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THE FRIEND.
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VKAH
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
Ail communications and letters connected with the
literary
department of the paper, Books and Magazines for Review and Exchanges should be addressed "Rev. S, E.
promise, one after another dragged into adds another glory to the lustre of misthis deadly whirlpool of vice, rarely to sionary labors and missionary power in
escape at all, without deep branding or the Pacific.
It more than parallels the
BtSHOI*, Honolulu, H. I."
maiming for life. What can we do yet unique event in these islands forty-five
ButilMM letters should be addressed "T. O. THRUM,
more to save some of them ?
years ago, when a noble regard for misHono'ulu. H 1.
S.
E. BISHOP,
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CONTENTS.
THE PONAPE TROUBLES.
Mich of our space this month is occupied
with the latest intelligence from
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9 Ponape of the happy settlement of their
io
11 troubles, and
with the views of the
12
13 Madrid journals upon the subject.
The
14
15 former good news is almost beyond oust
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cover expectations, knowing as we do the very
cruel and sanguinary character of Spanish dealings in the past, with all opposiMEN.
TO
REACH
YOUNG
HOW
Much has been said in our papers of tion from the natives in their East Indian
late on this question, which appeals to possessions, taking in view also the exthe deepest feelings of every parent and treme insult to the Spanish authority
every Christ-like soul. Everywhere the involved in the destruction of their post
young man with his ardent passions and and the slaughter of the Governor and
leaping impulses, is pulled on every side his associates. It seems almost inby mighty temptations, and the way of credible that such great moderation
Death has more hold upon him than the should have been exercised by Spain as
way of life. In Honolulu, those tempta- to land a force of 600 soldiers, and then
depart without firing a single hostile
tions are often peculiarly degrading.
Of all the means of reaching after and shot. Spain could well afford to be
laying hold of those young men who are, thus merciful to weak and ignorant
more or less, giving way to these entice- tribes, and she will be honored both for
in adoptments, and of winning them to pure and her wisdom and her kindness
this
course.
ing
high living, we know of none so effectuNo doubt it may reasonably be felt that
al as the individual personal friendship
was strongly impelled to prudence
Spain
each
such
of good men and women. Let
moderation
by the powerful influence
and
and
one tnj to gain the lasting regard
We are well advised
the
States.
of
United
man
whose
confidence of some young
feet are straying. We must save men that Mr. Secretary Bayard has strongly
one at a time. It is the individual work asserted the claims and rights of the
American missionaries to be unmolested
that tells the most.
apYou cultivate grain or grass in masses. in their good work. It very clearly
Madrid
articles
from
the
The choice rose or orange trees you pears, however,
must dig about and prune one by one. and from Mr. Doane's own letters that
The more choice and precious the plant, he and his associates have well earned
the more individualizing must be the a very high respect from the Spanish
work. So must precious human souls authorities, and that nothing but their
receive close individual attention and high character and great personal and
spiritual influence could have secured
distinctive personal friendship.
large
are
Christendom
either the peaceable submission of the
In every city in
natives
or the forbearance of the Spanof
them
many
men,
companies of young
iards,
who
and
so have saved the weak and
culture,
and
ability,
possessing
the
rapidly entice into their own ways of terrified, but desperate natives from
was
impending.
vice the majority of the youth who general massacre which
approach manhood year after year. How There cannot be another case on re.desperately sad and bitter to see our cord where Spain forbore to wreak so
beautiful young sons, with all their strongly provoked a vengeance. This
Hew to Reach Yuuv.g Men
(
Ponape Affairs
(,'ueen of Scots
(. hurch Items
Peculiarities of Law Cases in Hawaii
Madrid Views of Ponape Affairs
A M uch Neededand Important Work in Kohala
Selections
Monthly Record <f I-vents, Marine Journal, &c
Hawaiian Board
Y. M.C. A
ReatOfU for Tempera'ice Effort-
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sionary success and the development of
Christian civilization led England to
pull down her flag by the hand of the
good Admiral Thomas, and to restore
the Hawaiian standard—an act of generosity contrary to all her previous traditions.
With our honored Brother Doane, we
would recognize the good hand of theLord
and ascribe the praise to Him, who
answers the prayers of His faithful
servants, and has not left their weak and
suffering flock to be slain, nor His
churches in Ponape to be wasted.
The tercentenary of the execution of
Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1687, has
lately been celebrated. Beautiful, evilju
fated, the most romantic figure of
the sixteenth century, she continues
still to be pitied, to be admired, and
to be detested. But it is impossible
to ignore the more significant question
at issue which overshadowed the personal antagonism of. Elizabeth and
Mary. This was, whether Mary should
become Queen of England —whether
Rome or Protestantism should prevail
in Scotland and England—whether the
Bible or the Inquisition should rule in
the two countries. When Mary's head
fell, all the coming Liberty and Light of
England and America were delivered
with a great deliverance.
CHURCH ITEMS.
Rev. E. P. Baker has resigned the
pastorate of the Hilo Foreign Church,
to take effect in June.
Kaumakapili Church is erecting a new
and powerful organ, which is nearly all
in place.
Rev. James Bicknell, for some time
retired from regular missionary labor, is
about to engage in Evangelistic touring.
Rev. J. Q. Adams, of the Westminster
Presbyterian Church of San Francisco,
is sojourning in Honolulu, seeking rest
and recuperation.
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The Central Union Church has been
actively organizing its various lines of
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The Central Union Church has
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church notices instead of having them
El
from the pulpit,
of Kela to take care of us in
respect to all things as long as we live."
Kela had subsequently conveyed the
premises to the defendant in this suit.
The plaintiff's case was that they had
not received support from the grantee.
The Court held that the terms of the
deed made their support a matter of personal confidence in their son-in-law, and
did not create a conditional estate in the
consent
premises.
Confusion, arising from the loose
cv. E. C. Oggel has accepted a call
method of Hawaiian personal names,
Australia,
Brisbane,
but has been and of holding
property, has given us
pelled to delay proceeding thither some cases which it would be difficult
the illness of the mother of Mrs. to parallel in the Reports, say of MassaOggel in Holland, Michigan. She is chusetts or New York. The case of
suffering with Bright's disease, and near Armstrong vs. Kapohaku and Pau brings
out the story of two men' known by the
her end. Mr. and Mrs. Oggel may pos- brief appellation of
Koa. In 1861, when
sibly pass through Honolulu on the Government was selling kula land to
of the third week in February. natives at one dollar per acre, one Koa
and received a patent for no
The morning congregations at the bought
acres in Kohala. The widow and sister
ntral Union Church have been un- of
the elder Koa (deceased) brought suit
xedentedly large during the past of ejectment against the younger Koa,
month. There has been a large attend- who was in possession of the land.
ance of children and youth. The neces- The evidence showed that Koa the
was a namesake, but no relative
sity for a larger house of worship is younger
of the elder, whose full name was Kabeing seriously felt. The attendance at hooholoniokuokekoa, but who was comSabbath School has risen to 375—a monly known by the brief name of Koa.
overflowing the capacity of the Both of the men had planted on the
land, both had removed to Honolulu,
sement rooms.
and in 1878 both were again living in
where the elder Koa died.
Kohala,
ES
CASES
Planting had ceased on the land, there
IN HAWAII.
being too many horses and cattle runBY JUSTICE L. MCCULLY.
ning in the neighborhood. About this
(Concluded.)
time Koa the younger built a house on
Bills in Equity for the cancellation of the land and occupied it. He had posdeeds, on the ground that aged and session of the original patent. In 1873
ignorant Hawaiians have been deceived he raised money by a mortgage on this
in executing deeds,-are numerous enough land. In 1876 he leased 100 acres for
to be considered a noticeable feature in $400 per annum, and collected the rent
for four years. But the jury in the
our reports.
In Naome and wife vs. Ah Nin, the ejectment case determined that the land
plaintiffs set forth that the husband had been paid for by and patented to
meaning to sell one piece of land, sold the elder Koa. The evidence was full
two. He was an elderly man, and hard and circumstantial on both sides.
I
of healing. It appeared that both pieces think the case must have been gained
were already leased to the defendant, by the stout and inflexible story of the
and one of them was mortgaged. The Rev. E. Bond, who was the Government
plaintiff had urged the sale and lowered agent for the sale of land in Kohala.
the price. The sum agreed to was not This verdict stood. The case in the
grossly inadequate. The two pieces of reports was to determine whether Mrs.
land had been associated in the lease, Armstrong's—the third and only suband the lease was produced to furnish a sisting mortgage—should hold good,
description of the property sold in the although proved to have been made by
deed, which was written there by a syn- a man who did not own the land. The
dicate of native lawyers, with all the mortgage was sustained on the ground
publicity and unreserve of business done that the widow and sister of Koa, having
by natives. The Court ce'd not cancel stood by and seen Koa the younger
the deed. It would not do to permit a exercise the above recited acts of posvacillation of purpose as recorded in so session and ownership, must suffer from
solemn an instrument as a deed.
the opportunity they permitted for the
Akin to the case above named are fraud. [Their easy indulgence of his
those where an infirm, aged Hawaiian fraud suggests improper relations subhas made a conveyance of his estate on sisting between these women and Koa
a supposed condition that he should be the younger, as is too common.—Ed.]
comfortably supported the remainder of This was a notable instance of the
his days by the grantee. In Kekuku vs. pitfalls in the way of a loan agent and
Keliaa, the consideration of the convey- conveyancer dealing with native .titles.
ance was recited as "on account of
Another curious case. Certain premi-
Kamer
tmber
PECULIARITI OFLAW
[February, 1888.
ses in Manoa were held by a man known
for the greater part of his life as Kikipine.
Many persons testified that his real
name was Naihe, son of Kumoa and
Lonohiwa; that, born atWaimea, Hawaii,
he came as a youth to Honolulu, and
acquired the name of Kikipine, or "Sixpins," by employment in a bowling-alley.
On the other side a party of respecta
ble witnesses testify that they knew
Kikipine from his boyhood, and afterward as the owner of the premises in
Manoa; that his father was Kukae (not
Kumoa) and his mother Puu, (not Lonohiwa;) that he was born at Waimanalo,
Oahu; that he came as a youth to
Honolulu, and got his name Kikipine
by setting up pins in a bowling-alley.
Fortunately the court was not compelled
to decide which was the owner.
The foreign reader of this volume
would learn that we are, unfortunately,
a leper country, from the opinion of the
Justices in reply to queries submitted by
the Legislature. The phraseology and
the form of the three questions indicate
the Hawaiian origin of the proponents.
The first question is: Is it a crime to be
afflicted with leprosy that these people
are confined at Kalawao and Kakaako 5
The two following questions are whether
the laws for segregation are not in
violation of the Constitution. The court
answers that these laws are enacted
under what is termed the Police Power
of the State, termed by Dwarris the law
of overruling necessity. Salus popitli
suprcnia lex. If it did not exist in this
Kingdom our population would be liable
to be swept away by any and every contagiftus disease that might come to our
shores, and no measures of quarantine
or restriction could be taken against it.
The legislative inquiries are interesting
as showing the restiveness and suffering
of the Hawaiians under the necessarily
hard provisions of the law, from which
they are the chief sufferers, and indicate
the unfitness of a purely Hawaiian
government to take care of the natives.
[We learn from the President of the
Board of Health that for every individual
leper sent by him to Molokai, he is
subject to the most heart rending appeals
in their behalf from two or more of their
relatives. A wife will beg to take hei
children and live among the lepers with
her husband. From another source we
learn that lepers have recently been
found with permits to go at large, issued
from high quarters for $5 each.—Ed.]
master and servant.
Sundry cases under this caption in the
index show the existence of a system
not permitted in any degree by the
United States, that is, importing persons
under contract to serve and labor for a
term of years. In Rickard vs. Conta,
the question was presented of construing
what was intended by a term of three
years, twenty-six working days to be
counted and paid for as a month. Within
the three years the laborer had failed to
work eichtv-nine days. The emnlover
claimed to be entitled to eighty-nine
days of labor which he would pay for
beyond the expiration of three calendar
years. The court held that the contract
covered only the three calendar years,
and that the terms constituting twentysix days a month only fixed the rate of
wages for the days actually worked
within the three years.
Custom may have familiarized us
with the features of our contract service,
but I think that every planter will agree
that it will be a desirable state of things
when the apparent necessity for importing people under contracts, and of
"shipping" men already in the country
in order to secure a steady and sufficient
supply of labor for our industries will
have passed away. In the eyes of our
American neighbors we maintain a
system of peonage, something not unfrequently thrown out against us, and
not easily answered. [There has long
been an efficient system of inspection
and protection of contract laborers by
the government. No serious acts of
abuse or oppression can well exist. The
stories of such abuse which occasionally
appear in American papers are totally
without foundation.—Ed.]
Two cases offishing rights take us back
to primitive times. The right to fish
out to "chin deep" of a man wading, the
right of a hoaaiua, or tenant, to fish in
the waters of the great Landlord, are
involved in these cases —curious and
important controversies which there is
not time to present here.
With the mention of one anomaly of
justice arising from our statute of appeaß,
I will close this disconnected list of
peculiarities of our life and business
exhibited in the courts.
In Nakanelua vs. Kailianu, the controversy was upon the owenership of a
pig. The defendant had slaughtered him,
and claimed that it was his own white
and black hog. Two courts had found
that the hog was the plaintiff's and that
he was worth $25. But no cases are
fought more tenaciously by Hawaiians
than those involving the ownership of a
pig or a horse. The genealogy .of the
animal is shown by a crowd of witnesses
on each side, and only the court of last
resort can settle the case. In the third
trial it was found by a jury very competent to discuss the merits of a hog case,
that he belonged to the plaintiff, but
was worth only $20. Now our lawprovides that when on appeal the previous judgment is reduced as much as
one-fifth, the costs are thrown upon the
party recovering only four-fifths, the
appellant being justified by this reduction in his favor. So the plaintiff who
recovered $20 was compelled to pay the
costs of the three trials, nearly §50.
But the court could not help him.
Don't despise the dull children. Love
and pet them. A positive dummer may
be very useful in a family, and is generally more comfortable to live with than
a genius.
THE FRIEND.
MADRID VIEWS OF PONAPE
AFFAIRS.
The Rev. William H. Gulick, of San
Sebastian, Spain, has translated selections from the leading Madrid journals,
giving information and comments upon
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machine, as well as how to aim the
rifle!"
All the correspondents speak of Mr.
Doane in terms of warmest praise. One
writes: "Mr. Doane, the protestant pastor, was thoroughly friendly to the
Spaniards, and from the day that they
the subject of the late proceedings of the established themselves on the island his
Spanish authorities in Ponape. We are conduct could not have been more corpermitted to print the following extracts rect, deferential and worthy in all restherefrom. Some ofthese have already- pects than it was."
appeared in U. S. religious papers.
All the correspondents agree that the
The captain of the Spanish transport natives felt very deeply the outrage comManila reported to the Colonial Minis- mitted on their friend and spiritual father.
ter regarding the island of Ponape:
"They went with him to the beach, as
"The American Mission established he was carried away a prisoner, and
here for some thirty years, whose direc- bade him good-bye with sobs and tears.
tor is Mr. Doane, has brought the They committed no violence, however,
natives up to a state of civilization.
The schools, more than twenty in number, furnished in the American style,
bring together on Sundays almost the
entire population of the island, and also
on other days a very considerable pfrt
of it. The missionaries exercise great
influence over the natives."
Of the Governor who deported Mr.
Doane, it is said by one correspondent,
"While in Manila Senor Posadillo (may
God receive him to glory) gave proofs
that he was a gentleman of excellent
parts, but also that he was given to infantile manias, to ideas not in harmony
with common sense, and to certain extravagances of thought that made everybody feel that he was the last one that
should have been appointed to so difficult and delicate a mission."
The staunch Roman Catholic and
monarchical hnparcial of Madrid says
bitterly: "And this governor was accompanied by a set of Capuchin friarsmost admirable clod-hoppers of the
Aragon hills, entirely in their element
higgling over the scant produce of their
sterile fields—who, on reaching Manila,
forgot their spiritual mission, even
neglecting the opportunity that offered
to get some notions of the language of
the people to whom they were sent.
This is the way—these are the means
by which Spain inaugurates her government in the territory, the taking possession of which had shaken all Europe."
Padre LJavanera, provincial of Capuchin friars and member of the expedition, gave out in Manila that their
"mission was to deprotestantist the
Ponapeans, who were ruined (perdidos)
by the doctrines of the Protestant mis-
sionaries."
Nothing so injured the Spanish authority as the determination to do everything that the Capuchin friars demanded, "and the putting the whole
power of the government at the service
of that religious intolerance that has
ever been so harmful in its consequences
to Spain."
the venerable prisoner himself and the
other American missionary, Mr. Rand,
urging them to do nothing."
While the warship San Qucntin was
bearing Mr. Doane away to Manila,
matters on the island were rapidly going from bad to worse. Let the Spanish
correspondents of El Dia and El
influential Catholic and
Resumen,
monarchical papers of Madrid, tell the
story—nothing in it will then be set
down to Protestant malice. I (W. H.
G.) combine and condense the two narratives.
" The Governor, Sr. Posadillo, was
pushing forward work, not only on the
roads but on the Government palace,
and all by forced labor. He made the
people come from all parts of the island,
necessitating in some cases long and
fatiguing journeys. Though blows and
abuse were plenty, he gave them no
pay, nor even any food, although these
poor Indians gather their food only from
day to day, and do not have stores of
provisions from which to draw in time
of need.
" It is said that the Governor was
fond of a good table, and as cultivation
is backward and rich viands are scarce,
he laid all parts of the island under contribution for his supplies. And though
he ordered that the natives should be
paid for what they brought, the one
charged with this duty, it is said, kept
the money for himself.
It is also said that persons of the
Spanish colony, not considering sufficient the maidens that had been provided for them, did not respect either
the married women nor the young girls.
It is equally said that in the name of the
Governor, women were demanded even
from the families of the tribal kings, but
that they were not given up without
protest on the part of these, and of the
missionary (Mr. Rand), who explained
to the authorities that this was contrary
to the customs that had been taught the
natives.
" Matters were thus on the second of
July, when the natives did not come to
work as usual. An interpreter was sent
to inquire why. The reply was given
that it was a ' feast day' of theirs. The
"
The governor began by ordering "that
the Protestant books should be seized
whenever found in the hands of the
natives—natives who knew how to read
and write, and how to run the sewing Governor, on hearing this, allowed him-
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be carried away with rage, and
squad of twenty-seven soldiers,
with express orders to bring the Indians
by force if they would not come voluntarily. The message was given, and
the chiefs replied that that was one of
their most important feast days, and
that if they could be excused for that
day they would go to work on the following day as usual. The officer replied
self to
sent a
that he would not return without carrying out his orders. The chiefs of Enote
and Kiti answered: 'If the governor is
governor, we are the kings on this
island, and to-day we will not work.'
Upon this the officer ordered the troops
to fire. The Carolines replied with a
volley from their Winchester rifles, and
in a short time only one of the soldiers
remained. Some say that some of the
soldiers went over to the natives. It is
positively known that only one returned
to give the alarm to the garrison.
" The Governor immediately prepared
for the defense. He at once sent the
women, the papers of the colony, and
the treasure off to the storeship, the
Dona Maria dc Molina. One of the
women was the wife of the captain of
the ship. No attack was made on them,
though the Indians could easily have
cut them off had they chosen to do so.
The Capuchin padres also took flight in
this boat with the women. The official
place of the ship's doctor was on board,
but, knowing that wounded men needed
his help, he hastened ashore, and was
killed with others.
" The captain of the ship sent the
launch ashore manned by thirteen men,
with a cannon. But, to a man, that
forlorn hope fell before the accurate fire
of the natives, and they captured both
boat and cannon.
"On the fourth day of the conflict,
the sth of July, at 2 o'clock in the morning, Sr. Posadillo, seeing that further
resistance was useless, made the attempt
to reach the ship with his few remaining
men. The darkness favored, but the
high tide was against them. They wer«
obliged to wade in the water a considerable distance before they could reach
the boat that was waiting for them,
whereas, at low tide, they could have
run easily down to a short distance
from where the ship lay at anchor.
"The Carolinos, wide awake, saw the
manoeuvre, and attacked the Spaniards,
who were all killed. Posadillo defended
himself bravely, but fell pierced by four
balls. With his blood he atoned for the
faults that he may have committed.
"The killed are reported as: The
Governor, a naval officer, the ship's
doctor, and fifteen marines; two infantry officers, two lieutenants, three
sergeants, and forty soldiers—sixty-five
in all."
With the death of the Governor hostilities ceased. Every soul ofthe Spanish
colony was crowded upon the storeship,
and there she lay for days within a
stone's throw of the land, unmolested
by the natives.
The foreigners on
shore—English and American—communicated freely with the ship. The
sad news is given that the captain's
wife, overcome by the excitement, became a raving maniac.
Mr. Doane and his companions on
the San Quentin had no suspicion of
the tragedy until they made the harbor,
and noticed the Spanish flag was flying
The second
only on the storeship.
officer of the San Quentin was appointed
Governor ad interim. He immediately
issued a call to the islanders for their
help in the arrest of two or three suspected " beach combers," and particularly of a half-breed Portuguese who
had acted as one of the interpreters for
the Governor, and was said to be at the
bottom of much of the trouble, having
systematically deceived Sr. Posadillo
regarding orders given in his name to
file natives. He was taken to Manila.
All true lovers of justice will now
wait in much suspense the development
of events. National pride and excited
feelings will naturally call for violent
measures with those poor Carolinos,
who surely have been more sinned
against than sinning. One voice already
cries : "As regards those Indians, it is
highly necessary and politic that they
should be made to see with what swiftness Spain conquers and punishes those
who rise up against her authority."
The Liberal, one of the ablest and
largest papers, liberal but frankly Roman
Catholic, says:
"We do not understand why the government gives such unconditional support to the reverend Capuchin friars,
who are continually causing conflicts in
our colonies. It cannot be said that
they really extend the knowledge of the
love of Christ in those distant countries
unknown to the Spaniards."
"To the people of Ponape, Mr. Doane
is their priest, their bishop, their pastor,
their great saint (santon), their all.
Without him they do nothing important, nor do they resolve anything without his advice.
"Besides this, the Protestants pursue
a very different system of propaganda
from that of the Capuchins. They win
hearts by kind treatment, by true love,
open and frank persuasion, convincing
of what is useful and necessary for man
are their chief forces. They do not appeal to the lash, but to reason; they do
not persuade by force, but by sound
sense; they do not stimulate by brutal
punishments, but by good example; they
do not threaten'tortures and torments,
but they console with love and tenderness. The result is, they are loved, revered —better than revered, respected.
"On the other hand, the Capuchin
fathers, relying on official help, try to
impose themselves by force, and what
they reap is bitterness and hate. This
intolerant system was pursued by the
unfortunate Posadillo, urged to it by the
friars, and probably advised by the
"
[Februay, 1888.
Governor-General Terreros to follow the
same—and with the results that we now
lament.
Wm. H. Gulick.
"Avenda dc la Libertad,4o San Sebas
tian, Spain, November 8, 1887."
The above extracts are of much value,
not as being of especial accuracy as to
fact, nor sound in opinion, but as disclosing to us how the events are understood in Spain to have taken place, and
what views are current in Spain as to
those events. We deprecate especially
a hasty judgment as to the conduct of
the poor Capuchin friars, about whose
intentions and operations we really
know very little. Most of the true history of Ponape affairs is yet to be made
known. We do know that Sr. Posadillo
made ruinous work with the Protestant
schools and churches, and that in some
cases force was employed in converting
individuals, notably a Protestant paitoi
formerly a Spanish subject from Guam.
A MUCH NEEDED AND IMPORTANT
K
IWNORK OHALA.
readers
of
The
Friend are inThe
terested in every good word and work
relating to the coming kingdom of Christ
in these islands. They will, therefore,
be glad to learn something about a
much needed and important work among
and for the Chinese children of the
Kohala district.
There are between thirty and forty
families represented in the Kaiopihi
Church. A large proportion of them
'.ive in the vicinity of Makapala. There
are about fifty children growing up in
these Christian families. There are also
several heathen families in the district
with more or less children.
Mr. Aseu, so well known to many of
the readers of The Friend, has long
cherished the idea of starting a dayschool for the study of the Chinese language and Chinese Christian literature
among these children, and hence when
the new church building was completed
at Makapala he gladly united in the
movement to start a day school for the
Chinese in the building. A Christian
young man, who had been trained in
the Basle Mission at Hongkong, was
found well qualified and willing to teach
the school for $240 per annum, or $20
per month; his name is Shu Ten Yong.
Some of the leaders in the enterprise
thought that a lady teacher should be
employed for the girls, and that the
boys and girls should be taught separ
ately in the school. Mrs. Aseu offered
to teach the girls'department for $120
per annum, or $10 per month.
A public meeting was accordingly
called early in September last to consider and discuss this question of start
ing a school; it was well attended.
Rev. A. Ostrom, of the Kohala foreign
church, presided. The meeting was
already in possession of the knowledge
that it would cost over $360 per year to
run such a school as they desired. Mr.
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for whom he worked, to be released from
SELECTIONS.
Frank W. Damon, the efficient manager
a
certain agreement, so that he could go
of the Chinese work of the Hawaiian
of
An ounce of mother is worth a ton
South.
islands,
had
encouraged clergy.
Board in these
"What do you want to go South for,
them to hope for help in the enterprise;
If you doubt that God is beseeching Uncle Davy- ?"
which
could
they
this
was
all
on
and
you, look at the cross.
"'Cos I'se called to a church down
rely. As they talked over the matter
dar."
ask
what
you
to
are
free
to
begun
grow;
their
enthusiasm
You
perfectly
together
to a church ?"
$130 per year was soon subscribed. will, but do not choose what you will, or " Called
I be de" Yissah. I dunno wedder
Accordingly, trustees were elected to you will be sorry later.
aw dc vesture
sextant,
aw
dc
pasture,
and
collect
the
subscriptions,
secure and
There is blessed peace in looking for man; but I'se sumfin."
to manage the school. These trustees nothing but our daily task and our porare Mr. Aseu, Mr. Kong Hyouk Siong, tion of Christ's cross between this day
I cannot remember that either she or
and Rev. A. Ostrom. Mr. Ten Yong and the appointed - time when we shall my father (Judge Lyman, of Northampand Mrs. Aseu were chosen as teachers, fall asleep in Him.
ton,) ever enjoined fine manners on the
and it was resolved to open the school
at the same time the Government schools
were opened.
Accordingly, the school started on the
last with nineteen
19th of September
pupils—6 girls and 13 boys—and has
been in operation three months. Mr.
Clayton Ostrom and Sadie Ostrom, son
and daughter of the pastor of the Kohala
foreign church, generously offered to
give instruction in English every afternoon without charge, and their offer was
gladly accepted by the trustees, and
thus English has been taught without
increasing the expense.
A public examination and exhibition
was held in the Kaiopihi Church on
Christmas Eve, December 24. The
church was well filled, although the
evening was very stormy. The exercises
were almost entirely in Chinese; they
consisted of prayer and an address by
the preacher, Mr. Kong Yet Yin, and a
catachetical exercise, conducted by a
class in which one member of the class
would ask a question, and the whole
class would answer in concert, bringing
out the history of the advent and incarnation. These exercises were interspersed with singing by the school,
some of which was in English, and were
concluded with an address by the pastor
of the Kohala foreign church.
It is the object of the trustees to make
this school a Christian institution, free
to all Chinese in the district, so that
none may be excluded for lack of means.
They have, therefore, adopted the voluntary principle for securing means for the
support of the school. Christian parents
acting on this principle are found to give
liberally for such a cause, and their
heathen neighbors are not slow to imitate their example. But there are not a
sufficient number of such to make the
school self-supporting. For the quarter
just closed, the parents of the children
paid into the treasury $33, the Hawaiian
Board $30, and the Treasurer secured
from friends in Kohala the remaining
$27. If any of the readers of The
Friend wish to lend a helping hand in
this good work they can communicate
with the Treasurer of the Board of
Trustees, Rev. Alvin Ostrom, Kohala,
"It is my sincere belief," says Sir
Richard Burton, "that if the slave trade
were revived, and Africa could get rid of
powder and rum, Africa would be the
gainer."
Crantner'l pliant will, bowing under
every blast of the tyrant, but always
rising to its end, saved the better cause'
for better days, which an inflexible Knox
would have ruined.
Christ is not concluded in Luther,
for He was not concluded in Paul. But
the main body of the waters of life will
be conveyed over the world in the channel dug by the Saxon monk.
The nineteenth century belief may be
false, or it may be vague and shadowy
and indistinct; but whatever its defects
they cannot be cured by requiring either
the'laity or the ministers to submit to a
sixteenth century creed.
Rev. James Johnson, native pastor at
■Lagos, West Africa, says:"The slave
trade has been to Africa a great evil, but
these evils of the rum trade are far
worse. I would rather my countrymen
were in slavery and being worked hard
and kept away from the drink than that
the drink should be let loose upon them."
The alleged intolerance of the Massachusettes Colony has given rise to much
sincere regret, and to no small amount
of not very intelligent declamation. But
things may be proper, and even requisite in an infant settlement, midway between a family and a state, which are
needless, as well as unjust in a mature
community.
Why is it that perhaps a hundred in
all hanged for witchcraft m New England weigh heavier than a hundred
thousand burned in Germany for the
same cause in the same century ? It is
the world's testimony to the superior
Christianity of New England, against
which such barbarism was the weightier
sin.
Schleirmacher said: "Catholicism
makes the relation of the believer to
Christ depend upon his relation-to the
church. Protestantism makes the relation of the believer to the church depend
his relation to Christ." Says Dale,
upon
Hawaii, H. I.
of Birmingham: "The direct access of
the soul to God is the ultimate principle
Sorrow and the saints are not married of Protestantism."
so,
Heaven
will
together; but were it
A colored man applied to a gentleman
mike a divorce.
many young people they educated, or
even talked about them. With them it
was always the principle to work from
within outwards, and not the reverse.
They believed that if one could make a
child perfectly truthful, disinterested and
considerate towards all God's creatures,
fine manners would be the inevitable
and unconscious result.
Herbert Spencer has been counted the
Prince ofAgnostics. Yet, by John Fiske,
his greatest disciple and expositor, we
are taught solemnly to confess that
"Beyond the veil of sense is the might:
est, the most august, the most certain
of all realities. It is the power of which
man and the world are products; it is the
ultimate cause from which Humanity
has proceeded. It is a Being with whom
in the deepest sense, the human soul
owns kinship.
The infinite and eternal
Power that is manifested in every pulsa
tion of the Universe is none other than
the living God."
The strange fact has long been known
that the lines of fall and spring migration of birds between Africa and Europe
cross the Mediterranean where it is
widest. This has been explained bygeological investigations. Where these
lines of bird travel occur, there were
once chains of islands which long ago
slowly subsided and sank beneath the
sea. But where the birds crossed in
old times, there they cross to-day. The
memory of the birds of to-day is older
than the formation of Southern Europe.
Of all modern reformatory tendencies
in the methods of education none is
more significant than that which establishes a new method of classical study.
Instead of spending the best and most
impressible years of a student's life in
mere grammatical drill, in the dry and
empty process of learning all the possible forms and rules which grammarians
have elaborated for the exhibition of
their own subtlety and the pulverizing
of the brains of their pupils, some modern scholars have awakened to the
discovery that language is something
more than grammar—the learning of
which Dc Quincey calls the dry-rot of
the human mind" that thought is
something more than the raiment in
which it is clothed, and that a youth's
education consisteth not in the abundance of the rules and formulas which he
possesseth.—H. M. Goodwin.
— "
[Februay, 1888.
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MONTHLY
CURRENT
19—Haw brig Hazard, Holland, for Roratonga
the Colonies; her passengers for this Jan 22—Am
S S Maiiposa. Hayward, far the Colonies
Am tern W S Howne, I'.luhm, for San Francisco
port are all placed in quarantine, and
brigantite
W (i Irwin McCulloch, for San
24—Am
mails, freight, etc., fumigated.
Krancisco
—Bark
C.
D.
Newt
Year's
ist,
brigantine
Jan.
23rd —Resignation of Marshal J. L. 25—Am cisco S G Wilder, Rug?, for San FranBryant sailed for San Francisco. —In- Kaulukou.
28—Am bktne Planter, Perrinian, fi.r San Francisco
ternational Postal Money Order Con31—Am bWne S N Castle, Hubbard, for San Francisco
—Appointment of Hons. S. B.
24th
Am tern Eva, Armstrong, for San Francisco
vention between Norway and the Dole, A. S. Hartwell and His Ex. C.
Netherlands and Hawaii opened.
W. Ashford as a Commission to rePASSENGEKS.
2nd—New Year's holiday; Reception port upon the laws relating to the JudiAKBIVALS.
at the Palace from u a.m. to p.m.— ciary.
From San Francisco, per Australia, Jan to—Mrs. A I
Fifth Semi-Annual Target Practice of 27th—Joint entertainment at the Y. Rabbit,
Mrs I W Kohertson, H X Hitchcock and family,
Mrs F Hilder, Miss A Homer, C H Atherton and wife, A
the Rifle Association at their Range.
M. C. A. Hall to and by the men of H. Waldstein
and daughter, W R Watson, wife and maid.
and
local
talent.
Mi's Mirrlees, Com J Macdonough, Miss M A Titcomb,
3rd—Constitutionality of the Act of B. M. S. Caroline
Mrs F J Cutterand family, J S Ccrn, W B Cahrane, Miss
28th
Mission Children's Society- C 1 Carter and 8 others.
November 26, 1887, reducing the number of Judges to three argued before meet at the residence of Rev. E. G. From the Colonies, per Zealand!:., Jan 14—F Hairison,
Mrs A Webster and child, and 2 sttcrage, with 37 cabin
Judges Judd, McCully and Preston and Beckwith. Attorney-General Ashford and
58 steerage in transit.
submitted.
petitions the Supreme Court for a writ From San Francisco, per W G Irwin, Jan 17—Rev J o
mandamus to compel R. H. Baker, Adams and wire, W Goodale, F M Stump, C F Overbaugh.
4th—Chief Justice Judd renders a of
From San Francisco, per Planter, Jan 19—Mrs Captain
Governor
of Maui, to deliver all property, Uabccck,
MissH HMlebranJ.
decision declaring the above Act unconhis
in
etc.,
as
Governor
to
possession
From San Francisco, per Mariposa, Jan 21— Mrs H M
stitutional, Associate Justices McCully
Whitney, A M Sutherland, I>r McGregor and wife, Mrs S
the Sheriff'of the island.
and Preston concurring.
T Alexander, R More and wife, A McGregor, J PetrorT, J
quarantine
—The
restriction
on
N S Williams, E M Morgan and family, S W Wilcox and
30th
wife, A L Bryan and wife, J H Toler, X Kopke. Mis C S
5th—Custom House tables for the passengers
per Mariposa removed, and Ripley,
A Homer, C A Peacock and family, E W Toms.
past quarter and also for the past yeaV a large party of them leave for the W C Dart,
R N Rollins and wife. Mrs A A S Pierce and
sen, G Honney, C E Blair, P Percival and wife, L Foster,
published, shows a decrease in the ex- Volcano.
Fowler, R X HaJstead. W S Morgan, W M Merriott, F
J
ports of sugar, molasses, wool and hides,
Paiton, J Conway, H Weik, P BcaMO, Chans; L-.i nr<!
31st—Departure of the King for Ha- LI) Young.
but an increase in rice, paddy, bananas
waii per W. G. Hall. —Barkentine S. N.
DEI'ARTIKR?.
and tallow.
For San FtanciaCO, par W H Dimond, Jan 7—W Wilier,
Castle and tern Eva sail for San FranL Ni'son, L l.eyer. Mrs Ftistcorn and 2 children, F. Robin,
6th—Thomas G. Thrum appointed cisco.
A Maire, J Frank and N Caster.
Registrar of Conveyances.
For San Francisco, fer Ceylon, Jan 10 —A G Ellis, X
What a fearful swarm of cranks the Bahling, C Bchltng, Master F Bahling, Miss A Bahling, X
of barkentine \V. H.
Uehling, I- lidding and H Widtndorf.
7th—Departure
second century of Christianity brought For San FvanciacOj par Australia, Jan —Mrs Vander"
Dimottd for San Francisco.
17
and son, Miss E A Amis, Rev I- Back, Mrs Hyman,
8th—§50,000 fire at Hilo wipes out forth. Great religious activity and high burg
2 children and nurse, H W Hvnian, M Davis, S I) Ive>.
exaltations
are
attended
spiritual
always
Comm Macdonough, A Haas, T I.illic, M E Bailey, A X
the old Pitman store.
with evil mental fermentations in the Smith, Miss F Wmier, Mrs Marcham, H F (.lade and
10th—Arrival of Australia from San same
Luut Elliott, S Cross, MrsT S Douglass, Miss A
communities, and so huge crops family,
(vara, j H Thompson, F Gertz, M Phillips, G Debueh, P
Francisco.
and wife, Mrs T Smith, M 1' I,ope/
of cranks are generated. It was at the C'orbett, S Clementson
and family, M Loureira and wife, M Padieco and family,
1 ith—Departure of U. S. S. Mohican very period and in the same districts dc Souza and wife, Ade C sta and family, J Prchico andJ
Mrs C Renter and 5 children, A ISrown, M G
for Samoa.
where the gloriously fruitful revivals family,
Barto, F Johnson, Major Hill and family, H Week*, R S
Williams, J CM Una, M Lung, Kirn Lung, T M dc Rar.lo12th—Complimentary concert to Sir attendant on Finney's preaching pre- and
family, J Brensaaakey and (am. y, C W Obt-rhol-er, F
William Wiseman, Bart., Captain of vailed, that the misbegotten sects of dc Costa
and family, T Kruger, H Kruger, G J Freitas, \V
Wagoner,
T H Kennedy, J H Stewart, Ih. mas
H. B. M. S. Caroline, at the Hawaii- Oneida Noyes and Joseph Smith arose. Lunday, FWG Crone,
Eaton, H Twiedel, W lilont. J M Evans, I
an Hotel.
When spring and wave the green crops, Keylerand family, T Bohtn
and family, J T White and
A Wickmann
wife. J Kylamler, E Y Hook, A Rinehardt,
then hatch out the army worms. The and
—Arrival
bark
Miv
of
British
Niemann
Youiftf,
family,
and family, J Burke, J
V
L
13th
family, A V SarangO and family, E T Kenake,
from London.—Custody of the books of Devil is forever setting up some carica- Frietasaiul
M E Arien, F Eggerking, and wife, H Eggerking ami
the Government Library assigned to the ture of religion to entrap unstable souls. family, F Muller and family, | Mr.ssakichi, W F Clemens,
I. Wagner, M;ss J Palmyra, M Palmyra, G Holtler nnd
Honolulu Library Association.
wife, M W Lowell.
For the Co'onies, per Martposa, Jan m—E Here, C F
14th—Arrival of Zealand:a en route
S mmonis, W Farringsr, G Grant, >> Carr, E Dttval,
for San Francisco. —First Diffusion
PORT OF HONOLULU.
t '!ii:ieMj and 57 other* 1:1 transit.
For San Francisco, p* r W S Bowne, fan ?? —Hon Chas
plant for sugar manufacture arrives to
Wall. I, HtHebrand, Mrs Hilk brand, II Dumpfer and
Col. Z. S. Spaulding for the Makee
wife. Mr-, Braidwood and 6 children.
Sugar Co., Kealia, Kauai.
ban Francisco, per W G Irwin, \tn sa—E W Vogel,
t. \\ I'-i' r, Rh Eg, -i day* from Curt H For
Offenhefroer, X B Watson, J H Rankin, J 0 Shyrcx k.
X «i!
Australia,
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17th Departure of the Australia for
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San Francisco with a large passenger
X' San Francisco, per S N Castle, Jan 31—Mrs Saveri,.
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A Severin,
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list.—Arrival of brigantine ll'. G. Irwin
14—Haw s s Zealandia, Van Oterendurp, 17 days W Xi hson, wi c ..ml child.
from Sy n*y
from San Francisco.
bgtne W G Irwin, McCulh eh, 1■
days
if—Am fromrSai
BIRTHS.
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York,
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Kong
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I.;—Am 1ktne Planter, Pernman, tyyi days ifom San
cases of small pox on board. After
Francisco
MARRIAGES.
20
—Am bktna S N Castle, Hubbaru, 1= 'lays fr- ra San
some correspondence with the Board
Francis. 0
COTTREI L—PETERSON—In this city, Dae.
of Health, the vessel proceeds on her
si—Am >> s Mariposa, Hayward, I % days from San
Rev.
Geo. Wallace, Wm. L. Cottrell to Henrieit;
by tli'Francisco
T., eldt-st daughter uf Mr. and Mrs. 1. B. Petersen,
voyage to San Francisco, without land;i;-Am tern Fva, Armstrong, 30 days from Eureka
—, from a whaling C Disc VIVAS-MARQUES-In this city, Dec. 31, 18S7, by the
24—Am bark Josephine,
ing cargo or passengers for this port.
jo-Am i ktne George C Perkins, Nordberg, 32 days
Hi-shop of Olba, Mr. J. M. Vivas to Maria Marque^.
Concert at the
from Port 'lownsend
19th—Complimentary
STKGEMANN— WEBER- In this city, Jan. 17, iS£3, by
the Rev. E. G. Heckwith, Victor Stegemann to
Hotel to Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Watson
DEPARTURES.
Vuloria Weber.
and Miss Mirrlees. Arrival of the Dec 31 U S S Juniata, Davis, for ChinaFianciscu
WHITE—SPRING-111 this ciiy, Jan. 17, 1888, by Rev.
1—Park C D Bryan!, Lee, for San
barkentine Planter from San Francisco. Jan s—Bktne
Ella, Hansen, for Sin Francisco
M. Sylvester, Mr. C M. White, of Kapaa, Kauai, to
Miss Esther A. Spring, of Honolulu.
7—Bktne W H Dimond, Drew, for San Fran
20th—Arrival of barkentine S. A'.
10—Bark Ojlon, Calhoun,for San Francisco
Day,
Francisco.
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for
Samoa
Mohican,
Castle from San
11—U S
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for San Era* oisca
14—Am ba*k Caibanen, Perkins,
tine established against vessels arriving
Haw S S Zealandia, Van Ottrtndorp, fee San HORN At St. Andrew's Friory, Jan. 11, 1888, of henKrrhage of the lungs, Cosy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, F.
Francisco
from the Coast under eighteen days.
17—Haw S S Australia, Houdletf, for San Francisco Horn, aged 16 years, 3 months.
16— Ger bark Friederich, KorfT, for San Francbco
21st—Arrival of the steamer Marithis city, Jan. 28, 1888, Wm. Turner, a
19—Am baik Forest tjueen, Winding, for San Fran- TURNER—In
posa from San Francisco en route for
osvtrve of England, aged about 60 years.
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THE FRIEND.
HAWAIIAH BOARD.
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HONOLULU H.
This page is devoted to theinterests of the Hawaiian
Board of Missions, and the Editor, appointed by the
Board is responsible for its contents.
A. O. Forbes,
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LETTERS FROM PONAPE.
[Fran Rev. K. T. Doane, via Mania.]
Ponape, Nov. 13, 18S7.
O.
FoRBBS.
Rev. A.
Dear Brother :—I must hastily drop
you a line as to ourselves, our work, our
island, the great war force that is upon
us.
Up to my arrival from Manila,
September ist, you have all the facts.
On the Bth of September the steam
transport returned to Manila with the
sad news of the killing of the Governor
Seiior Posadillo, with some twenty other
Spaniards. The vessel sailed, all filled
with much feeling against our people,
determined to revenge the said death.
On October 31st, the said vessel returned, accompanied by two other transports, all bringing some 600 troops.
In the meantime, the temporary Governor, Don Juan dc la Concha, had issued
his proclamation and ultimatum. The
main points
The two rebellious kings, as they were called, were to
present themselves, humbly begging for
mercy; all property looted at the emeute
July ist, 2nd, 3rd, etc.; all guns then
taken, all runaway soldiers then with the
natives to be returned by a certain date.
If not, he should open fire on the island.
We worked hard day and night, going
here, there, everywhere, in sunshine and
drenching rains, trying to lead the
people to surrender up all. The chiefs
came up to time, certain property was
restored, also some dozen runaway soldiers. But he could not get all; some
common natives refused, some delayed;
the time was up, the guns were shotted
and fired. But, I am happy to say, no
one was killed, no property injured.
Thirty shells were fired ; there was then
a cessation till the arrival of the aforesaid vessels. The natives had been
warned of their coming, the large force
to be brought, the utter inutility of their
arms—they would be slaughtered without mercy. But they were unyielding
they had once been deceived; they
feared to put confidence in fhe new authorities, so they held out. But by much
prayer—all the churches were asked to
make this a subject of prayer —and by
much visiting the chiefs, and much
preaching, talking, persuading, on the
day of the expiration of the ultimatum,
November seventh, I think, we secured
the meeting of four of the kings.
That brought light; then a day of grace
was added; the fifth was led to give
in his allegiance. Another day of grace
was given; we secured three men accused of killing the Governor. Since
then some guns and all the runaway
soldiers have been secured, with some
were:
—
other things; and now peace reigns—
no war, no devastating homes, shooting
natives. The soldiers and officers, I
hear, are not a little disappointed; they
want war—we, peace. The Lord has
given us our desires; to Him be all the
praise ; we feel all the time like being a
walking Methodist, shouting Amen!
Hallelujah! Lavs Deo! I have much
to make me feel the peace is permanent.
Then the Governor has permitted all
schools to be opened—all preaching to
be carried on—all the freedom we need
in our work. Ma}' it always be so. He
is a kind man. I have time for this
short, hast}' note. I shall write by the
Yours truly,
Star.
E. T. Doane.
Captain Garland, of the Morning Star,
writes from Ponape via Manila under
date of November 18th:
"The missionaries thought it best for
the Star to come to Ponape before doing
the Marshall Island work, as perhaps
she would be needed. We reached here
to-day, seven days from Kusaie. We
find things quiet. The troubles with
the natives are settled, we hope. The
new Governor is liked by all, and our
hopes are beginning to rise. When I
was here in August it looked rather dark
for Ponape.
We had a good voyage through the
Gilbert Islands, and used up 71 days
over it. I think this is the calmest
season I have seen in Micronesia.
Everything is working well thus far,
and the missionaries are all in usual
h%alth."
Rev. T. E. Rand writes, November
18th, per U. S. S. Essex, via Yokohama:
"All is settled, and the Governor promises us religious liberty and freedom
to pursue our work everywhere in the
Carolines. We, as a mission, shall ask
for the Star to go to Yap next year."
Mr. Doane writes to Dr. Hyde that
the mission premises were employed as
neutral ground—as a place for conference between the Spanish authorities
and the natives.
Out of what workshops come there
any such moral forces to-day as come
out of these Churches of Christ among
us ? Blot these churches out of existence to-day; rrtake every pulpit dumb;
silence every prayer-meeting; lock every
sanctuary door; abolish every family
altar; and where would you generate
the forces that can stay intemperance,
lewdness, superstition, anarchy, and vermicular and political corruption.
Eighty-five years ago the Directors
of the East India Company placed on
solemn record: "The sending of Christian missionaries into our Eastern possessions is the maddest, most expensive,
most unwarranted project that was ever
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proposed by a lunatic enthusiast." A
few months since, Sir Rivers Thompson,
Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, said:
missionaries
" In myjudgment,realChristian
have done more
and lasting good to
the people of India than all other agen
cies combined."
It is now clear that there is no evil
thing among us that the drink habit does
not exaggerate, and no good thing that
it does not antagonize. The saloon
which fosters the drink habit is a stand
ing menace to our civilization.
The saloon business is itself a sort of
anarchy. It does not respect laws; it
cares only for money; it breaks even
law of God or man that interferes with
its evil gains. The one right thing to
do with a rattlesnake is to kill him.
The liquor men say "Prohibition does
not prohibit." This means two things:
First, they intend to break the law as
jiuch and as often as they can. Second,
that the people, after enacting prohibitory laws, neglect to enforce them. All
this is not an argument against prohibition. It is an argument against a business that hates and defies law.
It is the transforming power of a regnant, personal, indwelling Christ which
must make the unity of the Church of
Christ. "One in Christ Jesus." We
have tried to make our Church one in
hierarchy and priesthood ; we have tried
to make it one by repressing here and
exscinding there those who disagreed
with central authorities, so becoming
ourselves the biggest schismatics or exscinders of all. It has never succeeded.
And then we have tried to hit upon a
common creed ; we have thought if we
could only get our creed small enough
and short enough, then we could all be
one in doctrine and creed; but men continue to differ. No ! The united Church
of Christ cannot be wrought by a hierarchy, nor by a creed ; it is to be wrought
by Life. When we begin to speak of
orders and creeds, we divide; but when
we come into the realm of heart-experience in Christ we are one in personal
experience—one in Christ Jesus. Paul
puts the order of unity thus: "One
Lord, one faith, one baptism."
In C. W. King's "The Gnostics and
their Remains," we find set in order the
ideas of the ancient Gnostics, "not with
a view so much to their so-called philoso-
phy as to their ancient remains. Here
we see Abraxas gods, Gnostic gorgons,
Isis and Horus, Agathodaemous, and
Abraxaster sigils, two-tailed serpents,
ass-headed typhous, grasshoppers, tortoises, and baboons, triune heads and
triangles, and all the other nonsense and
gibberish which the craziest brains have
cut on cones and disks and scaraboids,
and called them Christian art. Here is
richness and wisdom for Boston Buddhists quite out-plummeting the deepest
sinker of Madame Blavatsky's Mahatma
theosophy.
[February, 1888.
THE FRIEND.
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T. M. C. A.
THEHONOLULU,
H.
I.
ThU page is devoted to fhe interests ot tie Hoiinlulu
Vouns Men's Christian Association, and the Hoard of
Directors are responsible for its contents.
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S. D. Fuller,
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BRIEFS.
The Y. M. C. A. boys were pleased
to have their old friend, Mr. T. H.
Davies, present to conduct their meetings for the last two months. The next
meeting will be on Thursday, February
2d, at 2:30 p. m. A full attendance is
required.
We have gathered the nucleus for an
interesting young men's Bible class.
Accessions will be cordially welcomed,
if from among the many young men not
connected with some Sunday school, Y.
M. C. A. parlor, 9:45 every Sabbath
morning. Come.
Through the kindness of Mr. T. H.
Davies, British Vice-Consul, and the
many friends who cheerfully lent their
aid, a most delightful entertainment was
given to the crew of H. B. M. S. Caroline en Friday evening, January 27th.
The hall was well filled, admission being
by ticket, to prevent a crowd. The first
part of the programme was given by
members and friends of the Association.
The second part was by the crew of the
Caroline, except the first recitation,
which was admirably rendered by the
Captain, Sir William Wiseman. The
entertainment was a grand success
closing, as usual, with a bountiful supply of ice cream and cake.
The Blue Ribbon Entertainment continues to attract a goodly gathering
every Saturday evening. While the
number of new names added to the roll
is not so large as we wish it was, yet it is
encouraging to see some who having tried
and fallen, have tried again and are now
standing manfully by this pledge. Oh!
that all who pledge to man would add
the seal of personal consecration to
Christ.
Mr. T. H. Davies, assisted by his
nephew, C. F. Jackson, have held six
very interesting services, for children, in
our hall on Sunday afternoons. Another
will be held next Sunday at 3 p. m.,
conducted by Mr. Jackson.
TOPICS.
MONTHLY MEETING.
The monthly meeting was held on
Thursday evening, January 16th, President Lowrey in the chair. The usual
reports were presented showing progress
in the work. The larger part of the
evening was spent in hearing reports
from the branch work at Queen Emma
Hall, and discussing the ways and
means for carrying forward the important lines of Christian ejfort already
started among the Hawaiians and Japanese at that place. Needed funds were
generously pledged on the spot, and
support assured so long as the present
good results could be realized. Since
that evening some liberal contributions
have been received from those not connected with our Association but who
believe in the work that is being done.
The treasurer, Mr. E. O. White, will be
glad to receive the substantial endorsement of any others.
TEMPERANCE WORK IN HAMAKUA.
11.
Dec. 6th. —President Judd came from
Waimea, and spoke in the church at
Kukuihaele in the evening to a good
audience. On the eighth of December
he was at Paauhau speaking to many
people. There was an abundance of
ferns and flowers tastefully arranged by
the natives. Thirty-two signed the
pledge. A generous Christmas gift was
collected for Miss Green. After the exercises a bountiful feast was provided at
the residence of R. A. Lyman. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Lyman are'active workers
in the temperance cause. Mr. Lyman
has sang many times at meetings, with
Mr. Goodell. Music has been a great
feature of the temperance work.
Dec, nth.—Some twelve or more rode
out to Kapolena Church and held a Blue
Ribbon meeting. Remarks were made
in English and Hawaiian, after which
fourteen signed the pledge. The little
organ was carried over on a horse's
back and, with its aid, the singing by
the League was inspiring.
Dec. /<?///.-—A Blue Ribbon at Kukuihaele Church. Several signed, and a
Christmas gift for Miss Green was collected.
Dec. 2jth. —Found me speaking in the
native church at Paauhau, assisted by
Mr. Lyman, and by his organ in. the
musical part of the service. Here also
in the hall a greater interest is felt in church
Gospel Praise Service
every Sunday evening at 6:30. Good
singing, brief talks, everybody welcome.
The topics for the month are as follows:
February 5th —Joyful Service Required. Ps. 100; Phil. 4:4.
February 12th—Grinding in the Prison
House. Judges 17, 15:21.
February 19th—How the Christian
Race may be run Successfully. Cor. 9,
matters.
Det. fftt.—
The Blue Ribbons of this
town held a meeting, and remarks were
made by Judge Miau, William Horner,
J. K. Kaunamano, Mr. Kaaekuahiwi
and others, interspersed with music.
Six signed the pledge. All then retired
to a feast prepared by the members of
the League. At the table, a hymn was
sang, "Guide and bless us," followed
24:27. Heb. 12, 1:2.
February 26th—Who are the Heroes? by prayer. The natives had tastefully
Prov. 16, 32. Rev. 7, 13:17.
trimmed the room with ferns and
flowers, while streamers of blue ribbon
depended from nearly every point.
Several mottos in red, blue and green
were on the walls. Thus pleasantly
closed the Old Year in Kukuihaele.
A Blue Ribbon and a feast was also
held at Kaala January 2, 1888.
Jan. r, ISBS.—The first Sabbath of
the year opened with a large attendance
at church, and the largest in several
years. There was tenderness of feeling
shown when all arose and sang "What
a friend we have," &c. Then, as with
bowed heads all repeated those words so
solemn when reverently spoken by a
Hawaiian, "E ko Hiakou Makua iloko 0
ka laui," we seemed nearer Heaven
than earth. The attendance at the Y.
M. C. A. was also large—the greatest
since its organization. Here the reserve of men was broken, and amid
tears and sobs promises were made of a
better life in the coming days.
The friends of Temperance were
greatly cheered in December by knowing that the Blue Ribbon had conquered
the "father of the liquor law." He has
signed the pledge and now wears the
Blue Ribbon. God grant him strength
to ketp his vow. Prayers will go up
that he may be truly faithful.
"With our Hlue Ribbon we're marching,
Singing as we onward go:
In the strength of Heaven we're trusting.
And will conquer every foe.''
The man who was arrestee! and lined
appealed, and-his case was tried again
at Waimea. There, through a combination of his friends (presumably opposed to Temperance) and influences too
mysterious to be written about here, he
was acquitted. This result has caused
a wide-spread feeling of indignation.
On January ist, for the first time in
six weeks, drunkenness was seen on the
street and noise heard at night. For all
that, times are greatly changed for the
better in this town. Men and women
are seldom seen intoxicated.
The
Japanese and Portuguese are falling
into line, and "Temperance goes marching on." We are having peaceful days,
and peaceful nights, too. The religious
interest is well sustained, and the natives
seem to enjoy the changed state of feeling among themselves.
Although Paauhau is without a
pastor, there seems to be a growing interest among the church people. R. A.
Lyman and wife are active workers, and
are, with Mr. and Mrs. Homer at Kukaiau, strong friends of the Temperance
•
movement.
Other meetings are to be held in the
Thus the
work goes on, and always to the advantage of lives and property of men. We
do not want the old times back again.
The better times—the "good time coming"—is already casting its mantle of
blessing upon us. May the grace of
God ever lead on the work of Temperance to glorious victory.
Isaac Goodell.
Kukuihaele, Hawaii, Jan. 10, 1888.
district—one at Waipio.
THE FRIEND.
REASONS FOR TEMPERANCE
EFFORTS.
(Extracts from Discourse of Rtv. E. G. Ueckwith, D.D.,
Sunday, January 8, i838.)
First: Because the evil which it seeks
to hinder is so gigantic. Men show
what stuff they are made of by the
causes which they espouse. Little souls
occupy themselves with little things,
and stay small for want of room to grow
in. In China they grow forest-trees in
flower-pots ; cedars and oaks and elms,
complete in form, and venerable with
age, but dwarfed to the compass of a
painted potter's vase. There are men
who grow just like that. They get their
lives rooted into such little things, and
through all their years keep pruning
themselves down to this flower-pot narrowness.
Now a man has no right to do that,
with such chances for growth as God
has given us, and such need for growth
as God has put upon us. It is a guilty
perversion of gifts if we do not aim at
the completest possession of manhood,
as God gives us a chance of manhood.
It is a wicked waste of energies if we do
not bless the world with the best work
we can do in it. And so it is the great
interests into which we ought to let our
lives grow.
Now this work of Temperance Reform
is such an interest. It is vast; it is
exigent. There is no other that transcends it, either in the imminence of the
peril it seeks to avert, or in the bitterness of the woe it wants to assuage, or
in the guilt of the sin it hopes to hinder,
or in the reach of the ruin it is trying
to stay.
It is humane work; it is sacred work
to be done for Christ and humanity.
There is no nobler cause to work in
under the whole circuit of the sun—none
that will bring us into a closer sympathy
with men, or into a truer fellowship with
God. And I counsel you, my people—
every one of you—to have some good
share in it, and to have it now.
This virtue of temperance will not be
in disrepute always. It will be seen to
be very beautiful by-and-by. The want
of it will be seen to be a vice to be
abhorred. That gigantic wrong will have
the intelligence and the moral sense, and
the consuming scorn of the people
against it by-and-by. But I pray you
do not wait to be swept in by this
rising tide of public sentiment. Come
in now, for now it needs you, as it will
not need you then. Come in as men
quick to discern duty, and loyal to the
right when it costs something to be
loyal.
BOOK NOTICES.
while we strive about the ways and
means. So let there be no strife. It
"Tributes
of Hawaiiau Verse. Sedoes not matter so much about the
cond
Series.
Published by Thomas G.
way if only it will save men.
Thrum,
Honolulu,
1887." A graceful
I think often of the sailor passenger
William Hoys, at the wreck of the little collection of seventeen pieces, by
steamer Atlantic among the Nova Scotia eleven different writers, and with local*
rocks, how he lay down upon the rock, coloring.
Hawaii's broad mountain
whose top he had gained by the hardest domes and far blue seas ought to be instruggle, and seized his fellow-voyagers spiring. Here is a scarlet fancy of
as the wild waves flung them up, some Stoddard's:
by their upraised arms, some by their
Sun in the west, he
" Sorrowful
garments, some by their streaming hair,
Is bleeding to death in the wave,
and when his chilled and tired hands
Staining and tinting with crimson
would no longer hold them, threw himself further over the slippery edge and
caught them with his teeth, and drew
them up "that perilous way to the safety
above." More than a hundred men he
so drew out of the wild waters, not
according to any very proper and perfected plan of rescuing shipwrecked men.
It was not a time to stand very stoutly
upon the proprieties. It was a time to
lay hold of men and lift them out in any
way they could.
And with two hundred thousand men
dying of the drink every year, let us not
wait till we are quite sure that we have
got just the most perfect appliances.
Let us get hold of them somehow, all of
us. They are sinking too fast and too
fatally. Any way that will save men.
Still further, it is the country's wealth
we are trying to save. The cost of this
curse of the drink is a sum too vast to be
comprehended. There is no other such
gigantic waste of wealth. We mourn
over our languishing industries, and
wonder why the wheels of our toil and
traffic must so long turn so slow. It is
for the want of these millions upon
millions of annually wasted wealth to
set them agoing.
There is no other
cause that has half so much to do with
it. How can our industries speed on
swiftly when weighed down with such a
vast and wasteful burden of vice and
crime. That monster steamship the
Great Eastern has been getting to be a
very slow sailer of late. With all the
power of her ponderous engines, they
have scarcely been able to drive her
with any decent speed. And why ?
Because she is burdened and befouled
with barnacles. Six inches thick they
found them, all over her huge hulk
below the water-line. Three hundred
tons of them she has had to drag with
her through the waters.
Now that is what ails society. It is
barnacled with vice and crime so foul
and so heavy that our utmost moral force
can scarcely drive it forward. We must
have the barnacles off, or we shall go
slowing down into a more fatal stagnation. And it is your money and mine
that is being wasted. It is your burdens
and mine that are being made heavier.
It is your industry and mine that is
being deranged and hindered. Poorer
every one of us is for this wicked waste.
Then let us all get hold and help fling
And let us not stand too stoutly upon
It is our
the order of our coming.
brother-men who need saving. Two
hundred thousand go scourged to the
grave every year by the demon of drink, off the burdens.
The corals that fashion his grave."
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Hawaiian • Dictionary,
for
use
of Hawaiian-English
prepared
the
" All English
Schools, by H. R. Hitchcock. Bancroft
& Co., San Francisco, 1887." This
book has been wanted for a long time.
Mr. Hitchcock has done his work faith-
fully and well. The Board of Education, at whose expense it is published,
are also to be praised. Sixteen thousand
English words receive brief, compact
definitions in Hawaiian. More than
three thousand English
synonyms
further aid the Hawaiian pupil. There
are several valuable tables. A full
chronological table of Hawaiian history
is appended.
Not only to Hawaiian
learners of English, but especially to
those learning to speak and write Hawaiian, will this Dictionary be indis
pensable. The volume is small and
neat, the ideal of a handy manual. The
typography is excellent. We are assured
by competent authority that the errata
are very few. The demand for this desirable book must be very large, both
from Hawaiians and whites. We congratulate Mr. Hitchcock on his excellent
New Year's present to Hawaii.
Vestiges of the Molten Globe. Part
11. The Earth's Surface Features and
Volcanic Phenomena. By Wm. Lowthian Green. Gazette Publishing Company, Honolulu, 1887; pp. X., 337."
Mr. Green's long-promised book merits
an enthusiastic welcome. As stated in
our August issue, the Theory of his
Part I. has found a wide adoption in
Europe. A leading feature of Part 11.,
which will be of the deepest interest to
residents of this group, is the thorough
and effective discussion of Hawaiian
volcanoes, about which no one can hereafter claim to be well-informed who has
not studied this book, as well as the
forthcoming one of Professor Dana.
Mr." Green's Theory of the Cause of the
Distribution of Volcanoes on the lines
pointed out by Guyot is a profound and
impressive one, and, we hope, will make
its way as successfully as his theory
of "Tetrahedral Collapse" has done.
Many portions of this book are truly
fascinating. We propose in our March
issue to attempt some analysis of its
contents, for which we lack space in the
present number.
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L. FEBRUARY, 1888.
Number
2..
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Volume 46.
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VKAH
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
Ail communications and letters connected with the
literary
department of the paper, Books and Magazines for Review and Exchanges should be addressed "Rev. S, E.
promise, one after another dragged into adds another glory to the lustre of misthis deadly whirlpool of vice, rarely to sionary labors and missionary power in
escape at all, without deep branding or the Pacific.
It more than parallels the
BtSHOI*, Honolulu, H. I."
maiming for life. What can we do yet unique event in these islands forty-five
ButilMM letters should be addressed "T. O. THRUM,
more to save some of them ?
years ago, when a noble regard for misHono'ulu. H 1.
S.
E. BISHOP,
Editor.
CONTENTS.
THE PONAPE TROUBLES.
Mich of our space this month is occupied
with the latest intelligence from
9
_.
9 Ponape of the happy settlement of their
io
11 troubles, and
with the views of the
12
13 Madrid journals upon the subject.
The
14
15 former good news is almost beyond oust
16
cover expectations, knowing as we do the very
cruel and sanguinary character of Spanish dealings in the past, with all opposiMEN.
TO
REACH
YOUNG
HOW
Much has been said in our papers of tion from the natives in their East Indian
late on this question, which appeals to possessions, taking in view also the exthe deepest feelings of every parent and treme insult to the Spanish authority
every Christ-like soul. Everywhere the involved in the destruction of their post
young man with his ardent passions and and the slaughter of the Governor and
leaping impulses, is pulled on every side his associates. It seems almost inby mighty temptations, and the way of credible that such great moderation
Death has more hold upon him than the should have been exercised by Spain as
way of life. In Honolulu, those tempta- to land a force of 600 soldiers, and then
depart without firing a single hostile
tions are often peculiarly degrading.
Of all the means of reaching after and shot. Spain could well afford to be
laying hold of those young men who are, thus merciful to weak and ignorant
more or less, giving way to these entice- tribes, and she will be honored both for
in adoptments, and of winning them to pure and her wisdom and her kindness
this
course.
ing
high living, we know of none so effectuNo doubt it may reasonably be felt that
al as the individual personal friendship
was strongly impelled to prudence
Spain
each
such
of good men and women. Let
moderation
by the powerful influence
and
and
one tnj to gain the lasting regard
We are well advised
the
States.
of
United
man
whose
confidence of some young
feet are straying. We must save men that Mr. Secretary Bayard has strongly
one at a time. It is the individual work asserted the claims and rights of the
American missionaries to be unmolested
that tells the most.
apYou cultivate grain or grass in masses. in their good work. It very clearly
Madrid
articles
from
the
The choice rose or orange trees you pears, however,
must dig about and prune one by one. and from Mr. Doane's own letters that
The more choice and precious the plant, he and his associates have well earned
the more individualizing must be the a very high respect from the Spanish
work. So must precious human souls authorities, and that nothing but their
receive close individual attention and high character and great personal and
spiritual influence could have secured
distinctive personal friendship.
large
are
Christendom
either the peaceable submission of the
In every city in
natives
or the forbearance of the Spanof
them
many
men,
companies of young
iards,
who
and
so have saved the weak and
culture,
and
ability,
possessing
the
rapidly entice into their own ways of terrified, but desperate natives from
was
impending.
vice the majority of the youth who general massacre which
approach manhood year after year. How There cannot be another case on re.desperately sad and bitter to see our cord where Spain forbore to wreak so
beautiful young sons, with all their strongly provoked a vengeance. This
Hew to Reach Yuuv.g Men
(
Ponape Affairs
(,'ueen of Scots
(. hurch Items
Peculiarities of Law Cases in Hawaii
Madrid Views of Ponape Affairs
A M uch Neededand Important Work in Kohala
Selections
Monthly Record <f I-vents, Marine Journal, &c
Hawaiian Board
Y. M.C. A
ReatOfU for Tempera'ice Effort-
I.V.X
9
0
sionary success and the development of
Christian civilization led England to
pull down her flag by the hand of the
good Admiral Thomas, and to restore
the Hawaiian standard—an act of generosity contrary to all her previous traditions.
With our honored Brother Doane, we
would recognize the good hand of theLord
and ascribe the praise to Him, who
answers the prayers of His faithful
servants, and has not left their weak and
suffering flock to be slain, nor His
churches in Ponape to be wasted.
The tercentenary of the execution of
Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1687, has
lately been celebrated. Beautiful, evilju
fated, the most romantic figure of
the sixteenth century, she continues
still to be pitied, to be admired, and
to be detested. But it is impossible
to ignore the more significant question
at issue which overshadowed the personal antagonism of. Elizabeth and
Mary. This was, whether Mary should
become Queen of England —whether
Rome or Protestantism should prevail
in Scotland and England—whether the
Bible or the Inquisition should rule in
the two countries. When Mary's head
fell, all the coming Liberty and Light of
England and America were delivered
with a great deliverance.
CHURCH ITEMS.
Rev. E. P. Baker has resigned the
pastorate of the Hilo Foreign Church,
to take effect in June.
Kaumakapili Church is erecting a new
and powerful organ, which is nearly all
in place.
Rev. James Bicknell, for some time
retired from regular missionary labor, is
about to engage in Evangelistic touring.
Rev. J. Q. Adams, of the Westminster
Presbyterian Church of San Francisco,
is sojourning in Honolulu, seeking rest
and recuperation.
10
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El
from the pulpit,
of Kela to take care of us in
respect to all things as long as we live."
Kela had subsequently conveyed the
premises to the defendant in this suit.
The plaintiff's case was that they had
not received support from the grantee.
The Court held that the terms of the
deed made their support a matter of personal confidence in their son-in-law, and
did not create a conditional estate in the
consent
premises.
Confusion, arising from the loose
cv. E. C. Oggel has accepted a call
method of Hawaiian personal names,
Australia,
Brisbane,
but has been and of holding
property, has given us
pelled to delay proceeding thither some cases which it would be difficult
the illness of the mother of Mrs. to parallel in the Reports, say of MassaOggel in Holland, Michigan. She is chusetts or New York. The case of
suffering with Bright's disease, and near Armstrong vs. Kapohaku and Pau brings
out the story of two men' known by the
her end. Mr. and Mrs. Oggel may pos- brief appellation of
Koa. In 1861, when
sibly pass through Honolulu on the Government was selling kula land to
of the third week in February. natives at one dollar per acre, one Koa
and received a patent for no
The morning congregations at the bought
acres in Kohala. The widow and sister
ntral Union Church have been un- of
the elder Koa (deceased) brought suit
xedentedly large during the past of ejectment against the younger Koa,
month. There has been a large attend- who was in possession of the land.
ance of children and youth. The neces- The evidence showed that Koa the
was a namesake, but no relative
sity for a larger house of worship is younger
of the elder, whose full name was Kabeing seriously felt. The attendance at hooholoniokuokekoa, but who was comSabbath School has risen to 375—a monly known by the brief name of Koa.
overflowing the capacity of the Both of the men had planted on the
land, both had removed to Honolulu,
sement rooms.
and in 1878 both were again living in
where the elder Koa died.
Kohala,
ES
CASES
Planting had ceased on the land, there
IN HAWAII.
being too many horses and cattle runBY JUSTICE L. MCCULLY.
ning in the neighborhood. About this
(Concluded.)
time Koa the younger built a house on
Bills in Equity for the cancellation of the land and occupied it. He had posdeeds, on the ground that aged and session of the original patent. In 1873
ignorant Hawaiians have been deceived he raised money by a mortgage on this
in executing deeds,-are numerous enough land. In 1876 he leased 100 acres for
to be considered a noticeable feature in $400 per annum, and collected the rent
for four years. But the jury in the
our reports.
In Naome and wife vs. Ah Nin, the ejectment case determined that the land
plaintiffs set forth that the husband had been paid for by and patented to
meaning to sell one piece of land, sold the elder Koa. The evidence was full
two. He was an elderly man, and hard and circumstantial on both sides.
I
of healing. It appeared that both pieces think the case must have been gained
were already leased to the defendant, by the stout and inflexible story of the
and one of them was mortgaged. The Rev. E. Bond, who was the Government
plaintiff had urged the sale and lowered agent for the sale of land in Kohala.
the price. The sum agreed to was not This verdict stood. The case in the
grossly inadequate. The two pieces of reports was to determine whether Mrs.
land had been associated in the lease, Armstrong's—the third and only suband the lease was produced to furnish a sisting mortgage—should hold good,
description of the property sold in the although proved to have been made by
deed, which was written there by a syn- a man who did not own the land. The
dicate of native lawyers, with all the mortgage was sustained on the ground
publicity and unreserve of business done that the widow and sister of Koa, having
by natives. The Court ce'd not cancel stood by and seen Koa the younger
the deed. It would not do to permit a exercise the above recited acts of posvacillation of purpose as recorded in so session and ownership, must suffer from
solemn an instrument as a deed.
the opportunity they permitted for the
Akin to the case above named are fraud. [Their easy indulgence of his
those where an infirm, aged Hawaiian fraud suggests improper relations subhas made a conveyance of his estate on sisting between these women and Koa
a supposed condition that he should be the younger, as is too common.—Ed.]
comfortably supported the remainder of This was a notable instance of the
his days by the grantee. In Kekuku vs. pitfalls in the way of a loan agent and
Keliaa, the consideration of the convey- conveyancer dealing with native .titles.
ance was recited as "on account of
Another curious case. Certain premi-
Kamer
tmber
PECULIARITI OFLAW
[February, 1888.
ses in Manoa were held by a man known
for the greater part of his life as Kikipine.
Many persons testified that his real
name was Naihe, son of Kumoa and
Lonohiwa; that, born atWaimea, Hawaii,
he came as a youth to Honolulu, and
acquired the name of Kikipine, or "Sixpins," by employment in a bowling-alley.
On the other side a party of respecta
ble witnesses testify that they knew
Kikipine from his boyhood, and afterward as the owner of the premises in
Manoa; that his father was Kukae (not
Kumoa) and his mother Puu, (not Lonohiwa;) that he was born at Waimanalo,
Oahu; that he came as a youth to
Honolulu, and got his name Kikipine
by setting up pins in a bowling-alley.
Fortunately the court was not compelled
to decide which was the owner.
The foreign reader of this volume
would learn that we are, unfortunately,
a leper country, from the opinion of the
Justices in reply to queries submitted by
the Legislature. The phraseology and
the form of the three questions indicate
the Hawaiian origin of the proponents.
The first question is: Is it a crime to be
afflicted with leprosy that these people
are confined at Kalawao and Kakaako 5
The two following questions are whether
the laws for segregation are not in
violation of the Constitution. The court
answers that these laws are enacted
under what is termed the Police Power
of the State, termed by Dwarris the law
of overruling necessity. Salus popitli
suprcnia lex. If it did not exist in this
Kingdom our population would be liable
to be swept away by any and every contagiftus disease that might come to our
shores, and no measures of quarantine
or restriction could be taken against it.
The legislative inquiries are interesting
as showing the restiveness and suffering
of the Hawaiians under the necessarily
hard provisions of the law, from which
they are the chief sufferers, and indicate
the unfitness of a purely Hawaiian
government to take care of the natives.
[We learn from the President of the
Board of Health that for every individual
leper sent by him to Molokai, he is
subject to the most heart rending appeals
in their behalf from two or more of their
relatives. A wife will beg to take hei
children and live among the lepers with
her husband. From another source we
learn that lepers have recently been
found with permits to go at large, issued
from high quarters for $5 each.—Ed.]
master and servant.
Sundry cases under this caption in the
index show the existence of a system
not permitted in any degree by the
United States, that is, importing persons
under contract to serve and labor for a
term of years. In Rickard vs. Conta,
the question was presented of construing
what was intended by a term of three
years, twenty-six working days to be
counted and paid for as a month. Within
the three years the laborer had failed to
work eichtv-nine days. The emnlover
claimed to be entitled to eighty-nine
days of labor which he would pay for
beyond the expiration of three calendar
years. The court held that the contract
covered only the three calendar years,
and that the terms constituting twentysix days a month only fixed the rate of
wages for the days actually worked
within the three years.
Custom may have familiarized us
with the features of our contract service,
but I think that every planter will agree
that it will be a desirable state of things
when the apparent necessity for importing people under contracts, and of
"shipping" men already in the country
in order to secure a steady and sufficient
supply of labor for our industries will
have passed away. In the eyes of our
American neighbors we maintain a
system of peonage, something not unfrequently thrown out against us, and
not easily answered. [There has long
been an efficient system of inspection
and protection of contract laborers by
the government. No serious acts of
abuse or oppression can well exist. The
stories of such abuse which occasionally
appear in American papers are totally
without foundation.—Ed.]
Two cases offishing rights take us back
to primitive times. The right to fish
out to "chin deep" of a man wading, the
right of a hoaaiua, or tenant, to fish in
the waters of the great Landlord, are
involved in these cases —curious and
important controversies which there is
not time to present here.
With the mention of one anomaly of
justice arising from our statute of appeaß,
I will close this disconnected list of
peculiarities of our life and business
exhibited in the courts.
In Nakanelua vs. Kailianu, the controversy was upon the owenership of a
pig. The defendant had slaughtered him,
and claimed that it was his own white
and black hog. Two courts had found
that the hog was the plaintiff's and that
he was worth $25. But no cases are
fought more tenaciously by Hawaiians
than those involving the ownership of a
pig or a horse. The genealogy .of the
animal is shown by a crowd of witnesses
on each side, and only the court of last
resort can settle the case. In the third
trial it was found by a jury very competent to discuss the merits of a hog case,
that he belonged to the plaintiff, but
was worth only $20. Now our lawprovides that when on appeal the previous judgment is reduced as much as
one-fifth, the costs are thrown upon the
party recovering only four-fifths, the
appellant being justified by this reduction in his favor. So the plaintiff who
recovered $20 was compelled to pay the
costs of the three trials, nearly §50.
But the court could not help him.
Don't despise the dull children. Love
and pet them. A positive dummer may
be very useful in a family, and is generally more comfortable to live with than
a genius.
THE FRIEND.
MADRID VIEWS OF PONAPE
AFFAIRS.
The Rev. William H. Gulick, of San
Sebastian, Spain, has translated selections from the leading Madrid journals,
giving information and comments upon
1
Volume 46, No. 2.]
machine, as well as how to aim the
rifle!"
All the correspondents speak of Mr.
Doane in terms of warmest praise. One
writes: "Mr. Doane, the protestant pastor, was thoroughly friendly to the
Spaniards, and from the day that they
the subject of the late proceedings of the established themselves on the island his
Spanish authorities in Ponape. We are conduct could not have been more corpermitted to print the following extracts rect, deferential and worthy in all restherefrom. Some ofthese have already- pects than it was."
appeared in U. S. religious papers.
All the correspondents agree that the
The captain of the Spanish transport natives felt very deeply the outrage comManila reported to the Colonial Minis- mitted on their friend and spiritual father.
ter regarding the island of Ponape:
"They went with him to the beach, as
"The American Mission established he was carried away a prisoner, and
here for some thirty years, whose direc- bade him good-bye with sobs and tears.
tor is Mr. Doane, has brought the They committed no violence, however,
natives up to a state of civilization.
The schools, more than twenty in number, furnished in the American style,
bring together on Sundays almost the
entire population of the island, and also
on other days a very considerable pfrt
of it. The missionaries exercise great
influence over the natives."
Of the Governor who deported Mr.
Doane, it is said by one correspondent,
"While in Manila Senor Posadillo (may
God receive him to glory) gave proofs
that he was a gentleman of excellent
parts, but also that he was given to infantile manias, to ideas not in harmony
with common sense, and to certain extravagances of thought that made everybody feel that he was the last one that
should have been appointed to so difficult and delicate a mission."
The staunch Roman Catholic and
monarchical hnparcial of Madrid says
bitterly: "And this governor was accompanied by a set of Capuchin friarsmost admirable clod-hoppers of the
Aragon hills, entirely in their element
higgling over the scant produce of their
sterile fields—who, on reaching Manila,
forgot their spiritual mission, even
neglecting the opportunity that offered
to get some notions of the language of
the people to whom they were sent.
This is the way—these are the means
by which Spain inaugurates her government in the territory, the taking possession of which had shaken all Europe."
Padre LJavanera, provincial of Capuchin friars and member of the expedition, gave out in Manila that their
"mission was to deprotestantist the
Ponapeans, who were ruined (perdidos)
by the doctrines of the Protestant mis-
sionaries."
Nothing so injured the Spanish authority as the determination to do everything that the Capuchin friars demanded, "and the putting the whole
power of the government at the service
of that religious intolerance that has
ever been so harmful in its consequences
to Spain."
the venerable prisoner himself and the
other American missionary, Mr. Rand,
urging them to do nothing."
While the warship San Qucntin was
bearing Mr. Doane away to Manila,
matters on the island were rapidly going from bad to worse. Let the Spanish
correspondents of El Dia and El
influential Catholic and
Resumen,
monarchical papers of Madrid, tell the
story—nothing in it will then be set
down to Protestant malice. I (W. H.
G.) combine and condense the two narratives.
" The Governor, Sr. Posadillo, was
pushing forward work, not only on the
roads but on the Government palace,
and all by forced labor. He made the
people come from all parts of the island,
necessitating in some cases long and
fatiguing journeys. Though blows and
abuse were plenty, he gave them no
pay, nor even any food, although these
poor Indians gather their food only from
day to day, and do not have stores of
provisions from which to draw in time
of need.
" It is said that the Governor was
fond of a good table, and as cultivation
is backward and rich viands are scarce,
he laid all parts of the island under contribution for his supplies. And though
he ordered that the natives should be
paid for what they brought, the one
charged with this duty, it is said, kept
the money for himself.
It is also said that persons of the
Spanish colony, not considering sufficient the maidens that had been provided for them, did not respect either
the married women nor the young girls.
It is equally said that in the name of the
Governor, women were demanded even
from the families of the tribal kings, but
that they were not given up without
protest on the part of these, and of the
missionary (Mr. Rand), who explained
to the authorities that this was contrary
to the customs that had been taught the
natives.
" Matters were thus on the second of
July, when the natives did not come to
work as usual. An interpreter was sent
to inquire why. The reply was given
that it was a ' feast day' of theirs. The
"
The governor began by ordering "that
the Protestant books should be seized
whenever found in the hands of the
natives—natives who knew how to read
and write, and how to run the sewing Governor, on hearing this, allowed him-
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be carried away with rage, and
squad of twenty-seven soldiers,
with express orders to bring the Indians
by force if they would not come voluntarily. The message was given, and
the chiefs replied that that was one of
their most important feast days, and
that if they could be excused for that
day they would go to work on the following day as usual. The officer replied
self to
sent a
that he would not return without carrying out his orders. The chiefs of Enote
and Kiti answered: 'If the governor is
governor, we are the kings on this
island, and to-day we will not work.'
Upon this the officer ordered the troops
to fire. The Carolines replied with a
volley from their Winchester rifles, and
in a short time only one of the soldiers
remained. Some say that some of the
soldiers went over to the natives. It is
positively known that only one returned
to give the alarm to the garrison.
" The Governor immediately prepared
for the defense. He at once sent the
women, the papers of the colony, and
the treasure off to the storeship, the
Dona Maria dc Molina. One of the
women was the wife of the captain of
the ship. No attack was made on them,
though the Indians could easily have
cut them off had they chosen to do so.
The Capuchin padres also took flight in
this boat with the women. The official
place of the ship's doctor was on board,
but, knowing that wounded men needed
his help, he hastened ashore, and was
killed with others.
" The captain of the ship sent the
launch ashore manned by thirteen men,
with a cannon. But, to a man, that
forlorn hope fell before the accurate fire
of the natives, and they captured both
boat and cannon.
"On the fourth day of the conflict,
the sth of July, at 2 o'clock in the morning, Sr. Posadillo, seeing that further
resistance was useless, made the attempt
to reach the ship with his few remaining
men. The darkness favored, but the
high tide was against them. They wer«
obliged to wade in the water a considerable distance before they could reach
the boat that was waiting for them,
whereas, at low tide, they could have
run easily down to a short distance
from where the ship lay at anchor.
"The Carolinos, wide awake, saw the
manoeuvre, and attacked the Spaniards,
who were all killed. Posadillo defended
himself bravely, but fell pierced by four
balls. With his blood he atoned for the
faults that he may have committed.
"The killed are reported as: The
Governor, a naval officer, the ship's
doctor, and fifteen marines; two infantry officers, two lieutenants, three
sergeants, and forty soldiers—sixty-five
in all."
With the death of the Governor hostilities ceased. Every soul ofthe Spanish
colony was crowded upon the storeship,
and there she lay for days within a
stone's throw of the land, unmolested
by the natives.
The foreigners on
shore—English and American—communicated freely with the ship. The
sad news is given that the captain's
wife, overcome by the excitement, became a raving maniac.
Mr. Doane and his companions on
the San Quentin had no suspicion of
the tragedy until they made the harbor,
and noticed the Spanish flag was flying
The second
only on the storeship.
officer of the San Quentin was appointed
Governor ad interim. He immediately
issued a call to the islanders for their
help in the arrest of two or three suspected " beach combers," and particularly of a half-breed Portuguese who
had acted as one of the interpreters for
the Governor, and was said to be at the
bottom of much of the trouble, having
systematically deceived Sr. Posadillo
regarding orders given in his name to
file natives. He was taken to Manila.
All true lovers of justice will now
wait in much suspense the development
of events. National pride and excited
feelings will naturally call for violent
measures with those poor Carolinos,
who surely have been more sinned
against than sinning. One voice already
cries : "As regards those Indians, it is
highly necessary and politic that they
should be made to see with what swiftness Spain conquers and punishes those
who rise up against her authority."
The Liberal, one of the ablest and
largest papers, liberal but frankly Roman
Catholic, says:
"We do not understand why the government gives such unconditional support to the reverend Capuchin friars,
who are continually causing conflicts in
our colonies. It cannot be said that
they really extend the knowledge of the
love of Christ in those distant countries
unknown to the Spaniards."
"To the people of Ponape, Mr. Doane
is their priest, their bishop, their pastor,
their great saint (santon), their all.
Without him they do nothing important, nor do they resolve anything without his advice.
"Besides this, the Protestants pursue
a very different system of propaganda
from that of the Capuchins. They win
hearts by kind treatment, by true love,
open and frank persuasion, convincing
of what is useful and necessary for man
are their chief forces. They do not appeal to the lash, but to reason; they do
not persuade by force, but by sound
sense; they do not stimulate by brutal
punishments, but by good example; they
do not threaten'tortures and torments,
but they console with love and tenderness. The result is, they are loved, revered —better than revered, respected.
"On the other hand, the Capuchin
fathers, relying on official help, try to
impose themselves by force, and what
they reap is bitterness and hate. This
intolerant system was pursued by the
unfortunate Posadillo, urged to it by the
friars, and probably advised by the
"
[Februay, 1888.
Governor-General Terreros to follow the
same—and with the results that we now
lament.
Wm. H. Gulick.
"Avenda dc la Libertad,4o San Sebas
tian, Spain, November 8, 1887."
The above extracts are of much value,
not as being of especial accuracy as to
fact, nor sound in opinion, but as disclosing to us how the events are understood in Spain to have taken place, and
what views are current in Spain as to
those events. We deprecate especially
a hasty judgment as to the conduct of
the poor Capuchin friars, about whose
intentions and operations we really
know very little. Most of the true history of Ponape affairs is yet to be made
known. We do know that Sr. Posadillo
made ruinous work with the Protestant
schools and churches, and that in some
cases force was employed in converting
individuals, notably a Protestant paitoi
formerly a Spanish subject from Guam.
A MUCH NEEDED AND IMPORTANT
K
IWNORK OHALA.
readers
of
The
Friend are inThe
terested in every good word and work
relating to the coming kingdom of Christ
in these islands. They will, therefore,
be glad to learn something about a
much needed and important work among
and for the Chinese children of the
Kohala district.
There are between thirty and forty
families represented in the Kaiopihi
Church. A large proportion of them
'.ive in the vicinity of Makapala. There
are about fifty children growing up in
these Christian families. There are also
several heathen families in the district
with more or less children.
Mr. Aseu, so well known to many of
the readers of The Friend, has long
cherished the idea of starting a dayschool for the study of the Chinese language and Chinese Christian literature
among these children, and hence when
the new church building was completed
at Makapala he gladly united in the
movement to start a day school for the
Chinese in the building. A Christian
young man, who had been trained in
the Basle Mission at Hongkong, was
found well qualified and willing to teach
the school for $240 per annum, or $20
per month; his name is Shu Ten Yong.
Some of the leaders in the enterprise
thought that a lady teacher should be
employed for the girls, and that the
boys and girls should be taught separ
ately in the school. Mrs. Aseu offered
to teach the girls'department for $120
per annum, or $10 per month.
A public meeting was accordingly
called early in September last to consider and discuss this question of start
ing a school; it was well attended.
Rev. A. Ostrom, of the Kohala foreign
church, presided. The meeting was
already in possession of the knowledge
that it would cost over $360 per year to
run such a school as they desired. Mr.
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Volume 46, No. 2.]
for whom he worked, to be released from
SELECTIONS.
Frank W. Damon, the efficient manager
a
certain agreement, so that he could go
of the Chinese work of the Hawaiian
of
An ounce of mother is worth a ton
South.
islands,
had
encouraged clergy.
Board in these
"What do you want to go South for,
them to hope for help in the enterprise;
If you doubt that God is beseeching Uncle Davy- ?"
which
could
they
this
was
all
on
and
you, look at the cross.
"'Cos I'se called to a church down
rely. As they talked over the matter
dar."
ask
what
you
to
are
free
to
begun
grow;
their
enthusiasm
You
perfectly
together
to a church ?"
$130 per year was soon subscribed. will, but do not choose what you will, or " Called
I be de" Yissah. I dunno wedder
Accordingly, trustees were elected to you will be sorry later.
aw dc vesture
sextant,
aw
dc
pasture,
and
collect
the
subscriptions,
secure and
There is blessed peace in looking for man; but I'se sumfin."
to manage the school. These trustees nothing but our daily task and our porare Mr. Aseu, Mr. Kong Hyouk Siong, tion of Christ's cross between this day
I cannot remember that either she or
and Rev. A. Ostrom. Mr. Ten Yong and the appointed - time when we shall my father (Judge Lyman, of Northampand Mrs. Aseu were chosen as teachers, fall asleep in Him.
ton,) ever enjoined fine manners on the
and it was resolved to open the school
at the same time the Government schools
were opened.
Accordingly, the school started on the
last with nineteen
19th of September
pupils—6 girls and 13 boys—and has
been in operation three months. Mr.
Clayton Ostrom and Sadie Ostrom, son
and daughter of the pastor of the Kohala
foreign church, generously offered to
give instruction in English every afternoon without charge, and their offer was
gladly accepted by the trustees, and
thus English has been taught without
increasing the expense.
A public examination and exhibition
was held in the Kaiopihi Church on
Christmas Eve, December 24. The
church was well filled, although the
evening was very stormy. The exercises
were almost entirely in Chinese; they
consisted of prayer and an address by
the preacher, Mr. Kong Yet Yin, and a
catachetical exercise, conducted by a
class in which one member of the class
would ask a question, and the whole
class would answer in concert, bringing
out the history of the advent and incarnation. These exercises were interspersed with singing by the school,
some of which was in English, and were
concluded with an address by the pastor
of the Kohala foreign church.
It is the object of the trustees to make
this school a Christian institution, free
to all Chinese in the district, so that
none may be excluded for lack of means.
They have, therefore, adopted the voluntary principle for securing means for the
support of the school. Christian parents
acting on this principle are found to give
liberally for such a cause, and their
heathen neighbors are not slow to imitate their example. But there are not a
sufficient number of such to make the
school self-supporting. For the quarter
just closed, the parents of the children
paid into the treasury $33, the Hawaiian
Board $30, and the Treasurer secured
from friends in Kohala the remaining
$27. If any of the readers of The
Friend wish to lend a helping hand in
this good work they can communicate
with the Treasurer of the Board of
Trustees, Rev. Alvin Ostrom, Kohala,
"It is my sincere belief," says Sir
Richard Burton, "that if the slave trade
were revived, and Africa could get rid of
powder and rum, Africa would be the
gainer."
Crantner'l pliant will, bowing under
every blast of the tyrant, but always
rising to its end, saved the better cause'
for better days, which an inflexible Knox
would have ruined.
Christ is not concluded in Luther,
for He was not concluded in Paul. But
the main body of the waters of life will
be conveyed over the world in the channel dug by the Saxon monk.
The nineteenth century belief may be
false, or it may be vague and shadowy
and indistinct; but whatever its defects
they cannot be cured by requiring either
the'laity or the ministers to submit to a
sixteenth century creed.
Rev. James Johnson, native pastor at
■Lagos, West Africa, says:"The slave
trade has been to Africa a great evil, but
these evils of the rum trade are far
worse. I would rather my countrymen
were in slavery and being worked hard
and kept away from the drink than that
the drink should be let loose upon them."
The alleged intolerance of the Massachusettes Colony has given rise to much
sincere regret, and to no small amount
of not very intelligent declamation. But
things may be proper, and even requisite in an infant settlement, midway between a family and a state, which are
needless, as well as unjust in a mature
community.
Why is it that perhaps a hundred in
all hanged for witchcraft m New England weigh heavier than a hundred
thousand burned in Germany for the
same cause in the same century ? It is
the world's testimony to the superior
Christianity of New England, against
which such barbarism was the weightier
sin.
Schleirmacher said: "Catholicism
makes the relation of the believer to
Christ depend upon his relation-to the
church. Protestantism makes the relation of the believer to the church depend
his relation to Christ." Says Dale,
upon
Hawaii, H. I.
of Birmingham: "The direct access of
the soul to God is the ultimate principle
Sorrow and the saints are not married of Protestantism."
so,
Heaven
will
together; but were it
A colored man applied to a gentleman
mike a divorce.
many young people they educated, or
even talked about them. With them it
was always the principle to work from
within outwards, and not the reverse.
They believed that if one could make a
child perfectly truthful, disinterested and
considerate towards all God's creatures,
fine manners would be the inevitable
and unconscious result.
Herbert Spencer has been counted the
Prince ofAgnostics. Yet, by John Fiske,
his greatest disciple and expositor, we
are taught solemnly to confess that
"Beyond the veil of sense is the might:
est, the most august, the most certain
of all realities. It is the power of which
man and the world are products; it is the
ultimate cause from which Humanity
has proceeded. It is a Being with whom
in the deepest sense, the human soul
owns kinship.
The infinite and eternal
Power that is manifested in every pulsa
tion of the Universe is none other than
the living God."
The strange fact has long been known
that the lines of fall and spring migration of birds between Africa and Europe
cross the Mediterranean where it is
widest. This has been explained bygeological investigations. Where these
lines of bird travel occur, there were
once chains of islands which long ago
slowly subsided and sank beneath the
sea. But where the birds crossed in
old times, there they cross to-day. The
memory of the birds of to-day is older
than the formation of Southern Europe.
Of all modern reformatory tendencies
in the methods of education none is
more significant than that which establishes a new method of classical study.
Instead of spending the best and most
impressible years of a student's life in
mere grammatical drill, in the dry and
empty process of learning all the possible forms and rules which grammarians
have elaborated for the exhibition of
their own subtlety and the pulverizing
of the brains of their pupils, some modern scholars have awakened to the
discovery that language is something
more than grammar—the learning of
which Dc Quincey calls the dry-rot of
the human mind" that thought is
something more than the raiment in
which it is clothed, and that a youth's
education consisteth not in the abundance of the rules and formulas which he
possesseth.—H. M. Goodwin.
— "
[Februay, 1888.
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MONTHLY
CURRENT
19—Haw brig Hazard, Holland, for Roratonga
the Colonies; her passengers for this Jan 22—Am
S S Maiiposa. Hayward, far the Colonies
Am tern W S Howne, I'.luhm, for San Francisco
port are all placed in quarantine, and
brigantite
W (i Irwin McCulloch, for San
24—Am
mails, freight, etc., fumigated.
Krancisco
—Bark
C.
D.
Newt
Year's
ist,
brigantine
Jan.
23rd —Resignation of Marshal J. L. 25—Am cisco S G Wilder, Rug?, for San FranBryant sailed for San Francisco. —In- Kaulukou.
28—Am bktne Planter, Perrinian, fi.r San Francisco
ternational Postal Money Order Con31—Am bWne S N Castle, Hubbard, for San Francisco
—Appointment of Hons. S. B.
24th
Am tern Eva, Armstrong, for San Francisco
vention between Norway and the Dole, A. S. Hartwell and His Ex. C.
Netherlands and Hawaii opened.
W. Ashford as a Commission to rePASSENGEKS.
2nd—New Year's holiday; Reception port upon the laws relating to the JudiAKBIVALS.
at the Palace from u a.m. to p.m.— ciary.
From San Francisco, per Australia, Jan to—Mrs. A I
Fifth Semi-Annual Target Practice of 27th—Joint entertainment at the Y. Rabbit,
Mrs I W Kohertson, H X Hitchcock and family,
Mrs F Hilder, Miss A Homer, C H Atherton and wife, A
the Rifle Association at their Range.
M. C. A. Hall to and by the men of H. Waldstein
and daughter, W R Watson, wife and maid.
and
local
talent.
Mi's Mirrlees, Com J Macdonough, Miss M A Titcomb,
3rd—Constitutionality of the Act of B. M. S. Caroline
Mrs F J Cutterand family, J S Ccrn, W B Cahrane, Miss
28th
Mission Children's Society- C 1 Carter and 8 others.
November 26, 1887, reducing the number of Judges to three argued before meet at the residence of Rev. E. G. From the Colonies, per Zealand!:., Jan 14—F Hairison,
Mrs A Webster and child, and 2 sttcrage, with 37 cabin
Judges Judd, McCully and Preston and Beckwith. Attorney-General Ashford and
58 steerage in transit.
submitted.
petitions the Supreme Court for a writ From San Francisco, per W G Irwin, Jan 17—Rev J o
mandamus to compel R. H. Baker, Adams and wire, W Goodale, F M Stump, C F Overbaugh.
4th—Chief Justice Judd renders a of
From San Francisco, per Planter, Jan 19—Mrs Captain
Governor
of Maui, to deliver all property, Uabccck,
MissH HMlebranJ.
decision declaring the above Act unconhis
in
etc.,
as
Governor
to
possession
From San Francisco, per Mariposa, Jan 21— Mrs H M
stitutional, Associate Justices McCully
Whitney, A M Sutherland, I>r McGregor and wife, Mrs S
the Sheriff'of the island.
and Preston concurring.
T Alexander, R More and wife, A McGregor, J PetrorT, J
quarantine
—The
restriction
on
N S Williams, E M Morgan and family, S W Wilcox and
30th
wife, A L Bryan and wife, J H Toler, X Kopke. Mis C S
5th—Custom House tables for the passengers
per Mariposa removed, and Ripley,
A Homer, C A Peacock and family, E W Toms.
past quarter and also for the past yeaV a large party of them leave for the W C Dart,
R N Rollins and wife. Mrs A A S Pierce and
sen, G Honney, C E Blair, P Percival and wife, L Foster,
published, shows a decrease in the ex- Volcano.
Fowler, R X HaJstead. W S Morgan, W M Merriott, F
J
ports of sugar, molasses, wool and hides,
Paiton, J Conway, H Weik, P BcaMO, Chans; L-.i nr<!
31st—Departure of the King for Ha- LI) Young.
but an increase in rice, paddy, bananas
waii per W. G. Hall. —Barkentine S. N.
DEI'ARTIKR?.
and tallow.
For San FtanciaCO, par W H Dimond, Jan 7—W Wilier,
Castle and tern Eva sail for San FranL Ni'son, L l.eyer. Mrs Ftistcorn and 2 children, F. Robin,
6th—Thomas G. Thrum appointed cisco.
A Maire, J Frank and N Caster.
Registrar of Conveyances.
For San Francisco, fer Ceylon, Jan 10 —A G Ellis, X
What a fearful swarm of cranks the Bahling, C Bchltng, Master F Bahling, Miss A Bahling, X
of barkentine \V. H.
Uehling, I- lidding and H Widtndorf.
7th—Departure
second century of Christianity brought For San FvanciacOj par Australia, Jan —Mrs Vander"
Dimottd for San Francisco.
17
and son, Miss E A Amis, Rev I- Back, Mrs Hyman,
8th—§50,000 fire at Hilo wipes out forth. Great religious activity and high burg
2 children and nurse, H W Hvnian, M Davis, S I) Ive>.
exaltations
are
attended
spiritual
always
Comm Macdonough, A Haas, T I.illic, M E Bailey, A X
the old Pitman store.
with evil mental fermentations in the Smith, Miss F Wmier, Mrs Marcham, H F (.lade and
10th—Arrival of Australia from San same
Luut Elliott, S Cross, MrsT S Douglass, Miss A
communities, and so huge crops family,
(vara, j H Thompson, F Gertz, M Phillips, G Debueh, P
Francisco.
and wife, Mrs T Smith, M 1' I,ope/
of cranks are generated. It was at the C'orbett, S Clementson
and family, M Loureira and wife, M Padieco and family,
1 ith—Departure of U. S. S. Mohican very period and in the same districts dc Souza and wife, Ade C sta and family, J Prchico andJ
Mrs C Renter and 5 children, A ISrown, M G
for Samoa.
where the gloriously fruitful revivals family,
Barto, F Johnson, Major Hill and family, H Week*, R S
Williams, J CM Una, M Lung, Kirn Lung, T M dc Rar.lo12th—Complimentary concert to Sir attendant on Finney's preaching pre- and
family, J Brensaaakey and (am. y, C W Obt-rhol-er, F
William Wiseman, Bart., Captain of vailed, that the misbegotten sects of dc Costa
and family, T Kruger, H Kruger, G J Freitas, \V
Wagoner,
T H Kennedy, J H Stewart, Ih. mas
H. B. M. S. Caroline, at the Hawaii- Oneida Noyes and Joseph Smith arose. Lunday, FWG Crone,
Eaton, H Twiedel, W lilont. J M Evans, I
an Hotel.
When spring and wave the green crops, Keylerand family, T Bohtn
and family, J T White and
A Wickmann
wife. J Kylamler, E Y Hook, A Rinehardt,
then hatch out the army worms. The and
—Arrival
bark
Miv
of
British
Niemann
Youiftf,
family,
and family, J Burke, J
V
L
13th
family, A V SarangO and family, E T Kenake,
from London.—Custody of the books of Devil is forever setting up some carica- Frietasaiul
M E Arien, F Eggerking, and wife, H Eggerking ami
the Government Library assigned to the ture of religion to entrap unstable souls. family, F Muller and family, | Mr.ssakichi, W F Clemens,
I. Wagner, M;ss J Palmyra, M Palmyra, G Holtler nnd
Honolulu Library Association.
wife, M W Lowell.
For the Co'onies, per Martposa, Jan m—E Here, C F
14th—Arrival of Zealand:a en route
S mmonis, W Farringsr, G Grant, >> Carr, E Dttval,
for San Francisco. —First Diffusion
PORT OF HONOLULU.
t '!ii:ieMj and 57 other* 1:1 transit.
For San Francisco, p* r W S Bowne, fan ?? —Hon Chas
plant for sugar manufacture arrives to
Wall. I, HtHebrand, Mrs Hilk brand, II Dumpfer and
Col. Z. S. Spaulding for the Makee
wife. Mr-, Braidwood and 6 children.
Sugar Co., Kealia, Kauai.
ban Francisco, per W G Irwin, \tn sa—E W Vogel,
t. \\ I'-i' r, Rh Eg, -i day* from Curt H For
Offenhefroer, X B Watson, J H Rankin, J 0 Shyrcx k.
X «i!
Australia,
ndlette,
17th Departure of the Australia for
Haw
S
S
S
!'or
San Francia o, par Planter, Jaa il—W J Ro he7
101!
m
San Francisco with a large passenger
X' San Francisco, per S N Castle, Jan 31—Mrs Saveri,.
Brit
Mm,
bark
i
hudren, Miss H ogi
A Severin,
* Mr»J S M.
list.—Arrival of brigantine ll'. G. Irwin
14—Haw s s Zealandia, Van Oterendurp, 17 days W Xi hson, wi c ..ml child.
from Sy n*y
from San Francisco.
bgtne W G Irwin, McCulh eh, 1■
days
if—Am fromrSai
BIRTHS.
I
18th—Arrival of the steamer City cf
s
of
York,
S
city
ng if. KUURN-In this city, Jao. 14,1 s, to the wife i
New
from
Searle,
H<
Am
New York, from Hong Kong, with three
Kong
'"< '.bum, a daughter.
ler
I.;—Am 1ktne Planter, Pernman, tyyi days ifom San
cases of small pox on board. After
Francisco
MARRIAGES.
20
—Am bktna S N Castle, Hubbaru, 1= 'lays fr- ra San
some correspondence with the Board
Francis. 0
COTTREI L—PETERSON—In this city, Dae.
of Health, the vessel proceeds on her
si—Am >> s Mariposa, Hayward, I % days from San
Rev.
Geo. Wallace, Wm. L. Cottrell to Henrieit;
by tli'Francisco
T., eldt-st daughter uf Mr. and Mrs. 1. B. Petersen,
voyage to San Francisco, without land;i;-Am tern Fva, Armstrong, 30 days from Eureka
—, from a whaling C Disc VIVAS-MARQUES-In this city, Dec. 31, 18S7, by the
24—Am bark Josephine,
ing cargo or passengers for this port.
jo-Am i ktne George C Perkins, Nordberg, 32 days
Hi-shop of Olba, Mr. J. M. Vivas to Maria Marque^.
Concert at the
from Port 'lownsend
19th—Complimentary
STKGEMANN— WEBER- In this city, Jan. 17, iS£3, by
the Rev. E. G. Heckwith, Victor Stegemann to
Hotel to Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Watson
DEPARTURES.
Vuloria Weber.
and Miss Mirrlees. Arrival of the Dec 31 U S S Juniata, Davis, for ChinaFianciscu
WHITE—SPRING-111 this ciiy, Jan. 17, 1888, by Rev.
1—Park C D Bryan!, Lee, for San
barkentine Planter from San Francisco. Jan s—Bktne
Ella, Hansen, for Sin Francisco
M. Sylvester, Mr. C M. White, of Kapaa, Kauai, to
Miss Esther A. Spring, of Honolulu.
7—Bktne W H Dimond, Drew, for San Fran
20th—Arrival of barkentine S. A'.
10—Bark Ojlon, Calhoun,for San Francisco
Day,
Francisco.
S
for
Samoa
Mohican,
Castle from San
11—U S
—QuaranDEATHS.
for San Era* oisca
14—Am ba*k Caibanen, Perkins,
tine established against vessels arriving
Haw S S Zealandia, Van Ottrtndorp, fee San HORN At St. Andrew's Friory, Jan. 11, 1888, of henKrrhage of the lungs, Cosy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, F.
Francisco
from the Coast under eighteen days.
17—Haw S S Australia, Houdletf, for San Francisco Horn, aged 16 years, 3 months.
16— Ger bark Friederich, KorfT, for San Francbco
21st—Arrival of the steamer Marithis city, Jan. 28, 1888, Wm. Turner, a
19—Am baik Forest tjueen, Winding, for San Fran- TURNER—In
posa from San Francisco en route for
osvtrve of England, aged about 60 years.
cifco
RECORD OF
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THE FRIEND.
HAWAIIAH BOARD.
I.
HONOLULU H.
This page is devoted to theinterests of the Hawaiian
Board of Missions, and the Editor, appointed by the
Board is responsible for its contents.
A. O. Forbes,
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LETTERS FROM PONAPE.
[Fran Rev. K. T. Doane, via Mania.]
Ponape, Nov. 13, 18S7.
O.
FoRBBS.
Rev. A.
Dear Brother :—I must hastily drop
you a line as to ourselves, our work, our
island, the great war force that is upon
us.
Up to my arrival from Manila,
September ist, you have all the facts.
On the Bth of September the steam
transport returned to Manila with the
sad news of the killing of the Governor
Seiior Posadillo, with some twenty other
Spaniards. The vessel sailed, all filled
with much feeling against our people,
determined to revenge the said death.
On October 31st, the said vessel returned, accompanied by two other transports, all bringing some 600 troops.
In the meantime, the temporary Governor, Don Juan dc la Concha, had issued
his proclamation and ultimatum. The
main points
The two rebellious kings, as they were called, were to
present themselves, humbly begging for
mercy; all property looted at the emeute
July ist, 2nd, 3rd, etc.; all guns then
taken, all runaway soldiers then with the
natives to be returned by a certain date.
If not, he should open fire on the island.
We worked hard day and night, going
here, there, everywhere, in sunshine and
drenching rains, trying to lead the
people to surrender up all. The chiefs
came up to time, certain property was
restored, also some dozen runaway soldiers. But he could not get all; some
common natives refused, some delayed;
the time was up, the guns were shotted
and fired. But, I am happy to say, no
one was killed, no property injured.
Thirty shells were fired ; there was then
a cessation till the arrival of the aforesaid vessels. The natives had been
warned of their coming, the large force
to be brought, the utter inutility of their
arms—they would be slaughtered without mercy. But they were unyielding
they had once been deceived; they
feared to put confidence in fhe new authorities, so they held out. But by much
prayer—all the churches were asked to
make this a subject of prayer —and by
much visiting the chiefs, and much
preaching, talking, persuading, on the
day of the expiration of the ultimatum,
November seventh, I think, we secured
the meeting of four of the kings.
That brought light; then a day of grace
was added; the fifth was led to give
in his allegiance. Another day of grace
was given; we secured three men accused of killing the Governor. Since
then some guns and all the runaway
soldiers have been secured, with some
were:
—
other things; and now peace reigns—
no war, no devastating homes, shooting
natives. The soldiers and officers, I
hear, are not a little disappointed; they
want war—we, peace. The Lord has
given us our desires; to Him be all the
praise ; we feel all the time like being a
walking Methodist, shouting Amen!
Hallelujah! Lavs Deo! I have much
to make me feel the peace is permanent.
Then the Governor has permitted all
schools to be opened—all preaching to
be carried on—all the freedom we need
in our work. Ma}' it always be so. He
is a kind man. I have time for this
short, hast}' note. I shall write by the
Yours truly,
Star.
E. T. Doane.
Captain Garland, of the Morning Star,
writes from Ponape via Manila under
date of November 18th:
"The missionaries thought it best for
the Star to come to Ponape before doing
the Marshall Island work, as perhaps
she would be needed. We reached here
to-day, seven days from Kusaie. We
find things quiet. The troubles with
the natives are settled, we hope. The
new Governor is liked by all, and our
hopes are beginning to rise. When I
was here in August it looked rather dark
for Ponape.
We had a good voyage through the
Gilbert Islands, and used up 71 days
over it. I think this is the calmest
season I have seen in Micronesia.
Everything is working well thus far,
and the missionaries are all in usual
h%alth."
Rev. T. E. Rand writes, November
18th, per U. S. S. Essex, via Yokohama:
"All is settled, and the Governor promises us religious liberty and freedom
to pursue our work everywhere in the
Carolines. We, as a mission, shall ask
for the Star to go to Yap next year."
Mr. Doane writes to Dr. Hyde that
the mission premises were employed as
neutral ground—as a place for conference between the Spanish authorities
and the natives.
Out of what workshops come there
any such moral forces to-day as come
out of these Churches of Christ among
us ? Blot these churches out of existence to-day; rrtake every pulpit dumb;
silence every prayer-meeting; lock every
sanctuary door; abolish every family
altar; and where would you generate
the forces that can stay intemperance,
lewdness, superstition, anarchy, and vermicular and political corruption.
Eighty-five years ago the Directors
of the East India Company placed on
solemn record: "The sending of Christian missionaries into our Eastern possessions is the maddest, most expensive,
most unwarranted project that was ever
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proposed by a lunatic enthusiast." A
few months since, Sir Rivers Thompson,
Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, said:
missionaries
" In myjudgment,realChristian
have done more
and lasting good to
the people of India than all other agen
cies combined."
It is now clear that there is no evil
thing among us that the drink habit does
not exaggerate, and no good thing that
it does not antagonize. The saloon
which fosters the drink habit is a stand
ing menace to our civilization.
The saloon business is itself a sort of
anarchy. It does not respect laws; it
cares only for money; it breaks even
law of God or man that interferes with
its evil gains. The one right thing to
do with a rattlesnake is to kill him.
The liquor men say "Prohibition does
not prohibit." This means two things:
First, they intend to break the law as
jiuch and as often as they can. Second,
that the people, after enacting prohibitory laws, neglect to enforce them. All
this is not an argument against prohibition. It is an argument against a business that hates and defies law.
It is the transforming power of a regnant, personal, indwelling Christ which
must make the unity of the Church of
Christ. "One in Christ Jesus." We
have tried to make our Church one in
hierarchy and priesthood ; we have tried
to make it one by repressing here and
exscinding there those who disagreed
with central authorities, so becoming
ourselves the biggest schismatics or exscinders of all. It has never succeeded.
And then we have tried to hit upon a
common creed ; we have thought if we
could only get our creed small enough
and short enough, then we could all be
one in doctrine and creed; but men continue to differ. No ! The united Church
of Christ cannot be wrought by a hierarchy, nor by a creed ; it is to be wrought
by Life. When we begin to speak of
orders and creeds, we divide; but when
we come into the realm of heart-experience in Christ we are one in personal
experience—one in Christ Jesus. Paul
puts the order of unity thus: "One
Lord, one faith, one baptism."
In C. W. King's "The Gnostics and
their Remains," we find set in order the
ideas of the ancient Gnostics, "not with
a view so much to their so-called philoso-
phy as to their ancient remains. Here
we see Abraxas gods, Gnostic gorgons,
Isis and Horus, Agathodaemous, and
Abraxaster sigils, two-tailed serpents,
ass-headed typhous, grasshoppers, tortoises, and baboons, triune heads and
triangles, and all the other nonsense and
gibberish which the craziest brains have
cut on cones and disks and scaraboids,
and called them Christian art. Here is
richness and wisdom for Boston Buddhists quite out-plummeting the deepest
sinker of Madame Blavatsky's Mahatma
theosophy.
[February, 1888.
THE FRIEND.
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T. M. C. A.
THEHONOLULU,
H.
I.
ThU page is devoted to fhe interests ot tie Hoiinlulu
Vouns Men's Christian Association, and the Hoard of
Directors are responsible for its contents.
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S. D. Fuller,
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Editor.
BRIEFS.
The Y. M. C. A. boys were pleased
to have their old friend, Mr. T. H.
Davies, present to conduct their meetings for the last two months. The next
meeting will be on Thursday, February
2d, at 2:30 p. m. A full attendance is
required.
We have gathered the nucleus for an
interesting young men's Bible class.
Accessions will be cordially welcomed,
if from among the many young men not
connected with some Sunday school, Y.
M. C. A. parlor, 9:45 every Sabbath
morning. Come.
Through the kindness of Mr. T. H.
Davies, British Vice-Consul, and the
many friends who cheerfully lent their
aid, a most delightful entertainment was
given to the crew of H. B. M. S. Caroline en Friday evening, January 27th.
The hall was well filled, admission being
by ticket, to prevent a crowd. The first
part of the programme was given by
members and friends of the Association.
The second part was by the crew of the
Caroline, except the first recitation,
which was admirably rendered by the
Captain, Sir William Wiseman. The
entertainment was a grand success
closing, as usual, with a bountiful supply of ice cream and cake.
The Blue Ribbon Entertainment continues to attract a goodly gathering
every Saturday evening. While the
number of new names added to the roll
is not so large as we wish it was, yet it is
encouraging to see some who having tried
and fallen, have tried again and are now
standing manfully by this pledge. Oh!
that all who pledge to man would add
the seal of personal consecration to
Christ.
Mr. T. H. Davies, assisted by his
nephew, C. F. Jackson, have held six
very interesting services, for children, in
our hall on Sunday afternoons. Another
will be held next Sunday at 3 p. m.,
conducted by Mr. Jackson.
TOPICS.
MONTHLY MEETING.
The monthly meeting was held on
Thursday evening, January 16th, President Lowrey in the chair. The usual
reports were presented showing progress
in the work. The larger part of the
evening was spent in hearing reports
from the branch work at Queen Emma
Hall, and discussing the ways and
means for carrying forward the important lines of Christian ejfort already
started among the Hawaiians and Japanese at that place. Needed funds were
generously pledged on the spot, and
support assured so long as the present
good results could be realized. Since
that evening some liberal contributions
have been received from those not connected with our Association but who
believe in the work that is being done.
The treasurer, Mr. E. O. White, will be
glad to receive the substantial endorsement of any others.
TEMPERANCE WORK IN HAMAKUA.
11.
Dec. 6th. —President Judd came from
Waimea, and spoke in the church at
Kukuihaele in the evening to a good
audience. On the eighth of December
he was at Paauhau speaking to many
people. There was an abundance of
ferns and flowers tastefully arranged by
the natives. Thirty-two signed the
pledge. A generous Christmas gift was
collected for Miss Green. After the exercises a bountiful feast was provided at
the residence of R. A. Lyman. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Lyman are'active workers
in the temperance cause. Mr. Lyman
has sang many times at meetings, with
Mr. Goodell. Music has been a great
feature of the temperance work.
Dec, nth.—Some twelve or more rode
out to Kapolena Church and held a Blue
Ribbon meeting. Remarks were made
in English and Hawaiian, after which
fourteen signed the pledge. The little
organ was carried over on a horse's
back and, with its aid, the singing by
the League was inspiring.
Dec. /<?///.-—A Blue Ribbon at Kukuihaele Church. Several signed, and a
Christmas gift for Miss Green was collected.
Dec. 2jth. —Found me speaking in the
native church at Paauhau, assisted by
Mr. Lyman, and by his organ in. the
musical part of the service. Here also
in the hall a greater interest is felt in church
Gospel Praise Service
every Sunday evening at 6:30. Good
singing, brief talks, everybody welcome.
The topics for the month are as follows:
February 5th —Joyful Service Required. Ps. 100; Phil. 4:4.
February 12th—Grinding in the Prison
House. Judges 17, 15:21.
February 19th—How the Christian
Race may be run Successfully. Cor. 9,
matters.
Det. fftt.—
The Blue Ribbons of this
town held a meeting, and remarks were
made by Judge Miau, William Horner,
J. K. Kaunamano, Mr. Kaaekuahiwi
and others, interspersed with music.
Six signed the pledge. All then retired
to a feast prepared by the members of
the League. At the table, a hymn was
sang, "Guide and bless us," followed
24:27. Heb. 12, 1:2.
February 26th—Who are the Heroes? by prayer. The natives had tastefully
Prov. 16, 32. Rev. 7, 13:17.
trimmed the room with ferns and
flowers, while streamers of blue ribbon
depended from nearly every point.
Several mottos in red, blue and green
were on the walls. Thus pleasantly
closed the Old Year in Kukuihaele.
A Blue Ribbon and a feast was also
held at Kaala January 2, 1888.
Jan. r, ISBS.—The first Sabbath of
the year opened with a large attendance
at church, and the largest in several
years. There was tenderness of feeling
shown when all arose and sang "What
a friend we have," &c. Then, as with
bowed heads all repeated those words so
solemn when reverently spoken by a
Hawaiian, "E ko Hiakou Makua iloko 0
ka laui," we seemed nearer Heaven
than earth. The attendance at the Y.
M. C. A. was also large—the greatest
since its organization. Here the reserve of men was broken, and amid
tears and sobs promises were made of a
better life in the coming days.
The friends of Temperance were
greatly cheered in December by knowing that the Blue Ribbon had conquered
the "father of the liquor law." He has
signed the pledge and now wears the
Blue Ribbon. God grant him strength
to ketp his vow. Prayers will go up
that he may be truly faithful.
"With our Hlue Ribbon we're marching,
Singing as we onward go:
In the strength of Heaven we're trusting.
And will conquer every foe.''
The man who was arrestee! and lined
appealed, and-his case was tried again
at Waimea. There, through a combination of his friends (presumably opposed to Temperance) and influences too
mysterious to be written about here, he
was acquitted. This result has caused
a wide-spread feeling of indignation.
On January ist, for the first time in
six weeks, drunkenness was seen on the
street and noise heard at night. For all
that, times are greatly changed for the
better in this town. Men and women
are seldom seen intoxicated.
The
Japanese and Portuguese are falling
into line, and "Temperance goes marching on." We are having peaceful days,
and peaceful nights, too. The religious
interest is well sustained, and the natives
seem to enjoy the changed state of feeling among themselves.
Although Paauhau is without a
pastor, there seems to be a growing interest among the church people. R. A.
Lyman and wife are active workers, and
are, with Mr. and Mrs. Homer at Kukaiau, strong friends of the Temperance
•
movement.
Other meetings are to be held in the
Thus the
work goes on, and always to the advantage of lives and property of men. We
do not want the old times back again.
The better times—the "good time coming"—is already casting its mantle of
blessing upon us. May the grace of
God ever lead on the work of Temperance to glorious victory.
Isaac Goodell.
Kukuihaele, Hawaii, Jan. 10, 1888.
district—one at Waipio.
THE FRIEND.
REASONS FOR TEMPERANCE
EFFORTS.
(Extracts from Discourse of Rtv. E. G. Ueckwith, D.D.,
Sunday, January 8, i838.)
First: Because the evil which it seeks
to hinder is so gigantic. Men show
what stuff they are made of by the
causes which they espouse. Little souls
occupy themselves with little things,
and stay small for want of room to grow
in. In China they grow forest-trees in
flower-pots ; cedars and oaks and elms,
complete in form, and venerable with
age, but dwarfed to the compass of a
painted potter's vase. There are men
who grow just like that. They get their
lives rooted into such little things, and
through all their years keep pruning
themselves down to this flower-pot narrowness.
Now a man has no right to do that,
with such chances for growth as God
has given us, and such need for growth
as God has put upon us. It is a guilty
perversion of gifts if we do not aim at
the completest possession of manhood,
as God gives us a chance of manhood.
It is a wicked waste of energies if we do
not bless the world with the best work
we can do in it. And so it is the great
interests into which we ought to let our
lives grow.
Now this work of Temperance Reform
is such an interest. It is vast; it is
exigent. There is no other that transcends it, either in the imminence of the
peril it seeks to avert, or in the bitterness of the woe it wants to assuage, or
in the guilt of the sin it hopes to hinder,
or in the reach of the ruin it is trying
to stay.
It is humane work; it is sacred work
to be done for Christ and humanity.
There is no nobler cause to work in
under the whole circuit of the sun—none
that will bring us into a closer sympathy
with men, or into a truer fellowship with
God. And I counsel you, my people—
every one of you—to have some good
share in it, and to have it now.
This virtue of temperance will not be
in disrepute always. It will be seen to
be very beautiful by-and-by. The want
of it will be seen to be a vice to be
abhorred. That gigantic wrong will have
the intelligence and the moral sense, and
the consuming scorn of the people
against it by-and-by. But I pray you
do not wait to be swept in by this
rising tide of public sentiment. Come
in now, for now it needs you, as it will
not need you then. Come in as men
quick to discern duty, and loyal to the
right when it costs something to be
loyal.
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cond
Series.
Published by Thomas G.
way if only it will save men.
Thrum,
Honolulu,
1887." A graceful
I think often of the sailor passenger
William Hoys, at the wreck of the little collection of seventeen pieces, by
steamer Atlantic among the Nova Scotia eleven different writers, and with local*
rocks, how he lay down upon the rock, coloring.
Hawaii's broad mountain
whose top he had gained by the hardest domes and far blue seas ought to be instruggle, and seized his fellow-voyagers spiring. Here is a scarlet fancy of
as the wild waves flung them up, some Stoddard's:
by their upraised arms, some by their
Sun in the west, he
" Sorrowful
garments, some by their streaming hair,
Is bleeding to death in the wave,
and when his chilled and tired hands
Staining and tinting with crimson
would no longer hold them, threw himself further over the slippery edge and
caught them with his teeth, and drew
them up "that perilous way to the safety
above." More than a hundred men he
so drew out of the wild waters, not
according to any very proper and perfected plan of rescuing shipwrecked men.
It was not a time to stand very stoutly
upon the proprieties. It was a time to
lay hold of men and lift them out in any
way they could.
And with two hundred thousand men
dying of the drink every year, let us not
wait till we are quite sure that we have
got just the most perfect appliances.
Let us get hold of them somehow, all of
us. They are sinking too fast and too
fatally. Any way that will save men.
Still further, it is the country's wealth
we are trying to save. The cost of this
curse of the drink is a sum too vast to be
comprehended. There is no other such
gigantic waste of wealth. We mourn
over our languishing industries, and
wonder why the wheels of our toil and
traffic must so long turn so slow. It is
for the want of these millions upon
millions of annually wasted wealth to
set them agoing.
There is no other
cause that has half so much to do with
it. How can our industries speed on
swiftly when weighed down with such a
vast and wasteful burden of vice and
crime. That monster steamship the
Great Eastern has been getting to be a
very slow sailer of late. With all the
power of her ponderous engines, they
have scarcely been able to drive her
with any decent speed. And why ?
Because she is burdened and befouled
with barnacles. Six inches thick they
found them, all over her huge hulk
below the water-line. Three hundred
tons of them she has had to drag with
her through the waters.
Now that is what ails society. It is
barnacled with vice and crime so foul
and so heavy that our utmost moral force
can scarcely drive it forward. We must
have the barnacles off, or we shall go
slowing down into a more fatal stagnation. And it is your money and mine
that is being wasted. It is your burdens
and mine that are being made heavier.
It is your industry and mine that is
being deranged and hindered. Poorer
every one of us is for this wicked waste.
Then let us all get hold and help fling
And let us not stand too stoutly upon
It is our
the order of our coming.
brother-men who need saving. Two
hundred thousand go scourged to the
grave every year by the demon of drink, off the burdens.
The corals that fashion his grave."
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Hawaiian • Dictionary,
for
use
of Hawaiian-English
prepared
the
" All English
Schools, by H. R. Hitchcock. Bancroft
& Co., San Francisco, 1887." This
book has been wanted for a long time.
Mr. Hitchcock has done his work faith-
fully and well. The Board of Education, at whose expense it is published,
are also to be praised. Sixteen thousand
English words receive brief, compact
definitions in Hawaiian. More than
three thousand English
synonyms
further aid the Hawaiian pupil. There
are several valuable tables. A full
chronological table of Hawaiian history
is appended.
Not only to Hawaiian
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those learning to speak and write Hawaiian, will this Dictionary be indis
pensable. The volume is small and
neat, the ideal of a handy manual. The
typography is excellent. We are assured
by competent authority that the errata
are very few. The demand for this desirable book must be very large, both
from Hawaiians and whites. We congratulate Mr. Hitchcock on his excellent
New Year's present to Hawaii.
Vestiges of the Molten Globe. Part
11. The Earth's Surface Features and
Volcanic Phenomena. By Wm. Lowthian Green. Gazette Publishing Company, Honolulu, 1887; pp. X., 337."
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our August issue, the Theory of his
Part I. has found a wide adoption in
Europe. A leading feature of Part 11.,
which will be of the deepest interest to
residents of this group, is the thorough
and effective discussion of Hawaiian
volcanoes, about which no one can hereafter claim to be well-informed who has
not studied this book, as well as the
forthcoming one of Professor Dana.
Mr." Green's Theory of the Cause of the
Distribution of Volcanoes on the lines
pointed out by Guyot is a profound and
impressive one, and, we hope, will make
its way as successfully as his theory
of "Tetrahedral Collapse" has done.
Many portions of this book are truly
fascinating. We propose in our March
issue to attempt some analysis of its
contents, for which we lack space in the
present number.
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