailor's Home... 450 00
1885.
Jan. ill, Donation, J. T. Waterhouae
25 00
50 00
Donation, U. H. Bishop
Donation. S. M. Damon
.'18 411
Donnlion. II. V IH11 i inrliani
25 110
Donation, I.ewers & t'ookc
50 00
20 00
17. Donation, W. tl. Irwin
20 00
Donation, S. U. Wilder
50 00
Donation, B.C. Damon
50 00
I ona linn. Castle & Cooke
Kent of corner room advanced by S. C.
1885
100
00
12,
Damon, and repaid Feb.
21 «7
Feb. 12, Donation, 8. M. Damon
$1.IM.", 86
1881.
Burjres.on
account,repair..$
Paid
350 00
Mar. 6,
N. F.
850 1)0
\pr. 4.
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balanec
acc't
$458.(W
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Oct. 40. "
484 19
Ii months inleresl on do. .. 27.81
1885
Jan.'20, " Note Chairman of Com.. 460.00
11.6H 4M «7
lntereatondo
"
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$1,646 M
CHAS. R. BISHOP, Trea.nr.r.
K. t, O. K.
Honolulu, Feb 12, 1886.
15
THE FRIEND.
March, 1885.
THE CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN.
A valued correspondent sends us the
following from his note-book:
"The noblest type of man, the noblest
work of God, is the Christian Gentleman,
and that household is nearest the Christian ideal, where are studied, most minutely, those delicate offices and interchanges of kindliness, which like; golden
threads run through the warp and woof
of every day life."
MONTHLY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
Honolulu, February 3d. 1885,
at the residence of eieori;e Liicns, Fsq., Kukul Place,
Bishop
of Ollia, Mb John I.ci-as
Lordship
Ihe
by hi.
to Mian L. FusTKii. Hi I of this city.
MILES—RKDDINUTON.—In Honolulu, February
l'.'lh, 1885. by Key. 11. IL Parker, Okoiiuk W. Milks to
Miss Jknn.e 11. Kkhimniit.in.
SOU I HWICK—BREESE—III Kort-St. Church, Feb.
Still,, 188.-1. tiy Pastor Cruzaii. Mr. Thomas Smyth
LUCAS—FOSTER—In
Southwick, and Miss
Anna ,).
ii
IiyOMAN
& TEMPERANCE,"
A new Hook by
»•»
Miss Frances E. Willard,
or
President
the National W. •'. T. tl of America.
Editors and Publiahera.
After moro than forty years of very successful editorial contiol and management by Rev. 8. C. Damon, D.
1)., Til. Kiuend passes iuio the hands of Pastor. Crnpaper haa
/.aii and oggel. During all these years Ihis
inimportunt purl in shaping and moulding tba
had
This sterling work on the Temperance Question, has religious and social life nf ilns Nation. It has always
been examined by MRS J. M. WHITNEY,
been a poient factor forall that was right, pure and
I'rest. of W. CT. I', of Hawaii, peaceable.
What it has been in the past It will continue to be in
and I'as.ors Oggel and Cntzan, and has their unqualified Ihe future.
cndiirs.-meiit.
While retaining all Its former characteristics, and
pushing, with unabated ncal, all the Interests which
canvass
have had so warm an advocacy in its column.. Il will
be the niin of the preßont editors to make Thk Fhiind
feliSStr
for Subscribers.
distinctively
Agent for the Hawaiian Islands.
Mr. Cutler will
ALLEN
&
the city
ROBINSON,"
A Family Religious Newspaper.
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COALS.
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1885, lo the wife of Theo. 11. Davles, Esq., a son.
In Pauoa Valley, Honolulu, Jan. 30th, 1885, to the
wife of A. T. Atkinson. Esq., a son.
In Ihis city, on the nih Inst., to the wife of John
Johnson, a aon.
In this city, February 11th, 1885, to the wife of K. E.
Burns, a son.
FRIEND FOR 1886.
J. A. Cruzan and E. C. Oggel,
Rev. J. S. Cutler,
Ilrecse.
BIRTHS.
rpHE
We shall keep constantly before us as speclaltlea the
quicl.enlng and deepening of the religious life of the
people: to make Thk Fbiknd a medium of communication between Ih.- Churches of the Kingdom, and also
Isolated Chitrchesand theoutaide world
General, Mission Work,
between
The Chinese Work,
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-1An intensely Interesiing volume, by
The Sunday School Work,
Education, Literature
And General Culture,
Will also have a large place In our columns.
Public Questions.
Thk Fuiknd, under the new management, will be a
religious and not a political paper. We have no desire
or intention lo meddle with the so callod "politics" of
DEATHS.
this Kingdom. But on every public question where
Rev. Father Chiniquy, formerly a Priest. principles
and morals are at Issue, we shall have conOOODALK—At Adrian. Michigan, on January 10th,
every
bands
of
Protestant.
victions
and the courage to boldly and clearly state
i his book should be In the
1885. D. 11. Uoodale, uged 74 ycurs.
letter, them, in favor of
Price *6. Money should be sent In registered
SHIPMAN-.U Wuiakca lliinch, Hllo. Hawaii, on or by P.O. Money Ordei-to " Ukv. Father Chiniuuy.
Good Uovernment, Righteousness, Temperance.
IjauBsyl
Wednesday, the 21st day of January, 1885. William St. Anna. Kaukiikcc Co., Ilia."
the best Interests of all the people, this Journal
and fearlessly
Kkkd Shipman, the beloved elelest son of W. 11. and
will
sjieak. We have but little respect for a
Mary E. Shlpniun, aged 4 years, 2 monthsund 111 days.
religion which Is not robust enough lo be carried Into
business and politics.
YON SCHMIDT-In Sail Francisco, at the Urnnd
Hotel, January 22nd. 1885, of pneumonia. Ueoiioiana
(LIMITED.)
Jcjanita LiiiANAHiNK beloved wife of Cupt. Edward
A Yon Schmidt, it native of Honolulu. 11. 1., uged '27
years.
Wo aie h&ppy to announce that the reader, of Tea
CIIASE-In this cily. Jan. HO, Mrs. Maby R. Chase,
l-'ttiknii are not to lose tho services of Dr. Damon. HI.
of
75
Rochester, Vt., Hged
years.
a native
Commander vlgoroua pen will still be at the serylco of Iho paper
KING
4 r. m. for La- and the people. One page of the paper will be devoted
SMITH In this city. .limitary 30th, 1885. Abioail
Will leave Honolulu each Tuesday atKawnlhae,
Lav lo
Willih. beloved wife of Rev. Lowell Smith, aged 76 haina Mnalaca, Makenii, Mahiikonn.
The Seamen,
pnhoohoc und llilo. Leave Hllo Thursdays at noon,
ycurs, 1 month nnd -27 days.
touching ut the same ports on return, arriving back of which Dr. Damon will be editor, and for which he
will
train
for
Nlulll
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DAMON—In
February 7th, 1885. Rev. Sam- Saturdays at. noon. Passenger
will be wholly reapon.lhlc. From time to time other
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The general average of attendants at anceat the young
men's Sunday afterAssociation reading room during the noon meeting is 800, and conversions
month has been 28.
are constantly taking place. Their work
I his pai'. ■is devoi. a I.the interest! <>r the Honolulu
The use of the Y. M. ('. A. Hall Sun- has grown so large the
en
Ohrlstlau
Association,
and
President in his
V\""~
of
Directors
* are responsible for its contents.the Board day mornings has been tendered to the annual report recommended
the trustees
Hawaiian Board for the use
the Jap- to take Immediate steps to enlarge the
/////. /.'. Kinney,
Editor. anese. This is tin Important of
move of the building. The reception on
Association. The Chinese mission work day, notwithstanding the New Year's
rain, was
The CongreyationuHxt, of Boston, in a was
inaugurated by the Association un- tended by I,IMIO young men. Rev. J. atrecent issue says:
I'.
der the guidance of the bite Rev. S. ('. Newman lectured for
them January 8,
"An attendant upon the recent State Damon.
it
pioneer
Let
be
the
with
the
being introduced by ex-Gov. Lel'and
meeting in Vermont, bears the following
Stanford.
ing testimony, which will be welcome to Japanese as well.
By vote, the time tor holding the
many of our readers:
"An observer of the movements of the' Sunday evening meeting held a! the Y.
ANNUAL MEETING
Young Men's Christian Association at M. C. A. Hall was put at half-past six- Of the
II
o'clock
Sailor's
i>. m. for the next two months.
c Society held on
this meeting could but be Impressed
The Treasurer of the Association was the 12th of February, 1886, at 10.80 a.m.
with (he progress which the Associations
Instructed to insure the Association Hall Hon. C. R. Bishop presiding.
in general have made within the past and
After prayer and the reading of the
furniture in the sum of ten thousand
decade, or a little more. They have
minutes of the last annual meeting, the
found and know very thoroughly that dollars.
The following resolution in view of Treasurer's report was read and accepttheir proper sphere Is to evangelize, not
the death of (he late Dr. Damon was ed. There was no debt on the Sailor's
all the world, but young men. They have
unanimously carried and spread up- Home at the dose of 1884. Hills c,r
learned by concentration upon this Held then
Mr. Dunscoinbe to the amount of toon
the
records of the Association :
how large and Important ii la, and are
in the death of Ihe gether $109.10, were assumed by the
Thai
Retolmd,
achieving great results m it They have bite Rev. s. C.
Damon, D. 1)., this Society.
learned, too, that the Young Metis's Young Men's Association
The election of Trustees to serve for a
of Honolulu
Christian Association Is not tin end, but
of three years ending Dee. 81,
has
lost
a
term
valuable
and
efficient
member,
a means to build up the Church of Christ.
1887,
and
a
resulted as follows : Messrs. S. M.
long
counsellor
whose
and consisIt Is the Church in action in behalf of
p.. p. Dillingham,
Damon,
tent
service
lor
an
exil. F. Glade,
Christ,
affords
US
young men. Of course it is working *~.
A. S. Cleghorn, W. \V. Hall, Rev. E. C.
ample worthy of emulation."
timatdy and sympathetically with church
The meeting then dosed with prayer. OggeL
and ministry.
Tiie meeting of the Society than adAnother noticeable thing is the larger
MICHIGAN.
journed.
The Detroit Association has made
Importance given to the Bible as a means
A meeting of the Hoard of Trustees of
to the growth of the Individual life and excellent progress. The contributions
to
the Sailor's Home Society was therethe winning of men. The day of affect- their work w.'re thirty percent, greater upon
called to order, lion. C. R. Bishop
ing stories, as a substitute tor searching than the previous year, notwithstanding presiding.
divine truth, In the conversion of men the dull financial season. Their memThe election of officers of the Board
seems to have passed away. The love bership increased from I'ii.*", to n.V.i. Their being first in
order, the Chairman read
of God's word evinced among these religious meetings had a total attendance a letter
from Hon. S. X. Castle, resignyoung men is exemplary and delight- of 11,217. The young men's meeting ing
his position as President, on account
ful.'
had an average attendance for the year of ill health.
After appreciative remarks made by
The regular monthly meeting of the of;4; Bible class, 27; training class, 26;
Association was held Thursday, Pebruary noon meeting, 20. The total attendance several trustees, in regard to Mr. Castle's
19th, A. D. 1885, at the Hall Among at their rooms, meetings, entertainments, long and faithful services rendered to
thi' Items Of interest we note the follow- etc., was 87,539 or a daily average of the Sailor's Home Society since its infancy, the resignation was accepted, and
ing i The President read a letter from 200 for the year.
an unanimous vote of well-merited
Mr. H. J. McCoy, General Secretary of
CALIFORNIA.
thanks was passed, to be placed on the
the Sun Francisco Association, stating
Aii increased
activity Is reported
that he intended making us a visit short- in till the Associations In this State, and records, with instruction to the Secrely in company with his wife, lie is ex- they all close
tary to convey the same by letter to Mr.
the year free of debt.
pected to arrive either on tin; first or
The San Francisco Association held Castle.
The following officers were then duly
fifteenth of next month—though his their thirty-second annual meeting on
coming may be delayed until April, when the evening of January 5. The mem- elected by ballot : lion. (.'has. R. Bishop,
the Association holds its annual meeting. bership has increased thirty per cent, President; Mr. John 11. Paty, TreasMr. McCoy Is well Known among us and during the year, and nearly 200,000 visits urer; Mr. F. A. Schuefer, Secretary;
will receive a most hearty reception. He have been made to the building, seventy- Executive Committee, Messrs. S. M.
will undoubtedly assist in Association five percent, of the number being young Damon, K. C. Oggel, J. B. Atherton.
work while here, as he has so often done men under thirty-five years of
age. An
even from a distance.
average of ten religious services a
MAGAZINES.
Mr. Atherton, in behalf of the com- have been held, 31!) situations hare week
been
have
received the January and
VVk
mittee appointed to secure a General secured for young men since the
establish- February numbers of Llppinvotfs MagaSecretaryreported progress, several indi- ment of the employment bureau
last
viduals now being under consideration. summer. Reports were presented by zine. We regret that the unusual pressure ui>on our columns prevents extended
The following persons were voted in eighteen working
committees, showing and deserved notice. Among the timely
its members of the Association :
the Association to be thoroughly organiz- articles in the February
number are
W. (). Atwator
Voting Member ed, and an aggressive work being done Representation
the English Parliain
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J. N. K. Keola
In
for young men. They expended last ment, and Prussian Civil
Service, while
Mr. Henderson
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year $14,435, dosing the year with all To Liverpool and
Return in the SteerFred Lind
Associate
bills paid and a balance in the treasury.
age gives the magazine
u
Then. Severin
All the services held at the building of ocean travel from a reader glimpses
novel point of
Ralph Meatman
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xcept the noon day meeting, are for view.
This
sterling
magazine
is one of
Horace Lyle
Voting
oung men only. The average attend- the best.
the
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