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CONTENTS.
Naval Disaster at Samoa
Mrs. Mary H. Benfield
Samoans as an Evangelizing People
Native Testimony of the Prevalence of Idolatry
The Oldest Book in the AVorld
Ruk Lagoon
Marshall Islands
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The Naval Disaster at Samoa.
At the time of our last issue, this
community was waiting with some
solicitude for news from Samoa. A report coming by way of Germany, had
gained some currency in the States,
that the Nipsic had been sunk by the
Olga in the harbor of Apia. For many
good reasons, this report found little
credence in Honolulu. Still we were
somewhat anxiously waiting to have all
doubts removed. April 6th, the Alameda came, with intelligence of a disaster at Apia entirely different from the
one reported, even more distressing in its
outward circumstances, and perhaps
equal in loss of life, yet appealing wholly
to our tenderest sympathy, and devoid of
all the hostile and bitter feelings which
the first reported event was adapted to
kindle. The news was very startling;
very shockirjg. We were all filled with
wonder and sorrow.
The strange and painful event of the
wrecking of the American and German
squadrons by a hurricane in the harbor
of Apia was one that came very close to
the hearts of the Honolulu people from
the fact that the Vandalia, which experienced the severest stress and loss of
the American ships, had so recently
spent more than a year in our quiet
harbor, and that her officers had been
peculiarly intimate in Honolulu society,
and many of her warrant officers most
favorably known. Captain Schoonmaker
and Paymaster Arms were especially
honored in our churches. It is most
grievous to think of their protracted
Struggle with the whelming surges,
until beaten exhausted from their hold
on deck, they disappeared. We had
formed a special acquaintance and
esteem for Lieut. Wilson, who was
rescued from the Vandalia's rigging,
after having been stripped by the wind
of all his clothing. How glad we are
that so much of a man Avas saved,
though he lost all his belongings. We
figure too, the noble form of Flag
Lieutenant Rittenhouse, helping all day
to fight the Trenton against the cyclone
and along the reef, and to fire the lifelines to the Vandalia sufferers. So the
Honolulu people each thought of those
they had best known, and all our hearts
went out towards them.
It is long since so great a sensation
has been created here by any event
abroad. Memorial services were held
during the week at the Anglican and
Roman Catholic cathedrals, and at the
Central Union Church. At the latter
place, the floral decorations were unprecedentedly profuse. The hearts of
the people and of their pastors were
very deeply in the commemorations and
the prayers, for our friends so ruthlessly
swept away by the tempest, and for
those who survived. We remembered
also the sufferers of both nationalities,
those whom we knew not, as well as
those we know.
While our English brethren shared in
the common sorrow, they enjoyed a
special pride in the gallant feat of their
Calliope which after losing all her
anchors, and so, as it were, all hope,
doggedly defied the tremendous billows,
and forced her mighty way in the teeth
of the tempest, out into the open ocean.
This was grand fighting; but no braver
than the defeated battle of the weaker
ships that perished. The fate of some
of these was terrible. One, the Eber,
was flung bodily against the reef and
dashed to pieces in a moment, all on
board but four, perishing. Another, the
Adler, as we see in the photographs of
the wrecks, lies far up on the reef,
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We have yet
square upon her side.
the
story, whose
but a meagre version of
soon
reach
us
more fully.
details must
the perishthe
sense
of
sorrow
for
In
Aye
may not
sufferers,
and
surviving
ed
interests
the
political
forget
"Very grave
concerned, which cannot fail to be
seriously and we trust most favorably
affected by this disastrous event. Common suffering and mutual aid and sympathy must most effectually tend to allay
the animosity Avhich had arisen between
America and Germany, and which the
reported sinking of the Nipsic was fanning into bitterness, We are very hopeful of hearing that this event has had a
most favorable influence towards amicable and cordial action in the Berlin
conference upon Samoa affairs. It is
very remarkable how this remote and
quiet little group has been forced into so
conspicuous a position, and how the eyes
of the world are now so effectually turned upon it by means of the most
singular naval disaster qfthe period.
Mrs. Mary H. Benfield.
The death of this estimable lady at
Berkeley, California, on the thirtieth of
January last, calls for especial notice in
The Friend. Mrs. Benfield had spent
the most of her years among us, and
for a long period as a member of FortStreet Church. She was born at Kailua
in 1831, third daughter of the noble
pioneer missionary, Asa Thurston. Her
school education was completed at Mt.
Holyoke Seminary. In her parent's
life she occupied a larger part than any
other of their children. It fell to her to
minister to their closing years, and after
her mother's death to edit and publish
her autobiography. Mrs. Benfield's life
was one of great and often afflictions,
borne with rare Christian serenity and
courage. Her repeated widowhood left
her to much of the stress of poverty,
but strong to bear her burdens, laboring
hard in household and schoolroom.
Many now in active life remember her
affectionately as a teacher of their
childhood.
Of all Mrs. Benfield's immediate
family, there survive but one sister, Mrs.
Persis Taylor, and one son and daughter, to whom the departed mother's
memory will be most blessed. How
consoling our assured hope in the risen
Redeemer, in whose welcoming bosom
is rest for the ransomed soul after such
heavy sorrows and toils as were experienced by our sister who has gone home.
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Samoans as an Evangelizing People.
In our last issue, we gave some account of Rev. A. W. Murray's valuable
history of "The Bible in the Pacific."
In reading this book, the fact of which
we were already aware, became still
more apparent, how extensively Samoan
teachers were employed as pioneers in
the evangelization of Western Oceanica.
This is of peculiar interest at this time,
when recent events have been placing
this interesting people very conspicuously bef :e the world.
The French navigator La Perouse
who visited the group in 1787, described
it as "one of the finest countries in the
universe," while he branded the natives'
as "atrocious savages, whose shores
ought not to be approached." This language Avas owing to the fatal result of a
skirmish, provoked by the shooting of a
native for theft, in which affray Commander Dc Langle and several savants
of La Perouse's expedition lost their
lives.
The truth is, Mr. Murray says, that
whole they were heathens of a
milder type than those found on any
other group or island of Polynesia."
Cannibalism and human sacrifices were
unknown; the children were loved and
cherished; the aged were respected and
reverenced; the sick, as a general rule,
carefully tended; the women were almost,
if not quite, on an equality with men.
From other sources we learn that
domestic and social purity are carefully
regarded. As a consequence the population is slowly increasing. In 1843 it
was estimated at 33,900, in 187(>, at
35,181. It is believed to be noAV still
"on the
larger.
The gospel Avas first carried to Samoa
from Tahiti by Messrs. Williams and
BarlT, in 1830. Mr. Murray landed there
in 1838. The Avhole Bible was first
printed in 1855, and in the year I**7
alone, 1023 Bibles were sold among the
native Protestant population of 30,000
souls.
The record of the landing of Samoan
teachers and their labors on distant
islands is a very remarkable one. These
recent converts to Christ, full of zeal
and devotion for their Lord who had
saved them and filled them with light,
went far and wide as pioneers of that
new light and life,' among the savage
and degraded tribes, where a white man
could scarcely live at all. It is difficult
to see how, without the preparatory
labors of these simple and devoted
Samoan Christians, the gospel could
have been successfully introduced, or
white men have found a foothold at all
among some of the fearfully debased
tribes of Melanesia.
The earliest landing of Samoan teachers which is recorded in this book was
at Rotuma in November, 1839, where
Rev. Joseph Waterhouse began to
labor fifteen years later. A few days
later, November 18, others were landed
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at Tanna in the New Hebrides, conduct-
ed there by Rev. John Williams. It
was on the very next day that he met
his death by savage hands on the neighboring island of Eramanga. It was
nineteen years before white missionaries
obtained strong foothold upon Tanna,
while some of the Samoan teachers had
been slain by the heathen.
At Niua in the New Hebrides
Samoans were placed in 1810; at Aneiteum and Fotuna in 1841; at Fate
or Sandwich I. in 1845; and at Mare in
the Loyalty group in 1841. To Niue,
south of the Fijis, they carried the gospel in 1849. The waste of life was
great among these devoted people; but
the places of the departed were bravely
and eagerly filled, and the ranks of the
teachers well reinforced from the training
school in Samoa.
The Samoans thus stand before us as
a people who have besn peculiarly active
and fearless in furthering the Gospel
of our Lord and Redeemer. We believe
that He rules over the affairs of the
world. We believe that the enterprise
of enlightening and converting the
nations to Him is the enterprise which
is dearest to His heart. We believe
that He is steadily carrying on the war
against Satan's kingdom of darkness
and idolatry, and carrying it forward
to victory, by the means and services of
all who love to work in this warfare.
Those who are thus engaged, we must
also believe, are especially dear to the
Head of the Kingdom, and the Captain
of the host. In accordance Avith this
view, we cannot be surprised to find
that He exerts a peculiar protection over
those peoples and tribes who are forward
to receive and cherish the gospel, and
especially over those who are active in
carrying the gospel to others. Nowhere
has this fact been more marked than in
the manner in which the independence,
autonomy, and secular prosperity of the
Hawaiian kingdom has been promoted
and maintained.
The Samoans have been lately undergoing a fierce struggle, and enduring the
severest aggression from the most formidable of military powers.
Recent
events indicate that the tempest of war
and conquest is about to pass them by,
leaving them in the enjoyment of freedom and autonomy. Is it a vain imagination, if we surmise that the Great
Protector of His people has been
especially at work for the Samoans, or
entertain a strong expectation, that
they will be brought out of their troubles
into "a large place" of honor and wellbeing ? It is certainly premature to indulge in fancied interpretations of the
marvellous ways of Divine Providence,
but we must watch the outcome of
events with the deepest interest.
In connection with the late disaster to
the naval forces at Apia, it is of peculiar
interest to learn that the Samoan forces
arrayed against the Germans, laid aside
their warfare, and applied themselves to
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the work of humanity in relieving the
distresses of their foes and their allies
alike. Such Christian conduct must win
them a kindly regard from all parties,
which will go far to aid in the removal
of their difficulties.
Native Testimony to the Prevalence ofIdolatry.
We are permitted to print the following extracts from a letter of one of the
best of the native school teachers to
Miss Mary Green. After making some
favorable statements about Temperance
Avork among the people of his district,
he adds: "There is a very great
amount of idolatry and wickedness in
this nation, a nation that has been consecrated to Jehovah, but which has
strayed from the path of right. I declare
to you, that among some of the parents
of these children, (his scholars) there is
great Avorshipping of idols. Myself and
a trusted friend are in the habit of
going among the sick, and through the
truth of God's word in our mouths, we
now have in our hands certain things of
worshi' ':>r means of sorcery, mea hooiiiannin
it) which have been consecrated
to the gods of the old time. Where
then are the men who have the courage
to go forth and overturn the old superstitions of Hawaii nei ? From Hawaii
to Kauai this nation is densely enshrouded in these abominations. The
ministers are very fearful about going
out to resist these things, lest they die by
the power of these sorcery gods. Are
such ministers real Christians? I declare
to you, my dear friend in the Lord, that
out of one hundred church members
there are ten who do not serve other
gods, and ninety who do worship them.
If the
Deplorable are the evil results.
people were properly instructed, they
Avould see the evil of it. Are there not
some men to be found, free from superstition, and valiant for Jehovah, to go
forth and overthrow the ancient superstitions in Hawaii ? I assert there are
such men, and these are their names
(naming three native ministers and a
layman). Many of them, I fear are
prone to go backward when Satan tries
them, being sometimes orL the Lord's
side and sometimes on the Devil's.
There is no good in serving two masters. The work of our church and the
pastor is going on well."
It is truly encouraging to be assured
that ten percent, of the church members
are free from any tampering with superstitious practices. It is not to be assumed that there is no genuine piety
among the rest. We are sure that there
is much love of the Lord, but that they
do not realize the sin of idolatry to
which their fears incite them. It is
quite certain that the native pastors as
a class need ;i severe bracing up on this
subject, c ;. ccially since influences kindred to tv infamous Hale Naua have
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Dr. Pease had made his usual tour
aright.
the Marshall Islands and had
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"If thou sittest down to eat Avith a
His
number, despise the dishes that thou found much to encourage him.
lovest; it is but a short time to restrain training school on Kusaie last year had
thyself; and voracity is something de- 23 Marshall Islanders, men, women and
grading, for there is bestiality in it. As
boys during
a glass of Avater quenches thirst, as a children. Every one of the
mouthful of vegetables strengthens the the year declared his purpose to serve
heart, as one good takes the place of the Lord. This year he numbers 33.
another good, as a very little takes the On Jaluij, in charge of Rev. Jciemia,
place of much, he who is drawn aAvay with
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people the stomach is master. How- Several additions to the church are
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venerable
since
In 1847, a
him. Do not reject the meats, even Mille money contributed by the people
known as the " Papyrus Prisse," was from a man repugnant to thee; take to the Mission had been seized by the
obtained in Thebes from a royal tomb Avhat he gives thee, and do not leave it; German officials as part of the fine of
of the eleventh dynasty. In the course truly this is disagreeable.
$500 levied upon the people on account
of years the growing skill of Egyptolo"As for a man lacking good manners, of the mysterious disappearance of a
gists secured an excellent version in upon whom all that one can say is with- trader. Arno the largest island, has
French in 1887, by M. Philippe Virey. out effect, who wears a surly face to- had no church organization since Rev.
This has been translated into English wards the advances of a gracious heart, S. P. Kaaia returned to Hawaii. At
by Prof. Howard Osgood, and appeared he is an affliction to his mother and his Mejuro appeal Avas made for another
in the Bibliotheca Sacra of October, relatives. All say: 'Show thy name, teacher, but Dr. Pease had none to
1888.
thou whose mouth is silent; speak, be leave. MaKvonlap occupied last year
The greater part of this work consists not proud because of thy strength !'
after being left for several years without
of a treatise on morals, manners, and
"Do not harden the hearts of thy chil- any one in charge, asked for another
religious obligations, by Ptah-hotep, dren. Instruct those who will be in thy teacher and more books. The church
written in the period of the fifth dynasty, place, but Avhen he does not permit, was reorganized with 17 l rnberS, 11
B. C. 3951-3702. This is preceded, none knoAv the events Avhich God brings of them on profession of uiith. At
however, by a remnant of a book on to pass. Let the chief talk to his chil- Ailinglaplap are I preaching places, 15
religion and morals, written by Kakimna dren, after he has accomplished the pupils in school. At Namo, visited for
in the period of the third dynasty, B. C. human condition; they will gain honor the first time, a teacher Avas left Avith
4449-1295. (Mariette.)
for themselves by increasing in well- his wife and four children to look alter
"The fragment of Kakimna reveals a doing, starting from that which he has the 300 people. It was earnestly desired
society, long removed from the savage told them.
to visit Kwojelein Avhere it was said a
state; where manners go far towards
"If all that is written in this book is woman WSI preaching Christianity; but
making the man, and the ill-mannered heeded as I have said it, in order to it was decided to go to Ujac, visited for
surly man is an affliction to his mother; make progress in the right, they who the first time, yet upon it were found
where gluttony is regarded as bestiality, heed will learn it by heart, they will re- enough believers to organize a church,
and the man who does not govern his cite it as it is written; it will do good to 16 in all, 5 formerly resident on other
appetite is marked as worthless; where their hearts more than all things on this islands. The island was fertile, the
the right instruction of children is the whole earth, in whatever position they people well clothed and intelligent. At
first duty of parents; where the deity is may be. Then at this time the majesty Lee, 20 miles distant, there were said to
spoken of in the singular, as God Avho of the king of the South and of the be quite a number of believers, ready to
brings to pass events which none fore- North, Hani, arrived in port (died); then be organized into a church. At Natneknew."
arose the majesty of the king of the rik the church is prospering, and there
We append the fragment of Kakimna, South and of the North, Seaoferu, a are 55 children in school.
which is thus shown as being the oldest king beneficent all over this entire land.
The possible coming of German missurviving literary fragment in the world, Then I, Kakimna, Avas made prefect. It sionaries to take charge of missionary
antedating Moses by nearly three thous- is finished."
work in the Marshall Islands is a matter
and years. Ptah-hotep's treatise is
of grave consideration in forecasting the
Ruk Lagoon.
some five hundred years later. This
future of this field. Shall the Avotk be
also holds to one supreme and righteous
this
In
lagoon of the Pacific, divided with them, taking only certain
largest
God, and to a morality of great purity, Avhich it is now the fashion to call Truk, islands for the Avotk of our Board; or
proving that the later polytheism of the Ponapean preacher, Moses, main- shall we withdraw from the field alEgypt was the result of a long process tains himself as pastor and teacher together ? A strong desire is expressed
of corruption, or evolution downwards. with a church of 98 members, and a that Rev.
J. F. Whitney should ret m
We may find room hereafter for ex- school of 130. At Anapauo, where Rev. to the field, and take charge of a station
tracts from Ptah-hotep.
R. W. Logan established his head- at Mejuro, that would give opportunity
The book of Kakimna. A treatise on quarters the work does not seem to. to teach the whole Ratak Chain. This
manners in the time of the Kings Hum have gone forward, only 21 church is the scheme advocated by the Haand Senoferu of the third dynasty. (A members being now reported. Three waiian Board, ever since Mr. Whitney
fragment.)
other stations only are now occupied for was recalled. The islands seem to be in
"I am sure of being respected. A song this populous lagoon. The books sent a more favorable condition than ever
that is right opens the stronghold of my down last year found a ready sale, 40 before for the reception and propagation
silence; but the paths to the place of my cocoanuts being the price of a hymn of the gospel. Shall they now be abanrepose are surrounded by words armed book.
doned; or shall the mission be reinforced ?
been actively at work. The fact has
not unfrequently been reported to us, of
certain Hawaiian pastors permitting the
employment of kahunas with their enchantments for sick members of their
families, and even of such a pastor himself being attended in his last sickness
by a kahuna with his idolatrous arts.
These are not disheartening facts; they
merely indicate the continued necessity
for much influence and care to be still
expended upon our immature Hawaiian
churches "and their pastors by those
churches which first gave them the gospel. The needed agencies for this care
are, we trust, soon to be actively at
work.
—
36
[May, 1889.
THE FRIEND.
Our Lord's Second Coming
This grand event must remain shrouded in much mystery, until its prophecy is
fulfilled. It is the topic of the International Sunday School lessons for last
Sunday and next Sunday. Dr. Peloubet's commentaries on previous lessons
we have found reliable and rich in suggestion. We regret in these lessons to
find him adopting in explanation the
clumsy expedient of a "threefold coming" of the Lord. One of these comings
(only metaphorical) he supposes to have
been at the destruction of Jerusalem.
But our Lord expressly warned his disci
pies against supposing that he would
come at that time; Mark 13: 5, 6; Matt.
24: 23-28. He emphatically declares, in
the 28th verse, that his coming, when it
takes place, will be universally conspicuous. It seems most clear that nothing
short of a visible, personal coming in indescribable majesty and glory is meant.
Compare 2 Thess. 2: 8, "the brightnets of his coming." To talk of "spiritual" comings is a cheap and very misleading expedient for solving supposed
posing that these "things", and "that
day and hour", refer to the same event.
It is indeed only by admitting the force
of this antithesis, which is so plain in
the Greek, and by so not confounding
and mixing up the two distinct subjects,
that any one can make sense out of this
passage, otherwise you make our Lord
strictly define the date of the predicted
event as in "this generation", and in his
next breath declare that no being but
God knows when it will happen !
Christ's disciples asked him two distinct questions. 1. When shall these
things be? i.e., the destruction of Jerusalem of which he had been warning them.
2. What was the time of his coming,
and of the end of the aeon ? He gave
them two distinct answers. The first
event would come in that generation as
it did. Nothing there about his own
coming. Then, after a solemn pause,
he replies to the second question, that
the time of his own glorious Advent was
unknown to men or angels. The one
was close at hand; the other in the
future.
our Lord's preceding statements,
In
difficulties.
his references to the one event and to
So Dr. Peloubet blunders on about
the other are somewhat alternated; but
Christ, to
another "spiritual coming"
o£
usher in the millenium. His final
coming at the end of time and the general judgment, he allows to be a visible
one. Thfe truth is, our Lord predicts
only one Coming, and that so grand as
to be undoubted and unmistakeable, confounding all His enemies. All attempts
to make out several comings or
"spiritual" comings seem to us a gross
perversion of Christ's words, and a beclouding of the Avhole subject.
Of course we have no space for extended discussion of this great subject,
on which so many books have been
written. Our immediate object is to
point out to our Sunday School teachers,
what have long seemed to us key-words
in these chapters. They are found in
Matt. 24: 34, 36, and in Mark 13: 30,
32, being alike in both records. They
are the antithetical Avords "These"
"that." "These things," i.e. the destruction of the Holy City, shall occur
in "this generation." "But of that day
and that hour," his second Coming,
"knoweth no m.ni. This antithesis is
peculiarly strong in the Greek, "tauta
remote
it is quite easy to distinguish what words
relate to each of the two events, if you
do not let the commentators confuse
you. Each class of statements will be
seen to be appropriate to its own subject, and the whole will crystallize into
clearness as you dwell upon it. Let us,
above all, beware how we belittle or becloud that supreme event of our Lord's
Second Coming, which awaits the
church, and which He and his apostles
held up in such glory of expectation.
Central Union Church—A large Addition
to the Membership.
The quarterly Communion of the
Lord's Supper was observed in this
church on the 14th of April. The sea-
son was made memorable by an accession to the membership of fifty-eight
persons—twelve by letter, and forty-six
on profession. The propounded candidates occupied front seats clear across
the church. A majority were youth and
children of church families. It was a
deeply touching scene and moment as
they all stood and took upon them their
happy and sacred vows to the Lord's
service, and as the pastor in the name
of the church moved among them and
gave to each the right hand of fellowekeines".
ship,
pronouncing Bible words of blessall
the supposed difficulties of ing and
Nearly
exhortation. Some of the little
these chapters arise from blindly over- ones were of very tender age. Several
looking this strong antithesis, and sup- were younger, probably, than any among
—
—
us had ever seen admitted to full church
privileges. These, however, had made as
clear, earnest and apparently intelligent
statement of faith, love and purpose as
had some youth much older. Being children of devout and faithful parents, who
will watch and guide them, we do not
anticipate in them less persistence in
piety than in the others. Our pastor, in
whose wisdom and discernment we
have great confidence, was earnestly in
favor of the course taken. It is from
the trained children of Christian homes
that a large proportion of the best developed character in the church must be
looked for, although in His grace, the
Lord converts and rears up many able
and holy men and women from nonreligious families.
Happy are the
churches and the pastors who bring in
abundant fruit both from within and
from without the church fold.
The house was crowded on this occassion. It was an interesting circumstance that one of the Deacons landed
from the steamer with his wife just in
time to witness the public profession of
Christ by two of their daughters. From
each of five families two children came
together. May it be granted to this
favored church that such happy harvestdays shall recur again and again, each
successive accession pressing forward as
the years go on, to higher, purer, wiser
and holier Christian attainments than
those who preceded them. So do the
churches truly grow and move forward
toAvards the "perfect man in Christ
Jesus."
Kauai Association.
The Kauai Association met at Waimea Wednesday, April 24th, continuing
its sessions through Thursday and Friday. There was a full attendance of
pastors and delegates. Rev. J. B. Hanaike, of Lihue, was chosen Moderator,
and S. K. Oili, of Anahola, Scribe. The
reports from the different parishes presented a more encouraging state of
affairs than could have been given a
year ago. At Waimea, G. Lilikalani
Kopa, who graduated from the N. P.
M. I. last year, has had the confidence
and respect of the people in his endeavors to carry on evangelistic work
in that community. Mr. C. B. Hofgaard has raised money enough to
shingle the old stone church, though it
needs some more money to put it in
order for occupancy. The old Whitney
house has been torn down, the stones
sold to the sugar mill, and the proceeds
put aside towards the building of a new
parsonage whenever it may be needed.
Mr. Hofgaard has shown great interest
in the educational, religious, and business prosperity of the community, and
has acted as Assistant Sunday School
Superintendent the past year. All speak
well of S. Ekaula, who, since the death
of Rev. G. B. Rowell, has been the
main reliance in sustaining Christian
work and worship. At Hanapepe, since
Volume 47, No. 5.]
THE FRIEND.
37
the Eleele plantation has been in oper- stroyed their usefulness. One subject
ation, a community has grown up, for debate was, which is the more
which ought to have facilities for re- stylish, to ride horse-back, or to ride in
ligious services. A Sunday School has a brake?
FOR
HOME MISSION.
rom AnaholaChurch, Kau-
ai
20 00
ui
2 BO
rom Olowalu Church, Ma-
22 BO
Eight or ten years has made a great
been maintained under the auspices of
FOR CHINESE WORK.
the Y. P. S. C. E. of Koloa, but a difference in the numbers as well as the From various donations... 721 40
721 40
preacher ought to be stationed there at social standing of the natives. Where
for Japanese work.
once. At Koloa, since the much lament- was then a village of 50 or 60 people, From Mrs. M. S. Rice
BO 00
SO 00
ed death of Rev. J. W. Smith, his family not a soul is to be found now. Where
for giliiekt island publications.
have given their personal care and effort the konohiki could then call out 40 ableFrom the Gilbert Islands..
48 38
to the maintenance and development of bodied laborers only 10 are living to- \vail ofbooks by H. liingthe religious life of the community. day. Death has made the most havoc, ham
6 90
SB 28
Rev. J. H. Mahoe, the Hawaiian pastor, and next to it removal to Honolulu,
CAROLINE ISLAND PUBLICATIONS.
could do comparatively little without which is constantly draining the counvails of books sold at Potheir constant help. At Lihue a call try districts, and in its insatiate maw nape and Ruk
52 n
52 21
has been given to J. Niau, his term of the people disappear. The teaching of
MARSHALL ISLAND PUBLICATIONS.
engagement to be limited to two years, English in the schools severs the young vails of books sold by E.
M. Pease, Kauai
6S 00
05 00
as has been the custom on Kauai. At people from the religious influences that
PUBI.ICATION FUND.
Anahola, S. K. Oili has received a call, are the true preservative influences in
which was approved by vote of the personal and social life. The children vails of books sold at
244 15
244 15
Association, and a committee appointed cannot read Hawaiian, and so are not Book Depot
his
ordination
and
the
services.
Sunday
for
installation. The interested in
They
Total
S5,481 19 85,481 19
same committee are to act in the same do not know English enough to be
capacity at Lihue. At Hanalei the taught in that language in the Bible, if The Treasurer would here state that the
preacher, J. Kanoho, has been active in there were enough people ready to teach financial year of the Board will close on the 15th
of May, and all contributions or donations should
H.
visiting every district, every house in them.
be sent in before that date if they are to be inthat parish. He finds a new worship
cluded in the Annual Report.
established, "Hoomana Welona oka La Receipts for the Hawaiian Board for Various
W. W. Hall,
Treasurer Hawaiian Board.
i Lehua," but outsiders are not admitted
Objects, from March 1, 1889.
to its mysteries. Perhaps some old
FOR GENERAL FUND.
superstitious practices are introduced, as From two friends HonoMonthly Record of Events.
in
some people will put in a quarter when lulu
200 00
April Ist.—Brewer & Co.'s new steel
they play cards to make it "interesting." From Kaumakapili Church 20 00
bark Fooling Suey arrives off the port
A Pastors' Aid Society has been " Waimea Church, Ha
21 90
from San Francisco en route to Hongformed, of which Hon. W. H. Rice is waiia
friend on Hawaii.. 1,000 00
kong to perfect her Hawaiian register.
President, and Dr. J. X, Smith, Treas- From Kohala
Church, Ha—Auction sale of 10 shares Haiku
urer. The Society supplements the "waii
372 80
Sugar Co.'s stock reaches a high presalaries of Hawaiian pastors, if promptly From C. M. Cooke
300 00
mium.—Sundry land sales fetch good
paid, by a fixed amount, monthly or " Mrs. M. S. Rice mos. 200 00
200 00
Church, 2
figures.
quarterly, as the case may be. When " C.U.
"loa Dr. J. K. Smith, Ko- 100 00
this is working successfully, it is pro2nd.—Prof. M. M. Scott gave a
posed to secure good parsonages, to be From Messrs. Gay & Rob"practical talk" to a full house at the
inson
100 00
well furnished and kept in good repair.
Y. M. C. A.on Books and Reading.
The funds are contributed by personal From H. P. Baldwin, Hai- 1,000
ku
00
3rd.—Oahu College ladies vary the
solicitation.
From Hana Church, Maui.
fi 00
vacation monotony by an afternoon "At
The Young People's Associations had
Kaala Church, Hama"
Home."
kua
4 00
their general meeti";, Thursday evenFrom
Maunahoano Church,
ing, and the blue Ribbon Temperance Hamakua
sth.- Organ recital at Kaumakapili
3 50
Leagues held their convention Friday From Paauhau and Mono
church, proves the best of the series.—
evening. Many interesting incidents kaa, Hamakua
12 55
Night rain for a change.
100 00
were told of recent cases of reform and From S. N. Castle
6th.—Arrival of the Alameda with reSO 00
G. P. Castle
conversion. It is evident that the Ha" Interest
port of severe hurricane at Samoa,
"ment Bonds on Govern- 27 00
waiians are beginning to recognize and
March 16th and 17th, causing the total
abhor the evils Avrought by intemperance, I'"rom WailukuChurch, Maloss of the U. S. S. Vandalia and Trenui
10 00
especially among the young.
ton, and H. I. M. S. 01ga and Elba,
From Hon. N. S. Bouton,
The sessions of the Association Avere Chicago
and serious injury to the Nipsic and
2B 00
characterized by a most kindly, fraternal F'rom Kapaa Church, Kauai
16 00
Adler, and the sad intelligence of the
Pukaana Church, S.
spirit. Occasionally there were differloss of about 50 Americans and 90 Ger"
Kona...
100 00
ences of opinion as to the rightfulness
mans from the various ships.—SchoonFrom
Stewart Dodge,
D.
of
or the expediency
certain measures, New York
10 00
er Norma arrives with Capt. F. D.
but there was no bitterness of tone in From Puuohua Church,
Walker, wife and family, and remainder
20 00
any of the opinions expressed. Some Hilo
of crew of bark Wandering Minstrel,
F'rom
Milolii
KoChurch,
did not like statistical reports on the
lost on Midway Island, Feb. 3, 1888.—
hala
6 00
ground that a Christian ought not to let From
Waikane Church,
Prof.
Melville makes a balloon ascension
his left hand know what his right hand Oahu
50 00 03,953 75 from base of Punchbowl, descending on
doeth. One paper read was on the quesFOR FOREIGN MISSIONS.
the reef at entrance of harbor.
tion whether if a man who owes money r rom the Gilbert Islands.
WaimeaChurch,
Kauwhich he will not pay, but whose heirs "
7th.—Arrival of steamer Umatilla
5 00
from San Francisco, with a number of
pay his debts, will be forgiven his sin ai
"rom AnaholaChurch, Kaureturned islanders and visitors.
when his debt is paid. It is astonishing ai
50 00
how much time the Hawaiians give to 'rom Olowalu Church, MaBth.
Chinaman killed by being
such quizzes. In some parishes debatui
2 00
thrown from his horse.—Arrival of
Puula
'rom
HaChurch,
ing societies had been established, but waii
American bark Newsboy with chief offi9 35
the indulgence of personalities has dc91 Gl
cer F. W. Rugg, under arrest charged
»
.
—
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38
[May, 1889.
THE FRIEND.
with killing one of the crew on the high
seas.
10th.—Ladies' Aid Society of Makawao and their friends gave a grand supper and entertainment at Spreckelsville,
for the benefit of their new church, realizing some $400.
10th, 11th.—Memorial services at St.
Andrew's Cathedral and Central Union
Church in honor of the victims of the
Samoa disaster.—Opium haul on the
barkentine Planter. —Japanese celebration of the Imperial Constitution.
12th. Departure of steamer Umatilla
for San Francisco with the commencement of our summer exodus.
13th—Aila, on trial before the Supreme
Court for the murder of Louis Johnson
in December last at Waialua, is acquitted.
14th.—SteamerZtetlandia arrives from
San Francisco, en route for the Colonies,
belated through mail delays.
15th.—Work on Punchbowl road commenced. D. K. Kala, a Hawaiian, being the lowest bidder (1,900) among
some ten competitors.—Father Damien,
the self-sacrificing priest to the Leper
Settlement at Molokai, died, aged 49
years.
17th.—Hilo reports her aspirations
for the establishment of a newspaper
within her borders, to boom and defend
her interests.
18th. —Annual election of officers of
the Y. M. C. A.—Departure of U. S. S.
Alert for Samoa.
19th.—At the third annual report of
the Bishop Estate, to the Supreme
Court, the income for 18H8 is shown as
$49,834.58, and the expenditure $16,--162.44.
20th. —Dairy Maid Entertainment at
the Y. M. C. A. Hall by the"V"
Society.
21st.—Easter Sunday: Special services at all the churches.
22nd.—Teachers' Conventionfor Oahu
convenes, Prof. J. A. Moore presiding.
—Chinaman shot at Koolau by some
party unknown.—Sudden death of Aug.
Leutz, a middle aged German, at his
room, Chaplain Lane.
23rd.—A splendid rain set in toward
evening and lasted all night.
24th. Financial statement of the
Government for the first half of its biennial period to April 1, 18H9, shows receipts, from all sources, to be $1,864,--139.43, and expenditures $1,476,574.27;
balance on hand $387,565.16. The
Minister of Finance also acjvertises for
the purchase of $100,000 of Hawaiian
Bonds at par.—Bold robbery at noon
time on Hotel street.
25th.—Death of Mrs. Mary Dominis,
aged nearly 86 years, and a resident of
this city since 1837.—Annual meeting
of the Y. M. C. A. with reports.
26th. —Proposition for a Union of the
—
—
From Bremen, per bark G N Wilcox, April B—Mr BrenBell and Mutual Telephone Companies *ing.
fails to carry.
From San Francisco, per liktne Planter, 10—Mr Waible.
27th.—P'uneral of Mrs. M. Dominis From San Francisco, per blctne S G Wilder, April 12—
largely attended, notwithstanding the Mrs Nissen and 2 steerage passengers.
From San Francisco, per W H Dimoiul, April 12 Mrs
set in of a drizzling rain.—Arrival of Denning
and daughter, and 1 steerage passenger.
the new steel bark Andrew Welch to From San Francisco, per S S Zealandia, April 14—PC
enter the Honolulu-San Francisco trade. Junes and wife, Mrs Thomas Smith, A As< heim, I, M
J A Low, Chas Lehman, Hon G H Dole, J Bar2!Mh.—Bgtne Consuclo, at Kahului Baldwin,
tram, Mrs M Lose, 2 children and maid, W H Williamson
libeled.
Marine
Journal.
PORT OF HONOLULU.—APRIL.
and wife, F C Smith. Miss M Maioni, Miss Van Oteiendorp, Mrs X Alexander and daughter, Mrs A I* Peterson
;nd child, WR Lewis, Mrs WH Stevens, Mias Mary
Sle veils, Mis-. I" Men Stevens, Master H Stevens, X S
I'rimleville and wife, and 6 passenger, in tiansit for Auckland and 13 for Sydney.
Tumi San (•rancwo, per bark S C Allen, April 31—A
Bailey and wife.
IIKI-AHTUKES.
ARRIVALS.
days from San
l—Haw bk Foohng Suey, Newell,
Fran ist o
3- Am bktne Ge C t'erkins, Fisher, 10 days from San
Kosalia, Mexico
Am bk Annif Johnson, Lmerson ftl days from New
Castle
4—Am bk Forest Queen, Winding, 20 days from San
Krancisco
8-Am SS Alameda, Morse, W% days from Auckland
schr
Norma, 12 days from Midway Island
Br
7—Am SS Umatilla, Holmes, 7 days from San Franci-cu
8 Am hk Newsboy, Johnson,
tfays from New Castle
Ger bk G N Wilcox, Rasch, 147 days from Breiu n
days from San
10—Am bktne Planter, Penhallow,
Francisco
days from San
bktne
Dimoiul,
Drew,
1!)
VI —Am
W H
Fiancisco
days
bktne
from San
Wilder,
Paul,
Am
S G
Francisco
Smith,
Am wh schr Mary H Thomas,
41 days from
San Francisco
13—Ambk S C Allen, Tnompso:), 16 days from San Francisco
Am bktae John Smith, Kustel, 63 days from New
Castle
14—HawS.*> Zealpndia, Oterendorp, 7 days from Sail Fiancisco
18—Am wh bk Sea Ranger, Sherman, 147 days from New
Bedford
20—S wedbk Olaf Tryguassen, Meyer, 77 days from New
Castle
days frmu San
21—Am bktne Discovery, McNeil,
•
—
Francisco
24—Am bk Alex McNeil, Friis, 19 days from San Fran
cisco
25-Haw bk W B Godfrey. Dabel, 16 da> s from San Francisco
Am bk Jas Cheslon, Plumb, 27 days from Puget
Sound
26 -Am tern Queen, Thonagle,
days from San Francisco
27 Haw bk Andrew Welch, Maiiion, 63 days from New
Castle
Br bk Jamaica, Seibert, 124 days from Glasgow
.
—
DEI'AKIUKES.
2—Haw bk Foohng Suey, Newell, for Hongkong
Am bgtne W G Irwin, McCoUoclt, for San Fram isCO
6— \m S S Alameda, Morse, for San Francisco
S—Am bk C I) Bryant, Lee, for San Francisco
9—Nor bk Victoria, Borresen, for Howland Is
"for San Francisco
Am bktne Geo C Perkins,
for Corinto
Ger bk Mazatlan,
12-Am S S Umatilla, Holmes, for San Francisco
1H USS Alert, Green, for BaflMM
Fr bk Bon, Regnier, for Hongkong
19--Am bktne S G Wilder, Paul, for San Francitoo
Br schr Norma, Johnson, for a cmisc
'JO Am wh bk Sea Ranger, Logan, for the Arctic
Am bktne Planter, Penhallow, for San Francisco
21 Am bktne W H Dimond, JJrew, for San I* rani isco
Am bk S C Allen, Thompson, for San Francisco
H Am Kk Alex McNeil, Friis, for San Francisco
27 Am bk Annie Johnson, Kuiersoii, for San Pram HCO
Am bktne John Smith, Kustel, for San Fran is.<> v i.■
Kahului
Am tern Queen, 'I honagle, for Ainoor River
tt Am bl Newsboy, Johnson, for San Fram is< o
10 Am blttnc Discovery, McNeil, for San Fram Ist o
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PASSENGERS.
ARRIVALS.
From San Francisco, per bark Forest Queen, Apiil 4- J
F Boyd, J Burke, and J Bowers.
From San Francisco, per S S Umatilla, April 7— A Young
Mrs Win Foster, Miss Winter, R Jones, Ml), Mrs D Ferguson, Mrs J W Pratt, H Walerhouse ami wife, l>r J
Brodieand wife, J M Rothchild, W Meier, O lsenberg, J
Rudolph and wife. Capt. B Cogan, A Ostroska, Miss
Cunha, DG amarinos, J A Fulger, jr. Miss X Folger,
Miss J Lohman, Miss F Lohman, H M Benson, Miss H
Vortelo, X yon Ktizang, 5 Khrlich, Miss A Dutton, Robt
Wilcox, F C Lowrey, wifeand daughter, W H Rice, jr.
Mrs A Clarke, Geo Selden, Mrs J Selden, Miss G Seidell,
Wm Mcrz, Miss Coons, and 23 steerage aassengers.
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Pof San Francisco, per bgtne W G Irwin, April 2 Harry
Miller, Miss Rusbcrg, Miss Brtn.s, W Kruns, M Perreira,
wile and 2 children.
For San Francisco, per R M S S Alameda, April 6 —His
Honor Justice R 1 Bnkerton, M Judah, Mrs X H Burrell
and 2 children, T F Lansing, wife and 2 children, X R
Hendry and wife, 1> Foster, Capt Smith, apt Manter, X
B Thomas, X H McCormick and wife, ) Hind and bride,
Hon / A Cummins, Tho. P Cummins. Sieerage—J X
Ailati, J X Kuliia, Syl Kalama, Cain Wiliokai, Sol Hiram
and '> others. In transit: 12.'' saloon and SU steerage.
For San Francisco, per bark C D Bryant. April B—A F
Raymond and wife, Mrs A H Raseniann and child, J
Smith, G Dreise, wife and 4 children, Miss M Blackwelf,
Miss Sullivan and LB others.
For San Francisco, per S S Umatilla, April 12—Hon C
R Bishop, Col Z S Spalding, wife and f> children, Chas
Thrower, Miss X White, Mrs J J Knapp, C W Hamand
wife L H Anthony W H Chickcring. wifeaud child, J M
Rothchild, J T Waterhouse, Jr, H W Dimotw, G H Abed,
Mrs C B Wells and 2 children, G A Brown, T Reamer,
Mrs G H Luce, Mrs A F Simmons, R J Saxe, Capt dc
Cuurcey, J Cook, Amos Grannis, N S Buuton and wife, F
Beesley, wifeand two children, M Noall, wife and 2 children, W B Greig, MissGreig, M Nacayama, F Sinclair and
wife, M X Sylva, Col Grannis, Mr Kreth and wife, H C
Meyer, T X Wall, B F Dillingham, M Lotiiss.m, G W
Smith, C W Macfarlanr, Mis W R Lawrence and child,
T X McDonald, Hon W R Casile and wife, FJ Lowrey,
wife, 3 children and maid, M iss A Halstead, F F Dodge.
wife and 2 children, J T Siebe, Miss F Coon, R Treiver,
Mi-s S X Gray, Sig H Canipobello and wife, A Olooska,
J N S Will am*. Mrs Moore, 2 children and maid, Arthur
RadclifTe, Mr Kudolph and wife, F B Kowell, D G Camerinos, Mrs Howard, Mis Rossford, Miss X, J Dowsclt,
Lieut Kipley and wife, Mis R Whitman and son, L B
Kerr, F W Rugg, J Green, Napeba, wifeand 5 children,
Lima, wife and child. E Burrel, S Aley, J X Bush. Steerage: H Hasseman, Mrs Geo lesser. Miss A Robertson, I
Dick man, T Potter, Mis-, X Perrins, N Larsen, Chas Kbel,
J W Crumf, Mrs Sieel, Mrs Anderson and 2 child en, J
Fernandez, J Kehuku, wife and 4 children, A Walsh, J
Meyers, X O'Neil, J Bulk., 1 Moer, P Nielsen, H Mitchell, I Andtrson, W X Bower, W J Patterson, A Steen,
('has B .yle, J Chapman, A Moore, W Winters, J Murphy,
P Olsen, C W Lajtni.ii, Geo Williams, 92 Portugues..", and
!) otl
ers.
For San Francisco, per bark Forest Queen, April 14Mis it Young and daughter, I X Gates, wifeand 4 children,
Sam Kit, wi c mil 6 children, Keaulaua, wife and child, J
X N Spear*, wife and child. Kalawao and wife, Hoopiiaina, wife and 2 children, and Mr Podmorc.
For San Francisco, pet bktM Planter, April 20- Mrs F,
Lycan and 2 children, J L Torbert, J F Fanning, P Forest
and daughter, and C F Baldwin.
For San Francisco, per bktne S G Wilder, April 19—T R
L wis and M Pedro.
For San FnadacO, per bark S C Allen, April 21 Capt J
T Slierinan, Mrs J J Greene and 2 children.
For San Francisco, per bktne W H Diinond, April 21
\ I Silva.
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BIRTHS.
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In this city, April 7th to the wife of Alex. Cockburn, a son.
In this city, April 23d, to the wife of C A Gelatte, a son.
In this city, April 2-* th, to the wife of J A Magoon, a son.
DEATHS.
COCKBUKN -In thisiity, April SO, ISSt), Catherine, the
beloved wife of Alexander Cockburn, aged 28 years.
BKUNS—In this city, at 9 p. m. Tuesday, April 3;>th,
J. 11. Bruns, Jr., aged 3t) years, leaving a wite and three
young children, aUo, father, mother, tiiree brothers and
two sisters.
LEUTZ In this cky, Apr. 22, August Leutz, a native of
Germany, aged al>out 4a years.
DOMINIS—In Honolulu, April 26th, Mrs Mary Dominis,
aged 8, years, 8 months, 22 day>.
CLARKF. At Kukuihaeh, Hawaii, April 251h, Thomas
Clarke, a native of Peterhead, Scotland, aged 76 years; a
resident of these islands for about 36 years.
BLANC—In this city, April Stewart Blanc, a native of
Ireland, aged M) years.
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Volume 47, No. 5.]
HONOLULU H. I.
This page is devoted to the interests of the Hawaiian
Board of Missions, and the Editor, appointed by the
Board is responsible for it■> contents.
Rev. 0. P. Emerson,
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THE FRIEND.
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Editor.
The remark was made in a previous
number, that the native HaAvaiian is no
plebeian —he has a sense of the dignities.
This is seen in his appreciation of the
titles and honors of office and of social
position; these mean much to him. It
is the man in power whom he will follow.
He has no head for abstract ideas. He
takes things in the concrete. His is a
world of realities (shall we say of
materialities ?) rather than of ideals.
From this it follows that the man of
acknowledged position is at a great advantage in working with natives. The
successful merchant, the winning lawyer, the sagacious judge, the magnetic
chicf—these speak the word of power in
morals and religion as well as in politics.
Gentlemen, you who hold the places
of influence—you who bear the dignities,
you bear also a deal of responsibility
touching things spiritual—you fairly
share our work. None can do finer
things than you. No personalities arc
clothed with a fairer prestige than are
yours.
And we are glad to know that there
are those among us who understand
these things, and who, in their honest
way are trying to use their influence for
God. There is no doubt but that it is
every one's duty to do this. It was one
of the pleasant discoveries which Aye
lately made in a tour round Hawaii to
find that Christian workers had been before us; and there, left behind them on
the way, were the comely fruits of their
service. The beneficent results of the
late temperance work were seen everywhere. While talking one day to my
guide, he pulled out from his breast
pocket a carefully kept pledge, and said
he, "though I am at fault in many
things, I have been true to that pledge."
His peculiar appreciation of titles and
of dignities makes the native pastor
jealous of his prerogative. He is especially grateful to the Avhite man who
recognizes it. He is generous, he is
glad to share his work with his white
brother, but he will not be supplanted.
Can we not see in this a good ? It is an
indication of stability. The native pastorate has taken root. The Hawaiian
preacher feels himself to be a part of
the religious institution, and let the
white brother take his proper place in
the same, and he will be met with a
warm welcome. The man who is to
work alongside of the native pastor and
win his confidence and friendship must
prove his right to be there by a well
authorized work of his own.
The native pastor when he gets started, makes a good evangelist. No man
can supersede him in this work. It is
his as the pastorate is his. As a companion on a tour he is invaluable. It
enlivens him to visit other fields and to
be visited in turn. One of the lacks of
the native pastorate is of just this visitation carried on between parishes, of the
keeping up of connection between posts.
Does it come of laziness ? sometimes.
But we would prefer to refer it often to
a morbid sensitiveness. The elderly
man will not visit his spruce new
coming neighbor, because he shrinks
from a possibly unfavorable comparison;
and the younger man naturally waits
for all advances to be made by his
senior. There are other causes afield
which operate to keep our native pastors
apart in their work, and in overcoming
which the kindly assistance of the white
brother may be simply invaluable.
The right kind of a man could help
his Hawaiian brother greatly betimes in
the matter of parish visitation. He
alone and by himself cannot go freely
from house to house. Custom is against
it. Gossip will not permit it. Let them
go two by two as the Master sent the
first disciples, and rumor is disarmed.
was found to
The good brother at
be in a strait. He was a young man
his wife had a little babe she could not
leave. The deacons were busy,— and
the good mothers in Israel were gone—
He was really
what could he do ?
troubled. There the parish was, it was
in sore need of visitation, but he dare
not go through it alone and unattended.
There is room somewhere here for
new adjustments.
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The Hawaii Association and Circuit.
The Hawaii Association met this year
Helani. The meeting began at 10
a. m., Tuesday, March 6th, and continued till Saturday forenoon. Rev. W.
M. Kalaiwaa, pastor of the entertaining
church was chosen moderator. The
attendance was good and the work done
Avas satisfactory
(save with a single
at
reservation). The pastors dined together
faring sumptuously every day. The
Delegates Avere by themselves. Between
work the hours by the sea passed restfully and friendships were made that
shall be lasting. The loav arid belt of
Kona shore is tempered on one side by
the sea, and on the other by the hills.
The night air was perfect. The morning bath in the rocky, salty hollows was
never forgotten. At one's feet were the
lapping waves, and at one's back the
gushing rills of subterranean water
rising out of the volcanic rock. Into
this soft tempered, commingled tide it
was' luxury to take a dip. No wonder
kings and queens and regretted chiefs
did in the past resort to those shores
more restful resorts cannot be found.
Kailua, a few miles to the north is
sitll the resort of royalty. At Keauhou,
a few miles to the south one looks with
respect and tenderness upon the spot
—
where Kauikeaouli was born. The rock
is still shown which the royal mother
grasped in her birth pains. We regret
the loss which Kona sustains in the
moving of the Rev. J. D. Paris and
family (father and son) to Makawao.
For many years this father of missions
did go up and down that rocky coast,
doing his work now done. At one time
the building of churches and chapels
was the order of the day. There they
now stand, the conspicuous and eloquent monuments of a work which is
past.
The Rev. Mr. Burt has resigned the
charge of the Boy's Boarding School at
Hilo; the resignation to take effect either
at the end of this school year, or of next
as the trustees may elect. Can we
afford to lose such a capable worker?
The present condition of the school is
good.
All through the Hamakuas and in Kohala, one sees prosperity, and the traveler goes on his way rejoicing, glad that
the Government has at last taken hold of
the road question, and made journeying
there easy. Better roads than those in
Kohala cannot be found. But in southern and eastern Hawaii the long suffering traveller Avearies of patience, and
almost comes to disbelieve in it as a
virtue. So far the sugar planters have
commanded the attention and the ranch
men suffer. A more horrible road than
that leading out from Hilo into the district of Puna cannot be found; and yet
it passes through those charming Panaewa forests, made famous in Hawaiian
song. Were there but a decent roadway
no tourist could afford to fail of seeing
them. As it is now, they are simply inaccessible to the ordinary traveller.
The Rev. Stephen Desha of Kona has
accepted the call to the Haili church,
Hilo. His work there is to begin with
May. The good people of Hilo showed
considerable enthusiasm in the reception
they gave him on the occasion of his
late visit. A very respectable and commodious parsonage has been built for
him.
The Rev Mr. and Mrs. Westervelt are
expected to be Avith us early in May.
They come with years of experience
from a Colorado field. The precise location of their future work is not yet fixed.
It may be best for them to stay in Honolulu till after the Annual meeting of
the Board, when they will probably be
settled some where on the island of Hawaii or on Maui.
Mr. Walkup and family when last
heard from were in San P'rancisco.
The post office address of the Treibers
is Carlisle, Eaton Co., Michigan.
The meeting of the Kauai Association
occured last Aveek at Waimea. Dr. Hyde
attended it.
The meeting of the Maui Association
holds this week at Waihee.
THE FRIEND
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T. M. €. A.
THEHONOLULU,
H. I.
This page is devoted to the interests of the Honolulu
Young Men's <hristian Assmiaiion, and the Board of
Directors are responsible for its contents.
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5. D. Fuller,
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Editor.
Annual Meeting.
.
The annual election occurred on April
18th, when the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year :
President
Hon. Henry Waterhouse
Vice-President
Mr. T. R. Walker
Mr. W. J. Forbes. Recording Secretary
Treasurer
Mr. T. S. Southwick
r " W- A. Bowen I
pV^^
Mr. G. P. Castle J
After the transaction of the usual
monthly business, the meeting adjourn-
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ed to meet Thursday evening, April
25th, for the anniversary exercises.
The evening of the adjourned meeting
proved to be a pleasant one and a good
number of members and friends were in
attendance. Mr. W. W. Hall, the retiring President was in the chair. The
exercises opened with Gospel Hymn
No. 14. Appropriate scripture was read
by Rev. W. C. Merritt and prayer was
offered by Rev. E. G. Beckwith.
The monotony of the following reports was pleasantly relieved with a
solo by Mr. Levi Lyman and a duet by
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Townsend, both of
which were finely rendered and well received by the audience.
Report of the Devotional Committee.
below; hoping thereby to reach some
young men who never attend the mixed
meetings; this experiment for some reason was a failure, and after one month's
trial with numbers reduced to 16, a
return was made to this hall again with
a cordial invitation to all to attend.
The change resulted in an immediate
increase in the number of persons in
attendance and greater interest, and it is
to be hoped that the renewed interest
will be permanent, and but the beginning of better times.
Efforts have been made to secure the
services of an Evangelist from abroad,
and one time it was thought Mr. Moody
would come to us for a month, but his
engagements prevented, and we had no
more success in other quarters.
We
have been, and are thus left to our own
resources; and it may be to teach us to
trust more in our Heavenly P'ather, and
in His power to work through the means
we possess among ourselves.
When we consider the voting membership of this Association, numbering
here in Honolulu, about 80, every one
of which should be an active working
member, this thought comes to us;
what a grand working force for the
Master is here, if every one of these 80
hearts was wholly filled with the Holy
Spirit, what results might not be certainly expected, if each one felt as he
should a personal responsibility in the
accomplishment of all possible.
In union there is strength, and if this
year our members will but pledge themselves heartily to the Lord and to His
work in our midst, another year's report
from your Devotional Committee will be
far more encouraging, and for this we
heartily pray.
Respectfully submitted,
J. B. Atherton, Chairman.
The Devotional Committee of this
Report of the Temperance Committee.
Association beg leave to report as
follows:
The work done in this department of The work of your Committee the past
the Association during the past year has year has been cofined to the "Blue Ribnot produced the results hoped or wish- bon League," and meetings for men only,
ed for at the beginning. Your com- held in one of the unoccupied stores in
mittee, however, believe that some good
has been accomplished and soulsblessed.
The main efforts of the committee
have been devoted to sustaining the
Sabbath evening devotional services in
this hall, and they have been carried
through without failure during the year.
These meetings have been conducted
from week to week by the different members of the committee or by others
secured for the purpose, and they have
been attended by both sexes, except for
a period of one month, when meetings
were held for young men only. During
the early part of the year the average
attendance was about 58, but during the
summer months the numbers fell off to
an average of about 30.
At this time, your committee in considering the out look for the future,
decided to make a trial of holding meetings for men only in the class room
Brewer's block, Hotel street.
The latter meetings were organized
about six months ago, and the plan has
been to have a blue ribbon entertainment one Saturday evening at the Y.M.
C. A. hall, alternating with the men's
meeting every other Saturday.
It seems to the chairman of your
Committee that the blue ribbon entertainments have accomplished all
that can be done for the present, and
that it has outlived its usefulness as at
present conducted. These meetings or
entertainments were started over two
years ago for the express purpose of
providing a good, clean entertainment
as -an offset to the saloons, and they
have all been first class in every respect,
but still they have not been appreciated as
they should have been At one of these
entertainments last fall, where about one
hundred were present, there was but
[May, 1889.
one person in the audience who had not
signed the pledge.
Many of the members of the league
have not assisted even by their presence,
and it appears to be the case that not
only members of the league hut members of this association feel no responsibility whatever, being satisfied that the
Committee alone should carry on the
work, which is the most discouraging
part of the work. At the first meeting
for men only, there were about forty
persons present, and the outlook was
very encouraging as there were many
present for Avhom the meetings were
intended, but it soon proved that they
were only attracted by the novelty and
the meetings soon fell off in numbers
and although free ice-cream soda was
offered as an additional attraction the
meetings have dwindled down to as low
as thirteen out of which number not less
than four were speakers for the evening.
Those meetings Avere started because it
Avas reported that there were many in
town, who would not go into the Y. M.
C. A. hall, and it was thought that by
having meetings in a place where there
were no religious surroundings, many
of these men would be induced to come,
but they have proved a failure in this
respect notAvithstanding special efforts
have been made to make them as informal as possible, and invitations have
been given to speak on the subject of
temperance, even if they did not agree
with our views on that subject. While
this report is not as encouraging as
your chairman could wish, it must not
be understood that no good has been
accomplished, for there are those who
have been helped, and many have signed the pledge, some of whom have been ,
led to a better life.
What is needed in this department of
the work is that members feel their
responsibility, and not only be present
themselves, but bring in others who
need our help, support and sympathy.
Unless this is done it is useless to attempt to carry on this work successfully.
New methods should be proposed and
adopted for carrying on the *vork. Gospel temperance meetings should be
frequently held.
A revival of true religion is much
needed in this association to stimulate
Christians to more earnest efforts in this
Avork which has become such a vital
question in England and the United
States. Let us hope and pray that the
new year upon which we enter to-night
may be a year of activity in the temperance cause, and that every member of
this association may feel a personal
responsibility in carrying on this work,
and not leave it to a few to battle with
this giant evil.
Let us not be discouraged but earnestly enter upon the work, remembering
the promise—"that in due time we shall
reap if we faint not."
Respectfully submitted.
P. C. Jones, Chairman.
Volume 47, No. 5.]
Report of Hawaiian Branch.
The Committee on the Hawaiian
branch of the work conducted at Queen
Emma Hall respectfully report that the
Hall has been usefully employed during
the past year as follows:
The Hawaiian Blue Ribbon League
has met there regularly every Friday
evening. The meetings are well attended and great interest is shown by
the people. There have been admitted
to membership, by taking the pledge of
total abstinence, since the Society's organization three years ago, some 1,700
persons.
An interesting feature of these meetings is the reports of the Standing Committee, who report their experiences and
what they have observed as regards
temperance during the week. We have
also frequent visitors from the other
islands who address the meetings and
have sent several delegates to other districts who have aroused considerable interest on this matter of vital importance.
Dr. Hyde has held a religious meeting
at 3 p.m. on Sundays for English-speaking Hawaiians with an average attendance of about 20.
The lower story of the Hall is used in
which to teach the Portuguese evening
school, under the supervision of Mr.
Dillingham.
The Japanese use the building for a
weekly singing school and an English
night school and for the meetings of
their Y. M. C. A.
Miss Green has met Hawaiian women
at the Hall on Mondays for sewing and
conversation, and on Thursdays she has
met the Band of Hope, a Temperance
Society organized among Hawaiian
children.
On the whole the Committee feel that
the large expenditure for rent and care
of premises which has devolved upon
our Association is wise and beneficent,
aad that it would be a serious injury to
the morals and well-being of the Hawaiians and others if this branch of our
work should be given up.
Respectfully submitted,
A. F. Judd, Chairman.
Report of Treasurer of the Young Men's
hristian Association for Year Ending April 25, 1889.
RECEIPTS.
Bal. on hand from last
$
year
26 60
Amt. reed, from pledges.
2,598 00
Mem. dues
210 00
Fees
16 00
monthly collections
56 95
Amt. reed, from Rent of
Hall
60 00
imt. reed.from Book-keeping class
42 00
imt. reed, from Singing
class
47 26
Amt. of collections for In
" " "
IMiftimil
ternational r*#t*n
Lorn
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THE FRIEND.
OK 80
fin
25
ofDonation from F.
A. Schaefer Esq
.mt. ofDonation for Emma
Hall work from a friend,
.mt. of Donation from
Peter High Esq
•mt. of Donation for repairing piano
.mt. ofDonation from the
Haw'n. Blue Rib. Leag.
,mt. of Donation from
Japanese Y.M.CA
•mt. of Donation from a
friend
,mt. reed, from sales of
oil tins
,mt. of net proceeds of
Dickenson lectures
,mt.
General Secretary's Report.
100 00
100 00
10 00
30 00
50 00
25 00
50 00
11 75
124 00
DISBURSEMENTS.
'd. S. D. Fuller, Gen.
Secy, salary, 1 year
'd. J. G. Sylva, janitor,
salary 1 year
'd Peoples Ice & R. Co.
Ice
'd. Bell Telephone Co.
rent of insts. I year
'd. Water Rate 1 year....
'd. Hon. Post Office box
rent & postage, 1 year..
'd. for repairing piano....
'd. E. C Rowe lor paintting black board
•d. for Postal Cards
'd. for 1 page & 25 subscription of the "Friend"
'd. for 6 mos. subscription to "Advertiser"
•d. Hart & Co. for Ice
Cream
'd. Press Pub. Co. for
1,600 00
.
...
printing
'd. for moving piano
'd. for Draft for International Com
'd. for Honolulu Directory
'd. for Gordon & Gotch
bill for papers
'd. Henry Davis & Co.
for Ice
>d. J. T. Waterhouse for
Sudries
>d. W. H. Graenhalgh for
Sundries
•d. A. M. Hewett for Sundries
>d. E. O. Hall it Son for
oil and Sundries
>d. Castle & Cooke for oil
and Sundries
'd. Pacific Hdwr. Co. for
papers and Sundries
'd. Lewers & Cooke for
Sundries
•d. Haw'n. News Co. for
papers and Sundries
'a. John Nott for repairs.
>d. A. D. Bissell for teach
ing music
•d. Haw'n. Gazette Co.
for printing
'd. Sanders Express Co.
for carting
'd. rent "Emma Hall"
1 year
W
'd. Water Rate "Emma
Hall" 1 year
'd. wages of"Emma Hall"
janitor 1 year
■d. Emeluth & Co. repairs
.
to water pipe
"d. J. T. Waterhouse bill
for Sundries
>d. for grass-hook
lal. on hand to next year
E. & O. E.
The rapid flight of time has added
one more year to the record of the past,
and to-night we met to observe the
twentieth anniversary of the Honolulu
Young Men's Christian Association.
To reach young men, to encourage
and help them to higher living, and
bring them into harmony and communion with God, is the well understood
object of this and all kindred Associations; but how to accomplish most successfully this much needed work is a
question that is engaging many of the
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best Christian minds of this age.
The ideal association seeks the highest good of young men by providing for
their social, intellectual, physical and
480 00
109 00
20 00
25 00
7 32
30 00
2 50
8 00
102 00
3 00
14 00
7 25
1 00
25 00
18 00
1500
2 13
8 30
1 65
1 30
69 25
60 46
6 90
29 16
104 36
2 75
58 00
20 60
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3 50
600 00
2710
25 00
166 00
6 50
1 36
60 $ 788 I
74 i
$ 8,678 I
E.O.WHITE, Treasurer.
religious developement. In carrying
out these plans a strange medley of
helps and hindrances are sure to be encountered, and nearly every Secretary
comes to regard his particular locality
as "a very peculiar field." In some
respects this is unquestionably true of
Honolulu.
The Associations in America are giving great prominence to the physical
departments of their work as an attractive agency by which they win thousands of young men from a class they
could reach in no other way. There
the climate is favorable to vigorous exercise and compels young men to seek
indoor shelter during half the year. But
here in Honolulu conditions are reversed,
our delightful climate and tropical environments allure young and old to outdoor life through the entire year, and
makes vigorous exercise as a pastime or
for the improvement of health a thing
not to be tolerated, as the failure of repeated efforts to sustain a gymnasium
abundantly proves. While this line of
work may not be open to us, others
quite as important are opening on every
side, inviting earnest hearts and ready
hands to fruitful service.
During the year we have received sixteen new members, eleven of whom
were voting members, but from change
of residence and other causes we have
lost more than twice that number,' so
our present membership does not exceed
one hundred and sixty.
The interest in our religious meetings
has been fairly good, but a deeper
spirituality would have given more
definite results. On two occasions
efforts to secure evangelistic aid from
the States failed, and the expected help
and quickening are still deferred.
The special meetings held during the
day and week of prayer for Associations
were the best of the entire year. A
collection of $26 was taken for the work
of the International Committee. The
Secretary's Sunday morning Bible class,
which was discontinued at the Rooms,
is now held in the audience room of the
Central Union Church at the same hour
(10 a.m.), with a varying attendance of
about ten young men.
[May, 1889.
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42
While our temperance work has been
nothing to what the case demanded, it
has been enough to keep up on open
and standing protest .against the growing curse of strong drink, and we have
been able to save a few victims from its
power. The temperance work among
the natives seems to have been more
encouraging during the past year than
among the white foreigners.
Two pleasant receptions to sailors
have been given in our hall, one by the
W. C. T. U., and the other by Mr. and
Mrs. T. R. Walker. Three Practical
Talks" to young men have been given
by local professional gentlemen with
gratifying success. During the brief
stay of Prof. Dickinson the Entertainment Committee arranged for two of his
finely illustrated lectures, which were
well received and with financial profit.
On October 30th a very enjoyable reception was given Mr. C. M. Cooke on
his return from Stockholm, where he
was our first delegate to a World's
Convention of the Young Men's Christian Association.
A class that opened in October with
sixteen young men has received two
courses of instruction in vocal music
from the excellent musical instructor of
Oahu College, Mr. A. D. Bissell. Monday evening is still devoted to instruction in Book-keeping, through the kindness of Mr. P. C. Jones, who has taught
two classes on that evening for nearly
the whole year.
Visitation of the shipping in the harbor has not been so systematic as it
ought to have been, but considerable
has been done in distributing a variety
of reading matter, talking with the men,
and inviting them to the Association
Rooms and to the Church, where, in
many instances, they have afterward
been seen and welcomed. The hospital
has been regularly visited by some faithful committee men, who have, by word
and deed, carried cheer to the hearts of
the sick and lonely ones, many of whom
were far from home and friends.
Numerous calls for employment have
been received, but we have been able to
find situations for only about a dozen.
The Association has had eight business meetings, with a total attendance
of 144. There have been eight meetings
of the Board of Directors with a total
attendance of 39.
This institution, with its pleasant
rooms, has been a welcome and beneficial resort to a large number of worthy
young men, many of whom were
strangers in the city. The average
daily attendance has been about forty.
The Reading Room has been furnished
with one additional table, and now contains the following number of periodicals:
2 daily papers, 38 weeklies, 4 monthlies,
and 6 monthly magazines, a total of 50;
two of which are Portuguese, two are
Swedish and two are German, The
illustrated papers, after being used here,
are taken over to Queen Emma Hall,
"
where they do excellent service for the
natives. Several bound books have
been received from friends for the reading room, and a large number of papers
and magazines have been donated for
distribution. 3,780 papers and 540
magazines have been given away during
the year.
Under the earnest and skillful management of Mrs. B. F. Dillingham the Y.
M. C. A. boys have had a thoroughly
successful year. The "Talks" provided have been varied and practical,
containing wholesome lessons that will
not be easily forgotten.
The report of the Queen Emma Hall
Branch you have heard. The financial
burden of that work has been rather
heavy during the past year, but those of
us who have been personally identified
with the work feel that it has been
money and effort well expended. We
hope to lighten the burden this year by
increasing the number of hands that will
help to bear it.
In closing, I desire to thank the Press
of the city for their courtesy and kindly
notices of our work. Also, all the
friends who, by their sympathy, universal kindness and co-operation, have in
so many ways contributed to help on
the work of this Association during the
past year.
To-night we stand on the dividing
line, between the old and the new. For
the service of the coming year, as young
men interested in the salvation of young
men, how many of us will try, with the
Master's help, to dc our best?
" Who is on the Lord's side ?
Who will serve the King?
Who will be His helpers?
Other lives to bring?"
Respectfully submitted,
S. D. Fuller,
General Secretary.
Address of President.
It was in the summer of 1871, at the
close of the French and German war,
that Robert W. McAll, a Scotch minister with his wife, was taking a little rest
from work at home, and viewing the
consequences of the recent battles as
seen in the city of Paris.
Their hearts were "saddened by the
havoc of the war, they were deeply
moved also by the hopeless spiritual
condition which they saw.
Before
leaving the city they desired to see
Belleville, the home of the Communists,
where the terrible scenes of the uprising had taken place."
Knowing that the best way of seeing
the people of FYance, and especially of
Paris, is to meet them in their Cafe's,
they sought one of these resorts, the
grand Hotel of La Vielleuse, on the
boulevard of Belleville.
It was ten o'clock at night on Friday,
August 18, and they were to leave for
their home in England the next morning. Mrs. McAll entered and asked
permission of the proprietor to distribute
a few tracts to his guests, while her
husband remained at the door to speak
to those going out and in. The request
was as politely granted as it was made.
As Mrs. McAll was retiring from the
room, several who had not received her
leaflets, ascertaining what they were rose
from their seats and their wine and
followed her to the door, asking that
they too might be supplied.
At the door she found her husband
surrounded by a large company of working men in their blue and white blouses
and engaged in earnest conversation.
One of these, speaking for the rest said:
"Sir, are you not an Englishman ? Are
you not a minister?" and then added
with all earnestness, "You think, sir,
that we are infidels, and that we do not
care for religion. We do care, sir; but
we will not have an imposed religion.
If any one will come among us teaching
a religion, not of hierarchy and superstition, but of reality and earnestness
and liberty, very many of us are ready
to listen."
Mr. McAll says in a recent letter,
"we might have gone to the same spot
a thousand times without meeting that
man, whom we never recognized before
or since. The moment, the coincidence,
all the circumstances, irresistibly proclaim on the review, 'the finger of God.' "
From an historical sketch by John R.
Whitney I take the following: "If ever
there was a work which showed the
power and presence of God overruling
the designs of men for the accomplishment of His own purpose, it is in the
opening of papal France and Italy to
evangelical truth."
"It is now evident that by all the fiery
trials of those terrible days God was
preparing the soil for the reception of
the seed, "which is the word of God;"
and when the soil was prepared, then
He sent forth the Sower to sow. Without such an upturning, a work like that
of Mr. McAll could hardly have been
possible; with it, it was at once possible.
Let us look at the order and connection
of these events that we may more clearly
see the hand of God in them :
ORDER OF EVENTS.
July 13, 1870—The dogma of papal
infallibility Avas decried.
15th—War was declared by Napoleon
against Prussia.
18th—The dogma of papal infallibility
was declared.
25th—The French troops were ordered to be withdrawn from Rome.
August Ist—The last of the French
soldiers were leaving Rome. (Then the
Italians rose as one man and declared
that the temporal power of the Pope
should cease and Rome be the capital of
United Italy.)
Sept. 2nd—Napoleon was defeated at
Sedan.
4th—The Republic was decreed in
France.
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12th—Victor Emmanuel and the Bible
entered Rome.
Oct. Ist Victor Emmanuel was
chosen king.
Thus it was only fifty-three days from
the decree of the dogma of papal infallibility to the setting up of the Republic,
and only sixty-nine days to the overthrow of the temporal power of the
Pope.
In the spring of 1871 the uprising of
the Communists took place in Paris.
Early in May, 1871,it reached its height.
Archbishop Darboy Avas shot, theTuileries, Hotel dc Ville and other public
buildings were burnt.
May 29th—The insurrection was put
down.
August 18th—Mr. and Mrs. McAll
visited Paris. (A little over one year
from the decree of papal infallibility and
within one year from the overthrow of
the Empire.)
Nov. 1871, they removed from England to Paris.
Jan. 1872, the first station was opened. (Now there are over forty stations
in Paris, and over one hundred and
twenty-five in France.
It would be impossible, in a paper
like this to give more than a mere outline of the methods in which this work
is carried on, or the various sources
from which it draws its support.
The first meeting was held in November 1871, in a hall, formerly a shop,
near the present Belleville Station. A
few chairs, a plain desk, a harmonium,
and a few paper texts Avere the simple
furnishings. Printed hymns were distributed; the hymns were sung, scripture was read, and some earnest words
spoken, a short prayer offered, and that
was all. Outside, a simple sign with the
inscription "To the working-men: Moral
meetings, free entrance."
Year after year neAV halls were opened, fresh sympathies awakened, and reliable sources of income secured. In a
sketch by Rev. M. Saillens, one of Mr.
McAlls most efficient workers, I find the
following: "The work has retained the
same simplicity which marked its beginning."
Most of the halls or salles are larger,
but they are mostly shops, and everything about them is marked by a total
absence of ornament. The same lively
hymns are sung, the same elementary
preaching goes on; Christ and Him
crucified. And it is most remarkable
that, although the meet-places are open
in some cases every night, and at least
two or three times a week, the people
are never tired of coming to them. Some
of them, the rue dc Rivoli station for instance, are crowded daily. New comers
incessantly mixed themselves in the set
of regular attendants which may be
found in every station, and thus it may
be said that this Mission has formed as
many churches as it has stations in
France. Yet these are not churches, in
the regular sense of the word, for the
—
great principle upon which this mission
is built is, Catholicity.
All the Christian communities help
us, and we help them. All evangelical
pastors now consider it an honor to
stand upon our platforms, and to witness
along with us the truth of the Gospel.
Many are those that have been added
to the Protestant churches of France
through the working of the mission."
There are to-day in France over one
hundred and twenty-five Halls. The
attendance in them all, for the last year
only, has been over one million people.
Twelve thousand meetings have been
held, and hundreds, perhaps thousands
of souls have been added to the true
church of the Lord Jesus Christ; through
faith in His atoning-blood.
The Halls or Salles as opened in the
various stations in Paris and other cities
in V ranee are named, many of them, for
cities in other lands. For instance, the
Salle-Boston is supported by the McAll
association established in Boston, New
York, Philadelphia and other cities in
the States. In some instances they
have been named for individuals who
have been prominent in the work. The
Salle Beach was named for the late
lamented Miss Elizabeth Beach, who,
besides her faithful labors in connection
with the work in Paris, was instrumental in creating a deep interest in the
McAll mission throughout the United
States, which led to the establishing of
branch associations in many of the
American cities.
The total receipts of the McAll mission from all sources in 1886 were $74,--770, but since then the interest in this
great Avork has very much increased
abroad, and the receipts during the past
year cannot be far from $100,000.
The Salle Beach was inaugurated on
January 15, 1885, near the Arc dc
Triomphe. In this hall a variety of
Missionary work is carried on. "Here
on every Sunday, Tuesday and Friday,
are held those popular gospel services,
through which the work of the McAll
mission has so admirably found the way
to the hearts of the workingmen of
Paris.
Here on Sunday and Thursday afternoons the children of the Faubourg are
gathered together for religious instruction. Here also on Sunday afternoons
a young Avomen's class and Bible reading union meets for study. The poor
mothers of the district gather here on
Monday afternoons for work and religious instructions, and a comfortable
cup of tea. And here on Tuesday and
Saturday mornings is held a free Dispensary with a doctor in attendance,
a religious service of song and instruction being held for the benefit of the
waiting patients, by another member of
the mission staff."
One of the most efficient workers in
the Belleville district is Miss dc Broen,
who with her staff of ten or twelve lady
assistants has for many years been do-
ing a wonderful work, particularly
among the women and children, by
means of visiting them in their homes,
by furnishing them work, by training of
orphans, &c. She herself was instrumental in inducing Mr. McAll to come,
and gave him a hearty Avelcome. While
perfectly harmonious, they are distinct
missions.
Thus has this wonderful work of education and evangelization been going on
in France for seventeen years; in many
respects the most remarkable and successful mission work accomplished during this century. If these people had
waited for the French Protestants to
take hold of them, the work would never
have been accomplished. French Protestantism is not aggressive; perhaps
centuries of persecution, and even worse
of disdainful neglect, have crushed its
spirit. Even the Catholic church had,
for years, given up this quarter of Paris
as irreclaimably infidel, and would have
nothing to do with it, so these earnest
workers have free scope.
The president and workers of the Y.
M. C. A. of Paris heartily endorse the
McAll mission and its methods, and
have found it a wonderful help and inspiration in their own work. What an
inspiration it would be to the Y. M. C. A.
of Honolulu, to have an infusion of the
spirit of those earnest workers in the
McAll mission among our own members. It is the continuous hand to hand
Avork, the contact of heart with heart,
that, through the blessing of God, lifts
men into a better and purer life.
If we could catch some of this earnest
spirit, and being ourselves quickened, go
out among the young men and strangers
among us, the leven would soon spread
and influence the whole of this community.
We have tried in various ways to
procure the help of evangelists from
abroad to help and quicken our spiritual life, but have thus far failed, and we
are noAv shut up to our own resources
and to God. Let us through prayer lay
hold of the arm that moves the world,
and by our earnest efforts strive to bring
the blessed spiritual showers that can
make this dry and barren field bud and
bloom as the rose.
At this point Mr. Hall introduced
Hon. Henry Waterhouse, the Presidentelect, Avho was received with enthusiastic applause. Mr. Waterhouse said they
might think he was going to thank them
for the honor of electing him President,
but he was not going to do it. He
wasn't going to make a speech, but he
was going to work, and he wanted the
help of all the young men and also the
young ladies during the year that he
would hold office. At the close of his
brief but earnest remarks he announced
the following standing committees,
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which had been appointed by the Board
Christ and leave the story of his
Jesus
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No. 130 Fort Street, near Hotel,
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Hall,
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Templeton, H. Wichman, J. A. Gonsalves, C.
You
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will
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in
Messiah."
Mossman,
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H. Atherton, E. E.
I am the TIN, COPPER AND SHEET IRON
Needham, \V. J. Forbes, W. F. Thrum, J. D. second sermon declaring,
obedience
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CONTENTS.
Naval Disaster at Samoa
Mrs. Mary H. Benfield
Samoans as an Evangelizing People
Native Testimony of the Prevalence of Idolatry
The Oldest Book in the AVorld
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Marshall Islands
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The Naval Disaster at Samoa.
At the time of our last issue, this
community was waiting with some
solicitude for news from Samoa. A report coming by way of Germany, had
gained some currency in the States,
that the Nipsic had been sunk by the
Olga in the harbor of Apia. For many
good reasons, this report found little
credence in Honolulu. Still we were
somewhat anxiously waiting to have all
doubts removed. April 6th, the Alameda came, with intelligence of a disaster at Apia entirely different from the
one reported, even more distressing in its
outward circumstances, and perhaps
equal in loss of life, yet appealing wholly
to our tenderest sympathy, and devoid of
all the hostile and bitter feelings which
the first reported event was adapted to
kindle. The news was very startling;
very shockirjg. We were all filled with
wonder and sorrow.
The strange and painful event of the
wrecking of the American and German
squadrons by a hurricane in the harbor
of Apia was one that came very close to
the hearts of the Honolulu people from
the fact that the Vandalia, which experienced the severest stress and loss of
the American ships, had so recently
spent more than a year in our quiet
harbor, and that her officers had been
peculiarly intimate in Honolulu society,
and many of her warrant officers most
favorably known. Captain Schoonmaker
and Paymaster Arms were especially
honored in our churches. It is most
grievous to think of their protracted
Struggle with the whelming surges,
until beaten exhausted from their hold
on deck, they disappeared. We had
formed a special acquaintance and
esteem for Lieut. Wilson, who was
rescued from the Vandalia's rigging,
after having been stripped by the wind
of all his clothing. How glad we are
that so much of a man Avas saved,
though he lost all his belongings. We
figure too, the noble form of Flag
Lieutenant Rittenhouse, helping all day
to fight the Trenton against the cyclone
and along the reef, and to fire the lifelines to the Vandalia sufferers. So the
Honolulu people each thought of those
they had best known, and all our hearts
went out towards them.
It is long since so great a sensation
has been created here by any event
abroad. Memorial services were held
during the week at the Anglican and
Roman Catholic cathedrals, and at the
Central Union Church. At the latter
place, the floral decorations were unprecedentedly profuse. The hearts of
the people and of their pastors were
very deeply in the commemorations and
the prayers, for our friends so ruthlessly
swept away by the tempest, and for
those who survived. We remembered
also the sufferers of both nationalities,
those whom we knew not, as well as
those we know.
While our English brethren shared in
the common sorrow, they enjoyed a
special pride in the gallant feat of their
Calliope which after losing all her
anchors, and so, as it were, all hope,
doggedly defied the tremendous billows,
and forced her mighty way in the teeth
of the tempest, out into the open ocean.
This was grand fighting; but no braver
than the defeated battle of the weaker
ships that perished. The fate of some
of these was terrible. One, the Eber,
was flung bodily against the reef and
dashed to pieces in a moment, all on
board but four, perishing. Another, the
Adler, as we see in the photographs of
the wrecks, lies far up on the reef,
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NUMISKR 5.
We have yet
square upon her side.
the
story, whose
but a meagre version of
soon
reach
us
more fully.
details must
the perishthe
sense
of
sorrow
for
In
Aye
may not
sufferers,
and
surviving
ed
interests
the
political
forget
"Very grave
concerned, which cannot fail to be
seriously and we trust most favorably
affected by this disastrous event. Common suffering and mutual aid and sympathy must most effectually tend to allay
the animosity Avhich had arisen between
America and Germany, and which the
reported sinking of the Nipsic was fanning into bitterness, We are very hopeful of hearing that this event has had a
most favorable influence towards amicable and cordial action in the Berlin
conference upon Samoa affairs. It is
very remarkable how this remote and
quiet little group has been forced into so
conspicuous a position, and how the eyes
of the world are now so effectually turned upon it by means of the most
singular naval disaster qfthe period.
Mrs. Mary H. Benfield.
The death of this estimable lady at
Berkeley, California, on the thirtieth of
January last, calls for especial notice in
The Friend. Mrs. Benfield had spent
the most of her years among us, and
for a long period as a member of FortStreet Church. She was born at Kailua
in 1831, third daughter of the noble
pioneer missionary, Asa Thurston. Her
school education was completed at Mt.
Holyoke Seminary. In her parent's
life she occupied a larger part than any
other of their children. It fell to her to
minister to their closing years, and after
her mother's death to edit and publish
her autobiography. Mrs. Benfield's life
was one of great and often afflictions,
borne with rare Christian serenity and
courage. Her repeated widowhood left
her to much of the stress of poverty,
but strong to bear her burdens, laboring
hard in household and schoolroom.
Many now in active life remember her
affectionately as a teacher of their
childhood.
Of all Mrs. Benfield's immediate
family, there survive but one sister, Mrs.
Persis Taylor, and one son and daughter, to whom the departed mother's
memory will be most blessed. How
consoling our assured hope in the risen
Redeemer, in whose welcoming bosom
is rest for the ransomed soul after such
heavy sorrows and toils as were experienced by our sister who has gone home.
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Samoans as an Evangelizing People.
In our last issue, we gave some account of Rev. A. W. Murray's valuable
history of "The Bible in the Pacific."
In reading this book, the fact of which
we were already aware, became still
more apparent, how extensively Samoan
teachers were employed as pioneers in
the evangelization of Western Oceanica.
This is of peculiar interest at this time,
when recent events have been placing
this interesting people very conspicuously bef :e the world.
The French navigator La Perouse
who visited the group in 1787, described
it as "one of the finest countries in the
universe," while he branded the natives'
as "atrocious savages, whose shores
ought not to be approached." This language Avas owing to the fatal result of a
skirmish, provoked by the shooting of a
native for theft, in which affray Commander Dc Langle and several savants
of La Perouse's expedition lost their
lives.
The truth is, Mr. Murray says, that
whole they were heathens of a
milder type than those found on any
other group or island of Polynesia."
Cannibalism and human sacrifices were
unknown; the children were loved and
cherished; the aged were respected and
reverenced; the sick, as a general rule,
carefully tended; the women were almost,
if not quite, on an equality with men.
From other sources we learn that
domestic and social purity are carefully
regarded. As a consequence the population is slowly increasing. In 1843 it
was estimated at 33,900, in 187(>, at
35,181. It is believed to be noAV still
"on the
larger.
The gospel Avas first carried to Samoa
from Tahiti by Messrs. Williams and
BarlT, in 1830. Mr. Murray landed there
in 1838. The Avhole Bible was first
printed in 1855, and in the year I**7
alone, 1023 Bibles were sold among the
native Protestant population of 30,000
souls.
The record of the landing of Samoan
teachers and their labors on distant
islands is a very remarkable one. These
recent converts to Christ, full of zeal
and devotion for their Lord who had
saved them and filled them with light,
went far and wide as pioneers of that
new light and life,' among the savage
and degraded tribes, where a white man
could scarcely live at all. It is difficult
to see how, without the preparatory
labors of these simple and devoted
Samoan Christians, the gospel could
have been successfully introduced, or
white men have found a foothold at all
among some of the fearfully debased
tribes of Melanesia.
The earliest landing of Samoan teachers which is recorded in this book was
at Rotuma in November, 1839, where
Rev. Joseph Waterhouse began to
labor fifteen years later. A few days
later, November 18, others were landed
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at Tanna in the New Hebrides, conduct-
ed there by Rev. John Williams. It
was on the very next day that he met
his death by savage hands on the neighboring island of Eramanga. It was
nineteen years before white missionaries
obtained strong foothold upon Tanna,
while some of the Samoan teachers had
been slain by the heathen.
At Niua in the New Hebrides
Samoans were placed in 1810; at Aneiteum and Fotuna in 1841; at Fate
or Sandwich I. in 1845; and at Mare in
the Loyalty group in 1841. To Niue,
south of the Fijis, they carried the gospel in 1849. The waste of life was
great among these devoted people; but
the places of the departed were bravely
and eagerly filled, and the ranks of the
teachers well reinforced from the training
school in Samoa.
The Samoans thus stand before us as
a people who have besn peculiarly active
and fearless in furthering the Gospel
of our Lord and Redeemer. We believe
that He rules over the affairs of the
world. We believe that the enterprise
of enlightening and converting the
nations to Him is the enterprise which
is dearest to His heart. We believe
that He is steadily carrying on the war
against Satan's kingdom of darkness
and idolatry, and carrying it forward
to victory, by the means and services of
all who love to work in this warfare.
Those who are thus engaged, we must
also believe, are especially dear to the
Head of the Kingdom, and the Captain
of the host. In accordance Avith this
view, we cannot be surprised to find
that He exerts a peculiar protection over
those peoples and tribes who are forward
to receive and cherish the gospel, and
especially over those who are active in
carrying the gospel to others. Nowhere
has this fact been more marked than in
the manner in which the independence,
autonomy, and secular prosperity of the
Hawaiian kingdom has been promoted
and maintained.
The Samoans have been lately undergoing a fierce struggle, and enduring the
severest aggression from the most formidable of military powers.
Recent
events indicate that the tempest of war
and conquest is about to pass them by,
leaving them in the enjoyment of freedom and autonomy. Is it a vain imagination, if we surmise that the Great
Protector of His people has been
especially at work for the Samoans, or
entertain a strong expectation, that
they will be brought out of their troubles
into "a large place" of honor and wellbeing ? It is certainly premature to indulge in fancied interpretations of the
marvellous ways of Divine Providence,
but we must watch the outcome of
events with the deepest interest.
In connection with the late disaster to
the naval forces at Apia, it is of peculiar
interest to learn that the Samoan forces
arrayed against the Germans, laid aside
their warfare, and applied themselves to
[May, 1889.
the work of humanity in relieving the
distresses of their foes and their allies
alike. Such Christian conduct must win
them a kindly regard from all parties,
which will go far to aid in the removal
of their difficulties.
Native Testimony to the Prevalence ofIdolatry.
We are permitted to print the following extracts from a letter of one of the
best of the native school teachers to
Miss Mary Green. After making some
favorable statements about Temperance
Avork among the people of his district,
he adds: "There is a very great
amount of idolatry and wickedness in
this nation, a nation that has been consecrated to Jehovah, but which has
strayed from the path of right. I declare
to you, that among some of the parents
of these children, (his scholars) there is
great Avorshipping of idols. Myself and
a trusted friend are in the habit of
going among the sick, and through the
truth of God's word in our mouths, we
now have in our hands certain things of
worshi' ':>r means of sorcery, mea hooiiiannin
it) which have been consecrated
to the gods of the old time. Where
then are the men who have the courage
to go forth and overturn the old superstitions of Hawaii nei ? From Hawaii
to Kauai this nation is densely enshrouded in these abominations. The
ministers are very fearful about going
out to resist these things, lest they die by
the power of these sorcery gods. Are
such ministers real Christians? I declare
to you, my dear friend in the Lord, that
out of one hundred church members
there are ten who do not serve other
gods, and ninety who do worship them.
If the
Deplorable are the evil results.
people were properly instructed, they
Avould see the evil of it. Are there not
some men to be found, free from superstition, and valiant for Jehovah, to go
forth and overthrow the ancient superstitions in Hawaii ? I assert there are
such men, and these are their names
(naming three native ministers and a
layman). Many of them, I fear are
prone to go backward when Satan tries
them, being sometimes orL the Lord's
side and sometimes on the Devil's.
There is no good in serving two masters. The work of our church and the
pastor is going on well."
It is truly encouraging to be assured
that ten percent, of the church members
are free from any tampering with superstitious practices. It is not to be assumed that there is no genuine piety
among the rest. We are sure that there
is much love of the Lord, but that they
do not realize the sin of idolatry to
which their fears incite them. It is
quite certain that the native pastors as
a class need ;i severe bracing up on this
subject, c ;. ccially since influences kindred to tv infamous Hale Naua have
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with knives against the intruder, no adMarshall Islands.
mittance except to those who come
Dr. Pease had made his usual tour
aright.
the Marshall Islands and had
through
"If thou sittest down to eat Avith a
His
number, despise the dishes that thou found much to encourage him.
lovest; it is but a short time to restrain training school on Kusaie last year had
thyself; and voracity is something de- 23 Marshall Islanders, men, women and
grading, for there is bestiality in it. As
boys during
a glass of Avater quenches thirst, as a children. Every one of the
mouthful of vegetables strengthens the the year declared his purpose to serve
heart, as one good takes the place of the Lord. This year he numbers 33.
another good, as a very little takes the On Jaluij, in charge of Rev. Jciemia,
place of much, he who is drawn aAvay with
Laijarki as his assistant, are 8
by his stomach Avhen he is not on the
watch is a Avorthless man. With such preaching stations, 1 school, 10 pupils.
people the stomach is master. How- Several additions to the church are
ever, if thou sittest down to eat with a reported. Rev. Hiram, on Ebon, has
glutton, to keep up with him in eating maintained those schools, Avith 178
will lead afar, and if thou drinkest with
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pupils and 4 preaching stations. On
a great drinker, accept in order to please
scroll,
venerable
since
In 1847, a
him. Do not reject the meats, even Mille money contributed by the people
known as the " Papyrus Prisse," was from a man repugnant to thee; take to the Mission had been seized by the
obtained in Thebes from a royal tomb Avhat he gives thee, and do not leave it; German officials as part of the fine of
of the eleventh dynasty. In the course truly this is disagreeable.
$500 levied upon the people on account
of years the growing skill of Egyptolo"As for a man lacking good manners, of the mysterious disappearance of a
gists secured an excellent version in upon whom all that one can say is with- trader. Arno the largest island, has
French in 1887, by M. Philippe Virey. out effect, who wears a surly face to- had no church organization since Rev.
This has been translated into English wards the advances of a gracious heart, S. P. Kaaia returned to Hawaii. At
by Prof. Howard Osgood, and appeared he is an affliction to his mother and his Mejuro appeal Avas made for another
in the Bibliotheca Sacra of October, relatives. All say: 'Show thy name, teacher, but Dr. Pease had none to
1888.
thou whose mouth is silent; speak, be leave. MaKvonlap occupied last year
The greater part of this work consists not proud because of thy strength !'
after being left for several years without
of a treatise on morals, manners, and
"Do not harden the hearts of thy chil- any one in charge, asked for another
religious obligations, by Ptah-hotep, dren. Instruct those who will be in thy teacher and more books. The church
written in the period of the fifth dynasty, place, but Avhen he does not permit, was reorganized with 17 l rnberS, 11
B. C. 3951-3702. This is preceded, none knoAv the events Avhich God brings of them on profession of uiith. At
however, by a remnant of a book on to pass. Let the chief talk to his chil- Ailinglaplap are I preaching places, 15
religion and morals, written by Kakimna dren, after he has accomplished the pupils in school. At Namo, visited for
in the period of the third dynasty, B. C. human condition; they will gain honor the first time, a teacher Avas left Avith
4449-1295. (Mariette.)
for themselves by increasing in well- his wife and four children to look alter
"The fragment of Kakimna reveals a doing, starting from that which he has the 300 people. It was earnestly desired
society, long removed from the savage told them.
to visit Kwojelein Avhere it was said a
state; where manners go far towards
"If all that is written in this book is woman WSI preaching Christianity; but
making the man, and the ill-mannered heeded as I have said it, in order to it was decided to go to Ujac, visited for
surly man is an affliction to his mother; make progress in the right, they who the first time, yet upon it were found
where gluttony is regarded as bestiality, heed will learn it by heart, they will re- enough believers to organize a church,
and the man who does not govern his cite it as it is written; it will do good to 16 in all, 5 formerly resident on other
appetite is marked as worthless; where their hearts more than all things on this islands. The island was fertile, the
the right instruction of children is the whole earth, in whatever position they people well clothed and intelligent. At
first duty of parents; where the deity is may be. Then at this time the majesty Lee, 20 miles distant, there were said to
spoken of in the singular, as God Avho of the king of the South and of the be quite a number of believers, ready to
brings to pass events which none fore- North, Hani, arrived in port (died); then be organized into a church. At Natneknew."
arose the majesty of the king of the rik the church is prospering, and there
We append the fragment of Kakimna, South and of the North, Seaoferu, a are 55 children in school.
which is thus shown as being the oldest king beneficent all over this entire land.
The possible coming of German missurviving literary fragment in the world, Then I, Kakimna, Avas made prefect. It sionaries to take charge of missionary
antedating Moses by nearly three thous- is finished."
work in the Marshall Islands is a matter
and years. Ptah-hotep's treatise is
of grave consideration in forecasting the
Ruk Lagoon.
some five hundred years later. This
future of this field. Shall the Avotk be
also holds to one supreme and righteous
this
In
lagoon of the Pacific, divided with them, taking only certain
largest
God, and to a morality of great purity, Avhich it is now the fashion to call Truk, islands for the Avotk of our Board; or
proving that the later polytheism of the Ponapean preacher, Moses, main- shall we withdraw from the field alEgypt was the result of a long process tains himself as pastor and teacher together ? A strong desire is expressed
of corruption, or evolution downwards. with a church of 98 members, and a that Rev.
J. F. Whitney should ret m
We may find room hereafter for ex- school of 130. At Anapauo, where Rev. to the field, and take charge of a station
tracts from Ptah-hotep.
R. W. Logan established his head- at Mejuro, that would give opportunity
The book of Kakimna. A treatise on quarters the work does not seem to. to teach the whole Ratak Chain. This
manners in the time of the Kings Hum have gone forward, only 21 church is the scheme advocated by the Haand Senoferu of the third dynasty. (A members being now reported. Three waiian Board, ever since Mr. Whitney
fragment.)
other stations only are now occupied for was recalled. The islands seem to be in
"I am sure of being respected. A song this populous lagoon. The books sent a more favorable condition than ever
that is right opens the stronghold of my down last year found a ready sale, 40 before for the reception and propagation
silence; but the paths to the place of my cocoanuts being the price of a hymn of the gospel. Shall they now be abanrepose are surrounded by words armed book.
doned; or shall the mission be reinforced ?
been actively at work. The fact has
not unfrequently been reported to us, of
certain Hawaiian pastors permitting the
employment of kahunas with their enchantments for sick members of their
families, and even of such a pastor himself being attended in his last sickness
by a kahuna with his idolatrous arts.
These are not disheartening facts; they
merely indicate the continued necessity
for much influence and care to be still
expended upon our immature Hawaiian
churches "and their pastors by those
churches which first gave them the gospel. The needed agencies for this care
are, we trust, soon to be actively at
work.
—
36
[May, 1889.
THE FRIEND.
Our Lord's Second Coming
This grand event must remain shrouded in much mystery, until its prophecy is
fulfilled. It is the topic of the International Sunday School lessons for last
Sunday and next Sunday. Dr. Peloubet's commentaries on previous lessons
we have found reliable and rich in suggestion. We regret in these lessons to
find him adopting in explanation the
clumsy expedient of a "threefold coming" of the Lord. One of these comings
(only metaphorical) he supposes to have
been at the destruction of Jerusalem.
But our Lord expressly warned his disci
pies against supposing that he would
come at that time; Mark 13: 5, 6; Matt.
24: 23-28. He emphatically declares, in
the 28th verse, that his coming, when it
takes place, will be universally conspicuous. It seems most clear that nothing
short of a visible, personal coming in indescribable majesty and glory is meant.
Compare 2 Thess. 2: 8, "the brightnets of his coming." To talk of "spiritual" comings is a cheap and very misleading expedient for solving supposed
posing that these "things", and "that
day and hour", refer to the same event.
It is indeed only by admitting the force
of this antithesis, which is so plain in
the Greek, and by so not confounding
and mixing up the two distinct subjects,
that any one can make sense out of this
passage, otherwise you make our Lord
strictly define the date of the predicted
event as in "this generation", and in his
next breath declare that no being but
God knows when it will happen !
Christ's disciples asked him two distinct questions. 1. When shall these
things be? i.e., the destruction of Jerusalem of which he had been warning them.
2. What was the time of his coming,
and of the end of the aeon ? He gave
them two distinct answers. The first
event would come in that generation as
it did. Nothing there about his own
coming. Then, after a solemn pause,
he replies to the second question, that
the time of his own glorious Advent was
unknown to men or angels. The one
was close at hand; the other in the
future.
our Lord's preceding statements,
In
difficulties.
his references to the one event and to
So Dr. Peloubet blunders on about
the other are somewhat alternated; but
Christ, to
another "spiritual coming"
o£
usher in the millenium. His final
coming at the end of time and the general judgment, he allows to be a visible
one. Thfe truth is, our Lord predicts
only one Coming, and that so grand as
to be undoubted and unmistakeable, confounding all His enemies. All attempts
to make out several comings or
"spiritual" comings seem to us a gross
perversion of Christ's words, and a beclouding of the Avhole subject.
Of course we have no space for extended discussion of this great subject,
on which so many books have been
written. Our immediate object is to
point out to our Sunday School teachers,
what have long seemed to us key-words
in these chapters. They are found in
Matt. 24: 34, 36, and in Mark 13: 30,
32, being alike in both records. They
are the antithetical Avords "These"
"that." "These things," i.e. the destruction of the Holy City, shall occur
in "this generation." "But of that day
and that hour," his second Coming,
"knoweth no m.ni. This antithesis is
peculiarly strong in the Greek, "tauta
remote
it is quite easy to distinguish what words
relate to each of the two events, if you
do not let the commentators confuse
you. Each class of statements will be
seen to be appropriate to its own subject, and the whole will crystallize into
clearness as you dwell upon it. Let us,
above all, beware how we belittle or becloud that supreme event of our Lord's
Second Coming, which awaits the
church, and which He and his apostles
held up in such glory of expectation.
Central Union Church—A large Addition
to the Membership.
The quarterly Communion of the
Lord's Supper was observed in this
church on the 14th of April. The sea-
son was made memorable by an accession to the membership of fifty-eight
persons—twelve by letter, and forty-six
on profession. The propounded candidates occupied front seats clear across
the church. A majority were youth and
children of church families. It was a
deeply touching scene and moment as
they all stood and took upon them their
happy and sacred vows to the Lord's
service, and as the pastor in the name
of the church moved among them and
gave to each the right hand of fellowekeines".
ship,
pronouncing Bible words of blessall
the supposed difficulties of ing and
Nearly
exhortation. Some of the little
these chapters arise from blindly over- ones were of very tender age. Several
looking this strong antithesis, and sup- were younger, probably, than any among
—
—
us had ever seen admitted to full church
privileges. These, however, had made as
clear, earnest and apparently intelligent
statement of faith, love and purpose as
had some youth much older. Being children of devout and faithful parents, who
will watch and guide them, we do not
anticipate in them less persistence in
piety than in the others. Our pastor, in
whose wisdom and discernment we
have great confidence, was earnestly in
favor of the course taken. It is from
the trained children of Christian homes
that a large proportion of the best developed character in the church must be
looked for, although in His grace, the
Lord converts and rears up many able
and holy men and women from nonreligious families.
Happy are the
churches and the pastors who bring in
abundant fruit both from within and
from without the church fold.
The house was crowded on this occassion. It was an interesting circumstance that one of the Deacons landed
from the steamer with his wife just in
time to witness the public profession of
Christ by two of their daughters. From
each of five families two children came
together. May it be granted to this
favored church that such happy harvestdays shall recur again and again, each
successive accession pressing forward as
the years go on, to higher, purer, wiser
and holier Christian attainments than
those who preceded them. So do the
churches truly grow and move forward
toAvards the "perfect man in Christ
Jesus."
Kauai Association.
The Kauai Association met at Waimea Wednesday, April 24th, continuing
its sessions through Thursday and Friday. There was a full attendance of
pastors and delegates. Rev. J. B. Hanaike, of Lihue, was chosen Moderator,
and S. K. Oili, of Anahola, Scribe. The
reports from the different parishes presented a more encouraging state of
affairs than could have been given a
year ago. At Waimea, G. Lilikalani
Kopa, who graduated from the N. P.
M. I. last year, has had the confidence
and respect of the people in his endeavors to carry on evangelistic work
in that community. Mr. C. B. Hofgaard has raised money enough to
shingle the old stone church, though it
needs some more money to put it in
order for occupancy. The old Whitney
house has been torn down, the stones
sold to the sugar mill, and the proceeds
put aside towards the building of a new
parsonage whenever it may be needed.
Mr. Hofgaard has shown great interest
in the educational, religious, and business prosperity of the community, and
has acted as Assistant Sunday School
Superintendent the past year. All speak
well of S. Ekaula, who, since the death
of Rev. G. B. Rowell, has been the
main reliance in sustaining Christian
work and worship. At Hanapepe, since
Volume 47, No. 5.]
THE FRIEND.
37
the Eleele plantation has been in oper- stroyed their usefulness. One subject
ation, a community has grown up, for debate was, which is the more
which ought to have facilities for re- stylish, to ride horse-back, or to ride in
ligious services. A Sunday School has a brake?
FOR
HOME MISSION.
rom AnaholaChurch, Kau-
ai
20 00
ui
2 BO
rom Olowalu Church, Ma-
22 BO
Eight or ten years has made a great
been maintained under the auspices of
FOR CHINESE WORK.
the Y. P. S. C. E. of Koloa, but a difference in the numbers as well as the From various donations... 721 40
721 40
preacher ought to be stationed there at social standing of the natives. Where
for Japanese work.
once. At Koloa, since the much lament- was then a village of 50 or 60 people, From Mrs. M. S. Rice
BO 00
SO 00
ed death of Rev. J. W. Smith, his family not a soul is to be found now. Where
for giliiekt island publications.
have given their personal care and effort the konohiki could then call out 40 ableFrom the Gilbert Islands..
48 38
to the maintenance and development of bodied laborers only 10 are living to- \vail ofbooks by H. liingthe religious life of the community. day. Death has made the most havoc, ham
6 90
SB 28
Rev. J. H. Mahoe, the Hawaiian pastor, and next to it removal to Honolulu,
CAROLINE ISLAND PUBLICATIONS.
could do comparatively little without which is constantly draining the counvails of books sold at Potheir constant help. At Lihue a call try districts, and in its insatiate maw nape and Ruk
52 n
52 21
has been given to J. Niau, his term of the people disappear. The teaching of
MARSHALL ISLAND PUBLICATIONS.
engagement to be limited to two years, English in the schools severs the young vails of books sold by E.
M. Pease, Kauai
6S 00
05 00
as has been the custom on Kauai. At people from the religious influences that
PUBI.ICATION FUND.
Anahola, S. K. Oili has received a call, are the true preservative influences in
which was approved by vote of the personal and social life. The children vails of books sold at
244 15
244 15
Association, and a committee appointed cannot read Hawaiian, and so are not Book Depot
his
ordination
and
the
services.
Sunday
for
installation. The interested in
They
Total
S5,481 19 85,481 19
same committee are to act in the same do not know English enough to be
capacity at Lihue. At Hanalei the taught in that language in the Bible, if The Treasurer would here state that the
preacher, J. Kanoho, has been active in there were enough people ready to teach financial year of the Board will close on the 15th
of May, and all contributions or donations should
H.
visiting every district, every house in them.
be sent in before that date if they are to be inthat parish. He finds a new worship
cluded in the Annual Report.
established, "Hoomana Welona oka La Receipts for the Hawaiian Board for Various
W. W. Hall,
Treasurer Hawaiian Board.
i Lehua," but outsiders are not admitted
Objects, from March 1, 1889.
to its mysteries. Perhaps some old
FOR GENERAL FUND.
superstitious practices are introduced, as From two friends HonoMonthly Record of Events.
in
some people will put in a quarter when lulu
200 00
April Ist.—Brewer & Co.'s new steel
they play cards to make it "interesting." From Kaumakapili Church 20 00
bark Fooling Suey arrives off the port
A Pastors' Aid Society has been " Waimea Church, Ha
21 90
from San Francisco en route to Hongformed, of which Hon. W. H. Rice is waiia
friend on Hawaii.. 1,000 00
kong to perfect her Hawaiian register.
President, and Dr. J. X, Smith, Treas- From Kohala
Church, Ha—Auction sale of 10 shares Haiku
urer. The Society supplements the "waii
372 80
Sugar Co.'s stock reaches a high presalaries of Hawaiian pastors, if promptly From C. M. Cooke
300 00
mium.—Sundry land sales fetch good
paid, by a fixed amount, monthly or " Mrs. M. S. Rice mos. 200 00
200 00
Church, 2
figures.
quarterly, as the case may be. When " C.U.
"loa Dr. J. K. Smith, Ko- 100 00
this is working successfully, it is pro2nd.—Prof. M. M. Scott gave a
posed to secure good parsonages, to be From Messrs. Gay & Rob"practical talk" to a full house at the
inson
100 00
well furnished and kept in good repair.
Y. M. C. A.on Books and Reading.
The funds are contributed by personal From H. P. Baldwin, Hai- 1,000
ku
00
3rd.—Oahu College ladies vary the
solicitation.
From Hana Church, Maui.
fi 00
vacation monotony by an afternoon "At
The Young People's Associations had
Kaala Church, Hama"
Home."
kua
4 00
their general meeti";, Thursday evenFrom
Maunahoano Church,
ing, and the blue Ribbon Temperance Hamakua
sth.- Organ recital at Kaumakapili
3 50
Leagues held their convention Friday From Paauhau and Mono
church, proves the best of the series.—
evening. Many interesting incidents kaa, Hamakua
12 55
Night rain for a change.
100 00
were told of recent cases of reform and From S. N. Castle
6th.—Arrival of the Alameda with reSO 00
G. P. Castle
conversion. It is evident that the Ha" Interest
port of severe hurricane at Samoa,
"ment Bonds on Govern- 27 00
waiians are beginning to recognize and
March 16th and 17th, causing the total
abhor the evils Avrought by intemperance, I'"rom WailukuChurch, Maloss of the U. S. S. Vandalia and Trenui
10 00
especially among the young.
ton, and H. I. M. S. 01ga and Elba,
From Hon. N. S. Bouton,
The sessions of the Association Avere Chicago
and serious injury to the Nipsic and
2B 00
characterized by a most kindly, fraternal F'rom Kapaa Church, Kauai
16 00
Adler, and the sad intelligence of the
Pukaana Church, S.
spirit. Occasionally there were differloss of about 50 Americans and 90 Ger"
Kona...
100 00
ences of opinion as to the rightfulness
mans from the various ships.—SchoonFrom
Stewart Dodge,
D.
of
or the expediency
certain measures, New York
10 00
er Norma arrives with Capt. F. D.
but there was no bitterness of tone in From Puuohua Church,
Walker, wife and family, and remainder
20 00
any of the opinions expressed. Some Hilo
of crew of bark Wandering Minstrel,
F'rom
Milolii
KoChurch,
did not like statistical reports on the
lost on Midway Island, Feb. 3, 1888.—
hala
6 00
ground that a Christian ought not to let From
Waikane Church,
Prof.
Melville makes a balloon ascension
his left hand know what his right hand Oahu
50 00 03,953 75 from base of Punchbowl, descending on
doeth. One paper read was on the quesFOR FOREIGN MISSIONS.
the reef at entrance of harbor.
tion whether if a man who owes money r rom the Gilbert Islands.
WaimeaChurch,
Kauwhich he will not pay, but whose heirs "
7th.—Arrival of steamer Umatilla
5 00
from San Francisco, with a number of
pay his debts, will be forgiven his sin ai
"rom AnaholaChurch, Kaureturned islanders and visitors.
when his debt is paid. It is astonishing ai
50 00
how much time the Hawaiians give to 'rom Olowalu Church, MaBth.
Chinaman killed by being
such quizzes. In some parishes debatui
2 00
thrown from his horse.—Arrival of
Puula
'rom
HaChurch,
ing societies had been established, but waii
American bark Newsboy with chief offi9 35
the indulgence of personalities has dc91 Gl
cer F. W. Rugg, under arrest charged
»
.
—
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38
[May, 1889.
THE FRIEND.
with killing one of the crew on the high
seas.
10th.—Ladies' Aid Society of Makawao and their friends gave a grand supper and entertainment at Spreckelsville,
for the benefit of their new church, realizing some $400.
10th, 11th.—Memorial services at St.
Andrew's Cathedral and Central Union
Church in honor of the victims of the
Samoa disaster.—Opium haul on the
barkentine Planter. —Japanese celebration of the Imperial Constitution.
12th. Departure of steamer Umatilla
for San Francisco with the commencement of our summer exodus.
13th—Aila, on trial before the Supreme
Court for the murder of Louis Johnson
in December last at Waialua, is acquitted.
14th.—SteamerZtetlandia arrives from
San Francisco, en route for the Colonies,
belated through mail delays.
15th.—Work on Punchbowl road commenced. D. K. Kala, a Hawaiian, being the lowest bidder (1,900) among
some ten competitors.—Father Damien,
the self-sacrificing priest to the Leper
Settlement at Molokai, died, aged 49
years.
17th.—Hilo reports her aspirations
for the establishment of a newspaper
within her borders, to boom and defend
her interests.
18th. —Annual election of officers of
the Y. M. C. A.—Departure of U. S. S.
Alert for Samoa.
19th.—At the third annual report of
the Bishop Estate, to the Supreme
Court, the income for 18H8 is shown as
$49,834.58, and the expenditure $16,--162.44.
20th. —Dairy Maid Entertainment at
the Y. M. C. A. Hall by the"V"
Society.
21st.—Easter Sunday: Special services at all the churches.
22nd.—Teachers' Conventionfor Oahu
convenes, Prof. J. A. Moore presiding.
—Chinaman shot at Koolau by some
party unknown.—Sudden death of Aug.
Leutz, a middle aged German, at his
room, Chaplain Lane.
23rd.—A splendid rain set in toward
evening and lasted all night.
24th. Financial statement of the
Government for the first half of its biennial period to April 1, 18H9, shows receipts, from all sources, to be $1,864,--139.43, and expenditures $1,476,574.27;
balance on hand $387,565.16. The
Minister of Finance also acjvertises for
the purchase of $100,000 of Hawaiian
Bonds at par.—Bold robbery at noon
time on Hotel street.
25th.—Death of Mrs. Mary Dominis,
aged nearly 86 years, and a resident of
this city since 1837.—Annual meeting
of the Y. M. C. A. with reports.
26th. —Proposition for a Union of the
—
—
From Bremen, per bark G N Wilcox, April B—Mr BrenBell and Mutual Telephone Companies *ing.
fails to carry.
From San Francisco, per liktne Planter, 10—Mr Waible.
27th.—P'uneral of Mrs. M. Dominis From San Francisco, per blctne S G Wilder, April 12—
largely attended, notwithstanding the Mrs Nissen and 2 steerage passengers.
From San Francisco, per W H Dimoiul, April 12 Mrs
set in of a drizzling rain.—Arrival of Denning
and daughter, and 1 steerage passenger.
the new steel bark Andrew Welch to From San Francisco, per S S Zealandia, April 14—PC
enter the Honolulu-San Francisco trade. Junes and wife, Mrs Thomas Smith, A As< heim, I, M
J A Low, Chas Lehman, Hon G H Dole, J Bar2!Mh.—Bgtne Consuclo, at Kahului Baldwin,
tram, Mrs M Lose, 2 children and maid, W H Williamson
libeled.
Marine
Journal.
PORT OF HONOLULU.—APRIL.
and wife, F C Smith. Miss M Maioni, Miss Van Oteiendorp, Mrs X Alexander and daughter, Mrs A I* Peterson
;nd child, WR Lewis, Mrs WH Stevens, Mias Mary
Sle veils, Mis-. I" Men Stevens, Master H Stevens, X S
I'rimleville and wife, and 6 passenger, in tiansit for Auckland and 13 for Sydney.
Tumi San (•rancwo, per bark S C Allen, April 31—A
Bailey and wife.
IIKI-AHTUKES.
ARRIVALS.
days from San
l—Haw bk Foohng Suey, Newell,
Fran ist o
3- Am bktne Ge C t'erkins, Fisher, 10 days from San
Kosalia, Mexico
Am bk Annif Johnson, Lmerson ftl days from New
Castle
4—Am bk Forest Queen, Winding, 20 days from San
Krancisco
8-Am SS Alameda, Morse, W% days from Auckland
schr
Norma, 12 days from Midway Island
Br
7—Am SS Umatilla, Holmes, 7 days from San Franci-cu
8 Am hk Newsboy, Johnson,
tfays from New Castle
Ger bk G N Wilcox, Rasch, 147 days from Breiu n
days from San
10—Am bktne Planter, Penhallow,
Francisco
days from San
bktne
Dimoiul,
Drew,
1!)
VI —Am
W H
Fiancisco
days
bktne
from San
Wilder,
Paul,
Am
S G
Francisco
Smith,
Am wh schr Mary H Thomas,
41 days from
San Francisco
13—Ambk S C Allen, Tnompso:), 16 days from San Francisco
Am bktae John Smith, Kustel, 63 days from New
Castle
14—HawS.*> Zealpndia, Oterendorp, 7 days from Sail Fiancisco
18—Am wh bk Sea Ranger, Sherman, 147 days from New
Bedford
20—S wedbk Olaf Tryguassen, Meyer, 77 days from New
Castle
days frmu San
21—Am bktne Discovery, McNeil,
•
—
Francisco
24—Am bk Alex McNeil, Friis, 19 days from San Fran
cisco
25-Haw bk W B Godfrey. Dabel, 16 da> s from San Francisco
Am bk Jas Cheslon, Plumb, 27 days from Puget
Sound
26 -Am tern Queen, Thonagle,
days from San Francisco
27 Haw bk Andrew Welch, Maiiion, 63 days from New
Castle
Br bk Jamaica, Seibert, 124 days from Glasgow
.
—
DEI'AKIUKES.
2—Haw bk Foohng Suey, Newell, for Hongkong
Am bgtne W G Irwin, McCoUoclt, for San Fram isCO
6— \m S S Alameda, Morse, for San Francisco
S—Am bk C I) Bryant, Lee, for San Francisco
9—Nor bk Victoria, Borresen, for Howland Is
"for San Francisco
Am bktne Geo C Perkins,
for Corinto
Ger bk Mazatlan,
12-Am S S Umatilla, Holmes, for San Francisco
1H USS Alert, Green, for BaflMM
Fr bk Bon, Regnier, for Hongkong
19--Am bktne S G Wilder, Paul, for San Francitoo
Br schr Norma, Johnson, for a cmisc
'JO Am wh bk Sea Ranger, Logan, for the Arctic
Am bktne Planter, Penhallow, for San Francisco
21 Am bktne W H Dimond, JJrew, for San I* rani isco
Am bk S C Allen, Thompson, for San Francisco
H Am Kk Alex McNeil, Friis, for San Francisco
27 Am bk Annie Johnson, Kuiersoii, for San Pram HCO
Am bktne John Smith, Kustel, for San Fran is.<> v i.■
Kahului
Am tern Queen, 'I honagle, for Ainoor River
tt Am bl Newsboy, Johnson, for San Fram is< o
10 Am blttnc Discovery, McNeil, for San Fram Ist o
—
PASSENGERS.
ARRIVALS.
From San Francisco, per bark Forest Queen, Apiil 4- J
F Boyd, J Burke, and J Bowers.
From San Francisco, per S S Umatilla, April 7— A Young
Mrs Win Foster, Miss Winter, R Jones, Ml), Mrs D Ferguson, Mrs J W Pratt, H Walerhouse ami wife, l>r J
Brodieand wife, J M Rothchild, W Meier, O lsenberg, J
Rudolph and wife. Capt. B Cogan, A Ostroska, Miss
Cunha, DG amarinos, J A Fulger, jr. Miss X Folger,
Miss J Lohman, Miss F Lohman, H M Benson, Miss H
Vortelo, X yon Ktizang, 5 Khrlich, Miss A Dutton, Robt
Wilcox, F C Lowrey, wifeand daughter, W H Rice, jr.
Mrs A Clarke, Geo Selden, Mrs J Selden, Miss G Seidell,
Wm Mcrz, Miss Coons, and 23 steerage aassengers.
'
-
Pof San Francisco, per bgtne W G Irwin, April 2 Harry
Miller, Miss Rusbcrg, Miss Brtn.s, W Kruns, M Perreira,
wile and 2 children.
For San Francisco, per R M S S Alameda, April 6 —His
Honor Justice R 1 Bnkerton, M Judah, Mrs X H Burrell
and 2 children, T F Lansing, wife and 2 children, X R
Hendry and wife, 1> Foster, Capt Smith, apt Manter, X
B Thomas, X H McCormick and wife, ) Hind and bride,
Hon / A Cummins, Tho. P Cummins. Sieerage—J X
Ailati, J X Kuliia, Syl Kalama, Cain Wiliokai, Sol Hiram
and '> others. In transit: 12.'' saloon and SU steerage.
For San Francisco, per bark C D Bryant. April B—A F
Raymond and wife, Mrs A H Raseniann and child, J
Smith, G Dreise, wife and 4 children, Miss M Blackwelf,
Miss Sullivan and LB others.
For San Francisco, per S S Umatilla, April 12—Hon C
R Bishop, Col Z S Spalding, wife and f> children, Chas
Thrower, Miss X White, Mrs J J Knapp, C W Hamand
wife L H Anthony W H Chickcring. wifeaud child, J M
Rothchild, J T Waterhouse, Jr, H W Dimotw, G H Abed,
Mrs C B Wells and 2 children, G A Brown, T Reamer,
Mrs G H Luce, Mrs A F Simmons, R J Saxe, Capt dc
Cuurcey, J Cook, Amos Grannis, N S Buuton and wife, F
Beesley, wifeand two children, M Noall, wife and 2 children, W B Greig, MissGreig, M Nacayama, F Sinclair and
wife, M X Sylva, Col Grannis, Mr Kreth and wife, H C
Meyer, T X Wall, B F Dillingham, M Lotiiss.m, G W
Smith, C W Macfarlanr, Mis W R Lawrence and child,
T X McDonald, Hon W R Casile and wife, FJ Lowrey,
wife, 3 children and maid, M iss A Halstead, F F Dodge.
wife and 2 children, J T Siebe, Miss F Coon, R Treiver,
Mi-s S X Gray, Sig H Canipobello and wife, A Olooska,
J N S Will am*. Mrs Moore, 2 children and maid, Arthur
RadclifTe, Mr Kudolph and wife, F B Kowell, D G Camerinos, Mrs Howard, Mis Rossford, Miss X, J Dowsclt,
Lieut Kipley and wife, Mis R Whitman and son, L B
Kerr, F W Rugg, J Green, Napeba, wifeand 5 children,
Lima, wife and child. E Burrel, S Aley, J X Bush. Steerage: H Hasseman, Mrs Geo lesser. Miss A Robertson, I
Dick man, T Potter, Mis-, X Perrins, N Larsen, Chas Kbel,
J W Crumf, Mrs Sieel, Mrs Anderson and 2 child en, J
Fernandez, J Kehuku, wife and 4 children, A Walsh, J
Meyers, X O'Neil, J Bulk., 1 Moer, P Nielsen, H Mitchell, I Andtrson, W X Bower, W J Patterson, A Steen,
('has B .yle, J Chapman, A Moore, W Winters, J Murphy,
P Olsen, C W Lajtni.ii, Geo Williams, 92 Portugues..", and
!) otl
ers.
For San Francisco, per bark Forest Queen, April 14Mis it Young and daughter, I X Gates, wifeand 4 children,
Sam Kit, wi c mil 6 children, Keaulaua, wife and child, J
X N Spear*, wife and child. Kalawao and wife, Hoopiiaina, wife and 2 children, and Mr Podmorc.
For San Francisco, pet bktM Planter, April 20- Mrs F,
Lycan and 2 children, J L Torbert, J F Fanning, P Forest
and daughter, and C F Baldwin.
For San Francisco, per bktne S G Wilder, April 19—T R
L wis and M Pedro.
For San FnadacO, per bark S C Allen, April 21 Capt J
T Slierinan, Mrs J J Greene and 2 children.
For San Francisco, per bktne W H Diinond, April 21
\ I Silva.
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BIRTHS.
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In this city, April 7th to the wife of Alex. Cockburn, a son.
In this city, April 23d, to the wife of C A Gelatte, a son.
In this city, April 2-* th, to the wife of J A Magoon, a son.
DEATHS.
COCKBUKN -In thisiity, April SO, ISSt), Catherine, the
beloved wife of Alexander Cockburn, aged 28 years.
BKUNS—In this city, at 9 p. m. Tuesday, April 3;>th,
J. 11. Bruns, Jr., aged 3t) years, leaving a wite and three
young children, aUo, father, mother, tiiree brothers and
two sisters.
LEUTZ In this cky, Apr. 22, August Leutz, a native of
Germany, aged al>out 4a years.
DOMINIS—In Honolulu, April 26th, Mrs Mary Dominis,
aged 8, years, 8 months, 22 day>.
CLARKF. At Kukuihaeh, Hawaii, April 251h, Thomas
Clarke, a native of Peterhead, Scotland, aged 76 years; a
resident of these islands for about 36 years.
BLANC—In this city, April Stewart Blanc, a native of
Ireland, aged M) years.
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Volume 47, No. 5.]
HONOLULU H. I.
This page is devoted to the interests of the Hawaiian
Board of Missions, and the Editor, appointed by the
Board is responsible for it■> contents.
Rev. 0. P. Emerson,
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THE FRIEND.
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Editor.
The remark was made in a previous
number, that the native HaAvaiian is no
plebeian —he has a sense of the dignities.
This is seen in his appreciation of the
titles and honors of office and of social
position; these mean much to him. It
is the man in power whom he will follow.
He has no head for abstract ideas. He
takes things in the concrete. His is a
world of realities (shall we say of
materialities ?) rather than of ideals.
From this it follows that the man of
acknowledged position is at a great advantage in working with natives. The
successful merchant, the winning lawyer, the sagacious judge, the magnetic
chicf—these speak the word of power in
morals and religion as well as in politics.
Gentlemen, you who hold the places
of influence—you who bear the dignities,
you bear also a deal of responsibility
touching things spiritual—you fairly
share our work. None can do finer
things than you. No personalities arc
clothed with a fairer prestige than are
yours.
And we are glad to know that there
are those among us who understand
these things, and who, in their honest
way are trying to use their influence for
God. There is no doubt but that it is
every one's duty to do this. It was one
of the pleasant discoveries which Aye
lately made in a tour round Hawaii to
find that Christian workers had been before us; and there, left behind them on
the way, were the comely fruits of their
service. The beneficent results of the
late temperance work were seen everywhere. While talking one day to my
guide, he pulled out from his breast
pocket a carefully kept pledge, and said
he, "though I am at fault in many
things, I have been true to that pledge."
His peculiar appreciation of titles and
of dignities makes the native pastor
jealous of his prerogative. He is especially grateful to the Avhite man who
recognizes it. He is generous, he is
glad to share his work with his white
brother, but he will not be supplanted.
Can we not see in this a good ? It is an
indication of stability. The native pastorate has taken root. The Hawaiian
preacher feels himself to be a part of
the religious institution, and let the
white brother take his proper place in
the same, and he will be met with a
warm welcome. The man who is to
work alongside of the native pastor and
win his confidence and friendship must
prove his right to be there by a well
authorized work of his own.
The native pastor when he gets started, makes a good evangelist. No man
can supersede him in this work. It is
his as the pastorate is his. As a companion on a tour he is invaluable. It
enlivens him to visit other fields and to
be visited in turn. One of the lacks of
the native pastorate is of just this visitation carried on between parishes, of the
keeping up of connection between posts.
Does it come of laziness ? sometimes.
But we would prefer to refer it often to
a morbid sensitiveness. The elderly
man will not visit his spruce new
coming neighbor, because he shrinks
from a possibly unfavorable comparison;
and the younger man naturally waits
for all advances to be made by his
senior. There are other causes afield
which operate to keep our native pastors
apart in their work, and in overcoming
which the kindly assistance of the white
brother may be simply invaluable.
The right kind of a man could help
his Hawaiian brother greatly betimes in
the matter of parish visitation. He
alone and by himself cannot go freely
from house to house. Custom is against
it. Gossip will not permit it. Let them
go two by two as the Master sent the
first disciples, and rumor is disarmed.
was found to
The good brother at
be in a strait. He was a young man
his wife had a little babe she could not
leave. The deacons were busy,— and
the good mothers in Israel were gone—
He was really
what could he do ?
troubled. There the parish was, it was
in sore need of visitation, but he dare
not go through it alone and unattended.
There is room somewhere here for
new adjustments.
—
The Hawaii Association and Circuit.
The Hawaii Association met this year
Helani. The meeting began at 10
a. m., Tuesday, March 6th, and continued till Saturday forenoon. Rev. W.
M. Kalaiwaa, pastor of the entertaining
church was chosen moderator. The
attendance was good and the work done
Avas satisfactory
(save with a single
at
reservation). The pastors dined together
faring sumptuously every day. The
Delegates Avere by themselves. Between
work the hours by the sea passed restfully and friendships were made that
shall be lasting. The loav arid belt of
Kona shore is tempered on one side by
the sea, and on the other by the hills.
The night air was perfect. The morning bath in the rocky, salty hollows was
never forgotten. At one's feet were the
lapping waves, and at one's back the
gushing rills of subterranean water
rising out of the volcanic rock. Into
this soft tempered, commingled tide it
was' luxury to take a dip. No wonder
kings and queens and regretted chiefs
did in the past resort to those shores
more restful resorts cannot be found.
Kailua, a few miles to the north is
sitll the resort of royalty. At Keauhou,
a few miles to the south one looks with
respect and tenderness upon the spot
—
where Kauikeaouli was born. The rock
is still shown which the royal mother
grasped in her birth pains. We regret
the loss which Kona sustains in the
moving of the Rev. J. D. Paris and
family (father and son) to Makawao.
For many years this father of missions
did go up and down that rocky coast,
doing his work now done. At one time
the building of churches and chapels
was the order of the day. There they
now stand, the conspicuous and eloquent monuments of a work which is
past.
The Rev. Mr. Burt has resigned the
charge of the Boy's Boarding School at
Hilo; the resignation to take effect either
at the end of this school year, or of next
as the trustees may elect. Can we
afford to lose such a capable worker?
The present condition of the school is
good.
All through the Hamakuas and in Kohala, one sees prosperity, and the traveler goes on his way rejoicing, glad that
the Government has at last taken hold of
the road question, and made journeying
there easy. Better roads than those in
Kohala cannot be found. But in southern and eastern Hawaii the long suffering traveller Avearies of patience, and
almost comes to disbelieve in it as a
virtue. So far the sugar planters have
commanded the attention and the ranch
men suffer. A more horrible road than
that leading out from Hilo into the district of Puna cannot be found; and yet
it passes through those charming Panaewa forests, made famous in Hawaiian
song. Were there but a decent roadway
no tourist could afford to fail of seeing
them. As it is now, they are simply inaccessible to the ordinary traveller.
The Rev. Stephen Desha of Kona has
accepted the call to the Haili church,
Hilo. His work there is to begin with
May. The good people of Hilo showed
considerable enthusiasm in the reception
they gave him on the occasion of his
late visit. A very respectable and commodious parsonage has been built for
him.
The Rev Mr. and Mrs. Westervelt are
expected to be Avith us early in May.
They come with years of experience
from a Colorado field. The precise location of their future work is not yet fixed.
It may be best for them to stay in Honolulu till after the Annual meeting of
the Board, when they will probably be
settled some where on the island of Hawaii or on Maui.
Mr. Walkup and family when last
heard from were in San P'rancisco.
The post office address of the Treibers
is Carlisle, Eaton Co., Michigan.
The meeting of the Kauai Association
occured last Aveek at Waimea. Dr. Hyde
attended it.
The meeting of the Maui Association
holds this week at Waihee.
THE FRIEND
40
T. M. €. A.
THEHONOLULU,
H. I.
This page is devoted to the interests of the Honolulu
Young Men's <hristian Assmiaiion, and the Board of
Directors are responsible for its contents.
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5. D. Fuller,
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Editor.
Annual Meeting.
.
The annual election occurred on April
18th, when the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year :
President
Hon. Henry Waterhouse
Vice-President
Mr. T. R. Walker
Mr. W. J. Forbes. Recording Secretary
Treasurer
Mr. T. S. Southwick
r " W- A. Bowen I
pV^^
Mr. G. P. Castle J
After the transaction of the usual
monthly business, the meeting adjourn-
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....
ed to meet Thursday evening, April
25th, for the anniversary exercises.
The evening of the adjourned meeting
proved to be a pleasant one and a good
number of members and friends were in
attendance. Mr. W. W. Hall, the retiring President was in the chair. The
exercises opened with Gospel Hymn
No. 14. Appropriate scripture was read
by Rev. W. C. Merritt and prayer was
offered by Rev. E. G. Beckwith.
The monotony of the following reports was pleasantly relieved with a
solo by Mr. Levi Lyman and a duet by
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Townsend, both of
which were finely rendered and well received by the audience.
Report of the Devotional Committee.
below; hoping thereby to reach some
young men who never attend the mixed
meetings; this experiment for some reason was a failure, and after one month's
trial with numbers reduced to 16, a
return was made to this hall again with
a cordial invitation to all to attend.
The change resulted in an immediate
increase in the number of persons in
attendance and greater interest, and it is
to be hoped that the renewed interest
will be permanent, and but the beginning of better times.
Efforts have been made to secure the
services of an Evangelist from abroad,
and one time it was thought Mr. Moody
would come to us for a month, but his
engagements prevented, and we had no
more success in other quarters.
We
have been, and are thus left to our own
resources; and it may be to teach us to
trust more in our Heavenly P'ather, and
in His power to work through the means
we possess among ourselves.
When we consider the voting membership of this Association, numbering
here in Honolulu, about 80, every one
of which should be an active working
member, this thought comes to us;
what a grand working force for the
Master is here, if every one of these 80
hearts was wholly filled with the Holy
Spirit, what results might not be certainly expected, if each one felt as he
should a personal responsibility in the
accomplishment of all possible.
In union there is strength, and if this
year our members will but pledge themselves heartily to the Lord and to His
work in our midst, another year's report
from your Devotional Committee will be
far more encouraging, and for this we
heartily pray.
Respectfully submitted,
J. B. Atherton, Chairman.
The Devotional Committee of this
Report of the Temperance Committee.
Association beg leave to report as
follows:
The work done in this department of The work of your Committee the past
the Association during the past year has year has been cofined to the "Blue Ribnot produced the results hoped or wish- bon League," and meetings for men only,
ed for at the beginning. Your com- held in one of the unoccupied stores in
mittee, however, believe that some good
has been accomplished and soulsblessed.
The main efforts of the committee
have been devoted to sustaining the
Sabbath evening devotional services in
this hall, and they have been carried
through without failure during the year.
These meetings have been conducted
from week to week by the different members of the committee or by others
secured for the purpose, and they have
been attended by both sexes, except for
a period of one month, when meetings
were held for young men only. During
the early part of the year the average
attendance was about 58, but during the
summer months the numbers fell off to
an average of about 30.
At this time, your committee in considering the out look for the future,
decided to make a trial of holding meetings for men only in the class room
Brewer's block, Hotel street.
The latter meetings were organized
about six months ago, and the plan has
been to have a blue ribbon entertainment one Saturday evening at the Y.M.
C. A. hall, alternating with the men's
meeting every other Saturday.
It seems to the chairman of your
Committee that the blue ribbon entertainments have accomplished all
that can be done for the present, and
that it has outlived its usefulness as at
present conducted. These meetings or
entertainments were started over two
years ago for the express purpose of
providing a good, clean entertainment
as -an offset to the saloons, and they
have all been first class in every respect,
but still they have not been appreciated as
they should have been At one of these
entertainments last fall, where about one
hundred were present, there was but
[May, 1889.
one person in the audience who had not
signed the pledge.
Many of the members of the league
have not assisted even by their presence,
and it appears to be the case that not
only members of the league hut members of this association feel no responsibility whatever, being satisfied that the
Committee alone should carry on the
work, which is the most discouraging
part of the work. At the first meeting
for men only, there were about forty
persons present, and the outlook was
very encouraging as there were many
present for Avhom the meetings were
intended, but it soon proved that they
were only attracted by the novelty and
the meetings soon fell off in numbers
and although free ice-cream soda was
offered as an additional attraction the
meetings have dwindled down to as low
as thirteen out of which number not less
than four were speakers for the evening.
Those meetings Avere started because it
Avas reported that there were many in
town, who would not go into the Y. M.
C. A. hall, and it was thought that by
having meetings in a place where there
were no religious surroundings, many
of these men would be induced to come,
but they have proved a failure in this
respect notAvithstanding special efforts
have been made to make them as informal as possible, and invitations have
been given to speak on the subject of
temperance, even if they did not agree
with our views on that subject. While
this report is not as encouraging as
your chairman could wish, it must not
be understood that no good has been
accomplished, for there are those who
have been helped, and many have signed the pledge, some of whom have been ,
led to a better life.
What is needed in this department of
the work is that members feel their
responsibility, and not only be present
themselves, but bring in others who
need our help, support and sympathy.
Unless this is done it is useless to attempt to carry on this work successfully.
New methods should be proposed and
adopted for carrying on the *vork. Gospel temperance meetings should be
frequently held.
A revival of true religion is much
needed in this association to stimulate
Christians to more earnest efforts in this
Avork which has become such a vital
question in England and the United
States. Let us hope and pray that the
new year upon which we enter to-night
may be a year of activity in the temperance cause, and that every member of
this association may feel a personal
responsibility in carrying on this work,
and not leave it to a few to battle with
this giant evil.
Let us not be discouraged but earnestly enter upon the work, remembering
the promise—"that in due time we shall
reap if we faint not."
Respectfully submitted.
P. C. Jones, Chairman.
Volume 47, No. 5.]
Report of Hawaiian Branch.
The Committee on the Hawaiian
branch of the work conducted at Queen
Emma Hall respectfully report that the
Hall has been usefully employed during
the past year as follows:
The Hawaiian Blue Ribbon League
has met there regularly every Friday
evening. The meetings are well attended and great interest is shown by
the people. There have been admitted
to membership, by taking the pledge of
total abstinence, since the Society's organization three years ago, some 1,700
persons.
An interesting feature of these meetings is the reports of the Standing Committee, who report their experiences and
what they have observed as regards
temperance during the week. We have
also frequent visitors from the other
islands who address the meetings and
have sent several delegates to other districts who have aroused considerable interest on this matter of vital importance.
Dr. Hyde has held a religious meeting
at 3 p.m. on Sundays for English-speaking Hawaiians with an average attendance of about 20.
The lower story of the Hall is used in
which to teach the Portuguese evening
school, under the supervision of Mr.
Dillingham.
The Japanese use the building for a
weekly singing school and an English
night school and for the meetings of
their Y. M. C. A.
Miss Green has met Hawaiian women
at the Hall on Mondays for sewing and
conversation, and on Thursdays she has
met the Band of Hope, a Temperance
Society organized among Hawaiian
children.
On the whole the Committee feel that
the large expenditure for rent and care
of premises which has devolved upon
our Association is wise and beneficent,
aad that it would be a serious injury to
the morals and well-being of the Hawaiians and others if this branch of our
work should be given up.
Respectfully submitted,
A. F. Judd, Chairman.
Report of Treasurer of the Young Men's
hristian Association for Year Ending April 25, 1889.
RECEIPTS.
Bal. on hand from last
$
year
26 60
Amt. reed, from pledges.
2,598 00
Mem. dues
210 00
Fees
16 00
monthly collections
56 95
Amt. reed, from Rent of
Hall
60 00
imt. reed.from Book-keeping class
42 00
imt. reed, from Singing
class
47 26
Amt. of collections for In
" " "
IMiftimil
ternational r*#t*n
Lorn
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THE FRIEND.
OK 80
fin
25
ofDonation from F.
A. Schaefer Esq
.mt. ofDonation for Emma
Hall work from a friend,
.mt. of Donation from
Peter High Esq
•mt. of Donation for repairing piano
.mt. ofDonation from the
Haw'n. Blue Rib. Leag.
,mt. of Donation from
Japanese Y.M.CA
•mt. of Donation from a
friend
,mt. reed, from sales of
oil tins
,mt. of net proceeds of
Dickenson lectures
,mt.
General Secretary's Report.
100 00
100 00
10 00
30 00
50 00
25 00
50 00
11 75
124 00
DISBURSEMENTS.
'd. S. D. Fuller, Gen.
Secy, salary, 1 year
'd. J. G. Sylva, janitor,
salary 1 year
'd Peoples Ice & R. Co.
Ice
'd. Bell Telephone Co.
rent of insts. I year
'd. Water Rate 1 year....
'd. Hon. Post Office box
rent & postage, 1 year..
'd. for repairing piano....
'd. E. C Rowe lor paintting black board
•d. for Postal Cards
'd. for 1 page & 25 subscription of the "Friend"
'd. for 6 mos. subscription to "Advertiser"
•d. Hart & Co. for Ice
Cream
'd. Press Pub. Co. for
1,600 00
.
...
printing
'd. for moving piano
'd. for Draft for International Com
'd. for Honolulu Directory
'd. for Gordon & Gotch
bill for papers
'd. Henry Davis & Co.
for Ice
>d. J. T. Waterhouse for
Sudries
>d. W. H. Graenhalgh for
Sundries
•d. A. M. Hewett for Sundries
>d. E. O. Hall it Son for
oil and Sundries
>d. Castle & Cooke for oil
and Sundries
'd. Pacific Hdwr. Co. for
papers and Sundries
'd. Lewers & Cooke for
Sundries
•d. Haw'n. News Co. for
papers and Sundries
'a. John Nott for repairs.
>d. A. D. Bissell for teach
ing music
•d. Haw'n. Gazette Co.
for printing
'd. Sanders Express Co.
for carting
'd. rent "Emma Hall"
1 year
W
'd. Water Rate "Emma
Hall" 1 year
'd. wages of"Emma Hall"
janitor 1 year
■d. Emeluth & Co. repairs
.
to water pipe
"d. J. T. Waterhouse bill
for Sundries
>d. for grass-hook
lal. on hand to next year
E. & O. E.
The rapid flight of time has added
one more year to the record of the past,
and to-night we met to observe the
twentieth anniversary of the Honolulu
Young Men's Christian Association.
To reach young men, to encourage
and help them to higher living, and
bring them into harmony and communion with God, is the well understood
object of this and all kindred Associations; but how to accomplish most successfully this much needed work is a
question that is engaging many of the
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best Christian minds of this age.
The ideal association seeks the highest good of young men by providing for
their social, intellectual, physical and
480 00
109 00
20 00
25 00
7 32
30 00
2 50
8 00
102 00
3 00
14 00
7 25
1 00
25 00
18 00
1500
2 13
8 30
1 65
1 30
69 25
60 46
6 90
29 16
104 36
2 75
58 00
20 60
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3 50
600 00
2710
25 00
166 00
6 50
1 36
60 $ 788 I
74 i
$ 8,678 I
E.O.WHITE, Treasurer.
religious developement. In carrying
out these plans a strange medley of
helps and hindrances are sure to be encountered, and nearly every Secretary
comes to regard his particular locality
as "a very peculiar field." In some
respects this is unquestionably true of
Honolulu.
The Associations in America are giving great prominence to the physical
departments of their work as an attractive agency by which they win thousands of young men from a class they
could reach in no other way. There
the climate is favorable to vigorous exercise and compels young men to seek
indoor shelter during half the year. But
here in Honolulu conditions are reversed,
our delightful climate and tropical environments allure young and old to outdoor life through the entire year, and
makes vigorous exercise as a pastime or
for the improvement of health a thing
not to be tolerated, as the failure of repeated efforts to sustain a gymnasium
abundantly proves. While this line of
work may not be open to us, others
quite as important are opening on every
side, inviting earnest hearts and ready
hands to fruitful service.
During the year we have received sixteen new members, eleven of whom
were voting members, but from change
of residence and other causes we have
lost more than twice that number,' so
our present membership does not exceed
one hundred and sixty.
The interest in our religious meetings
has been fairly good, but a deeper
spirituality would have given more
definite results. On two occasions
efforts to secure evangelistic aid from
the States failed, and the expected help
and quickening are still deferred.
The special meetings held during the
day and week of prayer for Associations
were the best of the entire year. A
collection of $26 was taken for the work
of the International Committee. The
Secretary's Sunday morning Bible class,
which was discontinued at the Rooms,
is now held in the audience room of the
Central Union Church at the same hour
(10 a.m.), with a varying attendance of
about ten young men.
[May, 1889.
THE FRIEND.
42
While our temperance work has been
nothing to what the case demanded, it
has been enough to keep up on open
and standing protest .against the growing curse of strong drink, and we have
been able to save a few victims from its
power. The temperance work among
the natives seems to have been more
encouraging during the past year than
among the white foreigners.
Two pleasant receptions to sailors
have been given in our hall, one by the
W. C. T. U., and the other by Mr. and
Mrs. T. R. Walker. Three Practical
Talks" to young men have been given
by local professional gentlemen with
gratifying success. During the brief
stay of Prof. Dickinson the Entertainment Committee arranged for two of his
finely illustrated lectures, which were
well received and with financial profit.
On October 30th a very enjoyable reception was given Mr. C. M. Cooke on
his return from Stockholm, where he
was our first delegate to a World's
Convention of the Young Men's Christian Association.
A class that opened in October with
sixteen young men has received two
courses of instruction in vocal music
from the excellent musical instructor of
Oahu College, Mr. A. D. Bissell. Monday evening is still devoted to instruction in Book-keeping, through the kindness of Mr. P. C. Jones, who has taught
two classes on that evening for nearly
the whole year.
Visitation of the shipping in the harbor has not been so systematic as it
ought to have been, but considerable
has been done in distributing a variety
of reading matter, talking with the men,
and inviting them to the Association
Rooms and to the Church, where, in
many instances, they have afterward
been seen and welcomed. The hospital
has been regularly visited by some faithful committee men, who have, by word
and deed, carried cheer to the hearts of
the sick and lonely ones, many of whom
were far from home and friends.
Numerous calls for employment have
been received, but we have been able to
find situations for only about a dozen.
The Association has had eight business meetings, with a total attendance
of 144. There have been eight meetings
of the Board of Directors with a total
attendance of 39.
This institution, with its pleasant
rooms, has been a welcome and beneficial resort to a large number of worthy
young men, many of whom were
strangers in the city. The average
daily attendance has been about forty.
The Reading Room has been furnished
with one additional table, and now contains the following number of periodicals:
2 daily papers, 38 weeklies, 4 monthlies,
and 6 monthly magazines, a total of 50;
two of which are Portuguese, two are
Swedish and two are German, The
illustrated papers, after being used here,
are taken over to Queen Emma Hall,
"
where they do excellent service for the
natives. Several bound books have
been received from friends for the reading room, and a large number of papers
and magazines have been donated for
distribution. 3,780 papers and 540
magazines have been given away during
the year.
Under the earnest and skillful management of Mrs. B. F. Dillingham the Y.
M. C. A. boys have had a thoroughly
successful year. The "Talks" provided have been varied and practical,
containing wholesome lessons that will
not be easily forgotten.
The report of the Queen Emma Hall
Branch you have heard. The financial
burden of that work has been rather
heavy during the past year, but those of
us who have been personally identified
with the work feel that it has been
money and effort well expended. We
hope to lighten the burden this year by
increasing the number of hands that will
help to bear it.
In closing, I desire to thank the Press
of the city for their courtesy and kindly
notices of our work. Also, all the
friends who, by their sympathy, universal kindness and co-operation, have in
so many ways contributed to help on
the work of this Association during the
past year.
To-night we stand on the dividing
line, between the old and the new. For
the service of the coming year, as young
men interested in the salvation of young
men, how many of us will try, with the
Master's help, to dc our best?
" Who is on the Lord's side ?
Who will serve the King?
Who will be His helpers?
Other lives to bring?"
Respectfully submitted,
S. D. Fuller,
General Secretary.
Address of President.
It was in the summer of 1871, at the
close of the French and German war,
that Robert W. McAll, a Scotch minister with his wife, was taking a little rest
from work at home, and viewing the
consequences of the recent battles as
seen in the city of Paris.
Their hearts were "saddened by the
havoc of the war, they were deeply
moved also by the hopeless spiritual
condition which they saw.
Before
leaving the city they desired to see
Belleville, the home of the Communists,
where the terrible scenes of the uprising had taken place."
Knowing that the best way of seeing
the people of FYance, and especially of
Paris, is to meet them in their Cafe's,
they sought one of these resorts, the
grand Hotel of La Vielleuse, on the
boulevard of Belleville.
It was ten o'clock at night on Friday,
August 18, and they were to leave for
their home in England the next morning. Mrs. McAll entered and asked
permission of the proprietor to distribute
a few tracts to his guests, while her
husband remained at the door to speak
to those going out and in. The request
was as politely granted as it was made.
As Mrs. McAll was retiring from the
room, several who had not received her
leaflets, ascertaining what they were rose
from their seats and their wine and
followed her to the door, asking that
they too might be supplied.
At the door she found her husband
surrounded by a large company of working men in their blue and white blouses
and engaged in earnest conversation.
One of these, speaking for the rest said:
"Sir, are you not an Englishman ? Are
you not a minister?" and then added
with all earnestness, "You think, sir,
that we are infidels, and that we do not
care for religion. We do care, sir; but
we will not have an imposed religion.
If any one will come among us teaching
a religion, not of hierarchy and superstition, but of reality and earnestness
and liberty, very many of us are ready
to listen."
Mr. McAll says in a recent letter,
"we might have gone to the same spot
a thousand times without meeting that
man, whom we never recognized before
or since. The moment, the coincidence,
all the circumstances, irresistibly proclaim on the review, 'the finger of God.' "
From an historical sketch by John R.
Whitney I take the following: "If ever
there was a work which showed the
power and presence of God overruling
the designs of men for the accomplishment of His own purpose, it is in the
opening of papal France and Italy to
evangelical truth."
"It is now evident that by all the fiery
trials of those terrible days God was
preparing the soil for the reception of
the seed, "which is the word of God;"
and when the soil was prepared, then
He sent forth the Sower to sow. Without such an upturning, a work like that
of Mr. McAll could hardly have been
possible; with it, it was at once possible.
Let us look at the order and connection
of these events that we may more clearly
see the hand of God in them :
ORDER OF EVENTS.
July 13, 1870—The dogma of papal
infallibility Avas decried.
15th—War was declared by Napoleon
against Prussia.
18th—The dogma of papal infallibility
was declared.
25th—The French troops were ordered to be withdrawn from Rome.
August Ist—The last of the French
soldiers were leaving Rome. (Then the
Italians rose as one man and declared
that the temporal power of the Pope
should cease and Rome be the capital of
United Italy.)
Sept. 2nd—Napoleon was defeated at
Sedan.
4th—The Republic was decreed in
France.
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12th—Victor Emmanuel and the Bible
entered Rome.
Oct. Ist Victor Emmanuel was
chosen king.
Thus it was only fifty-three days from
the decree of the dogma of papal infallibility to the setting up of the Republic,
and only sixty-nine days to the overthrow of the temporal power of the
Pope.
In the spring of 1871 the uprising of
the Communists took place in Paris.
Early in May, 1871,it reached its height.
Archbishop Darboy Avas shot, theTuileries, Hotel dc Ville and other public
buildings were burnt.
May 29th—The insurrection was put
down.
August 18th—Mr. and Mrs. McAll
visited Paris. (A little over one year
from the decree of papal infallibility and
within one year from the overthrow of
the Empire.)
Nov. 1871, they removed from England to Paris.
Jan. 1872, the first station was opened. (Now there are over forty stations
in Paris, and over one hundred and
twenty-five in France.
It would be impossible, in a paper
like this to give more than a mere outline of the methods in which this work
is carried on, or the various sources
from which it draws its support.
The first meeting was held in November 1871, in a hall, formerly a shop,
near the present Belleville Station. A
few chairs, a plain desk, a harmonium,
and a few paper texts Avere the simple
furnishings. Printed hymns were distributed; the hymns were sung, scripture was read, and some earnest words
spoken, a short prayer offered, and that
was all. Outside, a simple sign with the
inscription "To the working-men: Moral
meetings, free entrance."
Year after year neAV halls were opened, fresh sympathies awakened, and reliable sources of income secured. In a
sketch by Rev. M. Saillens, one of Mr.
McAlls most efficient workers, I find the
following: "The work has retained the
same simplicity which marked its beginning."
Most of the halls or salles are larger,
but they are mostly shops, and everything about them is marked by a total
absence of ornament. The same lively
hymns are sung, the same elementary
preaching goes on; Christ and Him
crucified. And it is most remarkable
that, although the meet-places are open
in some cases every night, and at least
two or three times a week, the people
are never tired of coming to them. Some
of them, the rue dc Rivoli station for instance, are crowded daily. New comers
incessantly mixed themselves in the set
of regular attendants which may be
found in every station, and thus it may
be said that this Mission has formed as
many churches as it has stations in
France. Yet these are not churches, in
the regular sense of the word, for the
—
great principle upon which this mission
is built is, Catholicity.
All the Christian communities help
us, and we help them. All evangelical
pastors now consider it an honor to
stand upon our platforms, and to witness
along with us the truth of the Gospel.
Many are those that have been added
to the Protestant churches of France
through the working of the mission."
There are to-day in France over one
hundred and twenty-five Halls. The
attendance in them all, for the last year
only, has been over one million people.
Twelve thousand meetings have been
held, and hundreds, perhaps thousands
of souls have been added to the true
church of the Lord Jesus Christ; through
faith in His atoning-blood.
The Halls or Salles as opened in the
various stations in Paris and other cities
in V ranee are named, many of them, for
cities in other lands. For instance, the
Salle-Boston is supported by the McAll
association established in Boston, New
York, Philadelphia and other cities in
the States. In some instances they
have been named for individuals who
have been prominent in the work. The
Salle Beach was named for the late
lamented Miss Elizabeth Beach, who,
besides her faithful labors in connection
with the work in Paris, was instrumental in creating a deep interest in the
McAll mission throughout the United
States, which led to the establishing of
branch associations in many of the
American cities.
The total receipts of the McAll mission from all sources in 1886 were $74,--770, but since then the interest in this
great Avork has very much increased
abroad, and the receipts during the past
year cannot be far from $100,000.
The Salle Beach was inaugurated on
January 15, 1885, near the Arc dc
Triomphe. In this hall a variety of
Missionary work is carried on. "Here
on every Sunday, Tuesday and Friday,
are held those popular gospel services,
through which the work of the McAll
mission has so admirably found the way
to the hearts of the workingmen of
Paris.
Here on Sunday and Thursday afternoons the children of the Faubourg are
gathered together for religious instruction. Here also on Sunday afternoons
a young Avomen's class and Bible reading union meets for study. The poor
mothers of the district gather here on
Monday afternoons for work and religious instructions, and a comfortable
cup of tea. And here on Tuesday and
Saturday mornings is held a free Dispensary with a doctor in attendance,
a religious service of song and instruction being held for the benefit of the
waiting patients, by another member of
the mission staff."
One of the most efficient workers in
the Belleville district is Miss dc Broen,
who with her staff of ten or twelve lady
assistants has for many years been do-
ing a wonderful work, particularly
among the women and children, by
means of visiting them in their homes,
by furnishing them work, by training of
orphans, &c. She herself was instrumental in inducing Mr. McAll to come,
and gave him a hearty Avelcome. While
perfectly harmonious, they are distinct
missions.
Thus has this wonderful work of education and evangelization been going on
in France for seventeen years; in many
respects the most remarkable and successful mission work accomplished during this century. If these people had
waited for the French Protestants to
take hold of them, the work would never
have been accomplished. French Protestantism is not aggressive; perhaps
centuries of persecution, and even worse
of disdainful neglect, have crushed its
spirit. Even the Catholic church had,
for years, given up this quarter of Paris
as irreclaimably infidel, and would have
nothing to do with it, so these earnest
workers have free scope.
The president and workers of the Y.
M. C. A. of Paris heartily endorse the
McAll mission and its methods, and
have found it a wonderful help and inspiration in their own work. What an
inspiration it would be to the Y. M. C. A.
of Honolulu, to have an infusion of the
spirit of those earnest workers in the
McAll mission among our own members. It is the continuous hand to hand
Avork, the contact of heart with heart,
that, through the blessing of God, lifts
men into a better and purer life.
If we could catch some of this earnest
spirit, and being ourselves quickened, go
out among the young men and strangers
among us, the leven would soon spread
and influence the whole of this community.
We have tried in various ways to
procure the help of evangelists from
abroad to help and quicken our spiritual life, but have thus far failed, and we
are noAv shut up to our own resources
and to God. Let us through prayer lay
hold of the arm that moves the world,
and by our earnest efforts strive to bring
the blessed spiritual showers that can
make this dry and barren field bud and
bloom as the rose.
At this point Mr. Hall introduced
Hon. Henry Waterhouse, the Presidentelect, Avho was received with enthusiastic applause. Mr. Waterhouse said they
might think he was going to thank them
for the honor of electing him President,
but he was not going to do it. He
wasn't going to make a speech, but he
was going to work, and he wanted the
help of all the young men and also the
young ladies during the year that he
would hold office. At the close of his
brief but earnest remarks he announced
the following standing committees,
THE FRIEND.
Nor can you take the divinity out of T D. LANE'S
which had been appointed by the Board
Christ and leave the story of his
Jesus
of Directors:
life or the lesson of his teaching intact.
COMMITTEES.
MARBLE WORKS,
You may tear out the Fourth Gospel
No. 130 Fort Street, near Hotel,
Devotional Work— H. W. Peck, Chairman; from the covers of your New Testament
Hall,
W.
W.
E.
S.
Manufacturer nf
J.
I. M. Whitney, E: Bishop,
Bidwell, W. A. Bowen, C. L. Carter, F. J. and fling it away; you may base your Monuments, Head
Stones, Tombs,
faith on the synoptic Gospels only, and
Lowrey.
Tablets, Marble Mantles, Marble work of every
ChairSouthwick,
Work—
S.
T.
Temperance
still you will find Christ central—and DESCRIPTION MADE TO ORDfcR AT THE
man; J. B. Atherton, H. 11. Gowen, T. J.
as the Lord and Master of the
lowest possible rates.
Christ
Dower,
Barnet,
Cassidy.
A.
J.
McLaughlin, J.
Headstones Cleaned and Re-set.
Visitation—A. F. Cooke, Chairman; G. P. human race. You will find him in his Monumentsand
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ble, W. O. Atwater, M. Staples, 1'". Snow.
the
fulfillment
of
selfand saying, "I am
Invitation—W. A. Bowen, Chairman; H. W. the Old Testament prophecy of the comNOTT,
Templeton, H. Wichman, J. A. Gonsalves, C.
You
find
the
will
him
in
Messiah."
Mossman,
G. E. Thrum, W. ing
H. Atherton, E. E.
I am the TIN, COPPER AND SHEET IRON
Needham, \V. J. Forbes, W. F. Thrum, J. D. second sermon declaring,
obedience
Wicke, J. Barnet, O. Gilbert.
foundation;
he
that
builds
in
Worker, Plumber, Gas Fitter, etc.
Entertainment—P. C. Jones, Chairman; T. to me builds on rock; he that does not,
WaterT.
Cooke,
R. Walker, T. May, C. M.
J.
Ranges of all kinds, Plumbers' Stock and
Stoves
and
house, Jr., W. H. Lewers, T. M. Starkey, C. H. builds on sand." You will find him in
House Furnishing Goods, Chandeliers,
Metals,
as
pointing
the
third
sermon
to
himself
White.
Lamps, Etc.
Employment— G. P. Castle, Chairman; B. F. the One that shall come to judge the
Dillingham, E. O. White.
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Kaahumanu St., Honolulu.
find
world.
You
the
fourth
will
him
in
Reading Room— Dr. C. M. Hyde, Chairman;
sermon declaring of himself that he is
HIPPING & NAVY CONTRACTOR
T. G. Thrum, E. A. Jones.
Finance— C. M. Cooke, Chairman; J. B the bread of life; and that he who would
Atherton, P. C. Jones.
live must live, not by the teaching of
JOSEPH TINKER,
Hawaiian Branch —Hon. A. F. Judd, Chair- Jesus, not by the example of Jesus, but
man; P. C. Jones, Dr. C. M. Hyde, W.O. Smith
by spiritual unity with Jesus the Christ. Family and Shipping Butcher,
S. D. Fuller.
Lyman Abbott.
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After singing the Association hymn
All orders delivered with quick dispatch and at reasonIt becomes clear that so far from find- able
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A'cgenhles fresh every morning.
rates.
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in a Church, in its exclusive
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the sacraments, valid orders, these
claims are the notes and instruments
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Evening
Topics.
Sunday
of the sectional spirit. They isolate the
A Gospel Praise Service is held in the churches making such claims from colC. A. Hall every Sunday evening lective Christendom, and by limiting
Y.
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Special invitation is extended true and full religion to those churches,
and
Chrisand
The
both
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strangers.
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May sth—The Whole Man for God.
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Planing, Sawing, Morticing and Tenanting. Orders promptALMANAC & ANNUAL ly attended to, and work Guaranteed. Orders from the
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This regular and favorite publication
May 19th—Am I trying to Patch up
is now in its filtcenth year, and has
Successors to J. H. SOPF.R,
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the old Life ?—Luke 5:36-38. John 10:
reference on matters Hawaiian; conveying
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Cor. 5:9 (R.V.) Heb. 12:1-12.
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Lukunor, where Rev. Joram is
>r, there is a church of 206 mem-33 received last year, and a school
10. Six Catechists on as many
• different islands have churches,
egating 649 members, and schools
■ting 490 in attendance. Three
■ islands near Truk report 508
:h members, and 360 scholars.
The kingdom ofChrist is one; churches
are many. The multitude of churches
cannot break up the unity of the kingdom, nor can its unity be expressed in
the mightiest church ever organized and
administered by man. Men who have
high ideas of their peculiar church have
mean ideas of the kingdom. Men who
have high ideas of the kingdom feel the
inadequacy, not simply of one church,
but of all the churches, for its service or
M. Fairbairn.
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