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fcAGE.
John Alexander Cru/an
Unity; Editorial Notes
Reinforcement of 1837
Our Chinese Invasion
The Churches—Chinese, Kaumakapili. Foil Mrcet
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with their wishes and stayed with them
till the close of 1875. During that time
his ministrations were crowned of God
with two revivals of religion. As a result
of these awakenings about sixty persons
were added to the Chord). The year
1875, has for the l'astor added anil abiding
interest from the fact that it saw him married to Mrs. Cruzan.
Leaving Williamspoit the last week in
December, Mr. Cruzan at the opening oi
1876, America's Centennial year, took
charge of the Church at East Weymouth,
Mass. The Church there conferred a call
but was for reasons satisfactory to Mr.
Cruzan declined and though the call was
conferred anew, it was not accepted. The
work however was continued there for a
year and crowned with the Divine approval. Mr. Cruzan was then called to
the First Congregational Church of Portland, Oregon. The call was accepted
and the pastoral work assumed there in
February, 1877. The Portland Church
then had on the roll 154 members. The
Pastoral relation there continued till November, ISSI, and was Divinely blessed
with two revivals of religion; being crowned
in addition by a revival, resulting from
union services with the Y. M. C. A., which
continued for several weeks. When Mr.
Cruzan ceased his ministerial relations at
Portland, the membership roll of the
Chuich numbered 260, an increase of 112
members. From that field of endeavor
and visible results Mr. Cruzan came to
this city. Id August of 1 SSi, dining his
annual vacation, accompanied by Mrs.
Cruzan, he visited Honolulu. The Fort
Street Church was then without a Pastor
and Mr. Cruzan was invited to preach.
His services proved at once acceptable
and he was called to assume the pastorate.
The field was certainly an inviting one.
The Fort Street Church has always been
one of numerical and financial strength, of
commanding influence as a moral power
in the community and a wideawake aggressive organization in the direction of
mission work at home and abroad. When
Mr. Cruzan came to this Church in the
latter part of 1881, he arrived at an opportune time and began his labors under
M. L.
the most favorable auspices.
Hallenbeck, the Evangelist, who had la-
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JOHN ALEXANDER CRUZAN.
The Rev. J. A. Cruzan, Pastor of the
Fort Street Church in this city, has been a
minister of the Christian religion for sixteen years. He graduated from the Congregational Theological Seminary in Chicago with the class of IS7I, in April of
that year. Previous to his graduation he
received a call from the Congregational
Church at St. Charles, Illinois, where he
began to preach in January, 1871.
The call was accepted and Mr. Cruzan
was ordained to the ministry of the Oospel
and installed as Pastor in September of
that year. Mr. Cruzan's labors there covered exactly three years; he resigning, and
terminating his work in St. Charles the
last week in December, 1573. The impelling motive in requesting a severance
of the pastoral relation was that he might
go East to attend a course of lectures in
Boston and continue his studies to become
better qualified for the work of the ministry. But while "man proposes, God disposes." This proved true in Mr. Cruzan's
case, for when en route East he stopped at
Hudson, Ohio, and was prevailed upon to
supply the Church at Ravenna for a season, where he labored for four months,
from January until April, inclusive, 1874.
From that place he was called to Williamsport, Pa., where he arrived in May. While
Mr. Cruzan did not accept the ca'l, he
felt that the people there were not only in
need of pulpit and pastoral work, but also
that there was a strong desire that he
should minister to them. He complied
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NUMBKR 5bored with Mojdy, arrived here the first
week in August, and under his ringing
Gospel appeals, Christians were aroused
and large numbers entered upon a new
life. It was during the progress of this
season of refreshing in spiritual things
that Mr. and Mrs. Cruzan arrived. Dr.
Damon through 'I'm: Fkii.nii thus cordially welcomed them to this city: "It is
peculiarly pleasant to welcome these
strangers as fellow-laborers. They have
had experience in seasons of religious
awakening and have entered the field in
Honolulu in the most satisfactory manner.
It has been our privilege to hear the Cospel faithfully preached by Mr. Cruzan and
in the inquiry-room his labors are admirably suited to the occasion, while Mrs.
Cruzan's voice in the choir has been
equally effective in the ministry of song.'
For two years we were associated with Mr.
Cruzan as editors of Tut: Friend and for
nearly three years we have been Pastors of
sister Churches in this city. We have met
in the social circles of Honolulu, exchanged pulpits and labored together during the Week of Prayer and in Evangelistic and Gospel Temperance work. On
Sunday, the 20th of February, Mr. Cruzan
resigned the Pastorate of the Fort Street
Church, the resignation to take effect at
the end of August, which will close a six
years' ministry in Honolulu, abundant in
labors for the Kingdom of Cod and the
best interests of men. These labors are
outlined in the following memorial 1
tions, presented at a meeting of the fort
Street Church and congregation, Wednesday evening, March 30th, 1887, by the
committee appointed to draft a reply to
the Pastor's letter of resignation, and
unanimously adopted
Wheras, Rev. J. A. Cruzan has tendered the resignation of his office as Pastoi
of the fort Street Church, Honolulu.
Hawaiian Islands, and the Church and
Society have, with regret, accepted the
same, they desire to and do hereby put
upon record the following as an express
ion of their regard, and of the appreciation
they have of the character of their Pastor
and of the value of the services he has
rendered to this Church and people.
As a preacher of the Gospel of out Lord,
Mr. Cruzan has ministered most acceptably to this people for six years, and during
that time has been an earnest and faithful
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expositor of the Word of God; an able and EpW:opacy idea is supposed to be essen- of the Communion sacrament invite "all
eloquent advocate of every interest and tial to what is commonly called "The who love the Lord Jesus," irrespective of
principle relating to the religious and Church," while all Christians who are out- denominational affiliations, to a seat at the
welfare and
of this
good
moral
country;
he has fearlessly exposed and rebuked
public evils, while he-has dealt tenderly
yet firmly with the secret sins of the community ; and especial mention should be
made of the vigor, energy and wisdom
with which he has labored in the interest
of the Temperance Reform, and of the
pre-eminent success which has attended
his work in this direction.
In his efforts to helpfully reach and win
the young people he has labored most
effectually, and the numerous additions
from this to the Church, as well as the
large and active Society of Christian Endeavor are among the trophies of his
ministry here.
Ami this Church recalls with gratitude
the constant and sustained activity put
forth on his part to reach the neglected
ass of this ity, striving to draw and keep
them within the influence of the Gospel.
And in this connection it would bear glad
testimony to the high esteem and honor in
which Mr. Cruzan has been held during
these years by all classes of people, winning their confidence ami
favor, and
known lo all as a manly man as truly as a
minister of Christ in till his intercourse
and conversation with them,
In the in >re personal and delicate office
of Pa .tor, we shall always remember that
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with tender love he bus ministered to us in
the Gospel in out joys and in our sorrows.
He has baptized our children, has solemnized our marriages, ministered to our sick,
has buried our dead and comforted our
bereaved, and always with such genuine
sympathy and love as to win us to himself.
His presence in our homes has always
been a welcome one, and our children will
lose a personal friend as truly as will their
parents. And we cannot refrain from including here an expression of the love and
admiration of this people for Mrs. Cruzan,
who has so lovingly antl tenderly added
her ministrations and labors to those of
her husband, and expressing the deep and
heartfelt regret and sense of loss which
this community feels as truly in losing her
as her husband.
In parting we shall bid them God-speed,
and pray that the Almighty Father may
continue His favoring blessing towards
them, and that wherever He shall call them
to labor in His service, they may reap an
increasingly abundant harvest for their
Master.
UNITY.
The genial editor of the Anglican
Chronicle in the April number of that
publication makes a plea for unity. The
editor's proposition is that the Fort Street
and Bethel Union Churches shall disband
and become one with the Anglican Church.
The common basis of agreement is to be
Episcopacy, which is made a sine qua non
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side of " The Church " are dissenters "
or "schismatics." The platform is certainly not a broad or liberal one, but there
it is. We feel disposed to thank the editor for the kind invitation and his willingness that we should all be sheltered under
the Cathedral roof. The editor seems to
labor under the impression that such union
would be of advantage to the Fort Street
and Bethel Union congregations for they
would then be in "The Church." Now
the amusing part of this " Church " affair
is—and it is decidedly amusing—that
while the Anglican Church is preaching its
little sermon to us, " We are 'The Church'
and you arc prodigals and wanderers,"
the Raman Catholic Church is all the time
pn ching that same little sermon to the
Anglican Church. We should therefore,
in case we '.vent, on arriving at the Anglican Church not feel as if we had reached
our place ot destination, but rather as if
we had come to the ecclesiastical half way
house, and we verily believe that not a
month wot,ld have elapsed after the un'on,
when there would be a communication
from hi* reverence the Bishop of Oiba to
this effect, " Beloved, erring children
Delude not yourselves with the idea that ye
are The Church. The Roman Catholic
Church alone is the Church. Therefore,
ye prodigals and sinners, come home. The
Anglican Cathedral, which has been in an
unfinished state these nineteen years or
more, is still in statu quo. Ours is a spacious
edifice and complete. Repent, ye heretics,
of your past doings and ye shall have full
absolution. ' Verbum sat sapicnti.' The
Anglican bishop shall Deo volentc have a
vacation of indefinite duration in his native
England and I will house you and take care
of you all. Tria juncta in uno! Utcunque placucrit Deo."
Seriously we would say first—Let it
be settled between the Anglican and Catholic bodies as to whether either cf these is
alone The Church and if si which one.
Both cannot be The Church, and two cries
of The Church with the emphasis on Tut".
tend to confusion.
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Again We would say kindly, yet with
some emphasis, that a proposal for unity,
coming from a Church which starts out by
unchurching all other religious organizations, can never have great weight, and
would emanate with better grace and produce profounder impression from one of
thereligious bodies, which at the observance
Master's table.
Finally: We believe in unity. It is
necessary. There should be no divisions
jn the household of faith. " But what
is called Episcopacy is with us not of central or pivotal importance. In fact, leaving
the argument untouched, our religious belief finds its truest expression in rites of
worship few and simple; in a ritual without a prayer-book and a Church without a
bishop. " Then, unity is not external or
mechanical, but spiritual. The essence of
unity is Love, and unity itself will be
11 at bed as thought contemplates and affection circles around the Person if Christ and
He is exalted among us, and we grow in
Him in holy emotions and heaven-born
graces, in clear conceptions cf right,
fidelity to duty and labors of love, "till
we all attain unto the unity of the faith
and of the knowledge of the Son of God."
The secret of unity is therefore not—nor
ever will be—in Episcopacy, but in likeness to the Personality and Character of
the Christ of Cod.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.
Mr. F. W. Damon is for a few weeks
on Kauai, to advance the spiritual interests of the Chinese and the Japanese on
that island
It gives us pleasure to welcome back to
their home in this city our neighbors, Mr.
and Mrs. P. C. Jones, after a most enjoy
able trip of nine weeks to the State a
To all who called, April nth, on Mr.
and Mrs. H. W. Schmidt at their renovated and beautified home on Beretania
street, the occasion was a very enjoyable
one.
Tut; lectures by Mrs. Florence Williams
ttii Shakespeare and Dante are highly appreciated by all who have heart! this lady.
We understand there are other lectures to
follow.
We appreciate the kindness of Mr. John
Younie of Brooklyn, N. Y. in sending us
the Beecher Memorial Edition of the
Daily Eagle, for which we hereby convey
our thanks.
The article in this number of The
FfttEND on"The Reinforcement of 1837"
was written for this paoer at our special
request and we rest assured that no one
could have done this better than Mrs.
Coan.
To the Rev. W. H. Barnes, incumbent
of " the Church of the Holy Innocents,"
on Maui, and his bride, we extend congratulations. May they fit each other like
hand and glove and the sun of their connubial bliss never go down.
Mrs. Mary Hill, who arrived here from
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Port Townsend last December, was afflic- THE REINFORCEMENT OF 1837.
ted with consumption. She had the best
BY MRS. LYDIA BINGHAM COAN.
of care and attention at the residence of
Mr. G. WesUat Waikiki, where she de1887 has been spoken of as a year of
parted this life April 27th, .after* having Jubilees. 4 Among them all, more or less
endured her sufferings with patience and noted, to a portion of our island community, and to some in the home-land, none
resignation.
can be of more interest than that which
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ago the mission at the Sandwich Islands
on the steamboats and vessels in this port
had been established seventeen years.
worker
the
fir
Rchn,
a
by Mr T. J.
Chiefs and people were eager to learn
Bethel Union Church among seamen.
churches and school-houses were rapidly
Wk sympathize with the Rev. Hiram multiplying. The mission was on the eve
Bingham in his continued confinement to of a large ingathering of native converts
his home through illness, and we hope for from heathenism. Most wisely did the
his speedy recovery. We miss him espe- American Board call for laborers to reincially at the meetings of the Hawaiian force the zealous toilers in this harvest
Board.
field, and most nobly did recruits respond.
The fiftieth anniversary of the landing Fifteen men with their wives, and two unon these islands of Mrs. Mary Dominis married lady teachers, leaving Boston late
was duly celebrated April 23rd, at her in the year 1836, landed at Honolulu on
residence, Washington Place, where the the 9th of April, 1837. Teachers, physivenerable lady received her friends during cians, pastors, they went with strength and
the afternoon hours. A large number of ardor to posts assigned them on the variHonolulu people paid their respects to ous islands of the group. Of this band of
Mrs. Dominis, indicating the high regard thirty-two men and women, there remain
in which this lady is held in the com- now in Hawaii nei, Mr. and Mrs. Bailey,
Mr. Castle, Mrs. Cooke, and Mrs. Lyons.
munity.
Two of those who returned years ago to
On a Sunday evening when we preached the States send their greetings and their
the
Rev.
C.
in a hall to all Pullman,
John reminiscences on this anniversary occasion.
Hill supplied our pulpit in Chicago. The
great majority have passed on to that
Shortly afterwards Mr. Hill went to Gualand
where there is no more toil, but only
temala where he has been laboring since. blessed service.
The Occident says that he has resigned his In 1870 there were held in the Stone
work in Central America, and that the
on King Street, services commemRev. H. C. Thomson, at present residing Church
orative of the establishment of the mission
Cal.,
has
to
take
been invited
in Berkeley,
in 1820. A large and thorougly interested
his place.
audience was" present then, among whom
The last steamer brought the tidings of it was a joy to see the beloved Secretary
the death of the Rev. \V. J. Smith, who, of the A. B. C. F. M., Rev. Dr. Clark,
for a number of years, was pastor of the who came to us from Boston expressly to
Central Presbyterian Church of San Fran- participate in so glad a jubilee. But it
cisco. It will be remembered by the seems not to have occurred to any one to
Honolulu people that Mr. Smith was here propose public festivities for any other anin the latter part of ISBI. The Friend niversary day in the Hawaiian mission,
of that year says that in addition to his until Rev. W. C. Merritt, President of
instructive Bible readings Mr. Smith also Oahu College and honored President of
gave three addresses under the#uspices of the H. M. C. Society, devised this late,
the Y. M. C. Association and that of the most successful, "Jubilee." The present
$12,000 secured at the time for the pres- year was surely a fitting time. It was well
ent Y. M. C. Hall " nearly two-thirds was to notice thus the arrival of the largest resecured through Mr. Smith's efforts." Mr. inforcement ever sent out by the American
Smith visited the islands again in April, Board to any mission field.
1884, and shortly after bis return to San
The early pioneers have all long since
Francisco he conducted the correspon- fallen asleep. The survivors of the sevdence for the Bethel Union Church urg- eral reinforcements, "who with us still
ing us to come and take charge of the abide," are yearly becoming fewer. It was
Bethel Union pulnit. We spent four pleas a privilege we may not have again to see
ant days in his company in the Golden this group of venerable and venerated
City. He was even then worn out through fathers and mothers who gathered at our
his arduous labors to see the new Taber- Jubilee in response to the cordial invitanacle completed. Not long thereafter he tion of the Cousins' Society. Probably
resigned his responsible work in the Cen- no other occasion could have drawn them
tral Church and ever since has been in hither. At this time of sad ebb in the
declining- health until on the 27th of religious,life of the Hawaiian people,
March he was called to his rest and re- Christians are becoming more and more
ward. To his wife and three children, convinced that new efforts must be made
now living in Santa Barbara county, we to rescue the race from the grasp of sin
extend our sympathy in their bereavement. and Satan. The presence among us of
those who largely aided in teaching and
guiding the former generation in righteous-
:
Saxe,
thepoet,
G.
-Johnis
mornoe.
ness, and the recital of their experience in
toils and hardships which they joyfully
bore for the Master, could not fail to
strengthen our desires to see the waste
places repaired, and the kingdom of the
Prince of Peace re-established on these
fair shores. So this gathering has seemed
to have been most providentially inaugurated, and most kindly smiled upon by
Providence in the happy carrying out of
well appointed details, that have made it
one of the pleasantest gatherings ever held
in Honolulu. It was a pleasing coincidence that the regular monthly meeting of
the Cousins fell this year on the 9th of
April, as near the full of the moon as
possible, and that the place of that meeting was on historic mission ground.
Under the shadow of the old stone
church, having the old depository in view,
within a stone's throw of the first frame
house ever erected on these islands, and
the hospitable home of scores of missionaries on their arrival here, hard by Father
Castle's, whose parlor was the first Sabbath schoolroom for mission children, and
still retaining on its grounds the mission
printing house and the dwelling that was,
by turns, the home of the Shepherds, the
Judds, Armstrongs, Clarkes and Gulicks,
stands Kawaiahao Seminary, itself an outgrowth of missionary effort and a monument to the early and continued interest
of the Cousins' Society in the education
of native girls. Its courteous corps of
teachers welcomed the Society to its halls
on the evening of the 9th. Artistic decorations in varied tropic foliage, with spears
antl arrows of heathen warfare, covered
the walls of the spacious dining room,
while a fine upright piano, late gift of
Castle tS: Cooke to the Seminary, a convenient platform for president's chair and
desk, and comfortable arrangement of seats
for the members and their guests made an
attractive spot for the first in the series of
our Jubilee meetings. It was a precious
keynote that was struck when we joined in
the hymn:
-
be the tie thru binds
" Blest
Our hearts in Christian love."
This was followed by choice words of welcome from Mrs. Merritt. Then, in order,
came able papers in the Maile," letters
from absent members and valuable discussions relative to new reinforcements for
Christian work among the Hawaiians. All
closed by the time-honored custom of
singing a verse of the missionary hymn,
" From Greenland's icy mountains."
The two congregations of Fort Street
Church and the Bethel Union united on
the following Sabbath evening in their
attendance upon the second Jubilee meeting, at which Rev. Dr. Hyde presided.
No text could have been more fitly chosen
than these words, "The Lord our God be
with us, as He was with our fathers." The
preacher, Rev. W. B. Oleson, drew a sad
but truthful contrast between the former
generation of Hawaiians and the present;
that listened with glad acceptance to Gos-
"
pel truth; this turns with indifference from
38
spiritual things to things present and
perishing. Yet the fault is not theirs
alone. They are too much left to themselves in their downward trend. There
should he more faith, more courage, more
persistent work and consecrated workers
among the Christians of this and the homeland; and together we should meet the
duty which the God of our fathers lays upon us to enlist with self-sacrificing spirits
in earnest efforts to revive the soul life of
the nation.
Any one passing the grounds of Oahu
College on Monday afternoon, A|.ril nth,
might well have been attracted by the
animated scene under the many featheryleaved and broad-spreading branches of
Here and there were
the algerobas.
houses and carriages; little groups of
happy children played about,—but the
central object was the large lanai upon the
lawn. Here, for a third time gathered
those who so richly shared in this " Reinforcement—of—37 " Jubilee. Upon the
platform, with President Merritt, were the
white-haired veterans, Father Castle, Mr.
Edward Bailey, Dr. Lowell Smith, and
Dr. J. W. Smith of Kauai. Immediately
in front, in comfortable arm chairs and
rockers, were the dear mothers, Mrs.
Castle, Mrs. Cooke, Mrs. Damon, Mrs.
Emerson, Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Rice—
Cousins " and friends filled the remaining space, for three hours, lending pleased
attention to the varied exercises. These
were opened with the doxology, and
prayer by Dr. L. Smith. President Merritt
in kindly words of welcome and explanation then greeted the society and their
honored guests, and programme in hand,
called to the platform in order as their
turn came, the readers of memorial papers
and papers of reminiscences. A charming
social hour followed the literary exercises.
The bountiful repast ofcold meats, salads,
rolls, coffe and cake, prepared and served
as Honolulu ladies so excel in doing, was
"
justly appreciated by appetites quickened
by three hours of out-door air. Adjournment from the lanai to the parlors of the
college came in good time to escape a
heavy, grateful shower from Manoa valley.
A brilliantly lighted chandelier, heavily
draped with graceful ferns, a mass of pink
begonias bedded in leaves, the portraits of
Rev. H. Bingham, the pioneer, and of
Rev. Titus Coan, one of Hawaii's most
devoted apostles garlanded with m.iile, and
the words, "1837, Mary Frazier, ISS7" in
large lettering of evergreens showed that
skillful hands and loving hearts had sought
to make the pleasant parlors still more
pleasant for this rare gathering. With patient, yet deeply interested attention were
the remaining exercises of the programme
carried out, until the lateness of the hour
compelled the close of this Jubilee, long
to be remembered—an occasion of which
a visitor from beyond the sea has said, it
alone was worth the long journey to participate in.
Of the seventeen numbers on the programme we do not attempt to make mention, more than to say that as we listened
[May, 1887.
THE FRIEND.
to these papers our hearts were filled anew Where are
with praise to God for what had been done
in His name and for His glory in this
land, and with devout longing for the revival of the misiionary sprit of consecration
among us.
The Cousin's Society propose to publish
in pamphlet form the valuable contributions
for the Jubilee exercises, and the perusal
of these will be far better for quickening
sympathy and inspiring zeal for the missionary cause than any report of them
however full.
OUR CHINESE INVASION.
By Rev. W. B. Oleson.
There is a restless spirit abroad in the
world to-day not unlike that which characterized the westward movement of nations in the early days of Christianity.
Primitive Christianity had barely permeated Roman thought with its new faith and
Roman life with its new spirit when it was
called upon to stem the onset of the barbaric
hordes of northern and eastern Europe.
It was a crucial time, one of those crises
through which Christianity however has
uniformly passed triumphant.
The same assertive and absorbent power
of our religion is manifest to-day in the
religious amalgamation of the various nationalities who have sought a home in the
United States. There is a modern migration of races and it is as assuredly under
Providential supervision as that earlier migration of nations which gave to the world
our Anglo-Saxon type of Christian faith
and practice. And there is quite as little
occasion now for pessimistic views as to
the religious outlook for nominally Christian communities subjected to the strain of
assimilating a large alien population of
irreligious or positively heathen antecedents as there was when the vandals
thronged the streets of Rome and changed
its civilization in a day.
To be sure, it is doubtful whether in the
present movement of races, Anglo-Saxon
Christianity is put to a severer strain in
maintaining its supremacy than right here
in the Hawaiian Kingdom. So great is
the emergency and so perplexing are the
problems confronting us, that not a fewhave been led into a sort of semi-pessimism as regards thought and action alike.
This is unfortunate for it paralyzes effort
and puts our common faith at a disadvantage before the persistent heathenism of
the East now domiciled among us. It is
moreover ill-advised since there is really
no sufficient reason fur dismay at lbeap| arent establishment in our midst of a heathen philosophy of life. It is altogether likely that our Islands will afford shelter for
heathen belief and practice for many years
yet. But it does not follow tha» heathenism will make any substantial growth or
even hold its own before a pure and aggressive Christianity.
Where are the converts to Chinese
heathenism ? Where are the signs of any
attempt to propagate Chinese heathenism?
the signs that Chinese heathen-
ism is holding its own ?
We know of not a few converts from
Chinese heathenism to Christianity. We
know that Chinese half caste children and
their mothers do not break away from
Hawaiian Christianity. We know that so
far as any change of religion has resulted
from the contact of Chinese with Hawaiians it has not been Hawaiians who have
become heathen but the Chinese whohave
become Christians. But the fact which is
most significant is that our Christian civilization is certainly modifying Chinese
prejudice; and thus promoting the cause of
mission-work among them. It goes without saying that a Chinaman is more accessible to Gospel effort here in Honolulu
than in Hongkong.
Prof. Phelps once remarked that in all
great moral conflicts minorities have won.
A minority compacted by the cohesion of
high moral purposes is a force that easily
dominates mere numbers. In this lies
the power of our Christian institutions,
agencies and society notwithstanding the
large influx of Chinese. But in the total
effect of Christianity on all heathen beliefs
among us we must recognize fully the
numerical strength of Christianity. We
must not ignore the power and presence
of the Roman Catholic Church with its
large body of Portuguese and Hawaiian
adherents. We may deplore the type of
Christianity thus presented, but we cannot
deny that it is a formidable foe to any
heathen faith, and we should gladly recognize the fact that Portuguese Christianity
is more likely to take on an evangelical
vitality in the presence of our preponderant Protestantism than it is to suffer any
serious loss by contact with Oriental heathenism.
The present era of indifferentism among
our Protestant Hawaiian Christians betokens no real decadence of intellectual conviction and belief but rather a lack of
spiritual life only. To all intents and purposes our Hawaiian community is Occidental rather than Oriental in its predilections. Apparently Hawaiian life has taken
on none of the distinctive characteristics
of Chinese life, while on the contrary, our
Chinese community has been less conservative, adapting itself readily to the situation as it has found it in our outlying districts, if not in Honolulu. It is nothing
to the point what the reasons have been,
that have induced this adaptation to surroundings. The fact is significant that
notwithstanding the historic conservatism
of the Chinese, the drift towards a community of interest between Hawaiians and
Chinese is from the latter rather than from
the former. In this connection, it is a
notable fact that so many Chinese have
been introduced to the Christian life
through the instrumentality of the Hawaiian language. It is one of the most
hopeful indications regarding the religious
future of these Islands, that the religious
capital invested here under missionary
auspices in other days is likely to be employed most effectively in the regeneration
Volume
45,
No. 5.]
of Chinese and Japanese resident among
us especially in places outside of Honolulu.
It is not probable that our English tongue will be the medium of any very radical
changes in Chinese and Japanese life and
character. It is a language too difficult
of acquirement and in matters of religion
and morals too abstract in its vocabulary.
Really valuable work has been wrought for
the Chinese through our mother-tongue,
by city missionaries in San Francisco.
But there, the English language is a common medium of communication, and there
is a more pervasive English language atmosphere. Here social necessities throw
the Chinese into more intimate relations
with Hawaiians. The Hawaiian language
serves all business purposes and is more
readily acquired. It is moreover a more
objective language and naturally apueals
more readily to the class of Chinese who
are providentially among us.
Personally, I do not share in the conviction that the Hawaiian is a dying race, or
that the Hawaiian language is doomed to
disappear or that our Hawaiian churches
are fated to dismemberment and extinction. Personally I am convinced that
the Hawaiian race has a future before it;
that the Hawaiian language will always be
the chosen medium of communication
between the masses of our population;
and that a new era of life and work is
opening to our Hawaiian churches. The
religious possibilities of the Hawaiian
language in arousing the sluggish temperament of our Oriental population are far
beyond those of our own tongue. 1 have
seen Chinamen stirred till their whole
nature seemed to respond to the fervid
rhetoric of a Hawaiian speaker. Not one
man in a thousand can .use English with
any such effect. If Hawaiian fervor could
be wedded to Cninese constancy, a type
of religious life would be evolved that
would put our Anglo-Saxon Christianity to
shame.
To a certain extent, Hawaiians, Portuguese and Chinese mingle on the same
plane. Their contact is daily and hourly
along all the lines of industrial employment and social necessity. They meet on
the common basis of the Hawaiian language. That language and our Hawaiian
churches offer the leverage whereby many
Chinese at least will be lifted into the
Christian faith and experience. It follows
that our Hawaiian churches must be sustained and their work reinforced in every
wise and feasible way. I have purposely
refrained from any discussion of the industrial aspect of our Chinese invasion. 1
have less fear than some that Chinese
industry is to triumph here and that it will
outbid all competition. I believe there is
a great deal of hard fact in the ejaculation
of a Chinaman when he saw an artificial
limb. "Melican man he too muchee
smart. Chinaman he no can do that."
There are aspects of trade and industry
that are largely closed to Chinese and
must remain so.
For our present purpose however I wish
to emphasize two facts, viz., that our Isl-
39
THE FRIEND.
The following will be the prayer-meetand agencies are essentially adequate to
the work of evangelizing our Chinese pop- ing topics for the coming month:
May 4th—Monthly concert. Hawaii,
ulation; and that the wise reinforcement of
is
one
of
the
most
The Hawaiians. A ten-minute address
i.
native
churches
our
by W. O. Smith. 2. Temperance work
direct ways of accomplishing this result.
among Hawaiians, by Mrs. Dr. Whitney.
THE CHINESE CHURCH.
3. The Hawaiian Branch of the Y. M. C.
A.,
by Secretary S. D. Fuller.
the
usual
serthe
two
months
past
For
May nth—Certainties.
vices have been held in the Chinese
May 18th—Our absent members. LetChurch, with a good attendance both at
ters
will be read from absent members and
At
the
last
Church and Sunday-school.
special prayer offered for them. At the
Communion season three children were close
of the prayer meeting the Standing
baptized
will meet candidates for adOwing to painting and repairs on the Committee
mission to the Church.
services
are
now
bethe
Church building
Our resident members.
May 25th
ing held in the Chinese Y. M. C. A. Hall.
be the last prayer meetThe new mission chapel down in China- This will probably
Fort
Street
Church conducted by
of
ing
number
come
town is doing good; quite a
the
The roll will be called
present
pastor.
to the afternoon service, all of them
members
resident in Honolulu
and
all
the
there
to
the
news"
told.
strangers
" good
to
be
and answer to
requested
present,
are
God grant His blessing on the seed. sown.
their names with a few words of testimony,
KAUMAKAPILI CHURCH.
of experience, or loyalty to Christ, or by
a passage of scripture or a verse
The collection for the Church building repeating
At the close of this meeting
of
a
hymn.
March
amounted
to
fund on Sunday,
20,
the
Committee will hold their
Standing
$480.00. A chime of bells, nine in num- second meeting for the examination of
and
have
ZealanJia,
arrived
the
by
ber,
candidates for admission to the Church.
been placed in the tower. The quarterly As now planned, Mr. Cruzan
expects to
the
School
took
Sunday
place
of
exhibition
vacation so kindly
the
three
months'
begin
and
was
a
Sunday morning, March 27,
him by the Church, the first of
success. The house was filled with an at- granted
Sunday, May 29th, will therefore
June.
The
various
classes
that
tentive audience.
time Mr.
took part acquitted themselves creditably. in all probability be the last
the pulpit.
The Oahu association of native ministers Cruzan will fill
held its semi-annual meeting at this Church
the first week in April.
THE BETHEL UNION CHURCH.
—
FORT STREET CHURCH.
A very pleasant social was given by the
Ladies' Society in the Lecture-room, Thursday evening, April 14th.
On Sunday afternoon, April 3d, the
pastors of the Bethel Union and Fort St.
Churches held a union baptismal service
at the residence of Mrs. Lack,
when
Charles Henry Franklin, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Nicoll, and Myra, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Peterson were baptized.
April 24th, the pastor administered baptism to Lawrence McCully, son of Hon.
A. F anil Mrs. Agnes Boyd Judd. Rev.
C. M. Hyde, I). D. and Rev. Geo. Wallace
assisted in the service.
Easter Sunday, April 10th, the audience
room was tastefully dot orated with flowers;
the choir, at the morning service, gave a
delightful praise service; the ordinance of
infant baptism was administered to Donald
Evans, son cf J. A. and E A. I. Cruzan,
and the pastor gave a brief Easter address.
In the evening there was a union service,
held under the auspices of the Hawaiian
Mission Children's Society, in commemoration of the arrival of the missionary reinforcement of 1837. Dr. Hyde and Revs.
Bailey and Smith conducted the opening
service, and Rev. W. B. Oleson preached
a sermon which gave in a few words the
most clear, graphic, and truthful picture of
the present condition of the Hawaiians,
and the importance and responsibility laid
upon Christians, for renewed effort in religious work among them, we have ever
heard.
APRIL—MAY.
The collection on Sabbath, April 3rd,
by the Sunday School for Christian work
among the Chinese on these islands
amounted to $24.90.
On Sabbath afternoon, April 3rd, at the
residence of Mrs. Lack, the pastor administered the rite of baptism to Myra, infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Peterson.
The morning service on Easter Sunday,
April 10th, was conducted by the Sunday
School. The floral decorations were abundant and beautiful. There was a large
attendance, especially of young people,
and the hour doubtless one of profit and
interest to all present.
The subject at the Monthly Concert on
Wednesday evening, the 13th, was India.
Rev. S. F. Bishop and others took part.
A paper was read by Mrs B. F. Dillingham, which will appear in the next number of The Friend.
On Thursday evening, the 14th, a farewell sociable was given by the ladies of the
Church at the pastor's residence to Mr.
and Mrs. William Waterhouse, who, with
their children, left Honolulu the following
weak for their home in Cedar Rapids,
lowa. A large number gathered together
for the occasion. The evening was spent
in social intercourse, with vocal and instrumental music, followed by refreshments. There was also the presentation
of an address by Mr. J. E. Bidwell, in'behalf of the Social Union, to Mr. and Mrs.
Waterhouse, expressing the appreciation
of all of their labors in the Church, regrets
[May, 1887
THE FRIEND.
40
parting and best wishes for their prosperity in their Cedar Rapids home. Mr.
Waterhouse responded in his happy, warmat
hearted manner. All regretted that these
friends were to leave Honolulu. We hope
to hear before long of their safe arrival in
lowa.
On Monday, the 18th, Walter Hemdon
Ruberg, at the Queen's Hospital, professed his faith in Christ, and the pastor, assisted by Mr. D. P. Peterson, administered to him the lite of Baptism.
On Communion Sunday, May ist, the
following persons will be received into
fellowship: Mrs. John Cassidy by letter,
and Mrs. F. S. Pratt and Miss Sarah Mitchell, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. O. Carter, on profession of their faith.
The nature of the Wednesday evening
meetings this month, subjects, and the time
and place of the Teachers' meeting will,
on the Sunday previous, I). V., be announced by the pastor.
MONTHLY RECORD OF EVENTS.
April ist—Old Folk's Concert at the
Music Hall for the benefit of the Ladies'
Benevolent Society.—2nd. Death of Mrs.
Anna Severance, aged over 85 years. —3rd
Memorial Service for the late G. W.
Pilipo at the Kawaiahao Church. —4th.
Return of the missionary steam barkentine
Morning Star from Micronesia.—sth.
Kaumakapili Chimes rung for the first
time.—7th. Thomas' Square open air
Band Concerts inaugurated.—Bth. Arrival
of H. B. M. S. Caroline from Callao.
9th, nth. Semi-centennial Jubilee Anniversary Exercises of the Mission Children's
Society.— 10th. Faster Sunday generally
observed in all the churches of the city.—
12th. Queen Kapiolani and Princess Liliuokalani and suite and a large number of
kamaainas and tourists left per S. S. Australia for San Francisco.—2lst. Departure
of H. B. M. S. Caroline for Victoria, B.
C; annual meeting of the Y. M. C. A.
22nd. H. H. M. S. Kaimiloa commissioned. The celebrated Madras case settled by a jury trial, awarding damages of
$22,943.25 and interest, against the government.
26th. Union Literary and
Social Odd Fellow's Anniversary Enter
tainment of Excelsior and Harmony
Lodges at Harmony Hall.
—
—
—-
The Rev. H. H. Gowen is earnest and
energetic in the cause of Temperance. As
the first President of the Blue Ribbon
Band in this city he is a complete success.
Miss Lucy If. Ingersoll, M. D, is under commission from the American Board
as medical missionary for Ponape. She is
JAPANESE YOUNG
MEN.
V.M.C.A. ANNUAL REPORT OF TREASURER,
apart for Japanese young men had a most
auspicious opening on Saturday evening,
March 26. About sixty Japanese gathered
inside the large room, and quite a large
number unable to get in stood outside at
the doors and windows. Dr. C. M. Hyde
presided, and opened the exercises with
prayer. Mr. Taro Ando, the Japanese
Consul, gave an excellent address in his
native tongue, which he repeated in
English, for the benefit of the Englishspeaking friends present. Addresses were
also made by Mr. G. Nacayama, and Mr.
S. Aoki in Japanese. Dr. C. M. Hyde,
Mr. I\ W. Damon, Mr. Henry Waterhouse and secretary Fullt r made remarks
in English, which were kindly interpreted by Mi. Taro Ando and Mr. Aoki.
The friendly greetings and a feast of
words were followed by a feast of light re
freshmcnts, with genuine Japanese tea, generously provided by Mr and Mrs. F. W.
Damon. The rooms were artistically decorated with lanterns, flags and greens, the
work of Mr. Damon, assisted by some of
the young men. The Consul and those
associated with him are very much interested in this movement in behalf of
their young men, and give itevery possible
encouragement and help. There will be
Bible readings, evening classes and "Familiar Talks" on interesting subjects, to attract
and instruct those for whose good the
rooms have been opened.
1887.
..
APRIL 21,
The reoms in Queen Emma Hall, set
RECEIPTS.
To balance on hand from last year
$ 51
To 9 monthly meeting collections
98
To membership dues
274
To membership contributions
',984
To tlonations
204
126
To proceeds from (4) entertainments.
To collection for International Com-
mittee
To collection front Contribution box.
To subscription for last year
To sale of Kerosene Cans
To overcharge on J. H. Super's bill...
To rent of Hall (6 times)
04
55
00
00
50
50
22 50
6 DO
25°
2 80
3 00
102 50
$2,S77
89
$2,213
«5
DISBURSEMKNTS.
oo
By salary General Secretary. $ 1,6i<
l!y salary Janitor
Sjts 15
liy Hilary M. |. de I'rcitas
(Portuguese class)
50 00
By Contribution
to
Inter-
national Committee
By cost of Money Order for
same
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TURNER-McSHANE. —At St. Andrew's
Cathedral, Honolulu, by Rev. A. Mackintosh,
Y. M. C. A. TOPICS.
April 17, F. J. Turner to Miss Ida J. McShane.
....
The following arc the topics for the Sunday evening meetings during this month:
expected to arrive here by the next DILDINE.—At the Queen's Hospital, this
May 8th.—" No Christian Fruit Except
city, April 13, \Ym. Dildine, a native of Alameda, Through Vital
steamer from San Francisco.
Union with Christ." John
Cab, aged 24 years.
Let me plead for the Foreign MissionHILL.—At the residence of Mr. G. West,
May 15th.—"The Word of God as a
ary idea as the necessary completion of Waikiki, April 27, Mrs. Mary Hill, of Port
Weapon."
Townsend.
Eph. 6:17; Heb. 4:12.
Christian
life.
It
the
to
which
apex
the
is
SEVERAN'CE.—Ia this city, April 2, at the
May 22d.—"The Perfect Redeemer."
all the lines of the pyramid lead up. The
of Hon. W. C. Parke, Mrs. Anna H. Heb. 2:10—18.
Christian life without it is a mangled and resilience
Severance, aged 85 years and 10 months.
May 29th. —"Refuse not Him that
imperfect thing. The glory and the heroRUHERG.—In this city, at the Queen's Hosism of Christianity lies in its missionary pital, April 29th, of consumption, Walter H. Speaketh." Mat. 23:34—39; Rev. 3:20—
22; Heb. 12:25.
Wit.—Phillips Brooks.
Ruberg, aged 2S years.
DEATHS.
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BOARD.
HAWAIIAN
HONOLULU H. L
TJiim page is devoted to tin; interests of the Hawaiian
i.* MiuioMi in"! i' ie K.«liti>r, appointed by tlie
Boflfd is responsible for its contents.
A. O. Forbes,
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THE FRIEND.
Editor.
THE MORNING STAR AND HER
WORK.
The Morning Star, Capt. H. W.
Turner, arri.ed safely in port on Monday,
April 4th, being only thirteen days after
the date set for hef return, which was
March 22m1. This is hitting the mark
pretty closely in a voyage of eight m mths'
duration, with so many contingencies and
uncertainties as always accompany such
work as hers.
This is the first time that she has cofiipleted all the work laid out for her in the
instructions given to her captain, ami returned t> Honolulu on or about the lime
set. While we thus give credit to the
captain, officers, and crew, we also appreciate the peculiar difficulties which had in
be overcome throughout the voyage, OW
ing to the poor sailing qualities of the vessel, and the lack of proper steam power.
As somewhat extensive repairs will be
required to fit her for another voyage, she
will not probably sail on her next annual
trip before the midd c or latter part of
June.
With reference to the condition of her
hull, we are glad to be able to say that
after a thorough investigation by a competent Board of Survey since her return,
she is found not to be in so bad a condition as was fearetl. The dry-rot is found
to be confined to the stern timbers above
water for a distance of ten or twelve timbers on each side, or not quite as far as
the miz/.en chains.
Some of the upper planking
on the stern
is also affected with dry rot. The principal cause of the trouble seems to be the
entire absence of salt in the stern frame.
These defects will be remedied, anil the
vessel put in thorough sea-going order.
It was fortunate for her, in her weal:
ened condition, that she had pleasant
weather throughout the voyage, and met
with no heavy gales. Captain Turner in
his report sums up the work of the voyage
as follows: Number of stations stopped at,
|0: number of islands visited, 23; number
of miles sailed and steamed, 13,846; number of miles of boating, 745. The engineer reports fifty-five days and five hours
of steaming during the voyage.
By
the Morning Star, returned Miss
.ydia E. Hemingway of the Mission at
Lusaie on account of a failure of health.
t is hoped that after a season of rest and
recruiting she may be enabled to return
again to her work.
The house for the Girls' Boarding
School at Kusaie, the material for which
was sent down by the Morning Star, was
successfully erected, and the school at
once put in operation.
FROM MISSIONARY
EXPERIENCE.
We cull a few extracts from the journal
letters of the missionaries in Micronesia
which will be of general interest.
The following are from the journal of
Rev. R W. L igan, who is stationed at
Ruk. Under date of June 5, 18S6, he
writes:
"Hall's Islands are a small group of
con! islands thirty or forty miles north of
Ruk The people speak the Ruk language and have been reputed veiy fierce.
Some years since, they massacred the
whole crew of a wrecked vessel who escaped to those islands in a boat. A boy
from there, some years ago was taken to
the Ladrone Islands. From there he,
after a while, got to Ponape, where he
learned to read, and was a quiet, inoffensive man, He went with Mr. Sturgei to
Honolulu to take care of him on the voyage:. There he shipped as as itlor on the
Morning Star. Just before the Star sailed
for Honolulu in Mate!, Tom, as he is
called, had liberty ashore. On the north
side of U 'la be found hi; mother and
brother, who had come from their home
in search of food. The pressure upon
Tom was too strong and the Star hatl to
sail without him. We heard nothing of
him for about two months, when he came
to us wanl
et boOkS. He said he
did not want to run away from the Star,
but finding his mother was too much for
him. He had been up to his former home
and said he had been talking to the people, and they were willing to accept
Christianity. We encouraged him to do
what he can. This week he came back
for more books, saying that the young
people in numbers want to learn to read.
He has also been to two other islets and
talked to the people, some of whom were
willing to accept Christianity, others not.
We gave him more boiks, and t ,ld him
we would try to have the Morning Star
visit those islands. We feel so glad that
the way is opening for the Gospel there."
And under date of January 17, 10S7,
EXTRACTS
a-;
follows:
"The sequel to the story of Tom, the
sailor who ran away from the Morning
Star, is a very sad one. Captain Narrhun
sent his schooner to Hall's Islands in command of one Sundberg, a Swedish American. When the schooner came back she
brought two women, whom Sindberg said
he hatl brought to save them from Tom,
who was trying to conquer the whole
group, and was waging a cruel warfare.
Captain Narrhun suspected something
wrong, and asked me to go down and talk
to the women. I found out that the women, who were mother and daughter, were
very much frightened. Sundberg wanted
to marry the young woman (he is 65 years
old), but as it appeared that they were
taken by force we gave the.n into the care
of some of their friends who are living
about here. Sundberg told a terrible
story about Tom's fightings and cruelties.
Later we found out that he himself had
helped Tom in an attack on Murila, one
of those islands. He had armed some of
Tom's follrwers from the schooner, and
himself assisted with a breech loading and
a repeating rifle. There were two native
boys on the schooner. Sundberg threatened to kill them if they should tell, and
made them swear that they would not.
"Captain Narrhun promised to protect
the boys, and with much trembling they
told the whole terrible story. It is difficult
to imagine a sufficient motive to lead the
old man into such tiendisriness.
Captain Narrhun at once discharged
Sundberg. The story has been quite fully
corroborated by the women, and by natives
of those islands, who have since come to
Ruk. Torn hatl previously conquered
Faranu, another of the Hall's Islands, at
the expense of two lives, wl ile with the
white man's weapons and help at Murila
probably twenty were kilted. Tom lived
on the island of Nomnin, and hunger
seems to have joined with the l< ye of
power, and d.-rsire of gain to lead Tom and
the Noranin people into these nets. We
have since heard that the people on all
four of those islands have acknowledged
Tom's authority, and thus there is peace,
Of course, there is an end to our hoi.es of
Tom's introducing any light into those
islands. The natives there and here are
mixed up in clan relationship, and several
canoe loads went over to git revenge for
slaughtered friends, but there was nothing
hut insignificant skirmishing. There has
been some fighting in the west part of the
grOUp lately, several deaths, and affairs
still unsettled. Captain Narrhun has been
several times in danger, and in many parts
of Ruk life is still not safe. There have
been many white men killed at Ruk and
neighboring islands in the past, and never
any punishment, hence the people say,
should we fear punishment ?" We
" Whyno
have
fear for ourselves, but a little
punishment for murder would be a good
thing."
"
KAWAIAHAO CHURCH.
During the first quarter of the year both
Church and Sunday School have made
satisfactory progress. The attendance upon
divine service has been rather better than
during the latter part of 1886 and the interest greater. The marked feature of
Church work has been the Temperance
cause under the stimulus given by Mr.
Booth's lectures.
The Sundayschool has been fuller than
for a number ofyears, there being a marked
increase in the number of boys. The average total has risen to about 330. The
weakest spot is the lack of intelligent
christian teachers.
The last Sunday in the quarter was devoted to the Quarterly Exhibition of the
eight or nine schools dependent on the
central school at the Church. The attendance from the schools was about 550; the
audience about 800. The exercises were
marked by vigorous singing and intelligent
exposition in the main of the lesson of the
past quarter. For both Church and School
the outlook for the present quarter is good.
THE FRIEND.
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Y. M. €. A.
THEHONOLULU,
H. I.
successful work in the United States was tion among the Hawaiians, who seem to
been here, but owing to sickness have also been stirred up by Mr. Booth
to have
in his family was obliged to disappoint us.
'The work of Mr. Booth being of a more
special character will, we presume, be referred to by the Temperance Committee.
S. /). Fuller,
Editor. In turning over the work now to others
we hope that God's blessing may be upon
ANNUAL MEETING.
that which has been done, and that it may
The regular monthly business meeting be even more abundantly upon that which
F. J. Lowrf.y,
in April is also the Annual meeting for the shall follow.
Chairman,
election of officers. This meeting was
held April 15th, when the following 1 fficeri
TEMPERANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
were elected:
Lowrky—President
F. J.
T. R. Walker—Vice-President
The Gospel Temperance meetings which
R. \v. Podmork—Recording Secretary. were started some four years ago have
o. Smith, i
w.
been held in the Fort Street mission room
~.
I (~.. I IIKUM, )> Directors.
at Fowler's yard from April until February
The meeting adjourned to niett on the last, when it was deemed by the Com28th for tne annual social, when the Pres- mittee for several reasons advisable to give
ident would deliver his address and reports them up altogether.
of the work would he read.
Every Saturday evening but one up to
The adjourned meeting met in the As- February the work has been carried on,
sociation Hall on April 22d; Mr. W. A. forty meetings having been held with an
Bowen, the retiring President, in the chair. average attendance of 18. The largest
After singing hymn, No. 250, prayer number at any meeting was 29, the smallwas offered by Rev. W. B. Oleson and the est number 9. 'This does not include the
business of the evening was taken up in children living in the yard, of whom there
the following order:
were present at every meeting from 10 to
COMMITTEE ON DEVOTIONAL 12, many of whom were familiar with
most of the tunes sung and were of conWORK.
siderable assistance in the singing. The
When this Committee assumed direction meetings have been led by sixteen differof the devotional work of the society, it ent persons, most of whom were members
found in good condition a Sunday after- of this association.
noon meeting, and in very poor aondition
Practical subjects have been introduced
a weekly noon-day meeting. The latter it at all the meetings, and the object has
was decided to discontinue, while the been to encourage those who needed assisformer should be carried on, and held at tance who have forsaken their cups, as
the same time and place as before. This well as to induce others to forsake their
meeting we can say has been successful. evil ways.
On only one Sunday afternoon during
Miss Dower was most faithful in playing
the year has it been omitted, and then on the organ up to the time the meetings
account of a temperance meeting held by were given up.
Mr. Booth a few hours previous to the
'These meetings have not been altotime of holding ours.
gether fruitless, as the children were un'The record of the fifty-two meetings doubtedly benefitted by them, besides they
shows a total attendance of twenty-fouj have been very helpful to some, and some
hundred and sixty-one, the number on have been reclaimed by them, and yet
different evenings varying from nineteen to there were good reasons why they should
eighty-two, with an average of forty-seven ; be discontinued. 'The location was not a
and in regard to this we would note that desirable or.c, being off the main street,
for the first half of the year, the average and in wet weather difficult of access.
was forty-three, the same as for the whole 'The Committee were constantly on the
year preceding, while the last half shows lookout for a suitable place, but were unan average of fifty-three, sn that while the able to secure one.
total attendance for the year exceeded that
'The work of Mr. Booth in January and
of the year before, the last six months February last was most successful, and he
show the meeting to be materially gaining succeeded in reaching a large number of
in number.
the class we tried in vain to reach. So
The selecting of subjects and announc- when the "Blue Ribbon League" was
ing the same previous to the meeting, we started in February last, it was wisely dethink, has given them a wider range and cided to give up the Fowler's Yard meethelped some to take part who otherwise ings and assist the new organization which
would not have done so.
has since held its meetings in this hall
Noonday meetings were held each day, Saturday evenings.
Sunday excepted, of the week devoted to
These meetings are of a different charprayer for the Y. M. C. A. work, with a acter from the gospel meetings, but apsmall attendance, principally members of pear to have been fully successful up to
the Association.
the present time.
Arrangements were made for the work
Good work seems to have been done in
of an Evangelist in the city, and Mr. the temperance line at the
Queen Emma
Munhall who had been doing a large and Hall under the auspices of This associaThis page is devoted to the interests ol the Honolulu
Young Men's Christian Association, and the Hoard of
Directors are responsible forju content*.
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...
...
[May, 1887.
during his visit to Honolulu.
'The year just closed has been a successful one for the cause of Temperance in
this city, and progress has been made in
the work. Some of our churches have
been alive to the subject and have labored
faithfully and well; the W. C. T. U. has
rendered good service and done much to
create a sentiment in favor of tern' erance
in our community, and the labors of Mr
Booth have been greatly blessed not only
to the foreigners but to the natives.
We are soon to lose our most active
temperance worker, Rev. J. A. Cruzan. I
do not hesitate to say, without fear of contradiction, that Mr. Cruzan has done more
for the cause of temperance during his six
years' residence in this city than any other
individual, and it will be difficult, if not
impossible, to find one to take his place.
While the past year has been one of
progress we should not lose sight of the
fact that we are far behind the people in
the United States on this subject, and a
great work is yet to be done here before a
good public sentiment is brought about in
favor of temperance in these islands.
According to yesterday's Advertiser 4S
per cent, of the revenues of this kingdom
received through the Custom House was
obtained from duties on spirituous liquors.
'This is not a satisfactory showing and
should stimulate us to labor and pray for
the total abolition of this great evil from
these fair islands.
May this Association plan wisely and
well for the year to come.
P, C. TONES, Chairman.
REPORT OF THE READING ROOM
COMMITTEE.
There have been few changes made in
the list of periodicals on file in the Reading Room. 'Through J. H. Soper & Co.,
news dealers, we have reserved twenty periodicals at a cost of $ 107.25 •
five weekly newspapers, (S. F. Bulletin.
Alia California, N. Y. 'Tribune, N. Y. Herald, N. Y. Staats Zcitung;) five illus
trated, (London News, Graphic, Christian
Weekly, Harper's, Frank Leslie's German
edition:) live religious, (Evangelist, Standard, Advocate, Christian at Work;) five
monthlies, (Harper's, Century, Atlantic,
Chamber's Journal, Magazine of Ait.)
'Through some misunderstanding the two
Colonial newspapers ordered by vote of
the Association have come regularly, but
without any bill from the news dealers who
have supplied them. 'The Committee
have only recently ascertained these facts,
and as soon as the amount of the bill is
known will advise payment of the same to
the proper parties. Tor the coming year,
the " Youth's Companion," for which we
have been hitherto indebted to Mr. E. A.
Jones, will be ordered from the publishers
as it is in such demand that the fresh copyis needed for the constant use made of
this popular paper. Two additional temperance publications will be added to the
Volume 45, No. 5.]
list on file, "The Voice "and the "National Temperance Advocate."
Our two local religious monthlies, 'I'm:
Friend and "Anglican Church Chronicle," are furnished to the Association free
of charge. We are indebted also to the
publishers of "The Daily Bulletin" and
"The Daily Morning Herald," for free
copies of these local newspapers; and to
"'The Gazette," (weekly) for which on'y
half rates are charged.
We are indebted to the kindness of
friends for several publications, as follows:
"High Peak Advertiser," "Manchester
City News" and "Home News," from
Mr. T. R. Walker; "Nation," from Judge
Judd; "Advance "and "Christian Herald,"
"from P. C. Jones; Union Signal," lrom
Mrs. J. M. Whitney; "Christian Commonwealth," from Mr. Stuthwick; "Signs of
the Times," from the International Tract
Society; Y. M. ('. A. "Watchman" and
Pacific," by exchange. 'There are other
periodicals which might be sent in such as
the "Congregationalist" and the "Missionary Herald," by those who tlo not care
to preserve files of these publications.
Theie have been given away from time
to time for use on other islands, for the
prison, the hospital, and for ships, the periodicals removed from the tables, and
other old papers and magi/.ines, also, sent
to the rooms for distribution.
The number in attendance in the Reading Room has been larger this year than
ever before. Hawaiian boys who have
been taught to read English, have begun
to read the periodicals kept on our tables.
'The Committee regret to add that
never before have so many (tapers been
taken from the rooms; yet so slyly has this
been done, that no clue has yet been
found to the person er persons who have
been guilty of such breach of confidence.
Dr. C. M. Hyde, Chairman.
*'
•
(For 'Treasurer's Report sec page 40.)
GENERAL SECRETARY'S REPORT.
Mr. President and Fellow Workers:—In two days it will be eighteen years
since a small but noble band of young
men met in Olympic Hall on Nuuanu
street, and organised this Association.
Most of that little company are still with
us, but they have ceased to be young men.
'They are now heads of families, and
in the business life of
this Kingdom. 'They are still identified
with the Association and generously contribute time and money to further its work,
but the working force of this Association
should be made up largely of the young
men of today. Some of our resident
young men have gone, others have come;
by the exchange we have not always been
the gainers. Still there are among us a
large number of young men who ought to
be vitally connected with this institution,
making it the doorway to an active Christian life and a Church home. For this is
the object of all our work.
During the last twelve months as we
have labored along this line we have found
among the leaders
JHE
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as it ought to be; but with the present
claims upon our members for work not
under our auspices, it is hard to find men
or time available for enlargement.
The membership of the Association one
year ago was 210, since then fifteen voting
members and thirty-two associate members
have joined, making a total of forty seven
new members for the year; notwithstanding
this apparent gain, the changes in our
population have been so great that with
the few wh I have failed to renew, our present membership is reduced to 196.
There have been eleven business meet
ings of the Association; total attendance
269; average twenty-four.
There have been ten meetings of the
Board of I Mrectors; total attendance fiftytwo; average live.
'The Y. M. C. A. boys have had a prosperous year, and graduated one of their
number into the present Association, at
the March meeting. Mrs. F. J. Lowrey,
the former efficient President, has resigned,
and her place has been taken by Mrs. W.
K. Merritt of Oahu College, under whose
wise and enthusiastic management these
juveniles are sure to flourish.
A branch work in the interest of Hawaiian young men has been undertaken
which promises well. 'The Queen Emma
residence having been rented and put in
thorough order was formerly opened on
Saturday evening, March 12th. 'The exercises of the evening were interesting and
much enthusiasm was manifested by the
large number of natives present Educational classes, a debating society, and a
Gospel Temperance meeting are held
weekly and well attended. 'The reading
rooms are well patronized, especially in
the evenings. 'Two rooms in the same
building have been fitted up for Japaneseyoung men; and they prove a bright center
of attraction to many who gather for instruction, to read, or play games. A gen
erous amount of Japanese reading matter
has been provided by the Consul and
other friends of the work.
One of the most important and helpful
events 01 the year was the visit of Mr. R
T. Booth, the Gospel 'Temperance Fvang
elist, who held a mission of about three
weeks in our city; which began in Fort
tention.
For five months a class of Portuguese Street Church, Sunday evening, January
young men have been instructed in English 23d, and closed in Kaumakapili Church,
Eight
two evenings each week by Professor Tuesday evening, February 15th.
five
evening
meetings,
noon-day
of
the
dc
Freitas.
Manuel Jose
Mr. P. C. Jones has taught a class in meetings, and three popular lectures were
book-keeping every Monday evening given in this hall. Mr. Booth also ad
throughout the year, except during vaca- dressed five meetings in Fort Street Church.
Three hundred and thirteen foreigners
tion and a recent visit to America.
Our religious meetings have been spirit- and three hundred and ninety-sfx natives
ual and helpful. Special meetings were signed the pledge, which was probably
held, during the " Week of Prayer," in about two-thirdsof the whole number who
November for young men. 'The General took the blue ribbon; the balance having
Secretary presented the work of the Inter- signed the pledge at some previous time.
national Committee and a collection of 'The good accomplished cannot be calcu$22.50 was taken for the same. During lated mathematically or expressed by
ten months of the year we have conducted figures; but may be regarded as a strong
a Sunday morning Bible class for young link in the chain that shall one day bind
men in the Association parlor, with an the demen—drink, when he shall be cast
average attendance of eight. 'The scope hence from those sunny shores.
In eh sing 1 desire on behalf of the Asof our religious work is not so far reaching
many encouragements and much for which
to be thankful. To-night we pause for a
little to look backward over the way we
have come, and if may be, to catch fresh
inspiration for the duties before us.
Most of the Committees have been
quite faithful to the work assigned them,
especially the Committees on Devotional
work, 'Temperance, Reading Room and
Finance. Some of the Committees have
not been remarkably successful as a whole,
but a few of the individual members of
each, have done good work.
The Entertainment Committee started
off well at the beginning of the year, but
soon showed signs of weakness caused
mainly by the loss sustained in the removal to London of Mr. T. H. Davies,
the former energetic chairman. This is
an important Committee and we hope for
better things from the new one during the
coming year.
'The Committee on Visitation has made
weekly calls at the hospital, ministering to
the needs of the sick yonng men as opportunity afforded. During a part of the
year the prison has also been visited regularly.
Business depression has made it impossible to find employment for only a small
proportion of the large number of applicants, yet the Committee feel they have
done what they could, and several young
men hold good positions to-day as a result.
During the first of the year our experience with a Welcome Committee was well
calculated to develope some of the strong
Christian graces, especially one. I teparture
from the city deprived us of the few to be
"counted on," and the work of the Committee has since been continued on general
principals with quite as good success, the
Secretary acting as chairman of an unorganized Committee. A goodly number ot
young men have thus been induced to
pass their evenings in conversation, or
over the social games in the parlor. 'The
new game of Crokonole, a present from
Mr. J. B. Atherton, procured in the East,
seems to be the favorite.
A few destitute young men have been
provided with rooms, food and clothing,
and in three instances with medical at-
sociation, and personally as well, to thank
all the friends who have so kindly and
generously contributed time, means, ability and influence to forward our efforts in
the interest of young men; especially those
who have aided the Hawaiian branch enterprise. 'The press of the city deserve
special mention for their uniform kindness
and helpful notices of our work.
Our best service has been consciously
imperfect, but we gratefully remember the
source of our strength in the past, and lock
out into the new year with hope, trusting
in Him who hath said: "I the Lord thy
God will hold thy right hand, saying unto
thee, fear not; I will help thee."
As officers and members let us be careful not to lose our individuality in the
organized body, or shift to it the responsibility that belongs to each personally; and
may God impress upon each worker of
this Association the importance of reaching and saving the individual young man.
S. 1). FULLER, General Secretary.
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
THE WORKING OF THE LEAVEN.
Edward Everett Hale has written a
beautiful story entitled "In His Name."
It places the reader back several hundred
years, when the Church of Rome was so
jealously guarding her every interest, even
to the extent of extreme persecution of
those who thought and acted independently
of her teachings. In short it is an imaginative picture of the Waldenscs, and of
the severities they were obliged to undergo
for conscience sake.
A little girl lies
sick and dying; her physician believes help
can come only from one man; but this
man rests under the special condemnation
of the church, and is among the mountains
at a considerable distance in hiding; a
messenger is secretly dispatched to the
exile, and the story consists chiefly in a
description of this messenger's journey.
His way is peculiarly obstructed by difficulties which he cannot altogether foresee.
At the very outset the guards of Church
and State are on duty, and they must be
passed. 'The messenger is in trouble,
when he, almost unconsciously as it
were, appeals " In His Name" to be permitted to go on. No sooner are the words
"In His Name "used than the guard, "In
His Name" grants the request. Antl all
along the journey, as difficulty after difficulty comes, the quietly expressed "In
His Name" serves as countersign and
help. 'The words are as magic. Friends
of the exile, who are inclined to protect
the secrets of his hilling, and to mislead
all who seem to be from the church, atl
vance the messenger in answer to the
words of wonderful (tower, In His Name.''
Finally the errand isaccomplished and the
little girl's life is laved. And the whole is
to illustrate the working of the leaven,
Christ's love, with its cementing power.
No one of hostile intent could break
through the impenetrable wall of protection, with which the friends of the exile,
for the love of Christ," had surrounded
him. And yet one friendly disposed,
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could for the love of Christ," and In
His Name " reach him.
A second story of interest by Edward
Everett Hale is entitled "'Ten 'Times One
is Ten." A number of people are at a
station awaiting the train. 'They have
been attending the funeral of a man whom
they have all loved in common. They are
unknown to each other, but while waiting,
each recalls and speaks of some special
act of kindness, or some characteristic of
Harry Wadsworth whom they have buried.
Though no pre-arranged agreement, or
organization, is made by these ten, whom
he has influenced for good, still each one
of the number determines to adopt and
put in practice the life principles of their
common friend. It happens that, at the
end of a year, a comparison is made among
them, and it is found that each of the
original ten has influenced ten others to
adopt the same principles. So that now
the number is one hundred. Again, at
the end of a second year, each of the one
hundred has gained ten more. And one
thousand is the number. And so it runs;
on the "Ten 'Times One" principle, as
year after year passes, the number of those
who have adopted the principles of Harry
Wadsworth, becomes ten thousand, one
hundred thousand, ten hundred thousand,
or a milli >n, ten million, &c And the
story is intersperced with incidents—where
strangers are brought together under peculiar circumstances,—perhaps through
some accident of wreck—and in some
mysterious or unexpected manner it is
discovered that each is a Harry Wadsworth
man, whereupon each feels a peculiar
warmth and cordiality toward the other.
The whole is intended to illustrate the
working of the Leaven, Christ's love, together with the unending and ever increasing influence of every person's life.
As a pebble, dropped in a pool of water,
creates circles which hnaliy reach the
banks that enclose it, so every individual's
influence, small as it may seem is limited
only by the confines of Eternity itself. Or
as Carlyle expresses it:
"It is a high and solemn and almost
beautiful thought, to every individual man,
that his earthly influence, which has had a
commencement will ne\er through all ages
(were he the meanest of us) have an end."
The working of the leaven is the quiet
working of ideas. Chri.st, himself, in
warning against the leaven of the Pharisees, explained it as "Beware of their doctrines." These ideal pictures by Edward
Everett Hale, of the "Working of the Leav-
"
"
en of Christ's love," find their verification
to-day in many existing organizations whose
aims and objects are worthy. When we
consider the small beginnings of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Unien,
and then look at the strength of its organization of to-day, and the magnitude of its
operations, how the working of the Leaven
of Christian temperance is circling the
globe, then it is that we are forcibly reminded of the "unending influence" and
"cementing power of Christ's love." " In
His Name" is also their magic touchstone
1887.'
of power. Again when we consider the
Chautauquan movement, commenced only
nine years ago at Chautauqua in Western
New York by Dr. J. H. Vincent, for the
promotion of intelligence and culture
among the masses, and thensee how many
have taken hold of the idea and have improved the advantages offered through it,
it seems but another illustration of the
quiet working of the Leaven. Why? We
are told that " without lofty promises at its
beginning, or ostentation during its progress, it pursued its way and gained such
an increase that its very first class after a
four years course of study graduated with
nearly two thousand members. And that,
at that time, its enrolled students numbered nearly thirty thousand, and were
found not only in every State and Territory of the Union, but in every quarter of
the globe." Dr. Vincent, in the conception and execution of his idea, touches
upon the lives of many, and admirably
illustrates from real life, Edward Everett
Hale's "Ten 'Times One."
Again Robert Raikes in his conception
of the idea of the Sabbath School sends
his influence on unendingly. When we
see the vast proportions to which the Sabbath School has grown, and how it is
bound the world over, by one common
series of " International Lessons," we find
but another illustration of the working of
the Leaven of Christ's love, with its unending and cementing power.
It is but a step to pass from the Sabbath
School to the Church and briefly examine
the working of the Leaven there. As to
the point of increase in numbers, for
Christianity resulting from home, and missionary efforts of the various denominations of the Christian Church, we have the
statement that at the end of one thousand
years there were fifty millions of people
under Christian governments. In A. D.
1500 there were one hundred millions;
doubled in five hundred years. In A. 1).
1800 there were two hundred millions;
doubled in three hundred years. In A. D.
1880 there were four hundred millions;
doubled in eignt years, or more gain in the
last eight years than in the previous
eighteen hundred years." And to-day we
are told by Sir Monier Williams, Professor
of Sanskrit in Oxford University, "that,
Christianity now stands at the head of the
world in the number of its adherents;"
"that the common impression in regard to
the numerical preponderance of Buddhists
in the world is entirely incorrect; and that
the number of Confucianists is greatly
overstated.'' In Burmah we learn that
" Buddhism is in arms against Christianity.
The priests have led their men on the
battle field —a thing unprecedented in
history." 'The Karen Christians regard
God as the Leader of their hosts. In
their prayers they remind Him, that the
conflict was raised against Him by the
priests of Buddhism. They say: "They
(the priests) could not reach up to overthrow your throne in the heavens, and so
they try to hurl you from your church in
Burmah. It is for your own self interest to
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help us, for they hate us only because they
first hated you, our glorious Head." And
on the eve of battle the prayer is continued:
" To-morrow give us cool heads, strong
arms, and steady fingers on our triggers,
and give us a chance to measure with
these idolaters, not our weapons or our
bravery, but their wooden gods against our
glorious Jehovah." 'The writer of this,
In every case the Karens have
says:
shown how a man fights whose heart is
nerved by a perfect trust in the Lord of
hosts." He says: " I have never seen
such quiet assurance of faith in Gi d as
nerves their hearts now. Ten years of
preaching would never build them up in
faith as the wondeiful deliverances God
has wrought for us in these bloody days.
They say ' we now know we have a God
fit to be trusted, and infinitely greater than
we had supposed.'"
Outside of the mere point of numbers,
we give for a moment a glance at the
results of Christianity in other directions.
It is said: "'The miracles of Christ are
the types of what Christianity is doing on
a far larger scale than could be done in
Palestine. 'The kindly feeling, the desire
to hep, the increased skill which springs
up under Christianity, as (lowers and fruits
grow in the sunshine, has made Christ's
works through his pcoplts greater than
those He wrought on earth. 'They are not
miracles, but are better than the power of
miracles, as the prolonged sunshine is
better than the flash of lightning. Blind
asylums have opened many eyes, and
caused people to read and work even
without sight. Hospitals have cured and
cared for multitudes of sick and insane.
We cannot raise the dead to life, but the
average length of life has been greatly increased. In the United States alone the
Philanthropists sum up the results of Christian care for the poor—the orphans, little
"
wanderers, insane, sick, foundlings, cripples, drunken outcasts, children, —as
amounting to at least one hundred an
twenty million dollars ($120,000,000) a
year." Such is the working of the leaven
of Christianity in the churches.
Bit at this Ant.ual Meeting of our Association, it is tptite natural and pro] or to
ask, what about our own department of
Christian work—the "Y. M. C. A?" Howhas the leaven been working with the
Noting Men's Christian Associations in
general, and our own association in particular? It may be interesting and profitable
for us to Study the beginning, progress and
results 'of Association work. And at the
outset I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to Secretary Fuller lor placing in
my hands reports from which 1 have
gathered the following facts; first, observe
the quietness of the beginning: " In the
year 1841, Mr. George Williams, then a
young man of about twenty years of age,
sought and obtained employment in one
of the then great mercantile houses of
London. He found about one hundred
and fifty other young men employed by
the same house. Almost all there spent
their unemployed hours at the " free-and
easies." Young Williams organized a
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prayer meeting in his own bed-room, with
one other Christian clerk. 'There were
several clerks who occupied the same
room. Mr. Williams says, in speaking of
the beginning of this work: "If our
room-mates did not choose to stay during
the time we had our meetings, they retired,
but we made it a great privilege to attend.
We got the room crammed in answer to
prayer. 'The spirit of God came down,
and we saw conversion after conversion.
'The band increased, a Bible class, a mutual
improvement society, was formed, and the
good «'as so great that we naturally said to
ourselves, ' If God has blessed us by these
Simple means, why should He not give
such blessing in other houses in London?'
We wrote to a friend we knew, a Christian,
who came forward, and we consulted with
him about the formation of what has since
become the Voting Men's Christian Association of the present day. In my own
bed-room the first consultation was held.
Associations were soon organized in other
houses and in other cities. It was not
until ten years later, December 9th, 1851,
that the first Association was organized in
America at Montreal. 'Twenty days later,
by direct suggestion from London, and
without the knowledge of the Montreal
Association, an Association was organized
ten other orin Boston." "During
ganizations were effected from which time
the oreanization has grown in numbers,
definiteness of aim, plans of work, and
power among the Christian forces of the
world." until now " a world's convention
is held triennially in Europe." This convention appoints a World's Central International Committee. 'There are in the
neighborhood of two thousand and seven
hundred Associations in the world. And
they are established in twenty-six different
countries. In the United States and the
Dominion of Canada alone, there are
1066 Associations, eight hundred and
ninety-six of which report an aggregate
membership of about 135,000, and a total
net property of $5,040,178. Special effort
is made to reach the (1,600,000) railroad
men of the United States through the Y.
M. C. A. We have Secretary Ingersoll of
the International Committee of America,
Secretary of the railroad department, as authority for the statement that "railroad
corporations in this country (the United
States) are putting into the Evangelical
Church, through the Y. M. C. A., more
than $60,000 a year, with which to do
Christian work, and while that is done
from B purely business stand point, it is
worth to the Church as much as if she gave
every penny of it." And illustrative of the
value of Y. M. C. A. work to railroad
interests, as well as the interests of the
general public, among other incidents he
relates the following: " One day the lightning express on the Pennsylvania road was
coming down the mountain at the rate of
sixty miles an hour, and the train came to
a stop, suddenly and yet quietly. Some
how everybody was surprised. 'There was
no jar, but they knew something was
wrong. They rushed out and were horrified to find that the train had stopped
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within ten feet of the edge of a fearful
chasm. 'The engineer, in blouse and over
alls, was down on his knees uncoupling,
but pretty soon in answer to a question he
looked up and taking off his cap, reverently,
he says:"The Lord stopped this train."
An old engineer who was riding with hira,
says: "No man could have stopped it."
The engineer says: "We had a little
prayer meeting, as we are accustomed to
do, before we started. We asked the
Lord to help us run this tram safely, and
He has done it." Three years before
that, that man spent his leisure time in
the beer saloons of Altoona. When a
committee of the Y. M. C. A. came to
him to ask him if they might have a
cottage meeting at his house, he said
" yes," and then he was sorry that he had
given them permission, and he thought
about it so much that when the night came
he put the light out, took his wife and
went to the theatre, and there was no
meeting. But he was ashamed of it afterwards, and was man enough to go to the
committee and apologize and ask their
pardon. He asked them to come again,
and they came, and the Lord came with
them, and he was led to ask: "What
shall I do to be saved?" and he is the man
that said "the Lord stopped the train."
Thank God, says Mr. Ingersoll, there are
scores and hundreds of such cases in this
God has set the seal of His
country.
approval wonderfully on this work."
It has been truly said of the Y. M. C. A.
that "in its relation to the Church it is
simply and entirely auxiliary. In fact it is
the Church reaching out undenominationally after the unsaved young men." In
some instances the Y. M. C. A. accomplishes what the Church cannot. A recent
report from China from a missionary states
that he has been able to reach the Chinese
of his district, only through the agency of
a Y. M. C. A. which he has established.
From the Tenth Annual Report of the
Atlanta Association, Georgia, we cull the
following opinions, as to the work and
results. As to the work in England, Samuel Morley, Esq., M. P., says: " 'There is
not an organization in England, at the
present time, of greater practical value, or
so full of promise, as the Young Men's
Christian Association." As to the work
in America; the Harpers Weekly says:
"The Young Men's Christian Association
is an institution, the very mention of whose
name should cause the breast of every
American citizen ta thrill with pride and
emotion." Bishop Peck, in the History of
The Great Republic, p. 558, says of the
Young Men's Christian Association: "No
other agency has yet been discovered in
which are combined, to the same extent,
those desirable constituent elements
Catholicity, economy, originality, progressiveness, efficiency, sympathy and vitality."
College President E.R.Hendrix says: "After
considerable observation and reflection, I
have ventured to call the great work of the
Young Men's Christian Association the religious movement of the nineteenth century.
It has already become a vital part of other
institutions, confessedly permanent, as
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colleges and railroads. Its organization is
wonderfully complete, and shows great
adaptability. The hand of God is manifestly at work in such a, way that it cannot
come to naught. The little cloud which I
began closely to observe some sixteen
(now 19) years ago, when there were only
sixty Associations in our land, with less
than 16,000 members, and not a single
building of their own, is slowly overspreading the sky. It has adjusted itself to the
great existing Church as a co-worker without claiming itself to be a church, and has
the confidence of all the leading divines of
all Churches.'' Among some of the results claimed, are the following: "The
Christian Commission with its employed
army of 4,859 missionaries, and distribution of $5,652,753 in cash and stores, and
its untold wealth of cheer and blessing,
had its birth in the Young Men's Christian
Association." "'The Society for the Suppression of Vice, which has originated and
secured stringent legislation in the United
States for the suppression of obscene literature, and laid its hands of power on those
who would pollute our best beloved, had
its birth in the Young Men's Christian
Association." "'The system of International Sunday School lessons, which has
been such a blessing to the present generation, had its birth in the Young Men's
Christian Association." " Mr. D. L.
Moody, who has been in the hands of
God, a greater blessing to the Christian
Church and a sinful world than any other
man of his years living, says that he is
more indebted to the Young Men's Christian Association than any other organization for his training in Christian work."
As we look at the magnitude of the
Young Men's Christian Association of today, and see how it is bound together the
world over by the one common tie, the
love of Christ, it is but another verification
from real life of Edward Everett Hale's
story, "In His Name."
Again as we look at its constantly increasing growth, the end of which is not
discernible to human vision, the principle
involved in Mr. Hale's second story "Ten
Times One" is again proven from real life.
For Mr. Williams, in his original conception of the idea of "Christian Association
for Young Men," is no less to the Y. M.
C. A. in his unending and ever increasing
influence, than Dr. Vincent is to the Chautauquan movement. The courageous action of the young man ol twenty, who,
finding one other willing to help him,
kneels down in a room full of godless
young men, results in fullest realization of
the promise, "Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in
the midst of them." Surely "a little
leaven leaveneth the whole lump."
And now, briefly, for the home ques
tions, what has been the working of the
leaven with ourselves in the past, and what
may we expect for oilr future ?
Our Constitution bears date April 30th,
1869, so that now we are, as an organization, eighteen years of age.
Our beginning was a very quiet one.
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Our founders, only ten in number, did not
make themselves unduly public. So far as
we can find they did not advertize in any
manner our organization in the one religious journal of Honolulu; and, in turn,
The Friend did not even mention the
simple fact of our existence, until over
fourteen months had passed. 'This was
undoubtedly an oversight on the part of
both organization and paper.
In September, in 1870, we secured the
last page of The Friend for our own editing. 'This arrangement continues to-day.
The first editorial stated the aims and objects of our organization as "doing good
to men." 'These aims are the same today. The general plan of work in the
tarlier years of our history was much the
same as it is to day. A reading room was
supported in the Sailors' Home. A Sunday afternoon prayer meeting was conducted. 'The hospitals were visited.
Reading matter was furnished them.
Special work for the Chinese was undertaken, which work was later passed into
the hands of the Hawaiian Board. And
now the Chinese have an Association and
a building of their own, the only Chinese
Association in the world possessing a
building. Out door, or open air preaching services were held upon the wharves.
Our first open air service was held in November, 1870, Rev. Mr. McCully preached
from the text: " Ho every one that thirsteth." About two hundred were present.
By way of entertainment, public lectures
weie held in Buffam's and Olympic Halls.
Regular monthly business meetings took
place then as now, at which the monthly
reports of standing committees were made.
Then, the duty of members to be on hand
at the reading room as a sort of Reception
Committee, was a troublesome question as
it is to-day. 'Then the expenses, were the
expenses of the reading room chiefly, and
amounted to only $300 a year. Now we
need that much a month, making over
$3,000 a year, which fact indicates our
growth, dnd again illustrates, in another
way, the principle of " Ten 'Times One."
As we have learned from our General Secretary's report this evening, we have recently started a branch work among the
native population of our city. 'The large
and beautiful residence of the late Queen
Emma has been obtained for the purpose.
To-day we have a largely increased and a
constantly ir.creasing membership roll.
We possess a beautiful and commodious
house. It is more than a house. It is
home. We have a leader to direct our
efforts. Our prayer meetings are more
largely attended. And finally we have a
recognized and established position in the
city. With such results as these we cannot question our right to an existence.
But what may we expect for our future?
Our leader cannot do everything for us;
neither can our building. Hence the answer forces itself home to our convictions,
we must have more of the leaven of spirituality, if we would have life and success.
It has been pertinently asked of the Y.
M. C. A., "what is your splendid machin-
cry without the throbbing power of God
pulsing through it?" With the Watchman
we say: "The need is of intelligent, consecrated young men. A man is more than
bricks and mortar. An immortal soul,
with all its deathless energies, is more than
real estate. A fully equipped building,
with a large membership, is not a Young
Men's Christian Association; these are but
the utensils, out of which one may be
made. In the building and equipments
we have the facilities of work. In the
membership attracted by them we have
the material out of which to create an
association. But this material must be
organized. 'The mass must be spiritualized. 'The working machinery, of which
every wheel is a living soul, must be carefully wrought out and harmoniously set a
going. 'Then there will be a Christian
Association." There is a great work before this, our own, Association. Not only
the young men of Honolulu of to-day, but
their greater number of the future, must
Society, home, commerce,
be saved.
the Church, duty, and Christ, each and
all, demand it." Are we ready for the
call? 'True, the difficulties are great, but
they are no greater than " those that stand
in the way tit all Christian work; viz., the
mighty power of sin and satan, and the
insufficiency of human strength and wi.s
dam." Surely our difficulties are no more
than met
that handful of men in that
upper chamber; ignorant, crude, unlettered
fishermen that they were, and to whom
it was given to revolutionize the world; to
triumph even against the gates of hell.'
Their work is ours. Their marching orders: ''do preach the Gospel," are also
ours. "We can not reach young men
alone. Our need cries out importunately
unto Gcid. We are not left to gloom and
darkness. Power divine may supplement
human strength. Tis God that gives the
increase. He makes human insufficient)
sufficient." Thus works the leaven.
Wm. A. Bowen.
"
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The President elect, after a brief address
incitive to faithful work, and the responsibilities of Chairmen, announced the following Committees for the ensuing year i
Devotional WoA—W, A. Bowen, chairman:
E. Bldwell, W. 0. Smith, J. I. McDonald,
Dr. 1. rVf. Whitney, Rev. s. E. Bishop, Hon. A
K. ludil.
temperance—l. C. Jones, chairman; J. A.
Dower, YV. ii. Atwater, G. I'. Castle.
Visitation —E. C. Damon, chairman; <I. C.
Lees, Is. W. Podmore, L. I'. Hanson, A. F.
Cooke, i.l. Thompson.
Welcome-—C. I'. Cattle, chairman; E. o.
White, G. A. Neth, E. A. [ones, 11. Wick man,
C. Crosier, I). Shepherd, I. A. Gontaives, W. S.
Taber, I. A. Magoon, K. \V. Podmore, J. J.
McDonald.
Entertainment—C. M. Cooke, chairman; I'. C.
loncs, \V. W. Hall, W. 11. liaird, T. K. Walker.
K. A. Jones, J. 11. Albert, m.
Employment—A. I'. Cooke, chairman; J. A.
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Reading Room—T. ft. Thrum, chairman; Rev.
W. C. Merritt, Rev. \Y. li. Oleson.
Finance--J. 1!. Alherton, chairman; P. C.
Jones, C M. Cooke.
Hawaiian Branch—Hon. A. F. Judd, chairman; P. C. Jones. Dr. C. M Hyde, H. Water
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COMPANY,
MILK, CREAM, BUTTER,
AND LIVE STOCK.
janB7yr
"DEAVER SALOON,
CARRIAGE M'F'G.
COMPANY (Limited)
Importers and Dealers in Iron,
Cumberland Coal, and all kinds of
Carriage and Wagon
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TTONOLULU IRON WORKS CO.,
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WOODLAWN
TJAWAIIAN
Call and sec him.
AND YOUTH'S WEAR.
Furniture Warerooms in New Fire-proof Building.
Nos. in Fort Street and 66 Hotel Streets.
Agency Detroit Safe Co. Feather, Hair, Hay and Eureka
Mattressesand Pillows, and Spring Mattresses on hand and
made to order. Pianos and Sewing Machines always on
hand and for sale or renL Best Violin and Guitar Strings
and allkinds of Musical Instruments for sale as cheap as
the cheapest.
'TEMPERANCE
IMPORTER OF
V
Dealer in all kinds of Furniture.
H. J. NOI.TE, Proprietor,
Hook-Binder, Etc.
COFFEE HOUSE,
And Publisher of the Hawaiian Almanac and Annual.
Fort Street, Honolulu.
Quality
Cigars,
Cigarettes,
of
Tobacco, Smokers' ArBest
Dealer in Fine Stationery, Books, Music, Toys
mayB6
ticles, etc., always on hand.
and Fancy Goods.
Fort Street, near Hotel Street, ....
Honolulu-
No 82 King Street, Honolulu.
FINE GOODS FOR GENTLEMEN'S
With Promptness and Despatch.
Office, 81 King Street; Mutual Telephone 86. Residence
janB7yr.
47 Punchbowl Street.
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Merchant Tailor.
Ready to DeliverFreightand Baggage of Every Description
104,
Beef, Mutton, Veal, Fresh Sausage, Pork,
Sydney and Mexican Saddles of all kinds;
McClellan Saddles;
Etc., constantly on hand.
WHITMAN SADDLES,
Shipping Supplied on Short Notice.
jar,B7yr
Put up on the Sydney style—something new, and
rides easy.
mHOS. G. THRUM,
Whips, Curry-Combs, Brushes, Saddle Bags, and
all other articles used in the horse line,
Importing aid Manufacturing
too numerous to mention.
Stationer, Book-Seller, Printer,
tsr It will pay you to call and see for yourself. Tr»
fehB7yr.
You will always find on your arrival
Importer, Manufacturer, Upholsterer and
Dealer in
Live Stock furnished to vessels at short notice, and vegejanB?yr
tables of all kinds supplied to order.
— KEErS CONSTANTLY ON HAND —
Nautical, Serveying and Surgical Instruments of all
kinds cleaned and repaired with quick despatch
Madame Demorest's Patterns. Materials for Embroidery
and all kinds of fancy work. Orders from theother Islands
janB7yr.
promptly atcended to.
r\ E. WILLIAMS,
Family and Shipping Oiders carefully atteuded to.
79 Fort Ssreet, Honolulu, H. I.
Sewing Machines and all Attachments.
No. 6 Queen Street, Fish Market,
Every description
E. FOSTER,
Importer and Dealer in Guns,
AEDING'S BAGGAGE EXPRESS.
TTNION FEED CO.
Hay, Grain and Chicken Feed.
MRS. ROBERT LOVE,
79 Fort Street, Honolulu.
Ammunition of all Kinds,
Coals.
Steamer "LEW/A,"
No 27 Merchant Street, Honolulu.
Honolulu, H I.
Orders from the other Islands promptly attended to.
A LLEN & ROBINSON,
Lumber, Building Materials and
AND
TIT
HARNESS.
MRS. THOMAS LACK,
Lumber and Building Material.
Dealers in
STEAM
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McGREGOR
" KILAUEA
SADDLERY
Dealers in
*
Steamer
HAMMER,
Materials.
Office—No. 70 Queen St., adjoining Messrs.
Hackfeld & Co.
janB7yr.
The;
MANI'FACTCRKKs (>K
'MACERATION TWO-ROLL MILLS,' N. S.
popular millinery
house.
104
Fort Street, Honolulu, H. I.
SACHS,
Proprietor.
With Patent Automatic Feed.
Direct Importer of
Double and Tripple Effects, Vacuum Pans and Cleaning
Pans, Steam and Water Pipes, Brass and Iron Fittiugs of
all descriptions, etc.
HONOLULU IRON WORKS CO.
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MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS,
Ladies' and Gent's Furnishing Goods.
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_. - . -
mHE ROYAL HAWAIIAN HOTEL,
48
THE FRIEND.
A M. HEWETT,
W. 8. BAItTLETT, MANAGER.
Terms, $j per*day.
----_
_ ', ' "
$75 per month.*
STATIONER & NEWB DEALER
MERCHANT STREET,
Hunoluln, H. I.
This Hotel is one of the leading .irchiicctural structures
of Honolulu. The grounds upon which it stands comprise
*
9%
KIM,
un entire Miliars of ahout four acres, fronting on Hotel
\!•»
' ."•
Tins large area affords ample room for a lawn and
Ktrcet.
\
a
beautiful walks, which are laid out most artistically with
Corner Fort and Hotsl Streets, llonolulu. H. 1.
downing plants aad tropical trees.
There are twelve pretty cottages within this (.harming enclosure, all under the
DEALER IN
Hotel management. The Hotel and cottages afford accommodations for too sueats. Thebasement of the Hotel con-il
LADIES' DRESS AND FANCY GOODS,
tains the finest billiard hall in the city.
HP*
GENT'S FURNISHING & CHINESE
'____ Yu^^^^^mmmn^mWm^mVßS^ 1
'The main entrance is on the ground lloor, to the ighl of |
which are elegantly furnished parlors. A broad passageGOODS, Etc.
ssMr^
These!
way bads from the main hall to the dining-room.
TTI*. *■ .a^t^U-T^
apartments o|>en on to broad verandas, where am ignilii.ient I^SjntMm—i*i
f-BE 'P" j^TPtm
A ilisplay room of Cll IN ESE and J A I'A N 1■'. S I
view ofthe Nuuanu mountains niay lie seen through
lies In. he,-ii titt.iluj, over T. G. Thrum's Bo k St re, i
wealth of tropical fohaye tnat airruunds the balconies. 'I he |H
'J ■Mroom adjoining Itr. Whitney's Dental Office.
fare dispensed is the be>t the market affords, and is
apd7 Brn
saagil
class in all respects. Hotel and cottages are supplied with "--'■Vftg iu. _■,^
" uimmtitimftT*mmmmTbmlmm**{^irrfrW^^
Clerk's
is
furnished
with
purr water from an artajtj m well on the premises.
'The
office
the Telephone, by which comNAVIGATION CO.,
muni atioQ is hatl with the leading business funis of the city.
i effort has been made, and money lavishly expanded under the present able management
COASTING AND COMMISSION AGENTS,
TO MAKE THIS ESTABLISHMENT
Corner Nuuanu and Queen Streets, Honolulu.
AGENTS FOR THE SCHOONERS
NVailele,
Waioli,
Waiehu,
Waimalu,
A reputation it now enjoys and most justly merits.
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Malolo,
Mana,
Khukai,
Brig H.
and Stinr. Surprise.
|ans7>T.
apB7
poo
~"
.
i
■
■
theu^f
,
PACIFIC
The Model
Hotel,
Family
T D. LANE'S
HONOLULU STEAM PLANING
MARBLE WORKS,
No.
MILL,
130
Fort Street, near Hotel,
Manufacture of
Head
Monuments,
ESPLANADE, HONOLULU. H. I.
TTJENNER & CO.,
Stones,
Tombs,
Tablets, Marble Mantles, Marble work of every
Manufacturer all kind of Mouldings, Brackets, Window
Frames, Blinds, Sashes, Doors, and all kinds of Woodwork DESCRIPTION MADE TO ORDER AT THE
Finish. Turning, Scroll and Band Sawing. All kinds of
lowest possible rates.
Planing, Sawing, Morticing and lienanting. Orders promptly attended to, and work Guaranteed. Orders from the
Monuments and Headstones Cleaned and Reset.
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other Islandssolicited.
Orders from the other islands Promptly attended to.
janB7yr
A LVIN H. RASEMANN,
JOHN NOTT,
CAMPBELL'S BLOCK UP-STAIRS.
Book
Binding, Paper Ruling, and Blank Book Manufactur-
ing in all its Branches.
Good Work and Moderate Charges.
jan?7yr
Worker,
MerchantTailor,
Gentlemen's
.
ftsntWrlsg Goods, Chandeliers,
Lamps, See,
Kaahumanu St., Honolulu.
A. SCHAEFER & CO.,
GENERAL
.
Merchant St., Honolulu, 11. 1.
Hand
janSjyr
T> MORE AND CO.
Bell Telephone, ISI.
Fori-St., opposite Dodd'l Stables.
& NAVY CONTRACTOR
General Machinists. F
JOSEPH TINKER,
Family and Shipping Butcher,
A SPECIALTY
OF SHIP'S BLACKSMITHING.
Repairing of all kinds neatly done.
janB;yr
pEO.
ENGELHARDT,
Importer and Dealer in
.....
Hardware, Agate, Iron and Tinware.
Beaver Block,
.Fort Street.
Store formerly occupied by S. Nott, opposite SpreckeU A
Go's Bank.
jan37yr.
No 74 Kiny Street,
«
Done in the most workmanlike manner.
Racing and trotting Shoes a specialty. Rates rea-< >u.ib!«-.
award
and Diploma for handmade Shoes at the
Highest
Hawaii Exhibition, ISS4. Horses taken to and from the
shop whendesired.
janS 7 yr
J. W. McDONAI.D, Propr;eior.
73 King St. (Telephone 219) Honolulu, H. I.
janB7yr.
TTOI'P & CO.,
Horse-Shoeing in all its Branches,
Xli
Merchant Street, Honolulu, H. I.
Lamps, Glassware, Crockeryware, House Furnishing
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
niTY SHOEING SHOP,
of Goods Always on
25
News Dealer.
STOVES, CHANDELIERS,
AND I.MI-OKI fcl.s,
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and
Subscriptions n.eived for any Paper or Magazine pub
lished. Special orders received for any Books published.
Plumber, Gas Fitter, etc.
Metals, House
FURNISHING GOODS, HATS, ETC.
A First Class Stock
T 11, SOFER,
Siiicessui to
J•
J. M. Oat, Jk., ,vCo.
Stationer
toves and Ranges of all kinds, Plumbers' Stock and
Tjl
Corner Fort and Hotel Streets,
Gold tnd Silver Ware.
Fort St., opposite Odd Fellow's Hall, Honolulu, H. I.
Engraving and all kinds of Jewelry made I
Watchca, Clocks and Jewelry repaired.
;\r.
TIN, COPPER AND SHEET IRON
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TT S. TREGLOAN,
Manufacturersand Impjrters of
Diamonds, Fine Jewelry, Watches,
CITY MARKET, Nuuanu Street.
All orders delivered with quick dispatch and at reasonable rates. Vegetables fresh every morning.
Telephone 389, both CompaniesjanB7yr
IMPORTERS
,V
�FURNITURE
MANUFACTURERS OF
am,
UPHOLSTERY.
Chairs to Rent.
THE
ELITE ICE CREAM PARLORS.
Ho. 5 HotcJ Street, Honolulu.
DELICIOUS ICE CREAMS, CAKES AND
CARDIES.
Families, Parlors. Hulls and Vsddingl Supplied.
LARGE STOCK OF STAND CUKIOS.
Telephone: Bell 1B3; Mutual 338.
J. H. HART,
janB7>-r
Propmto
Volume 45.
Professional
NtmtmtU PrtjfttiitnmJ Canls inserted in this
,clmiiHfor 53.00ftr year.
Nump.er
1887.
WM.
BOOKS !
IIOOKiS !
(Cavtis.
SIIFORD
.v ASHFORD,
ATTORNEYS
Honolulu. M. I-
"\I7"M.
R- CASTLE,
AT LAW,
janfyyr
.
ATTORNEY AT LAW & NOTARY
,,
PUBLIC, Merchant St., nut to Po* Office. Trmt MI'"'
I»J
1 arclully invested.
I!. DOLE,
O
LAWYER & NOTARY PUBLIC,
is
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Knahumaiui St., Honolulu.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
JunaflTt
No. 9 Kaahiunann St., Honolulu.
T
A.
MAGOOK.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
janB7>r
Office <1 Merchant St., ll.iik.lulu.
A LI3ERT C. SMITH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Kaahumanu St.,
\zent to Acknowledge Instruments. No. 9,
jan8 7>r
Honolulu.
X
M. WHITNEY, M. I)., D. U. S.
Streets.
Office ill Brewer's Block, comer Hotel and FortjanB7>r
Entrance, Hotel Street.
never before for its work.
Ilishup Hail of Science is completed ami furnished, and a
equipped as
over this Depart-
Ihe Trustees have recently done away with the strictly
Classical Course, substituting therefor a l'reparatory College Course of live years, which gives not only a thorough
pieparation In Latin, Creek and .Mathematics, but includes
also all thenational iciences taught in the College, together
with a year's study of English Language and Literature.
They believe this will prove an exceedingly desirable and
attractive course for the youngpeople of these Islands who
plan for further study abroad. In addition to these courses,
of instruction is provided in Vocal and InstrunienMusic and in Mechanical and In, hand Drawing. The
irding Department is in excellent condition.
'ouudeU as a Christian Institution, it is the purpose of
Trustees to makeits moral atmosphere and i'fe as pure
healthful as is its physical.
ibest
Agents
Agents for the
Oceanic
Steamship Comp'y.
jaiu7U
S. N.
CASIT.K.
Q, P, CASTLE.
J. B. AITIERTON.
HASTLE ft COOKE,
The J'.ti.i Plantation
tions."
The regular mail affords such a prompt,
safe and cheap means of transportation
that it can be heartily recommended. Remittance can be made by postal order or
by U. S. Bank Bills to be had at bankers.
Tin
I'apaikou Sugar Company.
The Waialua l'lantatiuri, K. HalMead,
The A. H. Smith & Co. Plantation,
Mutual Life Insurance Company,
'1 lie New
The Union Marine Insurance Company,
The Union Fir* Insurance Company,
The JEiua Fire Insurance Company
The Ccorge F. Make Manufacturing Company,
D. M. Weston's Centrifugals,
Jaync & Sun's Medicines.
Refers by permission to Rev. J. A. CRUZAN,
Wilcox & C.ibbs' Sewing Machines,
and Rev. E. C. OCGEB, Editor of THE Fkik.mi.
Remington Sewing Machine Co.
an; ;yr
It will cost but a postal card to semi for
our Catalogues. Correspondence Invited.
FLEMING H. REVELL,
anil ISO Madison St., Chicago, U. S. A.
A LEXANDER
J. CARTWRIGHT,
■
,
171 O. HALL
SON, (Limited)
&
IMrORTBM
AND JiKAI.EKs IS'
Hardware and General Mer-
chandise,
Comer Eort and King Streets, Honolulu, H. I.
PREPARATORY SCHOOL.
MISS K. Y. HALL, Principal,
okkickks
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U. States.
President
KEY. W. C MERRITT
[>UNAHOU
& Commission
Sugar Factors
AOKNT FOX 11IK
HONOLULU, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
ouilifiod ProfeHOt installed
IRWIN ft CO.,
(',.
SHIPPING AND
Mr. Revel! desires especially to call attention to his own publications of Religious COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
works comprising Devotional l!ooks,Books
AGSKTI POfl
for liible study, etc., etc., and including The Kohala (ugar Company,
I).
W.
the works ofMr. 1). L. Moody, Maj.
J he Haiku Sugai Company,
Whittle, and other eminent evangelists.
Office No. 3 Kaahunianti St., Honolulu.
/\AHU COLLEGE,
thoroughly
Any book from any publisher sent p>sl paid 011 receipt
of price. Special lei ins gi\en to Libraries, Teachers,
Institutes, Etc
Evangelical Literature and liible Warehouse, 14S,
DENTAL ROOMS ON FORT ST.,
1 his
Mr. F. 11. Revell, Publisher and Bookseller of Chicago, U. S. A., desires to call
theattention <>f the readers of TheFan m>
tit the exceptional advantages at his command for supplying books in all departments of literature promptly and at the"
most favorable rates.
A complete catalogue v. ill be sent post free to any address on applii ation.
I laxalogUe of Standard books comprising the best standard authors may also be bad gratis. Also, full reduced
price list of Bibles including tne lest "Teacher's Edi-
•VtriHTING & CKI'.ICiIITON,
5.
rORT STREET, HONOLULU.
ft„rfa
\
3
THE FRIEND.
Imperial
WM. W. HALL, Presidentand Manager,
Assets, Jan. i. 1885, $58,i6i,Q15 54L. C. ABLES, Secretary and Treasurer.
Fire Insurance Company of London. W. F. ALLEN, Auditor,
Capital,
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TOM MAY lad E. O. WHITE, Directors.
000.
Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ld.,of London.
Capital, $12,500,000.
New York Hoard of Underwriters.
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TjIRANK
GERTX,
BOOT AND SHOEMAKER,
n BREWER ft
CO.,
GKNKRAL
(Limited)
MERCANTILE
COMMISSION AGENTS,
t.lueen Street, Honolulu, 11. I.
Boots and Shoes made to Order.
j:|iiB7yil
NO. 10] I'OKT ST., Honolulu.
PLEASANT
FURNISHED ROOMS.
LIST
I'. C. Jones Jr
Joseph O. Carter
W. r, Allen
Of
OPFICEKS
:
President and Maoagtl
Treasurerand Secretary
■
loing excellentwork in preparing its pupils for Oahu
lege. Those over ten years of age desiring to enter this
NO. 1 K.UKUI STREET, HONOLULU,
001, may be received as boarders at the Collage.
DIKECtOKS :
£" Catalogues of both schools with full information, (Oepositc \V. C. Parke's residence.) A quiet, central lousheil by addressing the President. The term for the
S. C. Allen.
Hon. Chas. K. Bishop.
GI'RNEY.
E.
cality.
Apply
MRS.
J.
to
April
Septemand
m,
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r begins as follows: lannary 10,
janB7yr
janB7>-r
-14, 1887.
Auditor
H. Waterhouse
T T. WATERHOUSE,
HOLLISTER & CO.,
T>ISHOP & CO.,
BANKERS,
Hawaiian Islands.
Honolulu,
34
THE FRIEND.
Importer of
English and American
IMPORTERS,
Draw*. Exchange on
The Bank of California, San Francisco
And their Agents in
New York,
Boston,
Paris,
Messrs. N. M. Rothschild & Sons, London, Frankfort-onthe-Mam.
The Commercial Ranking Co. of Sydney. London.
The Commercial Hanking Co. of Sydney, Sydney.
The Hanking of New Zealand, Aucklandand its
Branches in Christchurch, Dunedin and Wellington
The Bank of British Columbia, Portland, Oregon.
The Azores and Madeira Islands.
Stockholm, Sweden.
The Chartered Bank of London, Australia and China,
Hongkong, Yokohama, Japan and
MERCHANDISE.
WHOLESALED
RETAIL DEALERS
IN
Drugs, Chemicals,
Has now a
Valuable Assortment
Goods,
I■ \ late arrivals.
AT THE NO.
AND
Transact a General Banking Business,
of
10
STORE
janB7yr.
pLAUS
SPRECKELS ft CO.,
A great variety of Dry Goods,
BANKERS,
-
Honolulu,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Hawaiian Islands.
Draw Exchange on the principal parts of the world,anil
janB7yr.
transact a General Banking Business.
PACIFIC
Can be seen
TOILET ARTICLES;
AND AT QUEEN STREET,
Ginger Ale and Aerated Waters.
Crockery
HARDWARE CO.,
sfCCESSOKS TO
Dillingham
& Co. and Samuel Nott.
I iVI
RTE R S
)PO
,
NO. 109 FORT STREET,
And
Honolulu, H. I.
Principal Store & Warehouses.
janB7jr
Fort Street, Honolulu.
HARDWARE,
E. McINTYRE & BROS.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, TJ
Goods,
House Furnishing
Importers and Dealers in
Silver Plated Ware,
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS AND FEED.
Cutlery, Chandeliers,
janB7ya
pHAS. J.
LANTERNS, New Goods Received by Every
Paints, Paint Oil, Turpentine, Varnishes,
Kerosene Oil
of tfic bezt
Quality.
janB7>-r
IMI'OKTEK AND DKALER IN
rpHEO.
H. DAVIF.S ft CO.,
FRESH
CALIFORNIA PRODUCE
I'y Fvery Steamer.
HHARLES HUSTACE,
Kaahumanu Struct, Honolulu.
CommissionAgents GROCERIES AND
"Piuncur" Line Packets, Lhwrpool to Honolulu.
Liverpool Office, NToa. 41 and 43 Tha Albany.
<;. W. Macfaklanf.
p
H.
PROVISIONS,
janB7yr
Honolulu.
K. Mai 1 aki.anf..
NO. <;8 FORT STREET lIONOLUUI.U,
TEA DEALERS,
Coffee Roasters an 1
New Goodt racclvad Ly every vessel from ihe United
Statesand Knroftt.. California Produce received l»y every
AND
*
janßyvr
StaatPar.
SUGAR FACTORS.
-
Cnieen St., Honolulu, H. I.
WOLFE & CO.,
IMI'OKTF.KS AND DF.AI.F.RS IN
GROCERIES & PROVISIONS,
TJ HACRFELD& CO.,
And all kinds of Feed, such as
Commission Merchants,
Corner Queen and Foil Streets,
janB7jT
Orders faithfully attended to at the
Leading
Honolulu.
Millinery House
HAY, OATS, BRAN, IIAKI.KY, CORN, WHEAT, &c
Fresh Goods Received by Every Steamer.
'66 Hotel Street, Honolulu, H. I.
|fel,B7yr)
Telephone 349
P. O. Box 130.
ok
CHAS. J. FLSHEL.
c. W. MATrARLAMC
WOT.
WEST,
COMMISSION MERC HAN T S PROVISION MERCHANTS.
janS7iy
Hats, Caps, Hoots, Shoes, etc.
Latest styles DRESS GOODS and MILLINERY received by every Steamer.
I,:
TTENRY MAY & CO.,
IMFOI
52
millinery,
Gent's Furnishing Goods,
JanB7yr
janB;yr
W, MACFARLANE& CO.,
Kire-Proof Building,
fancy goods,
No. 113 Kinu Street, (Way"i I Hock),
Foreign Marine Insurance Co.
Northern Assurance Company (Lire Hid Life.)
British and
goods,
Fashionable Dress Making
AGENTS Ko!<
Lloyds,
dry
Packet from the Eastern
States and Europe.
janB7yr
ITSHEL,
Corner Fort and Hotel Streets, Ho: olulu,
East corner of Fort and King Streets.
LAMPS,
& Hardware
DC)\v
cV CO.,
105 PortSrraat, Honolulu,
IMPOKTKKS AM> DEALERS IN
Pianos* Organs, Orchcst rones,
And all kiads of
MUSICAL GOODS.
Furniture, Fancy Goods & Toys.
Cornices and Picture Frames marie to order.
Furniture and Mattrassesof all kinds made and repaired
janB7jr
T A. GONSALVKS,
129 Fort Street, Honolulu,
PHOTOGRAPHER
Residences, Views, etc. taken to order.
janB7yr
HONOLULU, H. 1., MAY, ISS7.
Volume 45.
Tiik Pi1BUD is published the first day of eat li month, at
Honoluhl, H. I. Subscription rate Two DoLLAVfI ikk
ykah
invaki aw.v is AOVAHCB.
All communicationsand lattert connected with the l; terary
department of the paper, Book* and Magazine* for Review ami Exchanges should be addressed "ReVi L. C.
( »',.,ki Hooolulu, H. I."
Business Lctten ihould ba addressed "T, ('•■ Thrum,
Honolulu, H L
,
E. C OGGEL,
-
-
Editor.
CONTENTS.
fcAGE.
John Alexander Cru/an
Unity; Editorial Notes
Reinforcement of 1837
Our Chinese Invasion
The Churches—Chinese, Kaumakapili. Foil Mrcet
and Bethel {John
Monthly Record, Japanese Young Man; Births, Mar*
tiayes, Deaths, and Y. M. C. A. Treasurer's Annual Report, etc
Hawaiian Board—Morning Star; Missionary Lxperience, etc
35
36
37
38
39
with their wishes and stayed with them
till the close of 1875. During that time
his ministrations were crowned of God
with two revivals of religion. As a result
of these awakenings about sixty persons
were added to the Chord). The year
1875, has for the l'astor added anil abiding
interest from the fact that it saw him married to Mrs. Cruzan.
Leaving Williamspoit the last week in
December, Mr. Cruzan at the opening oi
1876, America's Centennial year, took
charge of the Church at East Weymouth,
Mass. The Church there conferred a call
but was for reasons satisfactory to Mr.
Cruzan declined and though the call was
conferred anew, it was not accepted. The
work however was continued there for a
year and crowned with the Divine approval. Mr. Cruzan was then called to
the First Congregational Church of Portland, Oregon. The call was accepted
and the pastoral work assumed there in
February, 1877. The Portland Church
then had on the roll 154 members. The
Pastoral relation there continued till November, ISSI, and was Divinely blessed
with two revivals of religion; being crowned
in addition by a revival, resulting from
union services with the Y. M. C. A., which
continued for several weeks. When Mr.
Cruzan ceased his ministerial relations at
Portland, the membership roll of the
Chuich numbered 260, an increase of 112
members. From that field of endeavor
and visible results Mr. Cruzan came to
this city. Id August of 1 SSi, dining his
annual vacation, accompanied by Mrs.
Cruzan, he visited Honolulu. The Fort
Street Church was then without a Pastor
and Mr. Cruzan was invited to preach.
His services proved at once acceptable
and he was called to assume the pastorate.
The field was certainly an inviting one.
The Fort Street Church has always been
one of numerical and financial strength, of
commanding influence as a moral power
in the community and a wideawake aggressive organization in the direction of
mission work at home and abroad. When
Mr. Cruzan came to this Church in the
latter part of 1881, he arrived at an opportune time and began his labors under
M. L.
the most favorable auspices.
Hallenbeck, the Evangelist, who had la-
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V.M.C.A. Committee Reports, Annual Address, etc..42—46
JOHN ALEXANDER CRUZAN.
The Rev. J. A. Cruzan, Pastor of the
Fort Street Church in this city, has been a
minister of the Christian religion for sixteen years. He graduated from the Congregational Theological Seminary in Chicago with the class of IS7I, in April of
that year. Previous to his graduation he
received a call from the Congregational
Church at St. Charles, Illinois, where he
began to preach in January, 1871.
The call was accepted and Mr. Cruzan
was ordained to the ministry of the Oospel
and installed as Pastor in September of
that year. Mr. Cruzan's labors there covered exactly three years; he resigning, and
terminating his work in St. Charles the
last week in December, 1573. The impelling motive in requesting a severance
of the pastoral relation was that he might
go East to attend a course of lectures in
Boston and continue his studies to become
better qualified for the work of the ministry. But while "man proposes, God disposes." This proved true in Mr. Cruzan's
case, for when en route East he stopped at
Hudson, Ohio, and was prevailed upon to
supply the Church at Ravenna for a season, where he labored for four months,
from January until April, inclusive, 1874.
From that place he was called to Williamsport, Pa., where he arrived in May. While
Mr. Cruzan did not accept the ca'l, he
felt that the people there were not only in
need of pulpit and pastoral work, but also
that there was a strong desire that he
should minister to them. He complied
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NUMBKR 5bored with Mojdy, arrived here the first
week in August, and under his ringing
Gospel appeals, Christians were aroused
and large numbers entered upon a new
life. It was during the progress of this
season of refreshing in spiritual things
that Mr. and Mrs. Cruzan arrived. Dr.
Damon through 'I'm: Fkii.nii thus cordially welcomed them to this city: "It is
peculiarly pleasant to welcome these
strangers as fellow-laborers. They have
had experience in seasons of religious
awakening and have entered the field in
Honolulu in the most satisfactory manner.
It has been our privilege to hear the Cospel faithfully preached by Mr. Cruzan and
in the inquiry-room his labors are admirably suited to the occasion, while Mrs.
Cruzan's voice in the choir has been
equally effective in the ministry of song.'
For two years we were associated with Mr.
Cruzan as editors of Tut: Friend and for
nearly three years we have been Pastors of
sister Churches in this city. We have met
in the social circles of Honolulu, exchanged pulpits and labored together during the Week of Prayer and in Evangelistic and Gospel Temperance work. On
Sunday, the 20th of February, Mr. Cruzan
resigned the Pastorate of the Fort Street
Church, the resignation to take effect at
the end of August, which will close a six
years' ministry in Honolulu, abundant in
labors for the Kingdom of Cod and the
best interests of men. These labors are
outlined in the following memorial 1
tions, presented at a meeting of the fort
Street Church and congregation, Wednesday evening, March 30th, 1887, by the
committee appointed to draft a reply to
the Pastor's letter of resignation, and
unanimously adopted
Wheras, Rev. J. A. Cruzan has tendered the resignation of his office as Pastoi
of the fort Street Church, Honolulu.
Hawaiian Islands, and the Church and
Society have, with regret, accepted the
same, they desire to and do hereby put
upon record the following as an express
ion of their regard, and of the appreciation
they have of the character of their Pastor
and of the value of the services he has
rendered to this Church and people.
As a preacher of the Gospel of out Lord,
Mr. Cruzan has ministered most acceptably to this people for six years, and during
that time has been an earnest and faithful
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expositor of the Word of God; an able and EpW:opacy idea is supposed to be essen- of the Communion sacrament invite "all
eloquent advocate of every interest and tial to what is commonly called "The who love the Lord Jesus," irrespective of
principle relating to the religious and Church," while all Christians who are out- denominational affiliations, to a seat at the
welfare and
of this
good
moral
country;
he has fearlessly exposed and rebuked
public evils, while he-has dealt tenderly
yet firmly with the secret sins of the community ; and especial mention should be
made of the vigor, energy and wisdom
with which he has labored in the interest
of the Temperance Reform, and of the
pre-eminent success which has attended
his work in this direction.
In his efforts to helpfully reach and win
the young people he has labored most
effectually, and the numerous additions
from this to the Church, as well as the
large and active Society of Christian Endeavor are among the trophies of his
ministry here.
Ami this Church recalls with gratitude
the constant and sustained activity put
forth on his part to reach the neglected
ass of this ity, striving to draw and keep
them within the influence of the Gospel.
And in this connection it would bear glad
testimony to the high esteem and honor in
which Mr. Cruzan has been held during
these years by all classes of people, winning their confidence ami
favor, and
known lo all as a manly man as truly as a
minister of Christ in till his intercourse
and conversation with them,
In the in >re personal and delicate office
of Pa .tor, we shall always remember that
<
with tender love he bus ministered to us in
the Gospel in out joys and in our sorrows.
He has baptized our children, has solemnized our marriages, ministered to our sick,
has buried our dead and comforted our
bereaved, and always with such genuine
sympathy and love as to win us to himself.
His presence in our homes has always
been a welcome one, and our children will
lose a personal friend as truly as will their
parents. And we cannot refrain from including here an expression of the love and
admiration of this people for Mrs. Cruzan,
who has so lovingly antl tenderly added
her ministrations and labors to those of
her husband, and expressing the deep and
heartfelt regret and sense of loss which
this community feels as truly in losing her
as her husband.
In parting we shall bid them God-speed,
and pray that the Almighty Father may
continue His favoring blessing towards
them, and that wherever He shall call them
to labor in His service, they may reap an
increasingly abundant harvest for their
Master.
UNITY.
The genial editor of the Anglican
Chronicle in the April number of that
publication makes a plea for unity. The
editor's proposition is that the Fort Street
and Bethel Union Churches shall disband
and become one with the Anglican Church.
The common basis of agreement is to be
Episcopacy, which is made a sine qua non
"
side of " The Church " are dissenters "
or "schismatics." The platform is certainly not a broad or liberal one, but there
it is. We feel disposed to thank the editor for the kind invitation and his willingness that we should all be sheltered under
the Cathedral roof. The editor seems to
labor under the impression that such union
would be of advantage to the Fort Street
and Bethel Union congregations for they
would then be in "The Church." Now
the amusing part of this " Church " affair
is—and it is decidedly amusing—that
while the Anglican Church is preaching its
little sermon to us, " We are 'The Church'
and you arc prodigals and wanderers,"
the Raman Catholic Church is all the time
pn ching that same little sermon to the
Anglican Church. We should therefore,
in case we '.vent, on arriving at the Anglican Church not feel as if we had reached
our place ot destination, but rather as if
we had come to the ecclesiastical half way
house, and we verily believe that not a
month wot,ld have elapsed after the un'on,
when there would be a communication
from hi* reverence the Bishop of Oiba to
this effect, " Beloved, erring children
Delude not yourselves with the idea that ye
are The Church. The Roman Catholic
Church alone is the Church. Therefore,
ye prodigals and sinners, come home. The
Anglican Cathedral, which has been in an
unfinished state these nineteen years or
more, is still in statu quo. Ours is a spacious
edifice and complete. Repent, ye heretics,
of your past doings and ye shall have full
absolution. ' Verbum sat sapicnti.' The
Anglican bishop shall Deo volentc have a
vacation of indefinite duration in his native
England and I will house you and take care
of you all. Tria juncta in uno! Utcunque placucrit Deo."
Seriously we would say first—Let it
be settled between the Anglican and Catholic bodies as to whether either cf these is
alone The Church and if si which one.
Both cannot be The Church, and two cries
of The Church with the emphasis on Tut".
tend to confusion.
:
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Again We would say kindly, yet with
some emphasis, that a proposal for unity,
coming from a Church which starts out by
unchurching all other religious organizations, can never have great weight, and
would emanate with better grace and produce profounder impression from one of
thereligious bodies, which at the observance
Master's table.
Finally: We believe in unity. It is
necessary. There should be no divisions
jn the household of faith. " But what
is called Episcopacy is with us not of central or pivotal importance. In fact, leaving
the argument untouched, our religious belief finds its truest expression in rites of
worship few and simple; in a ritual without a prayer-book and a Church without a
bishop. " Then, unity is not external or
mechanical, but spiritual. The essence of
unity is Love, and unity itself will be
11 at bed as thought contemplates and affection circles around the Person if Christ and
He is exalted among us, and we grow in
Him in holy emotions and heaven-born
graces, in clear conceptions cf right,
fidelity to duty and labors of love, "till
we all attain unto the unity of the faith
and of the knowledge of the Son of God."
The secret of unity is therefore not—nor
ever will be—in Episcopacy, but in likeness to the Personality and Character of
the Christ of Cod.
"
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EDITORIAL NOTES.
Mr. F. W. Damon is for a few weeks
on Kauai, to advance the spiritual interests of the Chinese and the Japanese on
that island
It gives us pleasure to welcome back to
their home in this city our neighbors, Mr.
and Mrs. P. C. Jones, after a most enjoy
able trip of nine weeks to the State a
To all who called, April nth, on Mr.
and Mrs. H. W. Schmidt at their renovated and beautified home on Beretania
street, the occasion was a very enjoyable
one.
Tut; lectures by Mrs. Florence Williams
ttii Shakespeare and Dante are highly appreciated by all who have heart! this lady.
We understand there are other lectures to
follow.
We appreciate the kindness of Mr. John
Younie of Brooklyn, N. Y. in sending us
the Beecher Memorial Edition of the
Daily Eagle, for which we hereby convey
our thanks.
The article in this number of The
FfttEND on"The Reinforcement of 1837"
was written for this paoer at our special
request and we rest assured that no one
could have done this better than Mrs.
Coan.
To the Rev. W. H. Barnes, incumbent
of " the Church of the Holy Innocents,"
on Maui, and his bride, we extend congratulations. May they fit each other like
hand and glove and the sun of their connubial bliss never go down.
Mrs. Mary Hill, who arrived here from
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Port Townsend last December, was afflic- THE REINFORCEMENT OF 1837.
ted with consumption. She had the best
BY MRS. LYDIA BINGHAM COAN.
of care and attention at the residence of
Mr. G. WesUat Waikiki, where she de1887 has been spoken of as a year of
parted this life April 27th, .after* having Jubilees. 4 Among them all, more or less
endured her sufferings with patience and noted, to a portion of our island community, and to some in the home-land, none
resignation.
can be of more interest than that which
for
Five hundred copies of a "Plea
recently been observed in honor of
Temperance," by Rev. E. C. Oggel, are has
the Reinforcement of 1837. Fifty years
time
time
to
being freely distributed from
ago the mission at the Sandwich Islands
on the steamboats and vessels in this port
had been established seventeen years.
worker
the
fir
Rchn,
a
by Mr T. J.
Chiefs and people were eager to learn
Bethel Union Church among seamen.
churches and school-houses were rapidly
Wk sympathize with the Rev. Hiram multiplying. The mission was on the eve
Bingham in his continued confinement to of a large ingathering of native converts
his home through illness, and we hope for from heathenism. Most wisely did the
his speedy recovery. We miss him espe- American Board call for laborers to reincially at the meetings of the Hawaiian force the zealous toilers in this harvest
Board.
field, and most nobly did recruits respond.
The fiftieth anniversary of the landing Fifteen men with their wives, and two unon these islands of Mrs. Mary Dominis married lady teachers, leaving Boston late
was duly celebrated April 23rd, at her in the year 1836, landed at Honolulu on
residence, Washington Place, where the the 9th of April, 1837. Teachers, physivenerable lady received her friends during cians, pastors, they went with strength and
the afternoon hours. A large number of ardor to posts assigned them on the variHonolulu people paid their respects to ous islands of the group. Of this band of
Mrs. Dominis, indicating the high regard thirty-two men and women, there remain
in which this lady is held in the com- now in Hawaii nei, Mr. and Mrs. Bailey,
Mr. Castle, Mrs. Cooke, and Mrs. Lyons.
munity.
Two of those who returned years ago to
On a Sunday evening when we preached the States send their greetings and their
the
Rev.
C.
in a hall to all Pullman,
John reminiscences on this anniversary occasion.
Hill supplied our pulpit in Chicago. The
great majority have passed on to that
Shortly afterwards Mr. Hill went to Gualand
where there is no more toil, but only
temala where he has been laboring since. blessed service.
The Occident says that he has resigned his In 1870 there were held in the Stone
work in Central America, and that the
on King Street, services commemRev. H. C. Thomson, at present residing Church
orative of the establishment of the mission
Cal.,
has
to
take
been invited
in Berkeley,
in 1820. A large and thorougly interested
his place.
audience was" present then, among whom
The last steamer brought the tidings of it was a joy to see the beloved Secretary
the death of the Rev. \V. J. Smith, who, of the A. B. C. F. M., Rev. Dr. Clark,
for a number of years, was pastor of the who came to us from Boston expressly to
Central Presbyterian Church of San Fran- participate in so glad a jubilee. But it
cisco. It will be remembered by the seems not to have occurred to any one to
Honolulu people that Mr. Smith was here propose public festivities for any other anin the latter part of ISBI. The Friend niversary day in the Hawaiian mission,
of that year says that in addition to his until Rev. W. C. Merritt, President of
instructive Bible readings Mr. Smith also Oahu College and honored President of
gave three addresses under the#uspices of the H. M. C. Society, devised this late,
the Y. M. C. Association and that of the most successful, "Jubilee." The present
$12,000 secured at the time for the pres- year was surely a fitting time. It was well
ent Y. M. C. Hall " nearly two-thirds was to notice thus the arrival of the largest resecured through Mr. Smith's efforts." Mr. inforcement ever sent out by the American
Smith visited the islands again in April, Board to any mission field.
1884, and shortly after bis return to San
The early pioneers have all long since
Francisco he conducted the correspon- fallen asleep. The survivors of the sevdence for the Bethel Union Church urg- eral reinforcements, "who with us still
ing us to come and take charge of the abide," are yearly becoming fewer. It was
Bethel Union pulnit. We spent four pleas a privilege we may not have again to see
ant days in his company in the Golden this group of venerable and venerated
City. He was even then worn out through fathers and mothers who gathered at our
his arduous labors to see the new Taber- Jubilee in response to the cordial invitanacle completed. Not long thereafter he tion of the Cousins' Society. Probably
resigned his responsible work in the Cen- no other occasion could have drawn them
tral Church and ever since has been in hither. At this time of sad ebb in the
declining- health until on the 27th of religious,life of the Hawaiian people,
March he was called to his rest and re- Christians are becoming more and more
ward. To his wife and three children, convinced that new efforts must be made
now living in Santa Barbara county, we to rescue the race from the grasp of sin
extend our sympathy in their bereavement. and Satan. The presence among us of
those who largely aided in teaching and
guiding the former generation in righteous-
:
Saxe,
thepoet,
G.
-Johnis
mornoe.
ness, and the recital of their experience in
toils and hardships which they joyfully
bore for the Master, could not fail to
strengthen our desires to see the waste
places repaired, and the kingdom of the
Prince of Peace re-established on these
fair shores. So this gathering has seemed
to have been most providentially inaugurated, and most kindly smiled upon by
Providence in the happy carrying out of
well appointed details, that have made it
one of the pleasantest gatherings ever held
in Honolulu. It was a pleasing coincidence that the regular monthly meeting of
the Cousins fell this year on the 9th of
April, as near the full of the moon as
possible, and that the place of that meeting was on historic mission ground.
Under the shadow of the old stone
church, having the old depository in view,
within a stone's throw of the first frame
house ever erected on these islands, and
the hospitable home of scores of missionaries on their arrival here, hard by Father
Castle's, whose parlor was the first Sabbath schoolroom for mission children, and
still retaining on its grounds the mission
printing house and the dwelling that was,
by turns, the home of the Shepherds, the
Judds, Armstrongs, Clarkes and Gulicks,
stands Kawaiahao Seminary, itself an outgrowth of missionary effort and a monument to the early and continued interest
of the Cousins' Society in the education
of native girls. Its courteous corps of
teachers welcomed the Society to its halls
on the evening of the 9th. Artistic decorations in varied tropic foliage, with spears
antl arrows of heathen warfare, covered
the walls of the spacious dining room,
while a fine upright piano, late gift of
Castle tS: Cooke to the Seminary, a convenient platform for president's chair and
desk, and comfortable arrangement of seats
for the members and their guests made an
attractive spot for the first in the series of
our Jubilee meetings. It was a precious
keynote that was struck when we joined in
the hymn:
-
be the tie thru binds
" Blest
Our hearts in Christian love."
This was followed by choice words of welcome from Mrs. Merritt. Then, in order,
came able papers in the Maile," letters
from absent members and valuable discussions relative to new reinforcements for
Christian work among the Hawaiians. All
closed by the time-honored custom of
singing a verse of the missionary hymn,
" From Greenland's icy mountains."
The two congregations of Fort Street
Church and the Bethel Union united on
the following Sabbath evening in their
attendance upon the second Jubilee meeting, at which Rev. Dr. Hyde presided.
No text could have been more fitly chosen
than these words, "The Lord our God be
with us, as He was with our fathers." The
preacher, Rev. W. B. Oleson, drew a sad
but truthful contrast between the former
generation of Hawaiians and the present;
that listened with glad acceptance to Gos-
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pel truth; this turns with indifference from
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spiritual things to things present and
perishing. Yet the fault is not theirs
alone. They are too much left to themselves in their downward trend. There
should he more faith, more courage, more
persistent work and consecrated workers
among the Christians of this and the homeland; and together we should meet the
duty which the God of our fathers lays upon us to enlist with self-sacrificing spirits
in earnest efforts to revive the soul life of
the nation.
Any one passing the grounds of Oahu
College on Monday afternoon, A|.ril nth,
might well have been attracted by the
animated scene under the many featheryleaved and broad-spreading branches of
Here and there were
the algerobas.
houses and carriages; little groups of
happy children played about,—but the
central object was the large lanai upon the
lawn. Here, for a third time gathered
those who so richly shared in this " Reinforcement—of—37 " Jubilee. Upon the
platform, with President Merritt, were the
white-haired veterans, Father Castle, Mr.
Edward Bailey, Dr. Lowell Smith, and
Dr. J. W. Smith of Kauai. Immediately
in front, in comfortable arm chairs and
rockers, were the dear mothers, Mrs.
Castle, Mrs. Cooke, Mrs. Damon, Mrs.
Emerson, Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Rice—
Cousins " and friends filled the remaining space, for three hours, lending pleased
attention to the varied exercises. These
were opened with the doxology, and
prayer by Dr. L. Smith. President Merritt
in kindly words of welcome and explanation then greeted the society and their
honored guests, and programme in hand,
called to the platform in order as their
turn came, the readers of memorial papers
and papers of reminiscences. A charming
social hour followed the literary exercises.
The bountiful repast ofcold meats, salads,
rolls, coffe and cake, prepared and served
as Honolulu ladies so excel in doing, was
"
justly appreciated by appetites quickened
by three hours of out-door air. Adjournment from the lanai to the parlors of the
college came in good time to escape a
heavy, grateful shower from Manoa valley.
A brilliantly lighted chandelier, heavily
draped with graceful ferns, a mass of pink
begonias bedded in leaves, the portraits of
Rev. H. Bingham, the pioneer, and of
Rev. Titus Coan, one of Hawaii's most
devoted apostles garlanded with m.iile, and
the words, "1837, Mary Frazier, ISS7" in
large lettering of evergreens showed that
skillful hands and loving hearts had sought
to make the pleasant parlors still more
pleasant for this rare gathering. With patient, yet deeply interested attention were
the remaining exercises of the programme
carried out, until the lateness of the hour
compelled the close of this Jubilee, long
to be remembered—an occasion of which
a visitor from beyond the sea has said, it
alone was worth the long journey to participate in.
Of the seventeen numbers on the programme we do not attempt to make mention, more than to say that as we listened
[May, 1887.
THE FRIEND.
to these papers our hearts were filled anew Where are
with praise to God for what had been done
in His name and for His glory in this
land, and with devout longing for the revival of the misiionary sprit of consecration
among us.
The Cousin's Society propose to publish
in pamphlet form the valuable contributions
for the Jubilee exercises, and the perusal
of these will be far better for quickening
sympathy and inspiring zeal for the missionary cause than any report of them
however full.
OUR CHINESE INVASION.
By Rev. W. B. Oleson.
There is a restless spirit abroad in the
world to-day not unlike that which characterized the westward movement of nations in the early days of Christianity.
Primitive Christianity had barely permeated Roman thought with its new faith and
Roman life with its new spirit when it was
called upon to stem the onset of the barbaric
hordes of northern and eastern Europe.
It was a crucial time, one of those crises
through which Christianity however has
uniformly passed triumphant.
The same assertive and absorbent power
of our religion is manifest to-day in the
religious amalgamation of the various nationalities who have sought a home in the
United States. There is a modern migration of races and it is as assuredly under
Providential supervision as that earlier migration of nations which gave to the world
our Anglo-Saxon type of Christian faith
and practice. And there is quite as little
occasion now for pessimistic views as to
the religious outlook for nominally Christian communities subjected to the strain of
assimilating a large alien population of
irreligious or positively heathen antecedents as there was when the vandals
thronged the streets of Rome and changed
its civilization in a day.
To be sure, it is doubtful whether in the
present movement of races, Anglo-Saxon
Christianity is put to a severer strain in
maintaining its supremacy than right here
in the Hawaiian Kingdom. So great is
the emergency and so perplexing are the
problems confronting us, that not a fewhave been led into a sort of semi-pessimism as regards thought and action alike.
This is unfortunate for it paralyzes effort
and puts our common faith at a disadvantage before the persistent heathenism of
the East now domiciled among us. It is
moreover ill-advised since there is really
no sufficient reason fur dismay at lbeap| arent establishment in our midst of a heathen philosophy of life. It is altogether likely that our Islands will afford shelter for
heathen belief and practice for many years
yet. But it does not follow tha» heathenism will make any substantial growth or
even hold its own before a pure and aggressive Christianity.
Where are the converts to Chinese
heathenism ? Where are the signs of any
attempt to propagate Chinese heathenism?
the signs that Chinese heathen-
ism is holding its own ?
We know of not a few converts from
Chinese heathenism to Christianity. We
know that Chinese half caste children and
their mothers do not break away from
Hawaiian Christianity. We know that so
far as any change of religion has resulted
from the contact of Chinese with Hawaiians it has not been Hawaiians who have
become heathen but the Chinese whohave
become Christians. But the fact which is
most significant is that our Christian civilization is certainly modifying Chinese
prejudice; and thus promoting the cause of
mission-work among them. It goes without saying that a Chinaman is more accessible to Gospel effort here in Honolulu
than in Hongkong.
Prof. Phelps once remarked that in all
great moral conflicts minorities have won.
A minority compacted by the cohesion of
high moral purposes is a force that easily
dominates mere numbers. In this lies
the power of our Christian institutions,
agencies and society notwithstanding the
large influx of Chinese. But in the total
effect of Christianity on all heathen beliefs
among us we must recognize fully the
numerical strength of Christianity. We
must not ignore the power and presence
of the Roman Catholic Church with its
large body of Portuguese and Hawaiian
adherents. We may deplore the type of
Christianity thus presented, but we cannot
deny that it is a formidable foe to any
heathen faith, and we should gladly recognize the fact that Portuguese Christianity
is more likely to take on an evangelical
vitality in the presence of our preponderant Protestantism than it is to suffer any
serious loss by contact with Oriental heathenism.
The present era of indifferentism among
our Protestant Hawaiian Christians betokens no real decadence of intellectual conviction and belief but rather a lack of
spiritual life only. To all intents and purposes our Hawaiian community is Occidental rather than Oriental in its predilections. Apparently Hawaiian life has taken
on none of the distinctive characteristics
of Chinese life, while on the contrary, our
Chinese community has been less conservative, adapting itself readily to the situation as it has found it in our outlying districts, if not in Honolulu. It is nothing
to the point what the reasons have been,
that have induced this adaptation to surroundings. The fact is significant that
notwithstanding the historic conservatism
of the Chinese, the drift towards a community of interest between Hawaiians and
Chinese is from the latter rather than from
the former. In this connection, it is a
notable fact that so many Chinese have
been introduced to the Christian life
through the instrumentality of the Hawaiian language. It is one of the most
hopeful indications regarding the religious
future of these Islands, that the religious
capital invested here under missionary
auspices in other days is likely to be employed most effectively in the regeneration
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of Chinese and Japanese resident among
us especially in places outside of Honolulu.
It is not probable that our English tongue will be the medium of any very radical
changes in Chinese and Japanese life and
character. It is a language too difficult
of acquirement and in matters of religion
and morals too abstract in its vocabulary.
Really valuable work has been wrought for
the Chinese through our mother-tongue,
by city missionaries in San Francisco.
But there, the English language is a common medium of communication, and there
is a more pervasive English language atmosphere. Here social necessities throw
the Chinese into more intimate relations
with Hawaiians. The Hawaiian language
serves all business purposes and is more
readily acquired. It is moreover a more
objective language and naturally apueals
more readily to the class of Chinese who
are providentially among us.
Personally, I do not share in the conviction that the Hawaiian is a dying race, or
that the Hawaiian language is doomed to
disappear or that our Hawaiian churches
are fated to dismemberment and extinction. Personally I am convinced that
the Hawaiian race has a future before it;
that the Hawaiian language will always be
the chosen medium of communication
between the masses of our population;
and that a new era of life and work is
opening to our Hawaiian churches. The
religious possibilities of the Hawaiian
language in arousing the sluggish temperament of our Oriental population are far
beyond those of our own tongue. 1 have
seen Chinamen stirred till their whole
nature seemed to respond to the fervid
rhetoric of a Hawaiian speaker. Not one
man in a thousand can .use English with
any such effect. If Hawaiian fervor could
be wedded to Cninese constancy, a type
of religious life would be evolved that
would put our Anglo-Saxon Christianity to
shame.
To a certain extent, Hawaiians, Portuguese and Chinese mingle on the same
plane. Their contact is daily and hourly
along all the lines of industrial employment and social necessity. They meet on
the common basis of the Hawaiian language. That language and our Hawaiian
churches offer the leverage whereby many
Chinese at least will be lifted into the
Christian faith and experience. It follows
that our Hawaiian churches must be sustained and their work reinforced in every
wise and feasible way. I have purposely
refrained from any discussion of the industrial aspect of our Chinese invasion. 1
have less fear than some that Chinese
industry is to triumph here and that it will
outbid all competition. I believe there is
a great deal of hard fact in the ejaculation
of a Chinaman when he saw an artificial
limb. "Melican man he too muchee
smart. Chinaman he no can do that."
There are aspects of trade and industry
that are largely closed to Chinese and
must remain so.
For our present purpose however I wish
to emphasize two facts, viz., that our Isl-
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THE FRIEND.
The following will be the prayer-meetand agencies are essentially adequate to
the work of evangelizing our Chinese pop- ing topics for the coming month:
May 4th—Monthly concert. Hawaii,
ulation; and that the wise reinforcement of
is
one
of
the
most
The Hawaiians. A ten-minute address
i.
native
churches
our
by W. O. Smith. 2. Temperance work
direct ways of accomplishing this result.
among Hawaiians, by Mrs. Dr. Whitney.
THE CHINESE CHURCH.
3. The Hawaiian Branch of the Y. M. C.
A.,
by Secretary S. D. Fuller.
the
usual
serthe
two
months
past
For
May nth—Certainties.
vices have been held in the Chinese
May 18th—Our absent members. LetChurch, with a good attendance both at
ters
will be read from absent members and
At
the
last
Church and Sunday-school.
special prayer offered for them. At the
Communion season three children were close
of the prayer meeting the Standing
baptized
will meet candidates for adOwing to painting and repairs on the Committee
mission to the Church.
services
are
now
bethe
Church building
Our resident members.
May 25th
ing held in the Chinese Y. M. C. A. Hall.
be the last prayer meetThe new mission chapel down in China- This will probably
Fort
Street
Church conducted by
of
ing
number
come
town is doing good; quite a
the
The roll will be called
present
pastor.
to the afternoon service, all of them
members
resident in Honolulu
and
all
the
there
to
the
news"
told.
strangers
" good
to
be
and answer to
requested
present,
are
God grant His blessing on the seed. sown.
their names with a few words of testimony,
KAUMAKAPILI CHURCH.
of experience, or loyalty to Christ, or by
a passage of scripture or a verse
The collection for the Church building repeating
At the close of this meeting
of
a
hymn.
March
amounted
to
fund on Sunday,
20,
the
Committee will hold their
Standing
$480.00. A chime of bells, nine in num- second meeting for the examination of
and
have
ZealanJia,
arrived
the
by
ber,
candidates for admission to the Church.
been placed in the tower. The quarterly As now planned, Mr. Cruzan
expects to
the
School
took
Sunday
place
of
exhibition
vacation so kindly
the
three
months'
begin
and
was
a
Sunday morning, March 27,
him by the Church, the first of
success. The house was filled with an at- granted
Sunday, May 29th, will therefore
June.
The
various
classes
that
tentive audience.
time Mr.
took part acquitted themselves creditably. in all probability be the last
the pulpit.
The Oahu association of native ministers Cruzan will fill
held its semi-annual meeting at this Church
the first week in April.
THE BETHEL UNION CHURCH.
—
FORT STREET CHURCH.
A very pleasant social was given by the
Ladies' Society in the Lecture-room, Thursday evening, April 14th.
On Sunday afternoon, April 3d, the
pastors of the Bethel Union and Fort St.
Churches held a union baptismal service
at the residence of Mrs. Lack,
when
Charles Henry Franklin, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Nicoll, and Myra, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Peterson were baptized.
April 24th, the pastor administered baptism to Lawrence McCully, son of Hon.
A. F anil Mrs. Agnes Boyd Judd. Rev.
C. M. Hyde, I). D. and Rev. Geo. Wallace
assisted in the service.
Easter Sunday, April 10th, the audience
room was tastefully dot orated with flowers;
the choir, at the morning service, gave a
delightful praise service; the ordinance of
infant baptism was administered to Donald
Evans, son cf J. A. and E A. I. Cruzan,
and the pastor gave a brief Easter address.
In the evening there was a union service,
held under the auspices of the Hawaiian
Mission Children's Society, in commemoration of the arrival of the missionary reinforcement of 1837. Dr. Hyde and Revs.
Bailey and Smith conducted the opening
service, and Rev. W. B. Oleson preached
a sermon which gave in a few words the
most clear, graphic, and truthful picture of
the present condition of the Hawaiians,
and the importance and responsibility laid
upon Christians, for renewed effort in religious work among them, we have ever
heard.
APRIL—MAY.
The collection on Sabbath, April 3rd,
by the Sunday School for Christian work
among the Chinese on these islands
amounted to $24.90.
On Sabbath afternoon, April 3rd, at the
residence of Mrs. Lack, the pastor administered the rite of baptism to Myra, infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Peterson.
The morning service on Easter Sunday,
April 10th, was conducted by the Sunday
School. The floral decorations were abundant and beautiful. There was a large
attendance, especially of young people,
and the hour doubtless one of profit and
interest to all present.
The subject at the Monthly Concert on
Wednesday evening, the 13th, was India.
Rev. S. F. Bishop and others took part.
A paper was read by Mrs B. F. Dillingham, which will appear in the next number of The Friend.
On Thursday evening, the 14th, a farewell sociable was given by the ladies of the
Church at the pastor's residence to Mr.
and Mrs. William Waterhouse, who, with
their children, left Honolulu the following
weak for their home in Cedar Rapids,
lowa. A large number gathered together
for the occasion. The evening was spent
in social intercourse, with vocal and instrumental music, followed by refreshments. There was also the presentation
of an address by Mr. J. E. Bidwell, in'behalf of the Social Union, to Mr. and Mrs.
Waterhouse, expressing the appreciation
of all of their labors in the Church, regrets
[May, 1887
THE FRIEND.
40
parting and best wishes for their prosperity in their Cedar Rapids home. Mr.
Waterhouse responded in his happy, warmat
hearted manner. All regretted that these
friends were to leave Honolulu. We hope
to hear before long of their safe arrival in
lowa.
On Monday, the 18th, Walter Hemdon
Ruberg, at the Queen's Hospital, professed his faith in Christ, and the pastor, assisted by Mr. D. P. Peterson, administered to him the lite of Baptism.
On Communion Sunday, May ist, the
following persons will be received into
fellowship: Mrs. John Cassidy by letter,
and Mrs. F. S. Pratt and Miss Sarah Mitchell, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. O. Carter, on profession of their faith.
The nature of the Wednesday evening
meetings this month, subjects, and the time
and place of the Teachers' meeting will,
on the Sunday previous, I). V., be announced by the pastor.
MONTHLY RECORD OF EVENTS.
April ist—Old Folk's Concert at the
Music Hall for the benefit of the Ladies'
Benevolent Society.—2nd. Death of Mrs.
Anna Severance, aged over 85 years. —3rd
Memorial Service for the late G. W.
Pilipo at the Kawaiahao Church. —4th.
Return of the missionary steam barkentine
Morning Star from Micronesia.—sth.
Kaumakapili Chimes rung for the first
time.—7th. Thomas' Square open air
Band Concerts inaugurated.—Bth. Arrival
of H. B. M. S. Caroline from Callao.
9th, nth. Semi-centennial Jubilee Anniversary Exercises of the Mission Children's
Society.— 10th. Faster Sunday generally
observed in all the churches of the city.—
12th. Queen Kapiolani and Princess Liliuokalani and suite and a large number of
kamaainas and tourists left per S. S. Australia for San Francisco.—2lst. Departure
of H. B. M. S. Caroline for Victoria, B.
C; annual meeting of the Y. M. C. A.
22nd. H. H. M. S. Kaimiloa commissioned. The celebrated Madras case settled by a jury trial, awarding damages of
$22,943.25 and interest, against the government.
26th. Union Literary and
Social Odd Fellow's Anniversary Enter
tainment of Excelsior and Harmony
Lodges at Harmony Hall.
—
—
—-
The Rev. H. H. Gowen is earnest and
energetic in the cause of Temperance. As
the first President of the Blue Ribbon
Band in this city he is a complete success.
Miss Lucy If. Ingersoll, M. D, is under commission from the American Board
as medical missionary for Ponape. She is
JAPANESE YOUNG
MEN.
V.M.C.A. ANNUAL REPORT OF TREASURER,
apart for Japanese young men had a most
auspicious opening on Saturday evening,
March 26. About sixty Japanese gathered
inside the large room, and quite a large
number unable to get in stood outside at
the doors and windows. Dr. C. M. Hyde
presided, and opened the exercises with
prayer. Mr. Taro Ando, the Japanese
Consul, gave an excellent address in his
native tongue, which he repeated in
English, for the benefit of the Englishspeaking friends present. Addresses were
also made by Mr. G. Nacayama, and Mr.
S. Aoki in Japanese. Dr. C. M. Hyde,
Mr. I\ W. Damon, Mr. Henry Waterhouse and secretary Fullt r made remarks
in English, which were kindly interpreted by Mi. Taro Ando and Mr. Aoki.
The friendly greetings and a feast of
words were followed by a feast of light re
freshmcnts, with genuine Japanese tea, generously provided by Mr and Mrs. F. W.
Damon. The rooms were artistically decorated with lanterns, flags and greens, the
work of Mr. Damon, assisted by some of
the young men. The Consul and those
associated with him are very much interested in this movement in behalf of
their young men, and give itevery possible
encouragement and help. There will be
Bible readings, evening classes and "Familiar Talks" on interesting subjects, to attract
and instruct those for whose good the
rooms have been opened.
1887.
..
APRIL 21,
The reoms in Queen Emma Hall, set
RECEIPTS.
To balance on hand from last year
$ 51
To 9 monthly meeting collections
98
To membership dues
274
To membership contributions
',984
To tlonations
204
126
To proceeds from (4) entertainments.
To collection for International Com-
mittee
To collection front Contribution box.
To subscription for last year
To sale of Kerosene Cans
To overcharge on J. H. Super's bill...
To rent of Hall (6 times)
04
55
00
00
50
50
22 50
6 DO
25°
2 80
3 00
102 50
$2,S77
89
$2,213
«5
DISBURSEMKNTS.
oo
By salary General Secretary. $ 1,6i<
l!y salary Janitor
Sjts 15
liy Hilary M. |. de I'rcitas
(Portuguese class)
50 00
By Contribution
to
Inter-
national Committee
By cost of Money Order for
same
By Honolulu Post Oftee,
rent of box and stamps..
By Honolulu Post Office,
Postal Cat,Is
P,y subscription Daily Bulletin
By subset i;>tion Daily Honolulu Prtss
By subscription Hawaiian
Ca.cttc
-
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22
50
89
23 30
10
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By Hawaiian Bell Telephone Co, bill
23 00
P\ People's [ce & Kef. Co. bills for ice
109 50
By J. II, Soper, bills for
2 OO
BIRTHS.
sundries
By J. II. Soper, bills for
ROSS.—AI Paauilo, Hamakua, Hawaii, April
periodicals
94 25
VV,
Ross,
to
wife
of
a
P. H.
daughter.
the
20,
90 25
SHAW. In this city, April 27, to the wife ol By The Friend, billsjbr publication and
121 25
mailing
Jona. Shaw, a daughter.
By E. 0. Hall & Son, bills sundries.
4 00
MARRIAGES.
By Cattle .v C«uke, bills for sundries.
15 42
60 00
Brewei & 1 ■>., bills for Oil
HARXES-WILLIAMSON.—At St. Andrews' By
By Levers & Cooke, bills for sundries
30 60
Cathedral, Honolulu, April SI, by the Rt. Rev. By T. Waterhouse,
bills for sundries
24 44
J. I).
the Lord Bishop, assisted by the Rev. H. F. E. IlyS.
26 75
Puller, bills for sundries
Whalley, the Rev. Win, 11. Barnes, of Lahaina, By 1 laws ,\:
2 50
bills for ice
Maui, to Emily Elizabeth Scott, eldest daughter by HonoluluWilder,
12 50
Water Works bills
of W. H. Williamson, Esq., of Manchester, I'.y Sailors' Home, bills forliiblts,
etc
4 20
England.
By Pac. Hardware Co., bills sundries,
43 50
CKOWELL-ROSE.—At the Roman Catholic By Hoop ,v Co., for laying matting.
"75
Church, April 14, by the Bishop of Olba, John Hy N. I''. Ilurge-s, bills for sundries
50
Crowd! to Mary Rose.
for
sundries
I 65
Oat
bills
A: Co.,
By
I
HENNING-STARK..—At St. Andrew's Ca- By T. G, Thrum, bills for.siindrie.s...
75
thedral, Honolulu, by Rev. A. Mackintosh, April
$2,857 53
17, Wilhelm Hcnning of Kapaa, Kauai, to Miss
Bertha Stark.
McCRECOR. —In this city, April 17, of typhoid Cash on hand to new year's account.. $ 20 36
fever, Cattt. Dan I McGregor, of Leith, Scotland,
V.. H O. K.
T. S. Soi'Tilu ick, Treasurer.
aged 29 years and 11 months.
11, 1SS7.
April
TURNER-McSHANE. —At St. Andrew's
Cathedral, Honolulu, by Rev. A. Mackintosh,
Y. M. C. A. TOPICS.
April 17, F. J. Turner to Miss Ida J. McShane.
....
The following arc the topics for the Sunday evening meetings during this month:
expected to arrive here by the next DILDINE.—At the Queen's Hospital, this
May 8th.—" No Christian Fruit Except
city, April 13, \Ym. Dildine, a native of Alameda, Through Vital
steamer from San Francisco.
Union with Christ." John
Cab, aged 24 years.
Let me plead for the Foreign MissionHILL.—At the residence of Mr. G. West,
May 15th.—"The Word of God as a
ary idea as the necessary completion of Waikiki, April 27, Mrs. Mary Hill, of Port
Weapon."
Townsend.
Eph. 6:17; Heb. 4:12.
Christian
life.
It
the
to
which
apex
the
is
SEVERAN'CE.—Ia this city, April 2, at the
May 22d.—"The Perfect Redeemer."
all the lines of the pyramid lead up. The
of Hon. W. C. Parke, Mrs. Anna H. Heb. 2:10—18.
Christian life without it is a mangled and resilience
Severance, aged 85 years and 10 months.
May 29th. —"Refuse not Him that
imperfect thing. The glory and the heroRUHERG.—In this city, at the Queen's Hosism of Christianity lies in its missionary pital, April 29th, of consumption, Walter H. Speaketh." Mat. 23:34—39; Rev. 3:20—
22; Heb. 12:25.
Wit.—Phillips Brooks.
Ruberg, aged 2S years.
DEATHS.
15:1-$
Volume 45, No. 5.]
BOARD.
HAWAIIAN
HONOLULU H. L
TJiim page is devoted to tin; interests of the Hawaiian
i.* MiuioMi in"! i' ie K.«liti>r, appointed by tlie
Boflfd is responsible for its contents.
A. O. Forbes,
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THE FRIEND.
Editor.
THE MORNING STAR AND HER
WORK.
The Morning Star, Capt. H. W.
Turner, arri.ed safely in port on Monday,
April 4th, being only thirteen days after
the date set for hef return, which was
March 22m1. This is hitting the mark
pretty closely in a voyage of eight m mths'
duration, with so many contingencies and
uncertainties as always accompany such
work as hers.
This is the first time that she has cofiipleted all the work laid out for her in the
instructions given to her captain, ami returned t> Honolulu on or about the lime
set. While we thus give credit to the
captain, officers, and crew, we also appreciate the peculiar difficulties which had in
be overcome throughout the voyage, OW
ing to the poor sailing qualities of the vessel, and the lack of proper steam power.
As somewhat extensive repairs will be
required to fit her for another voyage, she
will not probably sail on her next annual
trip before the midd c or latter part of
June.
With reference to the condition of her
hull, we are glad to be able to say that
after a thorough investigation by a competent Board of Survey since her return,
she is found not to be in so bad a condition as was fearetl. The dry-rot is found
to be confined to the stern timbers above
water for a distance of ten or twelve timbers on each side, or not quite as far as
the miz/.en chains.
Some of the upper planking
on the stern
is also affected with dry rot. The principal cause of the trouble seems to be the
entire absence of salt in the stern frame.
These defects will be remedied, anil the
vessel put in thorough sea-going order.
It was fortunate for her, in her weal:
ened condition, that she had pleasant
weather throughout the voyage, and met
with no heavy gales. Captain Turner in
his report sums up the work of the voyage
as follows: Number of stations stopped at,
|0: number of islands visited, 23; number
of miles sailed and steamed, 13,846; number of miles of boating, 745. The engineer reports fifty-five days and five hours
of steaming during the voyage.
By
the Morning Star, returned Miss
.ydia E. Hemingway of the Mission at
Lusaie on account of a failure of health.
t is hoped that after a season of rest and
recruiting she may be enabled to return
again to her work.
The house for the Girls' Boarding
School at Kusaie, the material for which
was sent down by the Morning Star, was
successfully erected, and the school at
once put in operation.
FROM MISSIONARY
EXPERIENCE.
We cull a few extracts from the journal
letters of the missionaries in Micronesia
which will be of general interest.
The following are from the journal of
Rev. R W. L igan, who is stationed at
Ruk. Under date of June 5, 18S6, he
writes:
"Hall's Islands are a small group of
con! islands thirty or forty miles north of
Ruk The people speak the Ruk language and have been reputed veiy fierce.
Some years since, they massacred the
whole crew of a wrecked vessel who escaped to those islands in a boat. A boy
from there, some years ago was taken to
the Ladrone Islands. From there he,
after a while, got to Ponape, where he
learned to read, and was a quiet, inoffensive man, He went with Mr. Sturgei to
Honolulu to take care of him on the voyage:. There he shipped as as itlor on the
Morning Star. Just before the Star sailed
for Honolulu in Mate!, Tom, as he is
called, had liberty ashore. On the north
side of U 'la be found hi; mother and
brother, who had come from their home
in search of food. The pressure upon
Tom was too strong and the Star hatl to
sail without him. We heard nothing of
him for about two months, when he came
to us wanl
et boOkS. He said he
did not want to run away from the Star,
but finding his mother was too much for
him. He had been up to his former home
and said he had been talking to the people, and they were willing to accept
Christianity. We encouraged him to do
what he can. This week he came back
for more books, saying that the young
people in numbers want to learn to read.
He has also been to two other islets and
talked to the people, some of whom were
willing to accept Christianity, others not.
We gave him more boiks, and t ,ld him
we would try to have the Morning Star
visit those islands. We feel so glad that
the way is opening for the Gospel there."
And under date of January 17, 10S7,
EXTRACTS
a-;
follows:
"The sequel to the story of Tom, the
sailor who ran away from the Morning
Star, is a very sad one. Captain Narrhun
sent his schooner to Hall's Islands in command of one Sundberg, a Swedish American. When the schooner came back she
brought two women, whom Sindberg said
he hatl brought to save them from Tom,
who was trying to conquer the whole
group, and was waging a cruel warfare.
Captain Narrhun suspected something
wrong, and asked me to go down and talk
to the women. I found out that the women, who were mother and daughter, were
very much frightened. Sundberg wanted
to marry the young woman (he is 65 years
old), but as it appeared that they were
taken by force we gave the.n into the care
of some of their friends who are living
about here. Sundberg told a terrible
story about Tom's fightings and cruelties.
Later we found out that he himself had
helped Tom in an attack on Murila, one
of those islands. He had armed some of
Tom's follrwers from the schooner, and
himself assisted with a breech loading and
a repeating rifle. There were two native
boys on the schooner. Sundberg threatened to kill them if they should tell, and
made them swear that they would not.
"Captain Narrhun promised to protect
the boys, and with much trembling they
told the whole terrible story. It is difficult
to imagine a sufficient motive to lead the
old man into such tiendisriness.
Captain Narrhun at once discharged
Sundberg. The story has been quite fully
corroborated by the women, and by natives
of those islands, who have since come to
Ruk. Torn hatl previously conquered
Faranu, another of the Hall's Islands, at
the expense of two lives, wl ile with the
white man's weapons and help at Murila
probably twenty were kilted. Tom lived
on the island of Nomnin, and hunger
seems to have joined with the l< ye of
power, and d.-rsire of gain to lead Tom and
the Noranin people into these nets. We
have since heard that the people on all
four of those islands have acknowledged
Tom's authority, and thus there is peace,
Of course, there is an end to our hoi.es of
Tom's introducing any light into those
islands. The natives there and here are
mixed up in clan relationship, and several
canoe loads went over to git revenge for
slaughtered friends, but there was nothing
hut insignificant skirmishing. There has
been some fighting in the west part of the
grOUp lately, several deaths, and affairs
still unsettled. Captain Narrhun has been
several times in danger, and in many parts
of Ruk life is still not safe. There have
been many white men killed at Ruk and
neighboring islands in the past, and never
any punishment, hence the people say,
should we fear punishment ?" We
" Whyno
have
fear for ourselves, but a little
punishment for murder would be a good
thing."
"
KAWAIAHAO CHURCH.
During the first quarter of the year both
Church and Sunday School have made
satisfactory progress. The attendance upon
divine service has been rather better than
during the latter part of 1886 and the interest greater. The marked feature of
Church work has been the Temperance
cause under the stimulus given by Mr.
Booth's lectures.
The Sundayschool has been fuller than
for a number ofyears, there being a marked
increase in the number of boys. The average total has risen to about 330. The
weakest spot is the lack of intelligent
christian teachers.
The last Sunday in the quarter was devoted to the Quarterly Exhibition of the
eight or nine schools dependent on the
central school at the Church. The attendance from the schools was about 550; the
audience about 800. The exercises were
marked by vigorous singing and intelligent
exposition in the main of the lesson of the
past quarter. For both Church and School
the outlook for the present quarter is good.
THE FRIEND.
42
Y. M. €. A.
THEHONOLULU,
H. I.
successful work in the United States was tion among the Hawaiians, who seem to
been here, but owing to sickness have also been stirred up by Mr. Booth
to have
in his family was obliged to disappoint us.
'The work of Mr. Booth being of a more
special character will, we presume, be referred to by the Temperance Committee.
S. /). Fuller,
Editor. In turning over the work now to others
we hope that God's blessing may be upon
ANNUAL MEETING.
that which has been done, and that it may
The regular monthly business meeting be even more abundantly upon that which
F. J. Lowrf.y,
in April is also the Annual meeting for the shall follow.
Chairman,
election of officers. This meeting was
held April 15th, when the following 1 fficeri
TEMPERANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
were elected:
Lowrky—President
F. J.
T. R. Walker—Vice-President
The Gospel Temperance meetings which
R. \v. Podmork—Recording Secretary. were started some four years ago have
o. Smith, i
w.
been held in the Fort Street mission room
~.
I (~.. I IIKUM, )> Directors.
at Fowler's yard from April until February
The meeting adjourned to niett on the last, when it was deemed by the Com28th for tne annual social, when the Pres- mittee for several reasons advisable to give
ident would deliver his address and reports them up altogether.
of the work would he read.
Every Saturday evening but one up to
The adjourned meeting met in the As- February the work has been carried on,
sociation Hall on April 22d; Mr. W. A. forty meetings having been held with an
Bowen, the retiring President, in the chair. average attendance of 18. The largest
After singing hymn, No. 250, prayer number at any meeting was 29, the smallwas offered by Rev. W. B. Oleson and the est number 9. 'This does not include the
business of the evening was taken up in children living in the yard, of whom there
the following order:
were present at every meeting from 10 to
COMMITTEE ON DEVOTIONAL 12, many of whom were familiar with
most of the tunes sung and were of conWORK.
siderable assistance in the singing. The
When this Committee assumed direction meetings have been led by sixteen differof the devotional work of the society, it ent persons, most of whom were members
found in good condition a Sunday after- of this association.
noon meeting, and in very poor aondition
Practical subjects have been introduced
a weekly noon-day meeting. The latter it at all the meetings, and the object has
was decided to discontinue, while the been to encourage those who needed assisformer should be carried on, and held at tance who have forsaken their cups, as
the same time and place as before. This well as to induce others to forsake their
meeting we can say has been successful. evil ways.
On only one Sunday afternoon during
Miss Dower was most faithful in playing
the year has it been omitted, and then on the organ up to the time the meetings
account of a temperance meeting held by were given up.
Mr. Booth a few hours previous to the
'These meetings have not been altotime of holding ours.
gether fruitless, as the children were un'The record of the fifty-two meetings doubtedly benefitted by them, besides they
shows a total attendance of twenty-fouj have been very helpful to some, and some
hundred and sixty-one, the number on have been reclaimed by them, and yet
different evenings varying from nineteen to there were good reasons why they should
eighty-two, with an average of forty-seven ; be discontinued. 'The location was not a
and in regard to this we would note that desirable or.c, being off the main street,
for the first half of the year, the average and in wet weather difficult of access.
was forty-three, the same as for the whole 'The Committee were constantly on the
year preceding, while the last half shows lookout for a suitable place, but were unan average of fifty-three, sn that while the able to secure one.
total attendance for the year exceeded that
'The work of Mr. Booth in January and
of the year before, the last six months February last was most successful, and he
show the meeting to be materially gaining succeeded in reaching a large number of
in number.
the class we tried in vain to reach. So
The selecting of subjects and announc- when the "Blue Ribbon League" was
ing the same previous to the meeting, we started in February last, it was wisely dethink, has given them a wider range and cided to give up the Fowler's Yard meethelped some to take part who otherwise ings and assist the new organization which
would not have done so.
has since held its meetings in this hall
Noonday meetings were held each day, Saturday evenings.
Sunday excepted, of the week devoted to
These meetings are of a different charprayer for the Y. M. C. A. work, with a acter from the gospel meetings, but apsmall attendance, principally members of pear to have been fully successful up to
the Association.
the present time.
Arrangements were made for the work
Good work seems to have been done in
of an Evangelist in the city, and Mr. the temperance line at the
Queen Emma
Munhall who had been doing a large and Hall under the auspices of This associaThis page is devoted to the interests ol the Honolulu
Young Men's Christian Association, and the Hoard of
Directors are responsible forju content*.
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during his visit to Honolulu.
'The year just closed has been a successful one for the cause of Temperance in
this city, and progress has been made in
the work. Some of our churches have
been alive to the subject and have labored
faithfully and well; the W. C. T. U. has
rendered good service and done much to
create a sentiment in favor of tern' erance
in our community, and the labors of Mr
Booth have been greatly blessed not only
to the foreigners but to the natives.
We are soon to lose our most active
temperance worker, Rev. J. A. Cruzan. I
do not hesitate to say, without fear of contradiction, that Mr. Cruzan has done more
for the cause of temperance during his six
years' residence in this city than any other
individual, and it will be difficult, if not
impossible, to find one to take his place.
While the past year has been one of
progress we should not lose sight of the
fact that we are far behind the people in
the United States on this subject, and a
great work is yet to be done here before a
good public sentiment is brought about in
favor of temperance in these islands.
According to yesterday's Advertiser 4S
per cent, of the revenues of this kingdom
received through the Custom House was
obtained from duties on spirituous liquors.
'This is not a satisfactory showing and
should stimulate us to labor and pray for
the total abolition of this great evil from
these fair islands.
May this Association plan wisely and
well for the year to come.
P, C. TONES, Chairman.
REPORT OF THE READING ROOM
COMMITTEE.
There have been few changes made in
the list of periodicals on file in the Reading Room. 'Through J. H. Soper & Co.,
news dealers, we have reserved twenty periodicals at a cost of $ 107.25 •
five weekly newspapers, (S. F. Bulletin.
Alia California, N. Y. 'Tribune, N. Y. Herald, N. Y. Staats Zcitung;) five illus
trated, (London News, Graphic, Christian
Weekly, Harper's, Frank Leslie's German
edition:) live religious, (Evangelist, Standard, Advocate, Christian at Work;) five
monthlies, (Harper's, Century, Atlantic,
Chamber's Journal, Magazine of Ait.)
'Through some misunderstanding the two
Colonial newspapers ordered by vote of
the Association have come regularly, but
without any bill from the news dealers who
have supplied them. 'The Committee
have only recently ascertained these facts,
and as soon as the amount of the bill is
known will advise payment of the same to
the proper parties. Tor the coming year,
the " Youth's Companion," for which we
have been hitherto indebted to Mr. E. A.
Jones, will be ordered from the publishers
as it is in such demand that the fresh copyis needed for the constant use made of
this popular paper. Two additional temperance publications will be added to the
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list on file, "The Voice "and the "National Temperance Advocate."
Our two local religious monthlies, 'I'm:
Friend and "Anglican Church Chronicle," are furnished to the Association free
of charge. We are indebted also to the
publishers of "The Daily Bulletin" and
"The Daily Morning Herald," for free
copies of these local newspapers; and to
"'The Gazette," (weekly) for which on'y
half rates are charged.
We are indebted to the kindness of
friends for several publications, as follows:
"High Peak Advertiser," "Manchester
City News" and "Home News," from
Mr. T. R. Walker; "Nation," from Judge
Judd; "Advance "and "Christian Herald,"
"from P. C. Jones; Union Signal," lrom
Mrs. J. M. Whitney; "Christian Commonwealth," from Mr. Stuthwick; "Signs of
the Times," from the International Tract
Society; Y. M. ('. A. "Watchman" and
Pacific," by exchange. 'There are other
periodicals which might be sent in such as
the "Congregationalist" and the "Missionary Herald," by those who tlo not care
to preserve files of these publications.
Theie have been given away from time
to time for use on other islands, for the
prison, the hospital, and for ships, the periodicals removed from the tables, and
other old papers and magi/.ines, also, sent
to the rooms for distribution.
The number in attendance in the Reading Room has been larger this year than
ever before. Hawaiian boys who have
been taught to read English, have begun
to read the periodicals kept on our tables.
'The Committee regret to add that
never before have so many (tapers been
taken from the rooms; yet so slyly has this
been done, that no clue has yet been
found to the person er persons who have
been guilty of such breach of confidence.
Dr. C. M. Hyde, Chairman.
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(For 'Treasurer's Report sec page 40.)
GENERAL SECRETARY'S REPORT.
Mr. President and Fellow Workers:—In two days it will be eighteen years
since a small but noble band of young
men met in Olympic Hall on Nuuanu
street, and organised this Association.
Most of that little company are still with
us, but they have ceased to be young men.
'They are now heads of families, and
in the business life of
this Kingdom. 'They are still identified
with the Association and generously contribute time and money to further its work,
but the working force of this Association
should be made up largely of the young
men of today. Some of our resident
young men have gone, others have come;
by the exchange we have not always been
the gainers. Still there are among us a
large number of young men who ought to
be vitally connected with this institution,
making it the doorway to an active Christian life and a Church home. For this is
the object of all our work.
During the last twelve months as we
have labored along this line we have found
among the leaders
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as it ought to be; but with the present
claims upon our members for work not
under our auspices, it is hard to find men
or time available for enlargement.
The membership of the Association one
year ago was 210, since then fifteen voting
members and thirty-two associate members
have joined, making a total of forty seven
new members for the year; notwithstanding
this apparent gain, the changes in our
population have been so great that with
the few wh I have failed to renew, our present membership is reduced to 196.
There have been eleven business meet
ings of the Association; total attendance
269; average twenty-four.
There have been ten meetings of the
Board of I Mrectors; total attendance fiftytwo; average live.
'The Y. M. C. A. boys have had a prosperous year, and graduated one of their
number into the present Association, at
the March meeting. Mrs. F. J. Lowrey,
the former efficient President, has resigned,
and her place has been taken by Mrs. W.
K. Merritt of Oahu College, under whose
wise and enthusiastic management these
juveniles are sure to flourish.
A branch work in the interest of Hawaiian young men has been undertaken
which promises well. 'The Queen Emma
residence having been rented and put in
thorough order was formerly opened on
Saturday evening, March 12th. 'The exercises of the evening were interesting and
much enthusiasm was manifested by the
large number of natives present Educational classes, a debating society, and a
Gospel Temperance meeting are held
weekly and well attended. 'The reading
rooms are well patronized, especially in
the evenings. 'Two rooms in the same
building have been fitted up for Japaneseyoung men; and they prove a bright center
of attraction to many who gather for instruction, to read, or play games. A gen
erous amount of Japanese reading matter
has been provided by the Consul and
other friends of the work.
One of the most important and helpful
events 01 the year was the visit of Mr. R
T. Booth, the Gospel 'Temperance Fvang
elist, who held a mission of about three
weeks in our city; which began in Fort
tention.
For five months a class of Portuguese Street Church, Sunday evening, January
young men have been instructed in English 23d, and closed in Kaumakapili Church,
Eight
two evenings each week by Professor Tuesday evening, February 15th.
five
evening
meetings,
noon-day
of
the
dc
Freitas.
Manuel Jose
Mr. P. C. Jones has taught a class in meetings, and three popular lectures were
book-keeping every Monday evening given in this hall. Mr. Booth also ad
throughout the year, except during vaca- dressed five meetings in Fort Street Church.
Three hundred and thirteen foreigners
tion and a recent visit to America.
Our religious meetings have been spirit- and three hundred and ninety-sfx natives
ual and helpful. Special meetings were signed the pledge, which was probably
held, during the " Week of Prayer," in about two-thirdsof the whole number who
November for young men. 'The General took the blue ribbon; the balance having
Secretary presented the work of the Inter- signed the pledge at some previous time.
national Committee and a collection of 'The good accomplished cannot be calcu$22.50 was taken for the same. During lated mathematically or expressed by
ten months of the year we have conducted figures; but may be regarded as a strong
a Sunday morning Bible class for young link in the chain that shall one day bind
men in the Association parlor, with an the demen—drink, when he shall be cast
average attendance of eight. 'The scope hence from those sunny shores.
In eh sing 1 desire on behalf of the Asof our religious work is not so far reaching
many encouragements and much for which
to be thankful. To-night we pause for a
little to look backward over the way we
have come, and if may be, to catch fresh
inspiration for the duties before us.
Most of the Committees have been
quite faithful to the work assigned them,
especially the Committees on Devotional
work, 'Temperance, Reading Room and
Finance. Some of the Committees have
not been remarkably successful as a whole,
but a few of the individual members of
each, have done good work.
The Entertainment Committee started
off well at the beginning of the year, but
soon showed signs of weakness caused
mainly by the loss sustained in the removal to London of Mr. T. H. Davies,
the former energetic chairman. This is
an important Committee and we hope for
better things from the new one during the
coming year.
'The Committee on Visitation has made
weekly calls at the hospital, ministering to
the needs of the sick yonng men as opportunity afforded. During a part of the
year the prison has also been visited regularly.
Business depression has made it impossible to find employment for only a small
proportion of the large number of applicants, yet the Committee feel they have
done what they could, and several young
men hold good positions to-day as a result.
During the first of the year our experience with a Welcome Committee was well
calculated to develope some of the strong
Christian graces, especially one. I teparture
from the city deprived us of the few to be
"counted on," and the work of the Committee has since been continued on general
principals with quite as good success, the
Secretary acting as chairman of an unorganized Committee. A goodly number ot
young men have thus been induced to
pass their evenings in conversation, or
over the social games in the parlor. 'The
new game of Crokonole, a present from
Mr. J. B. Atherton, procured in the East,
seems to be the favorite.
A few destitute young men have been
provided with rooms, food and clothing,
and in three instances with medical at-
sociation, and personally as well, to thank
all the friends who have so kindly and
generously contributed time, means, ability and influence to forward our efforts in
the interest of young men; especially those
who have aided the Hawaiian branch enterprise. 'The press of the city deserve
special mention for their uniform kindness
and helpful notices of our work.
Our best service has been consciously
imperfect, but we gratefully remember the
source of our strength in the past, and lock
out into the new year with hope, trusting
in Him who hath said: "I the Lord thy
God will hold thy right hand, saying unto
thee, fear not; I will help thee."
As officers and members let us be careful not to lose our individuality in the
organized body, or shift to it the responsibility that belongs to each personally; and
may God impress upon each worker of
this Association the importance of reaching and saving the individual young man.
S. 1). FULLER, General Secretary.
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
THE WORKING OF THE LEAVEN.
Edward Everett Hale has written a
beautiful story entitled "In His Name."
It places the reader back several hundred
years, when the Church of Rome was so
jealously guarding her every interest, even
to the extent of extreme persecution of
those who thought and acted independently
of her teachings. In short it is an imaginative picture of the Waldenscs, and of
the severities they were obliged to undergo
for conscience sake.
A little girl lies
sick and dying; her physician believes help
can come only from one man; but this
man rests under the special condemnation
of the church, and is among the mountains
at a considerable distance in hiding; a
messenger is secretly dispatched to the
exile, and the story consists chiefly in a
description of this messenger's journey.
His way is peculiarly obstructed by difficulties which he cannot altogether foresee.
At the very outset the guards of Church
and State are on duty, and they must be
passed. 'The messenger is in trouble,
when he, almost unconsciously as it
were, appeals " In His Name" to be permitted to go on. No sooner are the words
"In His Name "used than the guard, "In
His Name" grants the request. Antl all
along the journey, as difficulty after difficulty comes, the quietly expressed "In
His Name" serves as countersign and
help. 'The words are as magic. Friends
of the exile, who are inclined to protect
the secrets of his hilling, and to mislead
all who seem to be from the church, atl
vance the messenger in answer to the
words of wonderful (tower, In His Name.''
Finally the errand isaccomplished and the
little girl's life is laved. And the whole is
to illustrate the working of the leaven,
Christ's love, with its cementing power.
No one of hostile intent could break
through the impenetrable wall of protection, with which the friends of the exile,
for the love of Christ," had surrounded
him. And yet one friendly disposed,
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could for the love of Christ," and In
His Name " reach him.
A second story of interest by Edward
Everett Hale is entitled "'Ten 'Times One
is Ten." A number of people are at a
station awaiting the train. 'They have
been attending the funeral of a man whom
they have all loved in common. They are
unknown to each other, but while waiting,
each recalls and speaks of some special
act of kindness, or some characteristic of
Harry Wadsworth whom they have buried.
Though no pre-arranged agreement, or
organization, is made by these ten, whom
he has influenced for good, still each one
of the number determines to adopt and
put in practice the life principles of their
common friend. It happens that, at the
end of a year, a comparison is made among
them, and it is found that each of the
original ten has influenced ten others to
adopt the same principles. So that now
the number is one hundred. Again, at
the end of a second year, each of the one
hundred has gained ten more. And one
thousand is the number. And so it runs;
on the "Ten 'Times One" principle, as
year after year passes, the number of those
who have adopted the principles of Harry
Wadsworth, becomes ten thousand, one
hundred thousand, ten hundred thousand,
or a milli >n, ten million, &c And the
story is intersperced with incidents—where
strangers are brought together under peculiar circumstances,—perhaps through
some accident of wreck—and in some
mysterious or unexpected manner it is
discovered that each is a Harry Wadsworth
man, whereupon each feels a peculiar
warmth and cordiality toward the other.
The whole is intended to illustrate the
working of the Leaven, Christ's love, together with the unending and ever increasing influence of every person's life.
As a pebble, dropped in a pool of water,
creates circles which hnaliy reach the
banks that enclose it, so every individual's
influence, small as it may seem is limited
only by the confines of Eternity itself. Or
as Carlyle expresses it:
"It is a high and solemn and almost
beautiful thought, to every individual man,
that his earthly influence, which has had a
commencement will ne\er through all ages
(were he the meanest of us) have an end."
The working of the leaven is the quiet
working of ideas. Chri.st, himself, in
warning against the leaven of the Pharisees, explained it as "Beware of their doctrines." These ideal pictures by Edward
Everett Hale, of the "Working of the Leav-
"
"
en of Christ's love," find their verification
to-day in many existing organizations whose
aims and objects are worthy. When we
consider the small beginnings of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Unien,
and then look at the strength of its organization of to-day, and the magnitude of its
operations, how the working of the Leaven
of Christian temperance is circling the
globe, then it is that we are forcibly reminded of the "unending influence" and
"cementing power of Christ's love." " In
His Name" is also their magic touchstone
1887.'
of power. Again when we consider the
Chautauquan movement, commenced only
nine years ago at Chautauqua in Western
New York by Dr. J. H. Vincent, for the
promotion of intelligence and culture
among the masses, and thensee how many
have taken hold of the idea and have improved the advantages offered through it,
it seems but another illustration of the
quiet working of the Leaven. Why? We
are told that " without lofty promises at its
beginning, or ostentation during its progress, it pursued its way and gained such
an increase that its very first class after a
four years course of study graduated with
nearly two thousand members. And that,
at that time, its enrolled students numbered nearly thirty thousand, and were
found not only in every State and Territory of the Union, but in every quarter of
the globe." Dr. Vincent, in the conception and execution of his idea, touches
upon the lives of many, and admirably
illustrates from real life, Edward Everett
Hale's "Ten 'Times One."
Again Robert Raikes in his conception
of the idea of the Sabbath School sends
his influence on unendingly. When we
see the vast proportions to which the Sabbath School has grown, and how it is
bound the world over, by one common
series of " International Lessons," we find
but another illustration of the working of
the Leaven of Christ's love, with its unending and cementing power.
It is but a step to pass from the Sabbath
School to the Church and briefly examine
the working of the Leaven there. As to
the point of increase in numbers, for
Christianity resulting from home, and missionary efforts of the various denominations of the Christian Church, we have the
statement that at the end of one thousand
years there were fifty millions of people
under Christian governments. In A. D.
1500 there were one hundred millions;
doubled in five hundred years. In A. 1).
1800 there were two hundred millions;
doubled in three hundred years. In A. D.
1880 there were four hundred millions;
doubled in eignt years, or more gain in the
last eight years than in the previous
eighteen hundred years." And to-day we
are told by Sir Monier Williams, Professor
of Sanskrit in Oxford University, "that,
Christianity now stands at the head of the
world in the number of its adherents;"
"that the common impression in regard to
the numerical preponderance of Buddhists
in the world is entirely incorrect; and that
the number of Confucianists is greatly
overstated.'' In Burmah we learn that
" Buddhism is in arms against Christianity.
The priests have led their men on the
battle field —a thing unprecedented in
history." 'The Karen Christians regard
God as the Leader of their hosts. In
their prayers they remind Him, that the
conflict was raised against Him by the
priests of Buddhism. They say: "They
(the priests) could not reach up to overthrow your throne in the heavens, and so
they try to hurl you from your church in
Burmah. It is for your own self interest to
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help us, for they hate us only because they
first hated you, our glorious Head." And
on the eve of battle the prayer is continued:
" To-morrow give us cool heads, strong
arms, and steady fingers on our triggers,
and give us a chance to measure with
these idolaters, not our weapons or our
bravery, but their wooden gods against our
glorious Jehovah." 'The writer of this,
In every case the Karens have
says:
shown how a man fights whose heart is
nerved by a perfect trust in the Lord of
hosts." He says: " I have never seen
such quiet assurance of faith in Gi d as
nerves their hearts now. Ten years of
preaching would never build them up in
faith as the wondeiful deliverances God
has wrought for us in these bloody days.
They say ' we now know we have a God
fit to be trusted, and infinitely greater than
we had supposed.'"
Outside of the mere point of numbers,
we give for a moment a glance at the
results of Christianity in other directions.
It is said: "'The miracles of Christ are
the types of what Christianity is doing on
a far larger scale than could be done in
Palestine. 'The kindly feeling, the desire
to hep, the increased skill which springs
up under Christianity, as (lowers and fruits
grow in the sunshine, has made Christ's
works through his pcoplts greater than
those He wrought on earth. 'They are not
miracles, but are better than the power of
miracles, as the prolonged sunshine is
better than the flash of lightning. Blind
asylums have opened many eyes, and
caused people to read and work even
without sight. Hospitals have cured and
cared for multitudes of sick and insane.
We cannot raise the dead to life, but the
average length of life has been greatly increased. In the United States alone the
Philanthropists sum up the results of Christian care for the poor—the orphans, little
"
wanderers, insane, sick, foundlings, cripples, drunken outcasts, children, —as
amounting to at least one hundred an
twenty million dollars ($120,000,000) a
year." Such is the working of the leaven
of Christianity in the churches.
Bit at this Ant.ual Meeting of our Association, it is tptite natural and pro] or to
ask, what about our own department of
Christian work—the "Y. M. C. A?" Howhas the leaven been working with the
Noting Men's Christian Associations in
general, and our own association in particular? It may be interesting and profitable
for us to Study the beginning, progress and
results 'of Association work. And at the
outset I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to Secretary Fuller lor placing in
my hands reports from which 1 have
gathered the following facts; first, observe
the quietness of the beginning: " In the
year 1841, Mr. George Williams, then a
young man of about twenty years of age,
sought and obtained employment in one
of the then great mercantile houses of
London. He found about one hundred
and fifty other young men employed by
the same house. Almost all there spent
their unemployed hours at the " free-and
easies." Young Williams organized a
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prayer meeting in his own bed-room, with
one other Christian clerk. 'There were
several clerks who occupied the same
room. Mr. Williams says, in speaking of
the beginning of this work: "If our
room-mates did not choose to stay during
the time we had our meetings, they retired,
but we made it a great privilege to attend.
We got the room crammed in answer to
prayer. 'The spirit of God came down,
and we saw conversion after conversion.
'The band increased, a Bible class, a mutual
improvement society, was formed, and the
good «'as so great that we naturally said to
ourselves, ' If God has blessed us by these
Simple means, why should He not give
such blessing in other houses in London?'
We wrote to a friend we knew, a Christian,
who came forward, and we consulted with
him about the formation of what has since
become the Voting Men's Christian Association of the present day. In my own
bed-room the first consultation was held.
Associations were soon organized in other
houses and in other cities. It was not
until ten years later, December 9th, 1851,
that the first Association was organized in
America at Montreal. 'Twenty days later,
by direct suggestion from London, and
without the knowledge of the Montreal
Association, an Association was organized
ten other orin Boston." "During
ganizations were effected from which time
the oreanization has grown in numbers,
definiteness of aim, plans of work, and
power among the Christian forces of the
world." until now " a world's convention
is held triennially in Europe." This convention appoints a World's Central International Committee. 'There are in the
neighborhood of two thousand and seven
hundred Associations in the world. And
they are established in twenty-six different
countries. In the United States and the
Dominion of Canada alone, there are
1066 Associations, eight hundred and
ninety-six of which report an aggregate
membership of about 135,000, and a total
net property of $5,040,178. Special effort
is made to reach the (1,600,000) railroad
men of the United States through the Y.
M. C. A. We have Secretary Ingersoll of
the International Committee of America,
Secretary of the railroad department, as authority for the statement that "railroad
corporations in this country (the United
States) are putting into the Evangelical
Church, through the Y. M. C. A., more
than $60,000 a year, with which to do
Christian work, and while that is done
from B purely business stand point, it is
worth to the Church as much as if she gave
every penny of it." And illustrative of the
value of Y. M. C. A. work to railroad
interests, as well as the interests of the
general public, among other incidents he
relates the following: " One day the lightning express on the Pennsylvania road was
coming down the mountain at the rate of
sixty miles an hour, and the train came to
a stop, suddenly and yet quietly. Some
how everybody was surprised. 'There was
no jar, but they knew something was
wrong. They rushed out and were horrified to find that the train had stopped
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within ten feet of the edge of a fearful
chasm. 'The engineer, in blouse and over
alls, was down on his knees uncoupling,
but pretty soon in answer to a question he
looked up and taking off his cap, reverently,
he says:"The Lord stopped this train."
An old engineer who was riding with hira,
says: "No man could have stopped it."
The engineer says: "We had a little
prayer meeting, as we are accustomed to
do, before we started. We asked the
Lord to help us run this tram safely, and
He has done it." Three years before
that, that man spent his leisure time in
the beer saloons of Altoona. When a
committee of the Y. M. C. A. came to
him to ask him if they might have a
cottage meeting at his house, he said
" yes," and then he was sorry that he had
given them permission, and he thought
about it so much that when the night came
he put the light out, took his wife and
went to the theatre, and there was no
meeting. But he was ashamed of it afterwards, and was man enough to go to the
committee and apologize and ask their
pardon. He asked them to come again,
and they came, and the Lord came with
them, and he was led to ask: "What
shall I do to be saved?" and he is the man
that said "the Lord stopped the train."
Thank God, says Mr. Ingersoll, there are
scores and hundreds of such cases in this
God has set the seal of His
country.
approval wonderfully on this work."
It has been truly said of the Y. M. C. A.
that "in its relation to the Church it is
simply and entirely auxiliary. In fact it is
the Church reaching out undenominationally after the unsaved young men." In
some instances the Y. M. C. A. accomplishes what the Church cannot. A recent
report from China from a missionary states
that he has been able to reach the Chinese
of his district, only through the agency of
a Y. M. C. A. which he has established.
From the Tenth Annual Report of the
Atlanta Association, Georgia, we cull the
following opinions, as to the work and
results. As to the work in England, Samuel Morley, Esq., M. P., says: " 'There is
not an organization in England, at the
present time, of greater practical value, or
so full of promise, as the Young Men's
Christian Association." As to the work
in America; the Harpers Weekly says:
"The Young Men's Christian Association
is an institution, the very mention of whose
name should cause the breast of every
American citizen ta thrill with pride and
emotion." Bishop Peck, in the History of
The Great Republic, p. 558, says of the
Young Men's Christian Association: "No
other agency has yet been discovered in
which are combined, to the same extent,
those desirable constituent elements
Catholicity, economy, originality, progressiveness, efficiency, sympathy and vitality."
College President E.R.Hendrix says: "After
considerable observation and reflection, I
have ventured to call the great work of the
Young Men's Christian Association the religious movement of the nineteenth century.
It has already become a vital part of other
institutions, confessedly permanent, as
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colleges and railroads. Its organization is
wonderfully complete, and shows great
adaptability. The hand of God is manifestly at work in such a, way that it cannot
come to naught. The little cloud which I
began closely to observe some sixteen
(now 19) years ago, when there were only
sixty Associations in our land, with less
than 16,000 members, and not a single
building of their own, is slowly overspreading the sky. It has adjusted itself to the
great existing Church as a co-worker without claiming itself to be a church, and has
the confidence of all the leading divines of
all Churches.'' Among some of the results claimed, are the following: "The
Christian Commission with its employed
army of 4,859 missionaries, and distribution of $5,652,753 in cash and stores, and
its untold wealth of cheer and blessing,
had its birth in the Young Men's Christian
Association." "'The Society for the Suppression of Vice, which has originated and
secured stringent legislation in the United
States for the suppression of obscene literature, and laid its hands of power on those
who would pollute our best beloved, had
its birth in the Young Men's Christian
Association." "'The system of International Sunday School lessons, which has
been such a blessing to the present generation, had its birth in the Young Men's
Christian Association." " Mr. D. L.
Moody, who has been in the hands of
God, a greater blessing to the Christian
Church and a sinful world than any other
man of his years living, says that he is
more indebted to the Young Men's Christian Association than any other organization for his training in Christian work."
As we look at the magnitude of the
Young Men's Christian Association of today, and see how it is bound together the
world over by the one common tie, the
love of Christ, it is but another verification
from real life of Edward Everett Hale's
story, "In His Name."
Again as we look at its constantly increasing growth, the end of which is not
discernible to human vision, the principle
involved in Mr. Hale's second story "Ten
Times One" is again proven from real life.
For Mr. Williams, in his original conception of the idea of "Christian Association
for Young Men," is no less to the Y. M.
C. A. in his unending and ever increasing
influence, than Dr. Vincent is to the Chautauquan movement. The courageous action of the young man ol twenty, who,
finding one other willing to help him,
kneels down in a room full of godless
young men, results in fullest realization of
the promise, "Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in
the midst of them." Surely "a little
leaven leaveneth the whole lump."
And now, briefly, for the home ques
tions, what has been the working of the
leaven with ourselves in the past, and what
may we expect for oilr future ?
Our Constitution bears date April 30th,
1869, so that now we are, as an organization, eighteen years of age.
Our beginning was a very quiet one.
[May, 1887.
THE FRIEND
Our founders, only ten in number, did not
make themselves unduly public. So far as
we can find they did not advertize in any
manner our organization in the one religious journal of Honolulu; and, in turn,
The Friend did not even mention the
simple fact of our existence, until over
fourteen months had passed. 'This was
undoubtedly an oversight on the part of
both organization and paper.
In September, in 1870, we secured the
last page of The Friend for our own editing. 'This arrangement continues to-day.
The first editorial stated the aims and objects of our organization as "doing good
to men." 'These aims are the same today. The general plan of work in the
tarlier years of our history was much the
same as it is to day. A reading room was
supported in the Sailors' Home. A Sunday afternoon prayer meeting was conducted. 'The hospitals were visited.
Reading matter was furnished them.
Special work for the Chinese was undertaken, which work was later passed into
the hands of the Hawaiian Board. And
now the Chinese have an Association and
a building of their own, the only Chinese
Association in the world possessing a
building. Out door, or open air preaching services were held upon the wharves.
Our first open air service was held in November, 1870, Rev. Mr. McCully preached
from the text: " Ho every one that thirsteth." About two hundred were present.
By way of entertainment, public lectures
weie held in Buffam's and Olympic Halls.
Regular monthly business meetings took
place then as now, at which the monthly
reports of standing committees were made.
Then, the duty of members to be on hand
at the reading room as a sort of Reception
Committee, was a troublesome question as
it is to-day. 'Then the expenses, were the
expenses of the reading room chiefly, and
amounted to only $300 a year. Now we
need that much a month, making over
$3,000 a year, which fact indicates our
growth, dnd again illustrates, in another
way, the principle of " Ten 'Times One."
As we have learned from our General Secretary's report this evening, we have recently started a branch work among the
native population of our city. 'The large
and beautiful residence of the late Queen
Emma has been obtained for the purpose.
To-day we have a largely increased and a
constantly ir.creasing membership roll.
We possess a beautiful and commodious
house. It is more than a house. It is
home. We have a leader to direct our
efforts. Our prayer meetings are more
largely attended. And finally we have a
recognized and established position in the
city. With such results as these we cannot question our right to an existence.
But what may we expect for our future?
Our leader cannot do everything for us;
neither can our building. Hence the answer forces itself home to our convictions,
we must have more of the leaven of spirituality, if we would have life and success.
It has been pertinently asked of the Y.
M. C. A., "what is your splendid machin-
cry without the throbbing power of God
pulsing through it?" With the Watchman
we say: "The need is of intelligent, consecrated young men. A man is more than
bricks and mortar. An immortal soul,
with all its deathless energies, is more than
real estate. A fully equipped building,
with a large membership, is not a Young
Men's Christian Association; these are but
the utensils, out of which one may be
made. In the building and equipments
we have the facilities of work. In the
membership attracted by them we have
the material out of which to create an
association. But this material must be
organized. 'The mass must be spiritualized. 'The working machinery, of which
every wheel is a living soul, must be carefully wrought out and harmoniously set a
going. 'Then there will be a Christian
Association." There is a great work before this, our own, Association. Not only
the young men of Honolulu of to-day, but
their greater number of the future, must
Society, home, commerce,
be saved.
the Church, duty, and Christ, each and
all, demand it." Are we ready for the
call? 'True, the difficulties are great, but
they are no greater than " those that stand
in the way tit all Christian work; viz., the
mighty power of sin and satan, and the
insufficiency of human strength and wi.s
dam." Surely our difficulties are no more
than met
that handful of men in that
upper chamber; ignorant, crude, unlettered
fishermen that they were, and to whom
it was given to revolutionize the world; to
triumph even against the gates of hell.'
Their work is ours. Their marching orders: ''do preach the Gospel," are also
ours. "We can not reach young men
alone. Our need cries out importunately
unto Gcid. We are not left to gloom and
darkness. Power divine may supplement
human strength. Tis God that gives the
increase. He makes human insufficient)
sufficient." Thus works the leaven.
Wm. A. Bowen.
"
"
The President elect, after a brief address
incitive to faithful work, and the responsibilities of Chairmen, announced the following Committees for the ensuing year i
Devotional WoA—W, A. Bowen, chairman:
E. Bldwell, W. 0. Smith, J. I. McDonald,
Dr. 1. rVf. Whitney, Rev. s. E. Bishop, Hon. A
K. ludil.
temperance—l. C. Jones, chairman; J. A.
Dower, YV. ii. Atwater, G. I'. Castle.
Visitation —E. C. Damon, chairman; <I. C.
Lees, Is. W. Podmore, L. I'. Hanson, A. F.
Cooke, i.l. Thompson.
Welcome-—C. I'. Cattle, chairman; E. o.
White, G. A. Neth, E. A. [ones, 11. Wick man,
C. Crosier, I). Shepherd, I. A. Gontaives, W. S.
Taber, I. A. Magoon, K. \V. Podmore, J. J.
McDonald.
Entertainment—C. M. Cooke, chairman; I'. C.
loncs, \V. W. Hall, W. 11. liaird, T. K. Walker.
K. A. Jones, J. 11. Albert, m.
Employment—A. I'. Cooke, chairman; J. A.
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Kennedy, 1!. F, Dillingham.
Reading Room—T. ft. Thrum, chairman; Rev.
W. C. Merritt, Rev. \Y. li. Oleson.
Finance--J. 1!. Alherton, chairman; P. C.
Jones, C M. Cooke.
Hawaiian Branch—Hon. A. F. Judd, chairman; P. C. Jones. Dr. C. M Hyde, H. Water
house, S. D. Fuller.
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