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Volumk 46.

French Bourbons, incapable of concesVBAK INVAKIAItI.V IN AIU'ANCK.
sion and adaptation to the changed
All (t>iiiiniini:.i'io!is and letters nrjnaaclad with the literary
department uf the paper, Hooks arid Magazines for Re- times.
A man of high rectitude, of arview and alaoaaogts should b« addressed "Krv. S. E.
BlSHop, Honolulu, 11. I."
dent patriotism, and of shrewd judgBa«iDa»f letters should be addressed "T. ti. Thkim,
ment, the aged Emperor commanded
Honolulu. HI.
not only the respect and confidence, but
s. K. BISHOP,
Editoil the almost filial veneration of the men
of German)'. In these stormy years of
CONTENTS.
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political
struggle and social change, his
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I lie I toad kai-cr
25 Iffe has been an immense conservative
IAncient
.i»l 'or Frattd Trials
Systems of Land Tenure in Polynesia
a6
Religion and Morality
27 bulwark, and his departure would seem
38
Prayer ivt Unph toaopttical
Prohibition in Maine
29 to open many possibilities to Ger.nanv,
Month'v Record of Events, Marine Journal
30
Hawaiian Hoard
31 not all devoid of cause for gravest appreY. M. C. A
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caver hension. The world will anxiously watch
A Tes'iinsinv to American Missionaries
to see whether the young Prince, who
will* probably soon succeed to the ImTHE DEAD KAISER.
• perial throne, shall prove a rash KehoOn the ninth of March, closed the
boam, or shall be wise in concessions to
long and illustrious earthly life of advancing principles of popular and libWilliam, King of Prussia and Emperor eral government. In this view, it is
of Germany. A few days lacked to him perhaps especially fortunate that Unof ninety-one years. If merely to his ser Frit*," who seems so near the grave,
great age were respect due, we have to has survived his father and mounted the
venerate one not only a whole genera- throne. The death of the aged Emperor
tion older than any living monarch of must tend to set astir the democratic as
Christendom, but if we mistake not, well as
socialistic elements of Germany.
of more years than any former monarch Hut even their turbulent ardor must be
of Christendom has attained. The kings tempered by the tender pathos of the
i
and emperors, the statesmen and philos- situation, and the anguished prostration
ophers of his day had all passed away. of he new Emperor; thus time will be
William belonged to the times of the gained for the young William and his
great Nicholas, of Metternich, of Eouis counsellors tc observe and weigh the sitPhiilipe and Robert Peel. In his youth uation, and arrange a wise policy. May
was fought the battle of Jena, which
God guide that grand and noble nation,
prostrated Prussia at the feet of Napo- and their statesmen and rulers to the
leon, the insolence of whom to yueen best results
for Germany, for Humanity,
Louise burned into the soul of her son. and for Liberty!
He personally knew two emperors and
of France, four emperors of
three
LIQUOR FRAUD TRIALS.
Russia, and the three kings of England
A FEW days ago, two popular business
who preceded the lift}' years of Victoria's
reign. Beginning in the throes andflames men of Honolulu, after a long prelimiof the French Revolution, his life has nary examination, were committed for
gone on through Europe's eventful trial, on charges of conspiracy to defraud
changes and convulsions, and all the the Government. A report of a Comenormous developments of the now al- mittee of the Legislature had showed
that during the previous two years
most ended nineteenth century.
Kaiser
there had been fraudulently withdrawn
For twenty-seven years the
Prussia,
the
throne
ol
and
for
from
bond at the Custom House by
was on
several
parties, wines and spirits on
of
nearly eighteen Emperor
Germany,
crown
on
his
head
as
which
duties
should have been paid to
placed
the
having
the conqueror of that France to which the amount of $45,000, thereby defraudhis youth bowed in defeat. William ing the Government to that amount.
was a monarch of much ofthe old-fash- It became the duty of the Government
ioned absolute opinions, but not like the prosecutor to take up the matter, as has
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been done with the result so far at
tamed.
Personally, it is painful to us to see
well-known neighbors of good social relations in serious difficulties. From
what we have learned of the case, there
appear to be palliating circumstances,
which if the facts charged become
established, may entitle the defendants to
lenient dealing. We earnestly hope
that such may prove to be the case.
These mitigating circumstances, however, seem to grow out of the abnormally corrupt and debauched state of
affairs subsisting under the late government, which made irregular and unlawful methods in dealing with the government, the easy and almost the natural
way of proceeding. The evidence presented at the (preliminary examination
is said to disclose much of that well
known state of things, not ill-suggested
in the couplet.
• Oh. I .mi the
of Sia'ti, I am;
And for ju«ttce I don't care a yam, a yam"

It in of comparatively small import
ance that due punishment should be
awarded to violators of law. It may
often be expedient to let such escape re
compense for their wrong action. Mercy
and forbearance are particularly in place
after severe political revulsions, although
indiscriminate amnesty is an evil. An
assurance that full penalty was to be
exacted for all past abuses, would animate considerable numbersof men to desperate opposition to Reform. There
seems reason to believe that the reactionary efforts of last December were
largely owing to such apprehensions
being excited. It is also certain that in
any case, only a few of the offenders
Some of the worst
can be reached.
and the highest ones will escape with no
other penalty than lessened power and

prestige.
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in such prosecutions, is the full and
precise exposure they produce of the
facts as to gross abuses and frauds,
such as took place under the late government, and which are among the
things which the Reform movement is
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[April, 1888.

House frauds, moreover, are known to ANCIENT SYSTEMS OF LAND TENURE historic development of the Polynesian
IN POLYNESIA.
races in general, and of the Hawaiian
have had particular relation to the
Science
lie ore the Honolulu Social
AsaocialloDi branch of it in particular. There are
systematic way in which Royalty cor- Read March
i*, 18P8, hy Hon. W I). Alexander.
good reasons for believing that the feudal
rupted the elections all over the islands,
system of the Hawaiians, as of other
Having made the history of land titles races, was preceded by a communal sysby copious distribution of liquors, which
of
for
in these Islands a subject
study
liquors were fraudulently withdrawn some time past, 1 have endeavored to tem, either before or after their migrafrom bond without payment of duties. collect information respecting the various tion, which helps to explain many of
their characteristic traits and usages.
We do not desire to see the present Systems,of land tenure which prevailed
In treating of this subject, I find it
accused parties suffer penalty, if reason- in other parts of Polynesia before their impossible to separate the consideration
leave
able plea for" exemption can be found. discovery by Europeans, and beg
of the Polynesians
to lay some of the results of my re- of the landed systems
What we do hopefully expect and desire, searches before this association. The from that of their civil polity on the one
is the useful establishment by unanswer- subject has a peculiar interest to US for hand, and from that of their systems of
consanguinity and inheritance on the
able evidence of some of the facts con- several reasons.
other, wit'n both of which they are so
In the first place, it unfolds an in- closely interwoven, ami I shall not atcerning the manner in which not only
the
of
a
history
por- tempt to do so.
honesty and purity were subverted, but teresting chapter in
tion of the human race which, if corHefore taking up the several groups
in which we were deprived of all legislarectly read, may yet throw light on some
tive power by the entire corruption of of the knotty questions of social science. in detail, I wish to call your attention
to certain facts observed in
elections. We have been struggling I can here only allude to them in pas»r- in advance
the different tribes with each
comparing
a
for years under government syndicate ing.
oilier.
I think it is generally admitted that
of gin and boodle, a peculiar addition to
In the fust place, the tribes inhabiting
which was being organized of heathen individual property —especially in land- the western groups appear to be in an earH comparatively modern institution. lier stage of development than the eastern
wizardry, to make the subjugation of is
Speaking of ancient European law, Sir Polynesians. The latter are in several
voters more complete by acting upon Henry Maine says: "It is concerned
respects more advanced than the former,
Hawaiian superstition. Any clear and not with individuals, but with families; for the worse as well as for the better.
definite light upon that evil history not with single human beings, but .Thus in language (as Mr. Hale has resuch as the coming trials may be ex- groups;" and again, "We have the marked), wckcc in the dialectsof the westreason for thinking that prop- ern groups certain grammatical forms
pected to cast, must be of great public strongest
erty once belonged not to individuals, which are entirely wanting in the eastservice.
nor even to isolated families, but to ern, while others which are complete in
composed on the patri- the former are found in the latter defec"What is the theological drift of New larger societies,
model." Walker, in his "Theory tive and perverted from what appears to
England? That is the conundrum.'' archal
of the Common Law," p. 6, states that be their original meaning, to which we
As to your conundrum, dear brother, before
our Teutonic ancestors "crossed may add the dropping of some letters
did you c ver know the time when the
Rhine,
the
private property in land was and the softening of others.
drift"
of New England was
"theological
and
absolutely
totally unknown to them."
Again we find in the west a comparanot a conundrum ? Have you forgotttvi When
We go back to the dawn of civilHopkinsianism, limmonsism,Taylorism, ization
tively
simple mythology and spirit worin Europe, before the rise of
in the east has been changed
Parkism and Bushnellism ? And yet the
which
ship,
find
feudalism,
the Celtic
a debasing and cruel idolatry under
.into
Congregational Church still lives, and nations landweheld byamong
tribal
ownership,
was never doing a grander work for the while among all the Teutonic nations we the sway of a powerful and tyrannical
Master than to-day. Congregationalism find organized village communities, each priesthood.
allows freedom of thought and specula- holding a small district in common called
In morality the western were certaintion, while it holds to the cardinal truths a
superior to the eastern Polynesians;
ly
Mark, and cultivating its arable land
of our holy religion. It cultivates scholar- in three
for they were by no means a licentious
fields
which
—a system
great
ship and encourages the spirit of re- has
people, and were free from the revolting
left its permanent traces on the crime of infanticide, for which the latter
search. It submits to no bonds of
maps of Germany, and in
were so notorious.
bigotry, but, with a reverent spirit and a territorial
many of the usages still existing
clear glance, it searcheth after the deep
Again, the forms of government preboth there and in lingland. The same
things of God. Its search has not been
in eastern Polynesia were much
vailing
has survived to the present
centralized and better organized
more
in vain. The "New England conun- system
time in full vigor in Russia and in other
drum" has permeated the system of
for purposes of oppression than those in
Slavonic countries in spite of the presbranch
of
the
Christian sure
west.
divinity of every
of the nobility. To my surprise, I theThe
Church, and, because of its influence, found its counterpart existing in the
same general statement, as will
they work all the more effectively, and plains of Palestine; but the village com- be seen, applies to their systems of land
secure more glorious results for the munities of India furnish still more per- tenure.
In the second place, as Mr. Hale sugkingdom of God.
fect examples of this system of ownersome of their diversities in chargests,
How long will men and women in ship, and of its gradual change into feuand
institutions can be accounted
acter
their folly, listen to the testimony of the dalism. When, therefore, we find in for by the natural peculiarities of the
blind touching questions of spiritual the isolated communities of the Pacific
which they inhabit.
life, and to the deaf touching questions Ocean, examples of all these different countries
In New Zealand, the great extent of
of spiritual hearing? If you would know forms of ownership, we are led to suswhether the Invisible can be seen, ask pect that they are deeply rooted in the the country together with the extreme
Moses, who saw him by his faith, not principles of human nature, and that the scarcity of food, caused a separation of
Pharaoh, whose eyes were blinded b}' process of civilization has a tendency to the inhabitants into numerous tribes,
his unbelief; if you would know whether follow certain regular lines of. develop- independent of one another.
the Inaudible can be heard, ask Paul ment.
Among these, constant occasions of
who heard him commanding in the Not only do such investigations have strife arose, which inflamed to an extranoonday splendor that struck him blind, a bearing on social science in general, but ordinary degree the naturally ferocious
not Festus who takes the words of truth to us they have a peculiar interest from and cruel disposition of the race to which
and soberness for learning driven mad. the light which they throw on the pre- they belong.

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In the Marquesas, each of the larger rise to the rank of chief, if he possessed
islands has a high steep range of the requisite qualifications, viz. valor
mountains running through it, from and skill in wa , and wisdom in council.
which sharp and precipitous lateral
Few matters of importance were ever
ridges descend to the sea, thus forming undertaken except after being submitted
deep valleys, walled in on every side, to public discussion. "Nothing apexcept towards the sea, by a natural for- proaching to a regal office ever existed
tification. The consequence is that the among them."
population is as at New Zealand, split
The bulk of the land, including all
up into numerous petty clan;, which are the uncultivated land and the forest, becontinually at war with each other. longed to the tribe in common. The
Hence the incorrigibly bloodthirsty and boundaries of these tribal lands were
treacherous character of the inhabitants. perfectly well known to the natives, and
Again, on those groups nearest to the consisted of rocks, rivers, ancient footEquator we would naturally., expect to paths, etc.
find an indolent pleasure-loving race,
Private claims are said to have been
while a cooler climate and less fertile rare, and were generally small, cultivated
soil are more conducive to industry, spots, which were handed down from
hardihood and foresight. These effects sire to son, and the title to which seems
are exemplified in the Samoans, Tahiti- to have been based upon cultivation.
ans and Marquesans on the one hand, These could not be sold without the
compared with the Maories of New Zea- consent of every living member of the
land and the Hawaiians on the other. family, who had been born since their
The two physical causes just mentioned first cultivation. This shows that they
may serve to account for the combined really belonged to the family, rather than
ferocity and sensuality of the Marque- to any individual. These cultivated
sans, traits in which they surpass all patches are generally grouped together,
other Polynesians.
one being separated from another by only
NEW ZEALAND.
a few stones placed as landmarks, the reof which, however, "would be
1 begin with the system of Land moval
immediately attended by serious conseTenure in New Zealand, as being the
The Tribal form quences."
most primitive,
private claims were inherited by
of tenure, resembling that which once theSuch
male children and kinsmen to the
prevailed in Ireland.
As before stated, the inhabitants are exclusion of females, and this is given
as a reason why the consent of brothers
divided into numerous independent
was always necessary to their sister's
of
the
northin
the
number
clans, to
104
marriage. Even when a piece of land
ern island, which are classed by them
was given to a sister on her marriage, it
under four general designations. The
was only given conditionally, for, if she
all
with
the
begin
names of these tribes
it reverted to her male
prefix Xga or Ngati, like the Celtic Mac had no children,
The
elder
brother and his posrelatives.
of
the
anthe
names
or 'O, followed by
took
terity
always
precedence of the
cestors of the several clans.
is embodied in
The individuals in each cian were younger—an idea which
used
to
relationexpress
the
terms
very
divided into two classes, viz.: Kangalanguages—for
tira. or freemen, and Taurckareka, or ship in the Polynesian
for brother, but
slaves. These last were captives taken there is no general term
different
are
used
for elder and
terms
in war and their descendants, and "had
younger brother and sister.
no rights that their mastars were bound
There were also strips of debatable
to respect."
The Rangatiias. however, did all the land lying between the territories occupied by neighboring tribes, and claimed
fighting in war.
The term Ariki, which elsewhere by both, called "kainga taittohc."
Another class of lands had been taken
means "chief," is here applied to an individual in a clan, who has received by in war, the conquerors having allowed a
hereditary descent a peculiar sanctity, remnant of the original inhabitants to
entitling him to certain ceremonial continue in occupation of them. Mr.
observances, and rendering his person Thomson states that "Conquest and occupation may confer titles to land, but
inviolable.
Probably the best explanation of the land is never given for ever. The inditerm is that of Mr. Taylor, who states vidualization of movable property is unthat "a descendant of the elder branch known."
So many complicated disputes arose
of a family is a papa, (father), to all
land, and so many fraudulent sales
eldest
child
ofthe
about
branches,
and
the
other
main branch is an Ariki, lord to all that to foreigners took place, that the British
family, and is supposed to have the Government, in the Treaty of Waitangi,
spirits of all his or her ancestors em- in 1840, stipulated that no more land
bodied in himself or herself, and to be should be sold by the natives to private
able to converse with them at pleasure." individuals, but that it should be sold
This, I think, gives the true key to the only to the Crown.
The Government purchases the land
use ofthe word in all the groups.
But the Maori A riki did not possess in extensive "blocks" from the native
any civil authority over the other mem- clans and sells it in sections to settlers,
bers of the tribe. Any freeman might who receive royal patents for the same.
r

viz.:

:

Sir Charles Dilke, in his "Greater
Britain," gives a graphic description of
the scenes attending the purchase of the
so-called " Manawatu block " of land by
the Government in 1867. The negotiations for it had lasted three years, and
at last the Maori and the Pakeha had
agreed upon the price, viz., $125,000;
but the difficult question that remained
to be settled was how the money should
be shared between the thrie rival tribes.
One tribe had owned the land from the
earliest times; another had conquered
some miles of it; a third had had one of
its chiefs cooked and eaten on the
ground. It required the greatest tact
and management to prevent a bloody
war. At length a great council, or
"runanga," was held, with fervid displays of barbaric eloquence and poetry.
On the third day an agreement was arrived at, and the deed was signed by
many hundred Maoris—both men and
women. The payment of the money
was celebrated the next day by a bloodcurdling war dance, executed by 400
warriors, and a grand barbecue.
By
this course the British Government has
plainly recognized the tribal nature of
the native land titles, and it has instituted a "Native Land Court" to adjudicate such claims.

< To

he continued, t

RELIGION AND MORALITY.
ByRev. Thos. L. Gulick.

The kingdom of God cometh not
with observation.
The Pharisees demanded of Christ, when that kingdom
He answered: "The
ahould come.
kingdom of God is in the midst of you."
It had come already and they knew it
not. Christ's uplifting work is done so
unostentatiously that men of the world,
from Judean Pharisees to modern philosophers will often doubt or deny the
source of it.
Lowell, an interMr. Percival
esting philosophical writer, says in
the Atlantic Monthly of last December:
"So far as its practice, certainly, is concerned, if not its preaching, morality has
no more intimate connection with religion than it has with art or politics."
He then goes on seriously to prove his
assertion by reference to the matter of
truthfulness and honesty. Finding that
the devotees of Mahometanism, Buddhism and Jesuitism, as well as many
other religionists who have changed the
truth of God into a lie, are far from
truthful, he comes to the conclusion
that religion has nothing to do with
practical honesty. Searching profoundly
to find the real cause of the greater
honesty of our western civilization as
compared with that of the orientals, he
professes to find the explanation in two
causes: "The one is the development
of physical science; the other the extension of trade." [Atlantic Monthly,
December, 1887, page 840.] It hardly
seems credible that such a statement
could have been made by an intelligent

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man and published in a respectalle
journal in this nineteenth century. Let us look at one or two facts
in the light of this remarkable philo-

literary

sophical discovery.
Wltcn the Hawaiian Islands were first
made known to the civilized world, the
natives were found to be one of the
most dishonest and thievish of races.
Though they were, at first, on good
terms with Captain Cook's vessels, they
were said to \n as thievish as monkeys,
and would steal whatever they could
lay hands on. What was their conduct
after the religion of Christ began to take
hold of them? At Kaluaaha, Molokai,
and at Waialua, Oahu, where we lived
many years among a purely Hawaiian
population, we seldom locked our doors
and we very seldom had anything
stolen. According to our philosopher
this marvelous change must have been
owing to "the development of physical
science and the extension of trade."
In the winter of 1873 my wife and I
rode from Hilo to the volcano of Kilauea,
a distance of thirty miles, by a bridlepath through the woods and the wilderness. Many miles from any human
habitation 1 lost my pocket knife in the
grass. A week later a native man who
had never seen me, came to Hilo inquiring who had lately been to the
Learning that I had, he
volcano.
sought me out and give me my knil'j.
I was surprised at such a scrupulous
honesty, but I must confess I was not
philosophical enough to think to inquire
whether my new acquaintance was
deeply versed in physical scien:e, o;
whether he was a great trader. I was"
innocent enough to take it for granted
that the religion of Christ had something to do with it.
When the Moravian missionaries
went to the lisquimaux of Greenland
they found them a remarkably thievish
They were converted to
people.
Christianity and now are one of the most
honest races known. Travelers tell us
that families will leave their homes for
many months and instead of fastening
their houses, they leave them unlocked
for the express purpose that they may
be used by entire strangers whom they
had never seen and never expect to see.
Not only do they leave their houses
open for the entertainment of strangers,
but they also leave their most valuable
property, their household utensils and
their implements for hunting, where they
can be easily found and used. This
confidence, we are told, is seldom
The strangers come, and
abused.
occupy the house as though invited
guests. On their departure, if the house
has been injured, if any article has been
worn out or lost, if a spear or a sled
has been broken, it is carefully mended,
or replaced by a new one better than the
old. The house and all its appointments
are left as clean, and in every respect as
good condition, as it was found. And
so the strangers depart leaving their

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THE FRIEND.
prayers and blessing for the christian
friends whose very names they may not
have heard. Christianity, of course,
has nothing to do with this change of
character, for has not Mr. Lowell informed us that "morality has no more
connection with religion than it has with
art and politics?" Honesty is the result
of two causes, "the development of
physical science and the extension of
trade."
Now, in sober earnest, what more
significant evidence could we have than
this assertion of Mr. Lowell's, that even
a philosopher sometimes funis it very
difficult or very disagreeable to speak
the plain truth? Is it knowledge or
physical science, or acquaintance with
trade, or something more important
which is lacking?
This attempt to steal the fruits of
Christianity and attribute them to
schools, to governments, to inventions,
to philosophy, to science or to trade, is
nothing new in skeptical literature. It
is ;ts common as it is weak, and as
ludicrous as it is dishonest. Beware
lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit. Mr. Robert Ingersoll writes in the North American
Review in reply to Dr. Field:
" Let me say to you again- and let
me say it and once for till that morality
has nothing to do with religion."
And
yet this very man would probably act
about as the two sailors are said to have
done when they were shipwrecked on
what they had known to be a cannibal
island. As they were cautiously crawling along the beach, one of them suddenly jumped up and shouted: "We're
all right, Jack! There's a church!"
And they both walked boldly forward.
There is an old book that some philosophers consider antiquated, which
says,"the natural man receiveth not the
the tilings ofthe spirit of God, for they
are foolishness to him; and he cannot
know them, for they are spiritually discerned." The god of this world hath
blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious
gospel of Christ, who is the image of
God, should shine unto them. We
have no need lo be surprised at the persistent " oppositions of science falsely so
called." When the apostle warns men
not to lie to one another, perhaps our
philosopher would remind us that he
was "preaching," not practicing. Mr.
Harrison and some of the otherrationalistic philosophers have lately been raising the question, " is religion of any use.
or can we do as well without it?" The
idea is almost as grotesque as the story
ofthe woman who said, "we owe avast
obligation to the moon, which affords
light on dark nights, whereas we are
under no such debt to the sun, who always shines by day when there is always plenty of light."

PRAYER NOT UNPHILOSOPHICAL.

The devout, believing soul, who is experienced in the grace of God, seldom
feels troubled by philosophical argu
ments against prayer. It is not uninteresting, however, to see how freely and
candidly the chief argument of this sort
is brushed aside by Prof. Huxley him
self, the eminent biologist and Agnostic.
It may be remembered how several
years ago Prof. Huxley challenged the
Bishops to a " prayer test."
" The supposition that there is any
inconsistency between the acceptance
of the constancy of natural order and a
belief in the efficiency of prayer is the
more unaccountable as it is obviously
contradicted by antilogies furnished by
everyday experience. The belief in the
efficiency of prayerdepends upon the as
sumption that there is somebody, somewhere, who is strong enough to deal with
the earth and its contents as men deal
with the tilings and events which they are
strong enough to modify or control; and
who is capable of being moved by appeals such as men make to one another.
This belief does not even involve theism;
for our earth is an insignificant particle
ofthe solar system, while the solar system is hardly worth speaking of in relation to the All; and for anything that
can be proved to the contrary, there may
be beings endowed with full power over
our system, yet practically as insignificant as ourselves in relation to the uniCertainly, I do not lack faith
verse
in the constancy of natural order. Hut
I am not less convinced that if I were
to ask the Bishop of Manchester to do
me a kindness which lay within his
power, he would do it. And I am unable to see that his action on my request
involves any violation of the order of
Nature. On the contrary, as I have not
the honor to know the Bishop personally, my action would be based upon my
faith in that 'law of Nature,' or generalization from experience, which tells me
that, as a rule, the men who occupy the
bishop's position are kindly and courteous. How is the case altered if my request is preferred to some imaginary
superior being, or to the Most High being, who, by the supposition, is able to
arrest disease, or to make the sun stand
still in the heavens, just as easily as I
can stop my watch, or make it indicate
any hour that pleases me?"
The above language of Prof. Huxley
accords with a view long ago expressed
in a sermon of our own, viz That even
if the Supreme Being thought it unbecoming himself to modify the action of
natural forces, he might not unfitly commission his powerful angels to do so.
The point is this, that there is no more
law in God or one
Do the truth you know, and you shall violation of natural
of his angels producing rain or giving a
learn the .truth you need to know.

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THE FRIEND.

fair wind in answer to prayer than in a
human being " lending a hand " at request. How much plainer is this in the
spiritual uplifting antl guidance which
we ask for.
The last sentences of the above quoted paragraph impressively suggest our
Lord's words, "If ye, being evil, know
how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father
who is in heaven, give good gifts to them
that ask him." Would that Dr. Huxley,
and ever) other doubter would test the
Lord's goodness by asking Tiim—would
taste antl see that the Lord is gra-

PROHIBITION IN MAINE.

"cious."

ITEMS.

Rev. Dr. Beckwith is preaching a
series of discourses upon the evidences
ofthe Divine origin of the books of the
Bible. His presentation of the subject
is a very powerful one.
Rev. T. Y. Moore, ofthe Presbyterian
Church of Helena, Montana, has been
visiting Kilauca and Ila'.eakala. Mr.
Moore led the prayer of the meeting
sweetly and powerfully at Central Union
Church hist Wednesday evening. He
soon leaves on the Planter.
A very interesting reception was given
at (jueen Emma Hall Saturday evening,
March 24th, to Rev. Mr. and Mrs.
Miyama, by their Japanese friends and
others. Mr. Miyama expects to spend
several months in Evangelical labor
among his countrymen in these islands.
Rev. T. Dwight Hunt is publishing
in the Pacific a series of " Reminiscences
of Pioneer Missionary Life in California."
Mr. Hunt spent some years as a missionary in these Islands. On the discovery of gold he hastened to San FYancisco.
He was the first Protestant
minister on the ground, and labored for
several years with zeal and great acceptance its Pastor of the First Congregational Church. During an absence of
Father Damon, Mr. Hunt filled the
editorial chair of the Friend. This was
more than forty years ago.
Rev. J. Q. Adams, of the Westminster
Church, San Francisco, preached« in the
Central Union Church on the evening
of March 25th, from the text, "Thereshall be no night there"—no night of
toil, of ignorance, nor of sin, well lifting
our thoughts up into "heavenly places."
Mr. Adams has made himself a very
welcome guest among the Christian
people of these islands. His impressive,
but cheerful voice has often been heard
in our assemblies, ministering to us of
many good treasures ofthe gospel. Mr.
and Mrs. Adams have sailed for San
Francisco on the shipAlexander McNeil.
Mr. Adams has been very successful in
his quest of rest and recuperated nerves.

29

In more than three-fourths of our
territory containing far more than threefourths of our population the grog-shop
is practically unknown, so that an entire generation has grown up there
never having seen one.
In proportion to population, Maine's
share of the national drink-bill would be
now about thirteen million dollars, but
one million will more than cover the
cost of all the liquor smuggled into the
state and sold in violation of law. We
save annually more than twelve million
dollars directly, and an equal sum indirectly as the result of prohibition,
which, but for the Maine Law would be
spent, lost and wasted in drink. In
those .lays, Maine was said to be the
poorest state in tin: Union, but now
she is one of the most prosperous.
Signs of unthrift and poverty were set;n
everywhere in neglected, shabby houses,
barns, farms, school houses, meetinghouses; but now such indications of
the saloon and the drink habit are
seen nowhere. John Blight said: "If
the evils coming to the community
from intemperance could be put
aw.iv, England could not be recognized
as the same country." Precisely that
has happened to Maine. Some time
since a stranger sat by my side in a railway car on our way to Boston. He
knew me and said : I am a native of
Maine. Twenty-five years ago 1 went
to Minnesota, where 1 now live. lam
home now in Maine for the first time,
and the change is so great in everything
I see, that I did not recognize it its the
same. No more tumble-down houses
with old hats and rags in the windows
instead of glass, no more dilapidated
barns and shabby cattle, no more miserable school-houses and meeting-houses.
Everything now is neat and in good repair indicating industry and thrift."
tftal Don.

"

SELECTIONS.

-

in makes a hole you could put your
head through.
They say that a man left Waxahachie
last Saturday driving a yoke of oxen;
that one of them died from
and that while he tarried at the wayside skinning it, the blizzard came and
froze the other to death. -Waxahaehie.
Texas, Mirror.
Frank R. Stockton writes with a stub
pen. Edgar Fawcett wjtes with a lead
pencil and an eraser. His best work is
done with the eraser. Charles ligbert
Craddock writes with the feather end
of a quill. Robert Browning has a pet
spider that tloes all his writing for him.

Life.

Hugh McMillan, inhischarming "First
Forms of Vegetation," tells us that it is
quite possible that there are lichens still
living which were formed in the first dawn
of creation, and which have withstood all
the vicissitudes of ihe immensely long
icons of geological time. Meek creatures,
Ruskin calls them, the first mercy of
the earth, veiling with hushed softness
the dintless rocks; covering with tender
honor the scarred disgrace of ruin, antl
weaving the dark tapestries of the hills.
Jesus' disciples came to him for the
constitution of the church, for the organization of a hierarchy. Time the
church had
government marked out,
its lordships appointed. " Who is greatest," they demand of him, "in the kingdom of God ? " We may easily imagine
the contest. Peter claims precedence
because he has first confessed Christ,
and James because he is the Lord's
brother, and John because he is a son of
thunder, and Judas Iscaiiot because he
is lord high treasurer and carries the
bag. But Christ puts all these claims
aside, and says in effect, In my Kingdom there is no other law of precedence
and authority than this, He who serves
most is chief and highest.
BIRTHS.

tJOETZKE Al I'apaikoti, Hilo, Hawaii, January31*1,
to the wife of J. Ooetzee, a son. [San Francisco p. per*
ple«M copy.]
SHEPHERD In Honolulu, February 25th, to the
wife of I). Slieprn.nl, a daughter.

No pluck, no luck.
MARRIAGES.
Happiness is not perfected until it is
HOWARD GOODALE—iO HiuNun, Mass., January
shared.
24th, Allen S. Howard, of Townsend, and Ellen ('..
The things that you remember, are daughter of Warm (ioodale of Makmwao, Mum.
the things that fixed your attention.
DEATHS.
New
York City, February 15th, Mrs.
KENDALL—
In
innocence
of
the
abates
The
intention
E. Kendall, sister of Mr. C. A Brown, aged 36
nothing of the mischief of the example. Mary
yt-.iis and 1 month.
SCHMIDT—Ia Honolulu, March 25th, J. W. .Schmidt,
When you have learned to listen, you aged
42 year*.
In Honolulu, March 4th, Rons Coleman,
have already acquired the rudiments of COLEMANnaval cadet on the U. S. S. Adams, aged 21 years.
education.
'l'HU(,;_At
a good
Palama, Honolulu, March 12th, Daniel T.
True, in his eighty-third foot, a native of Boston, Mass.,
Our passions are like convulsions fits, and a r.-sident of Honolulufor
over fifty years,
HOFFMANN—In Honolulu, March 25'h, Dr. Edward
which make us stronger for the time, Hoffmann,
a native of Germany, agei 75 years.
but leave us weaker forever after.
AIIOLO- In Honolulu, March 16th, Luther Aholo,
aged 55 year?.
A prominent society woman of Boston ELLIS—In Lo* Angeleft, M art ti 2nd, A. G. Ellis,
of Honolulu.
is said to save the congregation of her formerly
CAKKION —In Waimea, Hawaii, March 14th, Joseph
church $10,000 a year by her example Carrion, a Spaniard, dropped dead from heart disease.
JACOB—Lost overboard from ihe ship Mystic BelU,
of inexpensive dressing on Sundays.
Jan. iBih, Wm. Jacobs, a native of Nova .Scotia, aged 31
It is astonishing how soon the whole FLOYD- At sea, February 26th, on board bark Martha
E. Floyd.
conscience begins to unravel if a single Davis, of consumption,
LYNCH—At ihe Oueen's Hospital, March 30th. John
stitch drops. One single sin indulged Lynch,
aged 3a years.
of
Ireland,
a native

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THE FRIEND.

26th.—Comet observed at Kauai, in
the eastern sky, at 4 o'clock a.m. ; date
March ist —Trustees- of Library and not given.
Reading Room Association appoint a
29th—American ship Mystic Bell arcommittee to arrange for a Fair in May rives 166 days from New York, after a
next.
severe passage.—Lighthouse at Barber's
Ensign Point shows its first light.
5th —Funeral of the S. late
Adams from
Coleman of the U. S.
30th —Good Friday.—First meeting
St. Andrew's Cathedral.
of newly-organized Pacific Degree
8th —Departure of H. B. M. S. Caro- Lodge, Daughters of Rebekah, I. O. O. F.
line for Tahiti. —Libel suits against
31st —Total value of exports for the
Editors of the Advertiser and Bulletin month from this port, $1,547,918.61.
come to naught.
gth—Opening of the fine new corner
store in the Mclnerny Block.—Arrival of
PORT OF HONOLULU.
S. S. Mariposa from the Colonies en
route for San Francisco. —Nine whalers
off the port.
AXkIVAUS.
bktne Fremont, F.merson, 27 days from
10th—Chas. L. Hopkins appointed March t AmFriend
y Islands.
B—Br S S Lelgic, Walker, 6 days 21 nours from
Deputy Marshal, vice F. Pahia, and S.
Francisco.
San
F. Graham succeeds Mr. Hopkins as
4 -Br bk Velocity, Martin, 59 days from Houkong.
Am wh bk John P West, K.OOll, from New BedMarshal's clerk.
fordand cruise.
Am wh bk Abraham Barker, Mitchell, from San
12th—Death of Daniel P. True, a /.
Francisco.
resident of Honolulu for fifty years.
5 -Am wh bk F.liza Keenan, from San Francisco
and cruise.
6-Haw S S Australia, Houdlctte, 7 days from
13th—Police Justice Kalai of Kohala
San Francisco.
dismissed.—Whaleship Hunter arrives
II It M .S Caroline, Sir William WUetnan, from
offthe port with a case of small pox, subHawaii.
8— Get bk Friedrich, Korff, 18 days from San
sequently removed to the Quarantine
Francisco.
Station. —40 more homestead lots were
9—Am S S Mariposa, Hayward, from the Colonic*.
ll Am wh bk Hunter, from San Francisco and
set apart at Kapaahu, Hamakua.—Decruise.
14 Am bk Sonoma, T H Griffith, 22 days from San
parture of the Australia for San FranDiego.
freight list.
cisco with large
Am steam wh O X Belvidere, Sherman, from
Francisco and cruise.
16th—Arrival of S. S. Alameda from
tern W S Bowne, Bluhm, 18 days from San
1: AmFrancisco.
San Francisco en route for the Colonies,
Am wh bk Fleetwing, GifTard, from a cruise.
16-Am S S Alameda, Mor.se, 6 1/i days from San
bringing news of the death of Emperor
Francisco.
William, at Berlin, on the gth inst.
Br bk Saraca, Watt, 138 days from Liverpool.
from
Luther Aholo, ex-Minister of the Interior,
Am bk Martha Davis, Benson, 140
B slon.
died to-day at his residence, in this" city.
days
bk
from
San
Caibarien,
Perkins,
iB,H
17 Am
Frncis, o.
St.
Pat—Kamehameha
Day,
days
Pcrriman,
17th
frotß San
iy- Am bktne Planter.
Jo
Francisco.
rick's Day and Jno. Cummins birthday
days
from
K> Am hk Forest Queen, Winding, BO
San Francisco.
duly observed. —Hawaiian Rifle Assoday-from
Port
TiSbitts,
;i
Am bk Atalanta,
ciation meet in Target practice at their
Gamble.
days
range, King street, with " prizes for all."
91—An ship Alexander Ml Neil, Howard, 18
from San Francisco.
Holt, Jr., appointed Tax
25—U S S Vandalia, Rear%Admii al Kinilwrley, from
20th—J.forD.balance
Hawaii.
of the term.
Collector
Am bk Vib>ra II Hopkins, Blood, 24 days from
Diego.
San
21st—Arrival of the American ship
26—Am sch Addie C Hasseltine, Saxe, 26 days fion.
Alexander McNeil, the new addition to
San Francisco, en route to Marshall Islands.
28 —Am bktne S G Wilder, Paid, 18 days from San
the Oceanic Company's line of San
Francisco,
Hr bk Willie McLaren, Laidman, So days from
Francisco and Hawaiian packets.—MaNewcastle, N S \V.
chinery at the Electric Works tested to29 Am bktne S N Castle, Hubbard, 18 days from
Francisco.
San
day, with a satisfactory result.
Am ship Mystic Bell, Freeman, 166 days from
New
York.
22nd—Memorial service in honor of
Haw bk Lady Lampaun, 14 «l'vs from San
the late Emperor William held at St.
Franciso*.
■
Andrew's Cathedral at 11 a.m. Vf. S.
DMFAXTUK&S.
Luce and G. W. Macfarlane, at the prebk C O\\ hi! mure, Ward, I,r Sati FmncisCO,
liminary examination on a charge of March i Am
Mm SS B Igic, Wa'ker, for Hongkong.
—Am wh bk Lagoda, Tucker, fortlie Antic.
conspiracy, before Chief Justice Judd,
1 Am bgtne W ti It v. in, McCulloCh, for San
are committed for trial.—Large haul of
Francisco.
Haw sch leunic Walker, Anderson, for Fasv
opium from a would-be smuggler per
nings lsla d.
Forest Queen.
I Am bk Saranac, Shaw, for San Francisc
5 —Ger bk H. Printzonberg, Ahrens, for Homjkong.
—First
of
the
lighting
permanent
Am wh bk Stamboul, Smith, for the Arctic.
23
6 Am wh bk Ohio, Safford, for the Arctic.
streets of Honolulu with electricity—a
7 Am bktne Mary Winkleman, Lryeberg, for San
brilliant success.
If'rancisco.
8-H B M S Caroline, Wiseman, for Venezuela.
Brit bk I,ady Harewood. Williams, for Hong24th—Meeting of the Mission Chilkong.
dren's Society at the residence of Judge
Am bk C D Bryant, Lee, for San Francisco.
9—Am wh bk Young Phoenix, Millard, lor the
McCully.—Death of Dr. E. Hoffman,
Arctic,
aged 83 years, and a resident of Honoio—Am S S Mariposa, Hayward, for San Francisco.
Am bktne Fremont, Emerson, for SanFrancisco.
lulu for the past forty years.
ii—Am wh bk J A Howland, Shockley, for the Arctic.
25th.—Brutal murder of Kok Yuk, a
Am wh bk Helen Mars, Ellis, for the Arctic.
Chinaman, by some party or parties unAm wh bk Eliza, Keenan, for the Arctic.
US S Vandalia, Kimberley, for Hawaii.
kown, at his residence in King street.
S S Australia, Houdlette, for San Fran13—Haw
Return ofthe Vandalia from Hilo.
cisco.
MONTHLY RECORD OF EVENTS.

March

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bk Ceylon, Calhoun, fur San Francisco.

-Am wh bk Abraham Barker, Mitchell, for the
Arctic
—Brit bk Velocity, Martin, for Hongkong.
Am wh bk Fleetwing, i.iflard, for the Aietii.
Am steam wh Belvidere, Sherman, for tlu. Arttic.
■j.'-Ain tern WS Bowue, Bluhni. for San Francisco.
Ij Am wh bk John 1' West, Koon, for the Arcti«
for the Arctic.
Am wh bk Hunter,
26—Am I■* Caiharien, Perkins, f r. van Pi*aCMCO.
bk
Martha
for Manilla.
Davis,
Benson,
27—Am
Am sch Addie C Hasseltine, Saxe, for the Mai
shall Islands.
Am bk Sonoma, Griffith, Tor San Francisco.
.'3 Am bk Forest Queen, Winding, for Sail Fian
cisco
Am sh Alex McNeil, Howard, for San Fran
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MARINE JOURNAL.
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for the Colonies.
17—Am S S Alameda, Morse,
18—Am wh bk Sea Breeze, Worth, for the Arctic.
19—Ger bk Freidrich. KoriT, for San Francisco.
Am wh bk Northern Light, Wing, for the Arctic.

PASSENGERS.
AX RIVALS.

From San Francisco, per Australia, March 6 Captain A
T Stmmondftj R J Cumisky, H A Parnialcc .i>u\ family, l
Lillie, Captain A C Sh*rman, C I)o>chcrt, George Brown
and wife, / T Moore, G W Smith, Leroy Lewis, fc, Waltner,
Captain H M Gilford, X li Penntman, T TasasUffL Wm
Driver, Capt F. Kelly, Mrs J S Muirhead, Dr F L Alvarey
and family, Mrs W H Noon, (apt C H Richardson, J A
Wood and wife, W A F.lkrker and family, F Schleasingei
and wife, M Adelsdorfer, Amos Dottner, Thos Giffurd,S 1.
Davis and wi*e, Mrs Wiard, W J Robinson, Nou Keung,
Captain J B Tobey, is Brown, John F.gun, X A judaon, L
Bellaquel and 14 other-.
From Auckland, per Mariposa, Man h ■■;■ Mr and Mrs F
Sinclair, Chas Gay, Miss Gay. Mrs KobinsoO, Mrs Lmdoit.
From Samoa : H X Riaea and 1 steerage.
From San Francisco, per bktne W b Bowue, Mrch is
Miss Kiite K.lluy.
From San Francisco, per S S Alameda, Manb 16*—J A
Buck and wife, Mies X C Dunlap, M F Glade, wife, 5
children and nurse, 1J C Jones and wife, James Welsh, K.
Miyama and wife, Miss M M Madden, Jos H Berry and
wife, and 8 sleeiage.
From San Francisco, per Planter, March 10 -'62 (Chinese.
From San Francisco, per Forest Queen, March 20—Col
Sam Norris.
From San Francisco, per ship Alex Older McNeil, March
11 -W H Graenhalgh and wite.
From San Franci.sco, per S G Wilder. March 28 Mis-, C
Tregloan, J Tregloan, Mrs K. Suvartrcy, i* :>uverercy, I>

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1)1 .PARTI 'KKS.

For San FrancUKO, per Discovery, Fehtuay afi A Wis.-.
For San Francisco, C O Whit more, March 1 -Oscar
Wade, Minnie Olesfen.
For tanning's Island, per Jennie Walker, March 1 W
C Greig. James Greig, James Bickoell,

For Yokohama and Hongkong, per S S Belgic, March 2
W Irwin, Tadamichi Tache. hi, Fung Huoii, and 19a
steerage pas-enters, including 17 children.
Fm- Hongkong, per H Krintaanbatg, March s (8
Chinese.
For San Francisco, per Mary Winkclman, Math 7—Mis
E Hance and child, D Wilher, wife and 4 children, RDm
fcld, wife and 5 children, Thomas Harrison and wife, G
Backman.
For San Francisco, per bark C D Bryant, March S Miss
M A Robinson, George King, wife ami 5 children, Marchi,
Miss M McChesney, R Wallace, Mine M E Conway, H
Bodgers, wife and 2 children, John Annoy, Manioto Mats
tiro and wife.
For Hongkong, per Lady Harawood, MarchB—64 Chi-

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For San Francisco, per S S Mariposa, March io—Mrs H
C Reid and 2 children, ) H Tofer, S Ehriich, Mr and
Mrs Kenny Watson, Miss Mirrlee.-, Mons Bouliech and
lady, Harry Yon Holt, C E Blair, George Bonney, A A S
Pierce and sou, L Hunt and wife. Miss Vida, Miss AlioWoods, F F Jackson, and T H l>a\ie-.
For San Francisco, per S S Australia, March 13 J H
I- hk-rs, 1, Bravt-rman and wife. W Orenford and son, H G
Crabbeand wife, H N Crabbeand wife, Mrs W A Bowen
and child. Miss N M Lowrey, F L Stoltz and wife, Mis
Capt Minard, Mr> Capt Shockler and child, Mrs I) F Bet
Hon A Young, wifeand 8 chil
ison, J M aasaand wif
■dren,
H Beneck, S T Alexander and wife, Dr I F Noyes,
W O Atwaler and wife, MIBS M Alexander, Miss Toonei
and child, J Kaenan,, 1 A Bertram, Miss E A Wall, F H
Hayselden, wife-, and 5 childraa, Mrs. M I ouieeon, Hon H
A VYidtmann Mrs A J'urton and daughter, Tfcoi Lucas,
Mrs W (. Wilfong, R R Hind, wife ami daughter, H Hart
and son, Miss S V Hale, W X Rowell. Steerage—J Br>
ant and wife, C I McCarthy, J M Corney, W Cunningham,
G Frears, A Jenks, X W Watson, J L Gurbch, X Shoult/,
H Warren, D McCarthy, A Lochman, A Robinson, Mrs j
W Carterand 5 children, A A Clapton. J Bryant, W Mvi
phy, W Campbell. P Hes-er, S Vasabnro, T Naka. A I.
Robcts, See along and 157 Portuguese.
For San Francisco, per bk Ceylon, March 15- 14 PortU,

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For the Colonies, per Alameda, March 17 Otto I.oesehe
W H Kllerker, wife and child, ajid S Brown.
For San Francisco, per W S Bowne, March te—E Hebnli
sly, wife and child, Mr Farmer.
For Hongkong, per Velocity, March 22 -Mr La Rue and
39 Chinese.
For San Francisco, per Forest Queen, March a3—Capt
Nanta.
For San Francisco, per Alex McNeil, March it —Rev J
Q Adams and wife, Mrs S F Graham and 3 children, MiF L Pierce.

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Volume 46, No.

THE FRIEND.

HAWAIIAN H.BOABB.
HONOLULU

I.

This page is devoted to the interests of the Hawaiian
Hoard of Missions, ami the Editor, appointed tiy the
Board is responsible forits contents.

A. O. Forbes,

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The Morning Star may be considered
due now at any time on her return from
her annual voyage to Micronesia.
Although a careful general plan of her
voyage is made out every year before
she starts from Honolulu, yet there is
always an element of uncertainty which
renders it difficult to say within a month
just when she is due.
This uncertainty arises from various
causes, the chief of which are the length
of her voyage, and the nature of the
work she has to do. A merchant vessel
has a definite route from port to port; a
whaler has a season whose limits are
quite well defined, and, in either case,
the contingencies which may change or
lengthen the voyage are comparatively
few. But with the Morning Star the
case is different. The contingencies of
her voyage are so numerous, and the
work she has to do is <nr such a multifarious nature that the most puzzling
work of the General Secretary of the
Hawaiian Board each year is to make
out the general plan of the voyage and
the corresponding letter of instructions
to the captain. She is provisioned and
fitted out for a ten months voyage, but
her actual work among the mission stations in Micronesia occupies from eight
to nine months; the rest ofthe time being mostly taken up in going to the
field and returning. She plies back and
forth among five different groups of islands in Micronesia, visiting twenty-six
separate mission stations besides exploring new islands from time to time, landing
supplies of various kinds for the missionaries, taking them from island to
island in their tours of visitation, or for
their general convocations, and carrying the scholars of the Mission Training
Schools back and forth to their homes
or to the schools. This is no small
matter, as there are now four Training
Schools and two Girl's Boarding Schools
established in that broad field. Her
track in this work zigzags back and
forth, and frequently doubles on itself
through a field of about six hundred
miles broad, north and south, by about
eighteen hundred miles long, east and
west. In such a voyage and such a
work many contingencies are apt to
arise which cannot be foreseen and
and which materially alter the plan and
duration of the voyage; such for instance as serious illness or loss of
health of some of the missionaries, or
breaking out of war on some of the
islands.
Our last date from Capt. Garland
showed that the vessel was only three
weeks behind her usual time, owing to
an unusual series of protracted calms,

and to the trouble with the Spanish on
Ponapc, which had caused her to make an
extra visit to that island to.ieeifthc
missionaries needed further aid. She
had at that time accomplished nearly
half of her work, and unless some special
delay should happen during the remainder of her voyage, she would therefore be now due at this port on her reIf, however, unusual
turn voyage.
calms or other causes of delay should
arise, she may not arrive till the latter
part of April or the early part of May.

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where a Gilbert Island teacher alone is
stationed.
Here an unfavorable state of things
was found to exist. Tern Binoka, the
somewhat celebrated King of Apemama,
had shown himself decidedly hostile to
Christianity, and being an absolute
despot, those who stood firm against
heathenish orgies and practices were in
fear for their lives. Ten or more of the
church members took passage on the
Morning Star and fled to the island of
Maiana.

I'ok the past twenty-five years, evanProm 8 letter recently received via
Sydney from Key. D. Kanoho, one of gelical work among the Chinese on these
our Hawaiian missionaries to the Gilbert islands has been kept up under the ausIslands, we extract a few items. His pices of the Hawaiian Board of Missions.
station is on the island of Marakei, and Much effort and no inconsiderable
amount of money has been spent in this
his letter is dated October 26, 1887.
The* Morning Star reached Marakei work. During the past seven years eson the 14th of September, on her way pecially, under the efficient and laborisouthward through the Gilbert Group ous supervision of Mr. P. W. Damon,
on her way to the island of Tapiteuea, aided by Rev. C. M. Hyde, I). IX, and
where the General Convocation of the Rev. S. C. Damon, D. IX, until his deGilbert Island Mission was to beheld. cease, very material and cheering pro
She had on board the two Hawaiian eiCSS has been made in this work. A
missionaries and their wives sent from nourishing Chinese Church has been
here last year, viz., Key. /.. S. K. I'aa- gathered in Honolulu and another in
luhi and wife, and Rev. M. Lutera and Kohala, on the island of Hawaii, and
wife. Also, Key. A. C. VValkup with two very neat and comfortable church
the scholars of his Training School and buildings erected. Beside this, the gosof the Girl's Boarding School from Ku- pel has been regularly proclaimed in the
saie, and Key. K. Maka and wife from Chinese language on Maui and Kauai.
liutaritari. Key. Mr. Kanoho joined In Honolulu, also, a fine Y. M. C. A.
them at Marakei, and the large company building has been erected by the Chinese
crowded the vessel. The next day, and their Y. M. C* Association, has been
Sept. 15th, the}' reached the island of doing a good work.
Apaiang where they found the people in It is to be deprecated that all has been
a state of war with the inhabitants of 1 thus done should be apparently ignored
the neighoring island of Tarawa. In- and divisive influences encouraged,
deed, this seems to be a chronic state of which tend to break down rather than
affairs between the people of those two build up the work of christianization
among the Chinese on our shores.
islands.
The missionaries on this visit went
WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS.
ashore and tried to put an end to the
war, and to induce the TarawanB to reThe Woman's Board of Missions are
turn to their own island, but with doubt- actively at work, in both the Foreign
ful success. The Gilbert Island teacher and Home field.
Nothing has been
located here was taken on board, and, heard
that has not alMicronesia,
from
on the 17th, the vessel arrived off the ready been
made public.
island of Tarawa and took on board the Miss Mary E. Green's work in the
Gilbert Island teacher stationed there. Home Department is very
interesting.
Pursuing her way, she reached the island With her Bible Readers, many homes
of Maiana on the 19th and took on board are visited every month, and an excelRev. W. N. Lono, the Hawaiian mission- lent influence exerted. They also
visit
ary stationed there. Leaving Maiana on the Prison, Hospital and Lunalilo Home
the 20th, she headed for the islands of every month. Committees of different
Apemama and Nonouti, where there are ladies visit monthly the Chinese Schools
Gilbert Island teachers stationed, but Kawaiahao Seminary and the school in
failed to reach them. On the 26th, she Powler's yard.
arrived at Tapiteuea, where Key. S. P.
The regular meetings of the Board
Kaaia, a Hawaiian missionary, is sta- have been very interesting. Excellent
tioned. On the 28th the sessions of papers upon various topics have been
their General Convocation commenced, prepared and read each month.
We
and closed on the 4th of October. Dur- wish that more ladies would remember
sessions,
these
it
was
decided
that
ing
our day of meeting, and share with us
of the two new Hawaiian missionaries these interesting gatherings.
sent out this year, Key. Mr. Paaluhi
Cornelia A. Bishop.
should be stationed on Tapiteuea, and
Recording Secretary.
Rev. Mr. Lutera on Apaiang.
The Star then returned the missionwhat
we have wrought into our
Only
aries to their respective stations through- character during life can we take with
out the group, touching at Apemama, us into the other world.

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[April, 1888.

THE FRIEND.

THEHONOLULU,
Y. M.H. €. A.

THE EDEN CITY.

POINTERS.

"Pasadena is the Eden dfy of America,
The young man on the lookout for a
nestled under the foot-hills' of the Sierra "soft place," through a dislike for honest
Madre Mountains, and is made up hard work, can find one under his hat.
largely of New England men, whose
The darkest hour in the history of
type of morality and Christian integrity
any young man is, when he sits down
Editor. are
S. D. Fulhr,
making their influence felt. Not a to study how to get money without
single drinking saloon of gambling [earning it.-Horace
Greeley.
Y. M. C. A. BOYS:
place, or concert hall can be found in
Here is a fact, but there is no fun in
this
fair
while
a
substantial
busicity,
At the last ineeting of the Y. M. C.
ness is being built up, and elegant homes it. The cost of firing one shot from a
cannon of the largest size now made is
A. Boys, Mr. T. H. Davies was present have been, and are at
present, being
sufficient to maintain a missionary and
and gave them a very practical good- numerously erected."
his
family in China or India for
bye talk, before embarking for his home The above was taken from an article morewhole
than
two years.- -The Young
London.
Davies
and
his
the
in
Mr.
Y. M. C. A. Messenger, of San
nephew in
Man.
Mr. Carrol Jackson have left many last- Francisco. The writer has recently
Young men are social. The)- will
ing impressions for good upon young visited the southern part of the State,
and old by their earnest christian words and notes a combination of facts in the seek the society of other young men.
and faithful loving service.
"fair city" of Southern California that The question is, what sort of society
Mrs. B. lr Dillingham was elected are in striking contrast to the situation that shall be. They will spend their
time somewhere where they can
President, and will entertain the boys at in our own fair city of the Pacific.
their next meeting with a description of
Pasadena seems to be entirely want- meet each other. The vital question is
some of the sights she saw during her ing in that kind of thrift and business where and under what influence?
recent visit in the great English Metrop- enterprise that builds and supports
A Gouverneur physician delivered a
olis. The meeting will be next Thurs- saloons, gambling dens and concert short but striking temperance lecture a
day afternoon at half-past two o'clock. halls ; but, in the absence of these social few days since, when in filling out a
Let all the members be present, and and financial parasites, we find great death certificate the cause of death was
any boys who would like to join.
business prosperity and its legitimate given thus: "Chief and determining,
result is seen in the erection of elegant pleuropneumonia and delirium tremens;
homes for the people. But here in consecutive and contributing, whisky."
BLUE RIBBON LEAGUE.
Honolulu, where we are pittifully cursed
Watertovtn Times.
A good interest is maintained in the with saloons and gambling, and
The rich young ruler presented fine
Saturday evening temperarffce meetings. where a limitless range of vice is foscertificates—of his composition. Christ
The attendance varies somewhat, but is tered, is it any wonder that honest busi- didn't tear
them up, but
what
encouragingly large. The chairman of ness stagnates—that our merchants and you tradesmen do with an applicant for
builders
troubled,
look
and express a vagrancy: He gave him a bit of
the entertainment committee has been
greatly missed during a run over to San anxiety for the future.
work to try his hand on. The gentle
Let Christian integrity arise and make manly comma.ulment-keeper wrote no
Francisco, and subsequent detention in
itself
felt
here, as in Pasadena, until we more certificates.
quarantine; but he is again in his place,
and we expect to keep the "ball rolling" are as free from death-traps as they are,
Out of the thirty-twit young men in
for the encouragement of those who are and we shall not only have substantial New York City who were examined
standing true, and for reaching others business prosperity, but shall become recently for the West Point cadetship,
who are still tampering with the drink. the Eden city ofthe world.
only nine were accepted as physically
We arc very sorry to lose from our city
sound. Such a note might well make
SUNDAY
EVENING
SERVICE.
several who have been kind and faithful
the young men of our cities pause for a
helpers in the work. Any addition to
A Gospel Praise Service is held in the moment's thought. How few there are
our corps of helpers will be gladly wel- Y. M. C. A. hall every
Sunday evening who do not study to fashion and humor
comed.
at 6:30 o'clock. The members of the the appetite more than they do the laws
Association and all other young men, that pertain to a healthful body. Beer,
The next monthly business meeting especially strangers, are cordially in- the cigarette, too much amusement, and
will be held on Thursday evening, vited to attend. Please be present the hidden vices, are making sad havoc
April 19th, and it will also be the annual promptly at 6:30, as the hour to close with the physical manhood of all our
meeting for the election of officers. The must be 7:15. not to interfere with towns and cities.- Chicago Inter-Ocean.
President's address and the reports of church attendance. The following are
And remember, my son, you have to
committees will be given at the annual the topics for the month
work. Whether you handle a pick or a
social one week later.
April 1 Victory over death. 1 Cor. pen, a wheelbarrow or a set of books,
Mr. I'. C. Jones lias just started a xv:i> 26. 47 57. "
digging ditches or editing a paper, ring
new class in book-keeping in the Y. M.
April S Obey ant! Prosper. Deu. ing an auction-bell or writing funny
C. A. Rooms. The course will consist
things, you must work. Don't be afraid
of twelve lessons, to be given every **9 .»■
of killing yourselfwith over-work. It is
15 -"Christ Receiveth Sinful beyond your power to do that on the
Monday evening at 7 o'clock; free to April Mat.
men."
ix:g13.
members, but a charge of $2 will be
sunny side of thirty. They die someApril 22 Taking Counsel of God only. times, but its because they quit work at
made to any one not a member. Those
Gal i:i 1 17. Sam. fcj, 6.
desiring to join must apply at once.
6 l. m. and don't get home until 2 a. m.
April 29—The way to Successful Life. Its the interval that kills, my son. So
find out what you want to be and do,
"There! the paper says that Joshua i:i 8. Prov. 111:5—10.
Redwood family, out in the Yosemy son, and take off your coat and
Valley, are often seen with trunks A saloon can no more be run without make a dust in the world. The busier
feet in diameter. Now, don't you using up boys, than a flouring mill you are, the less deviltry you will be apt
complain of the size of my trunks without wheat, or a saw-mill without to get into, the sweeter will be your
The only question is, whose sleep, the brighter and happier your
1, Richard. These Redwoods aren't logs.
lof a family, either. I never heard boy boys or mine? Our boys or holidays, and the better satisfied will the
cut.
world be with you. liurdette.
I.

Thi< page is devoted to the interests ot the Honolulu
Young
Christian Association, and the Hoard of
Directors are responsible for it* contents.

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THE FRIEND.
A TESTIMONY TO AMERICAN MISSIONARIES.
Letter from the American Minister to China,
SII.II klefurj. Kvans\ illc. Indian:..

Legation of

lo

General

United States,

Peking, March 20, 1886.

Dear General:—I wrote you some
time since about the missionaries. Since
then I have gone through some-of the
missions here, and will go through all.
Believe nobody when he sneers at them.
The man is simply not posted on the
work. With your enthusiastic religious
nature, you can realize the view that the
believing Christian takes of the divine
side of the question. I, unfortunately
more worldly, look at it as the ancient
Roman would have done, who said, " I
am a man, and nothing that is human is
indifferent to me."
I saw a quiet, cheerful woman teaching forty or more Chinese girls; she
teaches in Chinese the ordinary branches
of common school education. Beneath
the shadow of the "forbidden city" I
heard these girls sing the Psalms of
David and " Home, Sweet Home." I
saw a male teacher teaching forty or
more boys the translation of the arithmetic used at home; these boys did examples for me at the blackboard. I saw
their little Chinese dormitories, where
they slept on kangs; their plain, but
neat, refectory; their kitchen, with its
great piles of lice. I saw their chapel;
I visited the dispensaries, complete and
perfect as any apothecary shop at home;
then the consultation rooms, their wards
for patients, coming, without money or
price, to be treated by the finest medical
and surgical talent in the world. Think
of it! Is there a more perfect charity
in the world ? The details of all the
system were explained to me. There
are two of these medical missionaries
here who receive no pay whatever. The
practice of the law is magnificent; but
who can rival the devotedness of these
men to humanity?
I have seen missionaries go hence a
hundred miles into districts where there
is not a white person of any nationality,
and they do it as cooly as you went into
battle at Shiloh. And these men have
lemarkable learning, intelligence, and
courage. It is, perhaps, a fault that
they court nobody, make no effort to
attract attention, fight no selfish battle.
I made the advances that have secured
their warm and cordial personal affection. My personal magnetism, if I have
any, came into play. I gave them a
"Thanksgiving" dinner; I had the Missionary Society meet at the Legation,
and gave them, as is usual, tea. I invited them to visit me, and discuss quesrions of interest to Americans, particularly, lately—the threatened reprisals at
Canton, which called forth some energetic action on the part of the Legation
and Admiral Davis. It is idle for any
man to decry the missionaries or their
work. I care not about statistics, about

how many souls they save, and what each
soul costs per annum. The Catholics
alone have 1,200,000 Chinese church
members. How -Tiany the Protestant
denominations have I do not know.
I taught school myself for more than
two years in Alabama. The men or the
women who put in from eight o'clock
to four in teaching Chinese children,
on a salary that barely enables one to
live, are heroes or heroines, as truly as
Grant or Sheridan, Nelson or Farragut
—and all this in a country where a
handful of Americans is surrounded by
300,000,000 Asiatics, liable at any moment to break out into mobs and outrages—particularly in view of the tremendous crimes committed against their
race at home.
I am not particularly pro-missionary;
these men and women are simply
American citizens to me as Minister;
but, as a man, I cannot but admire and
respect them. I can tell the real from
the false. These men and women are
honest, pious, sincere, industrious, and
trained for their work by the most
arduous study. Outside of any religious
question, and even if Confucianism or
Buddhism, are more divine than Christianity, and better for the human race
which no American believes—these people are doing a great work in civilizing,
educating and taking care of helpless
thousands. They are the forerunners of
Western methods and Western morality.
They are preparing the way for whitewinged commerce and material progress,
which are knocking so loudly at the gate
ofthe Chinese wall.
At our missionary meetings at home
you may quote these sentiments as
coming from me. I fancy that I hear
your burning eloquence, arguing much
better than I have done, a cause which,
outside the religious denominations, has
no advocates. I do not address myself
to the churches, but as a man of the
world, talking to sinners like himself. I
say that it is difficult to say too much
good of missionary work in China, from
even the standpoint of the skeptic.
Should your people send me any sum
whatever, and however small, to be
given to any denomination, I will faithfully see that it is transmitted.
Yours very truly,
(Col.) Charles Denby.

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The same writer, in a letter to Dr.
Ellinwood, Secretary of the Presbyterian
Board of Foreign Missions, says
I have made it my business to visit
every mission in the open ports of
China. This inspection has satisfied
me that the missionaries deserve all possible respect, encouragement and consideration. I find no fault with them
Civilization
except excessive zeal.
owes them a vast debt. All over China
they have schools, colleges, and hospitals. They are the early, and only
translators, interpreters and writers of
Chinese. To them we owe our die-

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tionaries, histories'and translations of
Chinese works. They have scattered

the Bible broadcast, and have prepared
many school-books in Chinese. Commerce and civilization follow where
these unselfish pioneers have blazed tRe
way. Leaving all religious questions
out of consideration, humanity must
honor a class which, for no pay, or very
inadequate pay, devotes itself to charity
and philanthropy.

The early Greek tragedies move on
the same lines as the book of Job, but
are full of fate, and end in bare endurance. Job is full of freedom, and ends
in trust.

What a figure is Moses ! Dwarfing
all other men in the majesty of his
achievements. What breadth of character; what vicissitudes in his life; how
romantic—a waif on the waters of the
Nile in its beginning, buried by angels
at'its end.
Take David—a man who covers a
broader reach of qualities than any other
found in all history ; a continental character, embracing in himself whole zones
of morality, mountains and plains, green
pastures and stagnant fens, still waters
and rushing torrents, and joining all into
beauty as they spread under the light of
heaven.
Not only at his birth did Christ sub-

mit to swaddling-bands. Ever since his
resurrection he has been in the world as
it were in swathing-bands. He has been
in his body the church, and the church
has been a very infirm body; sometimes crazed with the fever of fanaticism ;
sometimes drunken with the strong
drink of worldliness; sometimes comatose with the stupor of spiritual lethargy.
Follow Jesus. Where? To Gethsemane? Yes; and into the mount of
Transfiguration. Follow him in deeds
of love; follow him into the temple with
the whip of cords to drive out evil from
the house of God. Love, comfort the
little children, and condemn the hypocrites whose deceitfulness delays the
salvation of the world. Hate evil strongly enough to expose and condemn it, if
you would follow the Son of the living

God.

The health and wealth of the highest
are bound up with the lowest. Sir
Robert Peel gave his daughter a superb
riding habit on her eighteenth birthday,
and proudly rode by her side in the park
She came home,
as she wore it.
sickened with malignant typhus, and
after a few days died. The poor seamstress who wrought the rich embroidery
of that garment lived in a wretched
attic, in the London slums. Her husband was dying of the worst form of
typhus, and when his chill came she
spread the riding habit over him. So
the deadly germs were carried from the
slums to the palace. Society has her
own way of avenging herself.

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