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HONOLULU, AUGUST 1, 1867.
CONTENTS
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For Auiail,
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Monument toKatuehameha 111
A Fine Boat
The Millennium—Poetry
New Hawaiian Bible
New Book by Key. W. Elba
The Croga, anil the Doctrine of the Cross
Rev. F. 8. Rising
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F.ditorial Correspondence
Remarkable Clipper Ship Race
I -orurfellow
Russia.
American Triumph at the Paris Exposition
l.oa» of the "Canton Packet"
Cook'M Monument
The Sailor
Remarkable Fish
RHurnof the "Hokulele"
Foreign News, Marine News, &c
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THE FHIEND,
in.rsi i, is«T.
Monument to Kamehameha III.
Why do not the flimuit ef Kamehamtha 777.—
the" Good erect an enditrhii/ monument in marble to
— —
him something which will be as enduring as that in
the hearts of all who knew him and his noble deeds ?''
We copy the foregoing paragraph from a
private letter to the editor, written by J.
Hunnewell, Esq., of Boston, and dated Boston, April 29, 1867. This suggestion strikes
us favorably, and we should be glad to see it
carried out. We are confident if the project
was fairly undertaken, it would be consummated in a style becoming a grateful people.
There is a vague idea floating in our mind
that some years ago, a subscription for this
object was started, and several hundred dollars collected. Will not some one give us
information upon this subject, if such a project was undertaken ?
Let no one imagine that we entertain visionary and impractical ideas upon this subject. We do not call for thousands and tens
of thousands, but a moderate sum of one or
two thousand dollars would suffice, if no
more could be collected. The idea has been
suggested that no more suitable monument
could be erected than a drinking fountain,
surmounted with a bust of his late Majesty.
It has also been suggested that this fountain
be located in the triangular open lot near the
Stone Church, where King and Punchbowl
streets intersect. If any one has a better or
more feasible project, let him suggest it. Will
not some of our skillful architects visit the
spot, and then embody the idea of a fountain,
combining the ornamental and useful, the
beautiful and the practical ? O all ye lovers
of constitutional liberty in this nation, think
of this, and then honor the memory of the
King who enfranchised his serfs, granted a
Constitution to his subjects, and gave a feesimple of the land to the common people. Is
not such a King worthy of a monument ?
Books, Books.—We cannot say that we
read all the advertisements of every newspaper which chances to fall under our inspection, but we do confess a fondness for that
species ofliterature. We also confess a fondness for catalogues of books, and of schools
and colleges. In late numbers of the Commercial Advertiser, Mr. Whitney has published a list of books which he offers for sale.
It occupies a column or more, and in our estimation is as well worthy of perusal as much
other matter which finds a place in newspapers. Readers of all tastes and fancies can
find some books in that list suited to their
minds. As long as we have no'public liurary
in Honolulu, we are glad that Mr. Whitney
keeps constantly on hand a supply of books,
old as well as new.
Photographs of Scenery on Kauai.—Mr.
Valentine, who has been engaged during the
last few months in photographing scenes on
the island of Kauai, left in the Murray for
San Francisco. Before sailing he disposed
of his negatives to Messrs. Crabb and Meek,
who are now prepared to furnish sets or single views. Some of these are very fine, and
well worthy of the attention of the friends of
the beautiful art of photography.
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.ODl&Serits, M.U.
The Millennium.
1.
For the Friend.
First, the faithful publication
Of the Gospel of the Son
Must be made to every nation
Ere the glorious end shall come.
2. And its wonder-working leaven
Must transform with mighty power.
Ere glarl voices shall from heaven
Shout the advent of that hour.
3. Then the Saviour's reign millennial
Shall, to bless our world, appear ;
Lo ! a river"s stream perennial
Shall God's holy city cheer!
4. To False Prophet and Beast Papal
None shall bring their offerings then.;
For the Lord's blest tabernacle
Shall forever be with men,
5. More increased their joy for sadness
Than in time of corn and wine!
Lo! with cheerful feasts and gladness,
Dow all nations at His shrine!
6. The rapacious wolf and leopard
Then shall dwell with kids and lambs,
And shall kindly act the shepherd
In the absence of their dams.
7. Side by side upon the heather
Both the cow and bear shall feed;
And their young lie down together—
Them a little child shall lead.
8. Yea, the lion change his diet,
And for flesh eat straw and hay;
And the wearied child, in quiet
On tbe serpent's den shall play.
9. Thus the Prophets wo rely on—
Speaking with prophetio ken
Great thine horror, then, 0 Zion t
Great thy peace, Jerusalem!
:
New Hawaiian Family Bible.—At a lata
meeting of the American Bible Society in
New York, the announcement was made that
the new electrotype plates were completed.
Peculiar interest attaches to the foreign
department of the work- The plates of the
Hawaiian, Family Bible are completed. It is
A Fine Boat.—The brig China Packet, which expected that the plates of the Arabic Standarrived from Hongkong on the 23d nit, brought a ard Bible, and of the voweled New Testabeautiful barge for His Majesty the King, built to or- ment and Psalms, will be completed, and the
der in China, of teak and camphor woods. The rowlocks, rudder-yoke, etc., are ofbrass. She is thirty- Bible be in print by the 15th of July. The
work on the Bulgarian and Slavic New Testament is also very far advanced.
THE FRIEND, AUGUST, I S 6 7
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New Book by Rev. W. Ellis.
Revtsitkd, describing the Event of a
New Boign, and the Kevulution whioh followed.
By the $ev.mW. Ellu, (p. SOi) London John
Madaqascak
Murray.
:
This is the title of the new volume written
by Mr. Ellis upon Madagascar. In the London Friend for January 1, 1867, we find the
following extracts, which we are confident
many of our readers will peruse with interest. His previous book on Madagascar was
entitled "Three Visits," Sec., during 1853,
1854, 1856. Since that time there has been
one terrible persecution, which the reader
will find described in the following paragraphs. In that volume the author, after relating his departure from the capital in 1856,
remarks in reference to the legal status of
Christianity :
The laws against the Christian religion
are" not repealed, and may, for purposes to us
inscrutable, be allowed by the all-wise and
all-merciful God to be again enforced."
Before this remark was printed, or probably written, a storm of persecution as fierce
and sanguinary as any which they had suffered burst upon the Christians. As this
storm, though not arising in the first place
from political causes, was doubtless intensified by them, we include in our extract the
resume of these given in the work :
Twelve months before my visit in 1856,
M. Lambert, a French trader, or planter,
from Mauritius, visited Antananarivo, expressed much sympathy with the Christians,
and gave them some relief. He also with
M. Laborde, a Frenchman long resident in
the country, entered into a kind of agreement
with the prince to attempt the change above
adverted to [to set aside the queen, and place
the prince upon the throne.] In furtherance
of this object, M. Lambert had visited France
and England, proposing to their respective
governments to send out troops to effect this
change in the sovereignty of Madagascar.
His proposal, however, had been refused, and
he had been recommended to seek the improvement of the country by extending commercial intercourse, rather than by attempting a revolution.
Early in 1857 M. Lambert returned to
Antananarivo, accompanied by Madame Ida
Pfieffer, whom he had met at the Cape of
Good Hope. They were received in the
most friendly manner by the Government,
and although the attempt to obtain force from
France and England had failed, Messrs.
Laborde and Lambert, in association with the
prince, and relying on some of the officers
and troops said to be favorable to their object, determined to attempt its accomplishment. It was proposed to seize the palace
by a sort of coup d'etat, arouse the city by
the firing of cannon, proclaim the prince
king, and force the queen to retire, retaining
her titles, her liberty, and the undisturbed
possession of all her property. Before any
opportunity occurred for executing this plan,
the prince withdrew, and endsavored to persuade the Frenchmen to relinquish the attempt. But they appear to have thought
they might still succeed. At length, a month
or so after their first movement in this business, the queen having heard of the proceedings of the French, returned all the presents
which M. Lambert had brought out, and
sent officers with her orders, declaring that
in consequence of their treasonable attempts
to change the Government, and their having
encouraged the Christians, &c., M. Lambert,
M. Laborde, and other French gentlemen,
the priests, and Madame Pfieffer, were to
leave the capital forthwith, under an escort
to Tamatave, and were to depart from the
country by the first ship. They set out the
next morning, but were more than fifty days
on the journey, and suffered from fever,
which was probably intended to be part of
their punishment.
More than a month before the sentence of
expulsion pronounced against the French, a
traitor among the Christians accused a number of them of being Christians, and practicing Christian worship. His name, which
he has since changed, was then Katsimandisa. He had been educated by the former
missionaries, and had associated with the
Christians, though I never heard that he had
suffered in any of their persecutions. He
wrote out a list of the names of the principal
Christians in the capital, and gave it to one
of the officers to deliver to the queen. The
officer, before delivering the paper to the
queen, took it to the prince, who instantly
destroyed it. The queen was, nevertheless,
soon informed that there were a number of
Christians in the capital; and on the 3d of
July, 1857, a Kabary was delivered, requiring all who had been guilty of any act of
Christian worship to come and accuse themselves, as in such case the punishment might
be diminished. Few, if any, did so ; a number fled, and the soldiers and others were
sent to scour the country in all directions in
search of the Christians, whom they were ordered to seize and bring bound to Antananarivo. All parties testify to the unremitted
endeavors of the prince and the commander-
in-chief to intercept accusations against the
Christians, and prevent the capture of the
fugitives. They said that the Christians, if
near, fled to the house of the prince,and that
when, breathless and palpitating with fear,
and ready to sink with exhaustion, they
reached his door, he welcomed and encouraged ihem, saying, "Don't be afraid; take
courage; God will protect you; conceal
yourselves as well as you can ; " and that if
he could not give them shelter, he would tell
them where they might perhaps find it, endeavoring, if opportunity offered, to send
their pursuers in contrary direction that the
Christians might escape.
A large number, notwithstanding, were
apprehended, some in the capital, but the
gteaterpart among the villages, at their own
residences, or in other places where they had
sought concealment. They were charged
with being Christians, and with offering
Christian prayer. In an affecting account
furnished to me by the brother of one of
them—an active, intelligent, and enterprising man, in good Worldly circumstances—it
is stated, that when the officer found his retreat, a cavern in the side of a rocky mountain not far from his dwelling, and told him
he must take him as a prisoner, the Christian
said, " What have I done ? I am not a murderer nor a traitor; I wronged no one-"
.
The officer replied, " No ; it is not for that,
but for praying that I must take you." To
this the Christian replied, "If that is the
impeachment, it is true : I have done that.
1 do not refuse to go with you."
Similar charges were preferred against all
who were denounced to the Government;
and no one, so far as I heard, when so accused, denied the charge. I was not able to
learn the exact number arrested, and condemned to different penalties, but they exceeded two hundred, and most of the punishments were extreme. Fourteen were stoned
to death at one place, and others afterwards.
Fifty-seven were banished in fetters, of whom
more than half died. The Tnngena, or poison, was administered to about fifty, of whom
eight died. Sixteen among the larger number reduced to slavery were redeemed at high
prices; and six devoted leading men among
the Christians who were condemned to death,
and had effected their escape, remained in
concealment until the accession of Hadama,
a period of four years and six months.
This persecution was the most severe and
fatal which had yet fallen on the infant
church in Madagascar. Those who were
stoned to death suffered at a rocky place
called Fiadana, to the west of the south end
of the city, and about a mile and a half from
the martyrs' precipice,and from Ambohipotsy.
When the fourteen were taken in broad noonday to the place of execution, Andriamanantena, the honored Christian leader, whose arrest in the cavern 1 have already mentioned,
offered unto God in those last moments, and
before the assembled multitude, a brief but
solemn prayer, imploring mercy for their
queen and their country, and committing
their spirits in love and trust to the hands of
their Almighty Saviour. The victims were
then bound to the stakes, and the crowds
who had been summoned to the scene gathered round to witness, or take part in the
stoning—the most revolting, barbarous and
brutalizing of the modes of taking away life.
Most of the sufferers soon obtained relief in
death ; but some, after being apparently dead,
revived, and were again battered with stones,
or mercifully decapitated, the heads being
afterwards fixed on poles.
My heart sickens even now at the remembrance of the hardening and demoralizing
exhibition presented to the people on the sanguinary day of the stoning to death, as related to me by some of my own servants and
others who were spectators, though not Christians then. There were, however, among
the crowd, some whom affection and sympathy had drawn into fearful proximity with
the penalty to which their faith exposed them.
These men marked the exact spots where
friends and loved ones were bound, battered
and fell; and when night and darkness covered the scene, and while hungry dogs held
carnival there, they stole in silence, equipped
with heavy clubs, or poles, and carrying
large matting sacks, to the bloody field, and
groped among the slain for the bodies, but
especially the heads of their friends. Driving
away the dogs from their prey, they put the
bodies into the sacks which they had brought,
bore them away to the nearest Christian
dwelling, and then hastened back to recover
more of the mortal remains of those who had
that day fallen in love, and trust,and loyally
to Christ.
THE FRIEND, AUGUST, 1867.
Most of the sufferers were men above the
ordinary class of their countrymen, not in
rank, possessions, or authority, but in character, ability and influence. Their wives,
with scarcely an exception, were involved in
the same condemnation, though their punishment was different. Some were sentenced
to drink the Tangena, an ordeal of poison,
but the greater number to be loaded with fetters. Sixteen were so bound on the day
after the executions at Fiadana. Fifty more,
at least, were so punished.
•
I brought home with me some of the fetters fixed on the bodies of the Christians at
this time. The ring round the neck is composed of a rugged piece of iron, six inches in
diameter, passed through an aperture at the
end of a heavy bar of iron, nearly three feet
long. The ring was bent round the neck of
the Christians, and fastened by a large rivet.
Two other rings, somewhat less ponderous,
were fixed in the same way, one on each
ankle, the weight of the whole being more
than fifty-six pounds. Loaded with these
fetters, the Christians were sent away to distant parts of the country where the fever prevailed, in order that the pains of the fever
might be added to the torture of their fetters,
and that the gradual approach of death might
be rendered more physically agonizing to
themselves, and more appallingly terrible to
others. One party of them went to Ambohibohazo, a hundred miles distant to the east;
another party was sent to the north-east to
these conditions, have been instantly relieved;
but they refused relief at such a price. They
suffered on and on, month after month, and
year after year, until death brought them deliverance, " enduring as seeing Him who is
invisible," and " not accepting deliverance,"
that they might obtain a better and more
glorious resurrection."
The Cross, and the Doctrine of the Cross.
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of St. Paul,."even the death of the cross."
And thus the unspeakable condescension of
Him who consented to be nailed on it, would
have been magnified by the contrast with the
vile thing itself.
But when its use as a gibbet was abolished,
and criminals were executed in some other
way, then all its horrors gradually faded from
men's memories, and.the hateful thing itself
would have been utterly forgotten, and become as completely an unknown thing as any
other special custom of Imperial Rome, but
for the fact that Jesus of Nazareth had suffered on it. This rescued it from oblivion.
And thus, losing its original associations of
horror and degradation, it became associated
with the memory of Him, and the affection
fell for Him,and the veneration paid to Him,
until the original distinction between the
cross and the doctrine of the cross was lost
sight of j and the instrument itself, instead of
being as at first contrasted in its ignominy
with the condescending love of Christ who
died upon it, was magnified in remembrance
of Him ; and in process of time, and through
the idolatrous cravings of human nature, the
figure of it was reproduced, of all sizes, and
of all materials, and set up as an object of
The following extract from a sermon of Dr.
M'Neile, shows the distinction between the
cross and the doctrine of the cross with great
force and clearness. Speaking on John xix.
25-27, Canon M'Neile said :
In holy Scripture the cross is used literally
and metaphorically. Literally, it means the
instrument for capital punishment used by
the Romans. Metaphorically, it means the
doctrine of atonement for sin, made by the
death upon it of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ. Literally, it signifies the most ignominious of gibbets. Metaphorically, it signifies the most glorious of truths.
It is" no wonder that some confusion should
have arisen from the use of the same word in
such very different meanings. On the one worship.
side, unbelieving Jews, identifying the metaAs the doctrine of the cross was more and
cross vias
phorical with the literal, the doctrine with more corrupted, the figure of the
the
until
language
;
the
and
more
more
idolized
on
and
disgrace
the gibbet, have enlarged
a curse with it,
degradation of the Crucified, and thrown it of Scripture, which connects
contemptuously in the teeth of His disciples. was utterlyrejected aud contradicted, and the
cross.
Arnbatondrazaka, in the country of the Antsi- On the other side, superstitious Christians accursed tree was addressed as the holy
confusion,
is
the
that
now,
so
with
the
And
egregious
the
literal
called),
identifying
anuka ; another to the west, on the borders (so
docthe
in
doctrine,
of
St.
Paul
glorying
with
the
the
language
of the Sacalava country ; and some were sent metaphorical, the gibbet
the material figure into the trine, is quoted in defense of the worship of
to the south. The irons were not put sepa- have elevatedspiritual
truth, and enlarged on the image.
rately on each individual, but the Christians place of the
Observe these distinctions, my brethren,
cross,
the
of
the
holy cross.
glorious
felon
gangs
like
were fettered together,
and
be not confused or disturbed in your
Romanism
are
as
the
Thus
and
Judaism
five, or seven, or more, and thus chained they
is
The cross, understood literally—the
minds.
were sent to distant parts to die. The irons poles on this great subject. Christianity
image,
the
the
figure —is a monument of the barbetween
distinguishing
middle,
When
death
the
rein
were never to be removed.
law, and to be associated
of
Roman
gibbet
barity
;
and
the
doctrine
the
degrading
leased a victim —and many of them died be- gibbet as
for it was in- with Pontius Pilate, the time-serving Roman
desire,
Jew
can
as
any
were
low
first
months
passed
fore the
twelve
even the accursed tree ; and ele- governor. The cross, understood metaphorthe soldiers in charge of them ruthlessly cut deed vile,
to be
the
vating
over
the
doctrine as high as any Christian ically, is a symbol of redemption, and
head,
the
ring
and
slipped
offthe
our blessed Lord and only
of
associated
with
truth
God.
saving
desire,
can
for
it
is
the
feet,
cut
off the
neck of the corpse, and then
more and more Redeemer, Jesus Christ. We preach the
and slipped off the ring from the ankles, leav- The doctrine is seen tois be
seen to be more and cross metaphorically, glorying in the Crucias the gibbet
ing the corpse either to be devoured by dogs glorious,
what manner of fied. Thus to glory in the faith of the Cru.
ignominious.
Behold
more
and birds of prey, or buried by some attendfirst
loved us, that, cified, and to worship Him, is Christianity i
ant or friend. But this cutting off the head love is this in Him who
He hum- but to glory in the material image, and to
man,
fashion
as
a
in
kindness;
sometimes,
found
being
for
and feet was a
became
obedient
unto worship it, is senseless idolatry.
and
when one of them died, there was no one to bled Himself,
even, even to the
but
so,
and
not
only
;
death
ring
dead
from
the
The
living.
separate the
The. Rev. F. S. Rising.—At a meeting
which I brought home had been worn round death of the cross, the most barbarous, cruel,
of the American Board of Foreign Missions
the neck of an eminent Christinn. His father and disgraceful of all deaths.
cross,
about
the
this
Paul
wrote
chains.
Two
When
St.
held in New York city May 10th,an address
was a Christian, and died in
clear. His language about
Christians,
and
distinction
was
were
they
his
sisters
also
of
was made by the Rev. F. S. Rising. The
we have just heard—
died in a similar manner. His brother also the gibbet was what death,
as follows :
even the death of New York Observer remarks
wore such fetters for four years, and through worse than ordinary
of the AmerSecretary
HumiliRev.
Rising,
S.
F.
things.
tlio mercy of God survived, the only one out the cross, the vilest of vile
Society (Episcopal),
Missionary
about
ican
His
Church
language
no
lower.
of
who
ation
could
martyrs
go
lived
of a whole family
of
of
doctrine was, " God forbid that I should bore testimony to the valuein thethe'work
through the ordeal. I have seen some of
Hawaiian
missionaries
our
Lord
Jesus
the
American
the
cross
of
in
sufferers,
emaciated,
save
helpless,
glory,
these surviving
unto Islands from personal experience. He paid
bedridden, with scars and wounds in their Christ, by whom the world is crucified
Christian
faith
a high tribute to the character and influence
flesh, but with peace, hope, joy, glory in their me, and I unto the world."
of the missionaries. Whatever of good there
and
love
no
higher.
go
them
a
could
single
souls. I never heard from
use
as
the
is in the Hawaiian race is due under God to
in
inof any
Had the cross continued
expression of vindictive feeling, or had
of the these missionaries. He disowned any ctjp.
strument
capital
punishment
inwho
for
the
to
come
to
those
wish for evil
is difficult to conceive how nection or sympathy for himself or his Church
flicted all this torture upon them. They vilest criminals, it become
an idolized Chris- with the Reformed Catholic invasion, and
could ever have
might have averted all this suffering in the ittian
in use as presented a very detailed and interesting view
continued
ornament.
it
have
renounced
the
Had
beginning, if they would
would of the real state of public, social and Chrisits
associations
name of Jesus Christ, and they would have the Roman gibbet, all
and
murderers
of tian life in the Islands.
have
been
the
enemies
with
with
gifts,
honor,
enriched
been clothed with
All
himself.
alChrist,
of
and
not
Christ
with
and raised to distinction. At any period
Human reason is not God, as some pretend.
similar to that
their sufferings, at any hour they might, on lusions to it would have been
—
ihe
THE FRIEND, AUGUST, 1867.
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THE FKIE
1.
AUGUST
ND,
1867.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Imne tke Caae-Fltlds tad Groves at Hakiwia.
Change is agreeable when a passage of
thirty-six hours transfers a person from the
heated atmosphere of Honolulu to the cool
and bracing region of Makawao. Virgil near
two thousand years ago noticed this fact
among sailors, that the enjoyment of rest
after a voyage very soon led them to forget
all the hardships and dangers which they had
experienced at sea. Landsmen resemble the
sailor in this respect. How very soon a person forgets sea-sickness and other discomforts.
As we left the wharf at Honolulu, friends
wished us a pleasant trip, and just at that
moment we saw a beautiful rainbow spanning
Nuuanu Valley. "A good omen," we exclaimed. On our arrival at Kahului, just
after sunrise on the morning of the 19th, we
espied a beautiful rainbow spanning the Wailuku Valley. Good omens appeared to attend our voyage. Thanks to Capt. Wetherby, of the Ka Moi, for his kind attentions.
Not two days elapsed after leaving Honolulu
ere we were snugly domiciled at Grove
Ranch, where the cool breezes from Haleakala came sweeping along and inspiring life,
vigor and health. Most appropriately has
this spot been styled Grove Ranch. The
groves in this vicinity are beautiful. Some
of these groves of kukui and koa are old and
venerable, while several young groves of the
Pride of India ornament the ranch and the
adjoining plantations. The poet Bryant
says:
"
The groves were God's first temples."
Surely a beautiful grove is no unfit spot
wherein to worship God. While wandering
among them, the mind is impressed with the
truthfulness of Bryant's address to the God
of nature:
" r»tl.cr, thy hand
Hath rear'd these venerable oolurans; thou down
roof t thuu didst look
this
verdant
Didst weare
Upon the naked'earth, and forthwith rose
They, in thy sun,
trees.
ranks
of
All these fair
Budded, and shook their green leaves lv thy breeie.
And shot towards heaven."
Some one has said, that person is a benefactor who makes one blade of grass to grow
where none grew before. If so, does not the
person planting and rearing a tree much more
deserve to be styled a benefactor ? It is gratifying to witness the marked change produced in Honolulu during the last few years.
The city has become a grove, and we hope
m% ere long merit being styled a forest,
which is the enlargement of a grove. We
hone the Royal Hawaiian Agricultural Society will aid in carrying out this idea. Let a
nursery of trees be started, and furnished
gratis to all who will adorn the streets, or
even their own premises, with fruit or shade
trees. We find our thoughts wandering back
to Honolulu. Why should they not ? Habit
is everything. In Honolulu we have spent
nearly a quarter of a century, freely mingling
with all classes of its permanent and roving
population. Under the kind Providence of
God we have there enjoyed as much of
earthly happiness as usually falls to the lot
of mortals. We have witnessed the growth
of one generation. Many of those whom we
have known as children, it has been our privilege to see coining forward and occupying,
honorable positions in life, at the Islands and
elsewhere. The very evening before embarking for Maui, it was our privilege to officiate at a scene similar to that which our
Saviour honored by his presence at Cana of
Galilee. As a friend of man, of society, of
State, of Church, and of all that is lovely and
of good report, we cannot view with indifference the addition of another family to the
sacred fraternity of matrimony.
0 friendly to the beat pursuit* of man—
anil to peace,
to thought, to
*Friendly
Domestic life.*'
virtue
between Molokai and Maui, he was so effectually deceived by the low land between East
and West Maui, that he ran his ship square
on the shore, and she became a total wreck.
We cannot say just how long ago this took
place, but it must have been over thirty years
since. At the time of the wreck, Mr. Titcomb, of Kauai, Mr. Thompson (late of Maui,
and father of Henry Thompson, Esq., of
Honolulu), and Capt. Chadwick, if we are
not mistaken, were attached to the ship. In
this as in sejreral other instances, the foreign
population on these Islands has been recruited
with some enterprising citizens from the
crews of wrecked vessels.
Last Sabbath morning it was our privilege
to assemble with the church-going people of
Makawao, who gathered at the neat and commodious foreign church for public worship.
The Rev. J. S. Green preached an excellent
sermon upon the subject of prayer. The
singing was conducted by the daughter of the
" Pastor of Makawao." It was a delightful
privilege to be a hearer in this quiet country
church far from the bustle of the city.
Every day since our arrival in this region
we have been mounted on horseback, and
galloped over the hills and through the valleys of this most delightful spot. The exercise is most refreshing and invigorating. We
have in prospect a trip to the summit of Haleakala, and other excursions, which will fully
occupy the few brief days which are allotted
to our summer vacation " among the canefields and groves of Makawao."
So wrote Cowper, and so says every wellwisher to the human race. "Ah! but you
did not drink wine on that occasion," interposes Mr. Carper.
" No," is our reply.
" So you think yourself better, I suppose,
than our Saviour, who was present at the
marriage in Cana of Galilee."
" By no means ; we think no such thing.
Without exactly undertaking to argue the
question with you, Mr. Carper, we have only
to say that on the present occasion they had
' no wine ; ' and how could we drink ? We
had not fhe power to work a miracle as had
Remarkable Clipper Ship Race.—The
our Master at Cana of Galilee, where, in the splendid clipper ships Prima Donna,
Capt.
beautiful language of an old English poet,
Herriman, and Governor Morton, Capt. Hor'The conscious water blushed to own its Ood.'
ton, arrived at this port from New York yesIf our friendly host had produced some wine terday afternoon. Both ships left New York
the same time, being towed by the tugs
made from the pure water gushing forth from at
out past Sandy Hook within hailing distance
fresh
from
of
or
Valley,
the springs
Nuuanu
of each other, and making sail simultaneously. They crossed the Equator in the At' the windows of heaven,' perhaps we might
have been inclined to have sipped a little. lantic on the same day, and passed through
We hardly think, Mr. Carper, you can find the Straits of Le Maire, off the coast of Pataa
much wine now a days made from pure gonia, the same day, one being few hours
advance of the other. Both ships were the
in
water, or even the pure juice of the grape, same number of days from 50 S.
in the Atand until you can, your reference to wine- lantic to 50 S. in the Pacific. They crossed
drinking at the marriage of Cana of Galilee the Equator in the Pacific on the same day,
is not very pertinent. On another occasion, in the same degree of longitude, although
they did not see each other,and both arrived
Mr. Carper, we should be glad to argue the yesterday,
the Governor Morton being three
point with you."
hours ahead of her competitor in coining to
Let us return to Maui. As 1 look out anchor. The passages of these vessels were
from the room where I am now writing, the made in 123 days, and are among the shortIn the annals of clipbay of Kahului is to be seen. I seldom glance est made this season.
per ship racing the contest between the
an eye over its waters but I am reminded of ernor Morton and the Prima Donna hasGovno
the story of the wreck of the American whale- rival, although the clipper ships Hornet and
ship Lyra, as told to me by Capt. Howland, Flying Cloud left Sandy Hook the same day,
in Callao, twenty-five years ago. We were and the former anchored in this port after
on our first passage to the Islands, via Cape 105 days passage, only 40 minutes in advance of the latter. The last named vessels
Horn. At Callao we met Capt. Howland, had no conjunctive passages of portions
of
who reported that on a former voyage he the voyage except from place of departure to
commanded the Lyra, and while sailing in completion of trip, ending at this port.— S.
the night, as he supposed, down the channej P. Bulletin.
THE ¥XIX N D, AUGUST,
Longfellow.
We have come to a large square wooden
house, with nothing especially attractive about
it. It stands back from the street, its front
in full view, looking over Charles River.
Near it, at the sides, a few trees and bushes
relieve the open space. This is the house
known as Washington's Headquarters; and
here for many years has lived Henry Longfellow, the sweetest and most romantic of
American poets. The house seems full of
him. The spacious rooms are furnished with
unostentatious luxury; elegant literature is
freely strewn about; pictures, engravings,
and miscellaneous works of art. adorn the
walls and grace the mantels. The library,
on the second floor front, expresses the occupant. It is a large sunny room, filled with
books in all languages, that seem to have
fallen into their places at the bidding of the
muse. Here sits the poet. Mr. Longfellow
was always a poet to look at—in form, feature and expression a poet. Lawrence's portrait, engraved for the small blue-and-gold
edition of the poetical works, gives an admirable idea of his head and countenance in its
finest mood—though not in its domestic aspect. Since the fearful death of his wife the
outward man of the poet has altered much.
The step is less buoyant than it was, the
bearing less joyous, the look less elate. The
florid man has matured into an exceeding
mellowness of dignity. Ripe and rich-looking he always was—exquisitely neat in dress
and exquisitely elegant in person—though
always animated by a sentiment that saved
him from the suspicion of foppery. But he
has attained a wonderful completeness of expression. His aspect is that of a bard in the
full affluence of his years and the full wealth
of his genius. His silvered hair is long and
wavy. His beard grows white and thick beneath his chin, looking more like a deep lace
ruff than anything else. His voice is melodious as an organ; and his features, handsome as ever, have been touched with new
lines by the action of thought and sorrow.
His manners are very beautiful to all persons; and he carries about him that indescribable atmosphere that marks the perfectly
cultured gentleman. Longfellow has just
finished his work of many years—his translation of Dante. No finer version from one
language into another has ever been done.
Not satisfied with all that his own admirable scholarship, wonderful wealth of diction
and perfect taste in rhythm could achieve, he
has called in his friends to pass judgment.on
his work. Each Wednesday evening through
the winter a choice company of scholars and
critics have met in the poet's library to hear
the divine stanzas read, and to weigh the
words as they fell from thepoet's lips. There
were Holmes, and Fields, and Lowell, and
Norton, and Furness, the artist lately deceased, and such others as the hour might
bring. Lowell held the Italian copy, Norton
the English translation, Furness a translation
in German, and, as the new translator read
his passages and paused for criticism or remark, the listeners gave the benefit of their
suggestions.
Manners may exist without morals,
but morals should never be without manners.
18*7.
Russia. —The following extract is from a
St. Petersburg letter in the Independence
one of the Emperor's
Beige: " Count L
aides-de-camp, was summoned a month ago
before a Judge, on the complaint of a tradesman, to whom he neglected to pay a small
account. The Count at first refused to appear, but at the third summons, being warned
that he risked beingcondemned by default to
an imprisonment of two months, he attended
before the magistrate and paid the money,
saying, He preferred to pay without discussion rather than have anything to do with a
tribunal of clodhoppers (in Russian, Kholopkoy Soude).' The Judge arrested him, and
sentenced him to a week's imprisonment for
contempt of Court.. The Count applied to
the Emperor in order to escape this sentence,
but his Majesty replied that all he could do
for him was to intercede with the Judge lo
change the sentence to six weeks' confinement in his own house, which was done, and
the Count is now undergoing it. The second
affair happened at Moscow. A rich widow,
Madame Mazourine, well known from her
ostentatious piety, and for the large sums
which she spent in building churches and
convents, took it into her head to refuse payment of a small debt, and the matter going
before the tribunal, an order was ultimately
issued to seize her furniture. The police arrived to carry out the sentence, when they
found the door fast, and in spite of their
.summons in the name of the law it remained
unopened. They then attempted"to scale
the wall, when the mistress of the house ordered a number of savage dogs to be let loose.
Seeing this, the police retired, and Madame
Mazourine was summoned to appear before
the magistrate, and has been condemned to
,
'
two
months' imprisonment."
.
69
By the arrival of the steamship Colorado at
San Francisco, from Japan, news of the loss of the
whaleship Canton Packet, Captain Fraaer, was received. The wreck occurred on the night of
3d of April. Five seamen, including four llawaiians, were drowned. The following particulars are
from the Atta:
Loss or the ''Canton Pacikt. '—We have obtained from Capt. Fraser, late in command of the
American whaling ship Canton Packet, in tons,
the following particulars of her lose: She left
Honolulu January 4th, 1867 ; went south as far as
the line, whore she took fifty barrels of sperm oil.
On the night of the 3d. nearing the island, on her
way to Hakodadi, during a heavy northeast gale
and snow, in latitude 41 N.. and longitude 141 X.,
went on shore. The ship became a total wreck,
with the loss of five of the crew. The rest, thirtytwo in all, remained on the island for ten days. The
Japanese refused to allow tbem to move until the
arrival of Mr. Rice, the American Conßul at Hakodadi, who arrived on the Rcenc of the disaster with
great difficulty. Through this gentleman's exertions the natives furnished the Captain and his
crew with horses and guides. They arrived at
Hakodadi perfectly destitute and about naked ;
but thanks to the kindness of the foreign residents
of Hakodadi, they were well taken care of. Capt.
Frasor left Hakodadi as soon as possible, and arrived here last night en the Colorado. The crew
are still ut Hakodadi awaiting transportation to
Baa Francisco. The vessel belonged to J. H. Bartlclt & Son, of New Bedford, Mass. Of the five
sailors that were lost one was James Fairbanks, ot
Baltimore, the other four were Hawaiians.
-
Cook's Monument.—The monument to Captain
Cook, which it was proposed to erect at Kaawaloa,
wasfinished week before lost. Themagonreturned by
the Kilauea on Saturday. The monument is erected
as near as possible on the spot where the great navigator met his death, and is built of the lava rock
which abounds in the neighborhood, laid up in cement. It is sixteen feet high, and at the base measures eighteen by thirty-six inches, running up to a
peak in the form known as the Gambrel or Mansard
roof. We understand that plates, with suitable inscriptions for the four sides of the monument, have
been ordered from abroad, and when these arrive
and are placed in position, we shall probably be enabled to give a more particular description of the
Exposition. structure.—idv.
An American Triumph at the Paris
—A Paris letter in the Boston Journal, dated April 23d, says: The jury on locomotives came to a decision yesterday on the
merits of the different machines. The competition is great. England has a large number. France at least a dozen. Austria and
Russia have three or four each. The Austrian and French members of the jury took
exception to the"America" because it was
so light in some of its parts, and also to the
amount of polish to the iron work, which they
thought was more for show than utility.
They claimed that the lightness of some of
the machinery was a sacrifice of strength to
beauty. But fortunately the English member of the jury is well informed on locomotive engines, and he explained that the railroads in America are of an entirely different
construction from European roads; that the
country is new, and the roads cheaply built,
and the ties subject to displacement from
frost; that to ride over rough roads there
must be elasticity in the machinery; that
American engineers had difficulties to contend with wholly unknown to Europeans;
that, taking all things into consideration, the
American locomotive was superior to any
other in the exhibition. His arguments were
so convincing that the other jurors gave way
and awarded a gold medal to the"America."
This is a great triumph, and it has been
achieved through the intelligence and honesty of the English juror.
Valuable Portfolio, in Two Volumes.—
Count Bismarck recently presented a faithful but poor secretary with a portfolio bound
like a book, in which were deposited five
thousand thalers. On meeting his secretary
next day, the count asked him if he harJl perused the volume. " Yes, your highness,"
said the secretary, " and I am so captivated
by its contents that I am waiting theappearance of the second volume with feelings of
the greatest interest." The count smiled,
but said nothing. A few days afterward the
secretary received a second portfolio, bound
and filled like the first, and on the title-page
of which was the sentence " This work is
complete in two volumes."
:
The Boston Traveler says the United
States engineers are astonished at the result
of petroleum burning on the steamer Polos.
It is deemed an event of such importance that
•it was to be telegraphed to Europe to-dair.
The Traveler says ten years from to-day *>
coal will be burned in any vessel in use in
the world. One hogshead of petroleum will
generate as much steam as twenty times the
bulk in coals. It will prove of the greatest
importance to the Pacific Mail steamers on
the China line.
A lie may respect all things, but there
is no such thing as a small lie.
THE FRIEND, AUtiUST,
70
[From the New York Bailor's Magutine.]
THE SAILOR.
dark blue Jacket that enfolds the sayor's manly breast,
' <• The
Bears more of real honor than the star and ermine veat;
The tithe of Mly in his head may wake thelandsman's mirth.
Bat Nature proudly owns him as her child of sterling worth."
Elixa Cook.
'
•
There is an air of romance about the life
and calling of the sailor—an atmosphere of
poetry, which seems to invest the very name
with a charm. You have but to mention the
word, and troops ofmemories, hosts of associations, marshal themselves before the mind.
Toilsome explorations in unknown seas, marvelous discoveries of peoples strange, deeds
of noble daring and of hopeless suffering, of
shipwreck, and storm and strife ; of hunger
and thirst, and nakedness and cold; the
foundering craft, the white squall, and the
iron-bound lee shore—all press forward for
recognition, and all give evidence that the
sailor is no mere myth, nor his life all poetry and romance, but one of stern reality—a
life of sore vicissitudes and garnished o'er
with pain. Yet these very vicissitudes are
associated with traits of character that seem
to be born of the very circumstances of his
wild and roving life. All that is noble, generous, brave and free, has been considered as
embodied in his calling. In every land he is
spoken of as the jolly tar ; his very excesses
are esteemed only as foibles, and his reckless
disregard of himself attributed to his generous nature. His devotion to duty, his contempt of danger, his self-sacrificing spirit;
his bravery and patriotism in war; his energy and enterprise in times of peace—these
have elevated him to an exalted place in the
esteem of all people who are capable of ap-
preciating his sterling worth. His rollicking
good nature and love of fun, his sensitiveness
to praise or blame, his open-handed benevolence, and the tenderness of heart that brings
the tear to his eye when the tale of suffering
is told—all these have served to invest his
character with a charm of attractiveness as
clearly defined as the halo of glory with
which art has adorned the head of pictured
saint and Madonna.
The sailor is sui generis, a class by himself._ His dress is peculiar. His trim blue
jacket and wide flowing pants, and his low
shoest, nis tarpaulin hat and loose 'kerchief,
exposing the bronzed neck and breast—all
fitting so neatly and setting so gracefully on
his well-formed person, as to suggest, together with his rolling gait, the unrestrained
freedom with which he moves upon his own
chosen element, just as nis horny hand and
sun-browned visage denote his toil and exposure in foreign climes.
His characteristic peculiarities are believed
to be the result of his mode of life. Yet is
it true that the germ of these traits of character must exist in the boy before they are
developed in the man.
There are well-authenticated instances of
boys going to sea, who were parsimonious
and selfish, and ungenerous, who, nevertheless, lost these qualities on being associated
with the sea and the ship. The philosophy
of this change is not easily discerned. Men
have different theories on this subject. One
thing is certain—it is not the lazy and listless, the nerveless and the stupid, but the
earnest, active and energetic boy that runs
away to go to sea. The character of such a
boy must be developed by association with
1867.
the works of nature in her grandest and in
her wildest forms. As men who grow up in
mountainous regions become free and brave
and liberty-loving, like the Swiss, so these
men, by holding converse with nature where
she displays her works in all the majesty and
beauty of her sublimest proportions, cannot
but be affected thereby.
Would the reader test this '( Let him go
forth with the sailor on his own element.
Stand beside him when the topsails and topgallantsails are mast-headed, when the royals
are sheeted home, and her white wings are
spread to the breeze, and the good ship gathering way runs out into the offing, till the
receding'shore astern sinks beneath the hori-
zon with the setting sun. Pace with him the
deck in his midnight watch. Look up at the
concave of boundless blue studded with twinkling stars. Behold the moon, as she mounts
the heavens, walking in her brightness, flinging her silvery sheen on the dark blue wave,
and paving old ocean with a causeway of
light. Now look out on every side, on the
limitless expanse; let the eye penetrate to
ocean's farthest verge—to that
below—descend with him into that dark,
damp and cheerless forecastle, where no fire
gives out its reviving warmth, and where bed
and berth, and chest, with their contents, are
alike saturated, and as wet and comfortless
as the clothes he has on. What comfort can
a man have in such circumstances ? Does
not his lot demand, and should he not secure
our sincere sympathy ?
And what is his condition ashore ? Alas !
his boarding-house is, in many instances, as
destitute of comfort as the forecastle he left.
And here he becomes too often the victim of
the harpies who seek his destruction. He is
drugged or poisoned with bad liquor—then
Shanghaed. or taken insensible on board another vessel, where some merciless tyrant,
perhaps, may force him through the same
round of abuse and exposure, and toil, and
watching, and vicissitude. Do you wonder
that the sailor is reckless ? Is it not a still
greater wonder that he does not oftener appear as a criminal before our police courts ?
The property entrusted to his care, the interests committed to him, the trusts reposed in
him, are all protected and preserved with a
generous firmness and an unswerving integline,
" Visual
Where air and
ocean seem to join "
rity. Notwithstanding his many temptations
until that horizon becomes to you the cir- and his sore abuse, is not this an evidence of
cumference of an ever-moving circle, of which his nobleness, his trustworthiness, and his
you are the everlasting centre. Then sound forgiving character?
the depths beneath you. Follow the lead as
If seamen, as a class, were the scoundrels
it speeds its way thousands of fathoms deep, and the ferocious
malignants that some would
and think of the boundless realms concealed have us believe, commerce would become
the
from human gaze and ken ;
most unsafe of investments, the sailor the
The coral caves
mere corsair of the deep; and America, in'Neath ocean's wavis,
Where singing sirens alce|> •,
stead of being, as she is to-day, the first
The treusure trove
among the nations, would rank with the barSunk from above.
The riches of the deep.
barous rovers ofthe Algerine coast. If, then,
In other words, look at the sailor from his seamen have laid us under so great a weight
own point of view. But confine not yourself of obligation, we should endeavor, in some
to the mere romance, the poetry of his life ; measure, to acknowledge our indebtedness,
share with him his perils, participate in his and to repay them—even if with nothing
more substantial—at least with our sincere
dangers and discomforts.
Behold him now, the sport of mighty seas,
sympathy. For surely none can lay greater
Now hound in calms, andy» liiMliim for u mot ;
claim to it than the men whose modicum of
Now plnch'd with hunger ; now exposed to cold ;
Now purch'd with thirst ; now lavishing his gold ;
comfort is too often found in a dark, damp
Now cowering Is'iicHtli llir hurricane* rude blast ',
—
Now nailing (irmly his colors la the mast.
Now creeping cautiously along an unknown shore ;
Now launching forth the boundless waste t' explore;
Now an adventurer, in quest of deathless fame ;
And, now, the world in rapture yields her loud acclaim.
Ills country's idol now, caressed at court •,
And now in tears, of cruel fates the sport.
To realize his vicissitudes fully, you must
endure with him wet and cold, sleepless
nights, and toilsome days. Lay out with
him, in the midst of storm and darkness, on
the topsail yard, and share with him in his
vain endeavors to gather in the struggling
canvas, as it flaps and snaps with the fury of
the hurricane, and tears itself from his grasp,
while the blinding snow and sleet is beating
with merciless fury in his face, and his hands
are freezing to the stiffened leach. Then
come down with him, when wet to the skin,
his strength exhausted, and his blood almost
congealed in his veins—comedown, I say, to
the deck and hear the brutal curse with which
his exertions are rewarded—and witness the
dastard blow from the contemptible, cowardly
thing that walks the quarter-deck—in the
place of a skillful and manly officer—and
who vents his ungovernable passion on the
man whose noble efforts to accomplish his
task an honorable man would respect. And
now, when the duties and dangers of the
yard and deck,and the insults of his unofficerlike superior are endured, and he turns to go
forecastle.
A Remarkable Fish.—In a recent lecture
by Prof. Agassiz on the aquatic animals of
the Amazon, he described one fish, of which
he said : " This fish is remarkable for the
faculty it enjoys of leaving the water and
walking a considerable distance over the Innd.
Sometimes it is found three, four and five
miles from the water, and specimens have
been brought to me which I have left on the
ground for a day, and afterwards, when put
back into water, they were as lively as if
they had not been disturbed. That fish has
another peculiarity ; it builds a nest—a large
nest, about the size of a man's hat, with a
hole leading to the interior, in which it deposits its eggs ; and it is not only capable of
creeping on even land, but it can creep on an
inclined plane, and I have been told by very
trustworthy persons that they are frequently
found many feet above the water, on stumps
of trees which have fallen down, the trunks
of which are so inclined that the fish has
reached the branches of the tree, to such a
height that the bird and the fish have more
than once been brought down by the same
shot."
There is no justice in sin, and no
sin in justice.
Till: FRIEND,
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BEAMKN'S HETIIKL—Kev. S. C. Damon Chaplain—King
street, near the Sailors' Home. Preaching at 11 A. M.
71
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AUGUST,
JOHN S. McGREYV, M. I)..
Seats Free. Sabbath School after the morning service.
I'll jsl flan and Sirjtfon.
Prayer meeting on Wednesday evenings at 7$ o'clock.
N. B. Sabbath School or Bible Class lor Seamen al 81 Office—Over Dr. K. Hoffmann's Drug Store, cornerof Kaahu
o'clock Sabbath morning.
manu and Merchant Sts., opposite the Post Office.
FORT STREK.T CHURCH—Corner of Fort and Beretanla Officii Hocus—From 8 to 10 A. M.; from 3 to 6 P. M.
Kkhiokno*
streets—Rev. E. Oorwin Pastor. Preaching on Sundays at
Kama House" ox Anus St.
688 ly
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SMITH,
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STONE CHURCH—King street, above the Palace—Rev. H. H.
Parker Pastor. Services In Hawaiian every Sunday at »i
Dentist,
A. M. and 8 P. M.
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HOFFMANN,
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Pierre Favens. Services every Sunday at 10 A.M. and 2 P.M
Physician and Sarfreon,
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Key. Lowell Smith Pastor. Services in Hawaiian every Corner Merchant and Kaahumanu sts., near Postoffroe. 680 ly
Sunday at 10 A. M. and 2J P. M.
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I. Kauai, has accommodations In his family
For ii Few Boarding Scholars.
Ship Chandlers aud Commission Merchants, and
Dealers In Veueral Merchandise,
XT Persons wishing to learn the Terms willempply to him
the
Editor
of TBI Fbiend."
6tf
or
Keep constantly on hand a full assortment of merchandise,for
the supply of Whalersand Merchant vessels.
666 ly
Auctioneer s,
r|MIK RKV. DANIEL
C. 1.. RICHARDS Si. CO.,
J. 0. MSRHILI.,
"
GEORGE WILLIAMS,
204 and 206 California Street,
FnANCISOO.
SAN
ALSO, AOKNTB OF THE
San Francisco and Honolulu Packets.
W. N. MIHI.
to the sale and purchase ot merLICENSED SHIPPING AGENT. Particular attentiongiyensupplying
whaleehips, negotiating
■■porter and Dealer in Hard ware, Cutlery, Mechanics'
chandise, ships' business,
OLD exchange. Ac.
OX
HIS
and
BUSINESS
THE
Agricultural
Implements,
Tools,
settling
immediately
by or to the HoPlan
of
with
Officers
and
Seamen
on
Baa
arrlTlng
Francisco,
at
ly
03- All freight
680
Fort Street.
their Shipping at his Office. Having no connection, either nolulu Line of Packets, will be forwarded raaa of ooamiasioa.
CONTIM'KS
V(^Iw^rHOS.^rVATERHOUBE,
direct or indirect, with any outfitting establishment, andallowXT Exchange on Honolulubought and sold. .O
ing no debts to he collected at hii office, he hopes to fire as
—Riraassoss—
Oeneral
Merchandise.Honolulu,
11.1 good satisfaction In the future as he has in the past.
Importer and Dealer in
Honolulu
Messrs.
0. L. Richisds k Co.,
07 Office on Jas. Kobinsou & Oo.'s Wharf, near the U. g.
—REFERENCES—
Co.,
HiOaFBLD
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Honolulu Consulate.
His Ex. R. C. Wyllie,.. Hon. B. F. Snow, Esq.,
C Baawaas/00.,
Thos. Spencer, Esq
Hilo
Dlmomd A Son,
Bishop A Co
11. Dickinson, Esq... Lahaina Mcßuer If Merrill, San Francisco
Dr. R. W. Wood,
Esq.,
R.
C. W. Brooks 4/ Co...San F. 0. T. Lawton,
Hon.
E.
H. Allis,
New York
Field A Rice,
Tobln,Bros. A Co.,
DC. WaTsanAS, Esq.,
•'••
Wilcox, Richards A Co Honolulu.
644 ly
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381-ly
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a. castli.
j.
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a. athistos.
auos s.
coois.
CASTLE k. COOKE,
Importers and General Merchants,
In Fireproof Store, King street, opposite the seamen's Chapel.
Also, Agoiits for
Dr. Jaynes Celebrated Family Medicines,
Wheeler Wilson's Sewing Machines,
*• Sugar Company,
The Kohala
The New England Mutual Life Insurance Company,
The New York Phenix Marine Insurance Company,
666 ly
B. A. F. OAkTBR.
SHKRMAN PBOK.
C. BREWER fc CO.
Commission and Shipping Merchants,
W. ANDREWS,
MACHINIST.
ALL KINDS OF LIGHT
CHINERY, OUNS, LOCKS, 4/c.
REPAIRS
opposite
CASTLE
*
COOKE,
AGENTS FOR
Wheeler & Wilson's
AGENTS
MACHINE HAS ALLTHK LATEST
impiovemente, and, In addition former premiums, was
THIS
prise above all European and American
to
Per (be Maker, VV ailuuu At II a un Pin n la lion. awarded the highest
AGENTS
Btf
SEWING MACHINES!
Honolulu. Ouliu. 11. I.
AGENTS
Of Ike Boston and Honolulu Packet Line.
ror Ihe Purchase- and Salea>f
MA-
Odd Fellows' Hill.
Fort Street,
Sewing Machines at the World's Inhibition In PARIS In 1881,
Island I'rodarr.
-REFEK TO—
Joaa M.Hood, Esq.,
I
Chah. Baawaa, A Co.
JamesHohkiwill, Esq. J
>
Co.
Swain
A
R. H.
C»as. Wolcott Baooaa Esq. J
New York.
Boston.
Ban Francisco.
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ALLEN «Y CONWAY,
KAwalhae, Hawaii,
Will continue the Oeneral Merchandiseand Shipping business
at theabove port, where they are prepared to furnish
the justly celebrated KawalhaePotatoes, and
such other recruits as are required
by whale ships, at the
shortestnotice and on the most reasonable terms.
»ir«woot|os\,S»iid.
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and at theExhibition In London Id 1892.
Theevidence ofthe superiority of this Machineis found In the
record of it* sales. In 1861—
The Grover A Baker Company. Boston,
TheFlorenoe Company, Massachusetts
TheParker Company, Connecticut,
J. M. Singer tr Co., New York,
Flnkle A Lyon,
Cnas. W. Howland, Delaware,
M. Greenwoodk Co., Cincinnati, 0.,
N. 8. 0. Perkins, Norwalk, 0.,
Wilson H. Smith, Connecticut,
sold 18,680, whilst the Wheeler k Wilson Company, of Bridgeport, made and sold 19,726 daring the same period.
Mil
ET-Plesue Call stnd ExmsmlsM.
McCraken, Merrill & Co.,
FORWARDINC AND
Commission Merchants,
Portland, Oregon.
HAVING BEEN ENGAGED IN OCR F*E-
sent business for upwards of seren years, and being
located in a lire proof brick building, we an prepared torecelre
and dispose of Island staples, such as Sugar, Bioe, Syrups, Pulu,
Coffee, Ac, to adiantage. Consignments especially solicited
for the Oregon market, to which personal attention will be paid,
and upon which cash idranees wUI be sjaoe whsnrequired.
Bam Fkascihco RaFsasswcas:
Jas. Patrick k Co.,
Badger A Lindenberger,
W. T. Oolswaan A Co.,
Fred. Iken,
Stevens, Baker A Co.
PoSTLiSD RsT*U»lloa»:
Leonard A dreeo.
Allan k Lewis. Ladd «•"»•
Hotrouxo BaFaaaaoaa:
A. «a»l4gfc
Walker A Allen,
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THE FRIKNI), AUGUST, 18 67.
72
Return of the Hokulele. —The sloop
Hobdele, dispatched by the Messrs. Foster
and others for the scene of the wreck of the
bark libelle, returned on the 29th ult. The
Hobdele left here on the 9th of May, and
arrived at Wake Island on the 31st. A brig;
fitted from China, (name unknown, as the
From Micronesia.—The Hawaiian schooner Blossom,
Capt. Benjamin Pease, arrived here on the 26th
ult., from a cruise among the groups to the westward, after an absence of nearly six months, having sailed hence on the Ist of February last. The
written history of tho voyage would be very interesting, but we Bnd room only for a brief sketch at
present. Arriving at Mille, Marshall's group, loth
February, thence touched at Jeluit, Strong's Island.
MeAskilrs and Ascension. At the latter island,
If, saw the bark Peru, with 120 sperm.
captain did not wish to be reported,) joined February
Thirty-six whalers had touched at Ascension durthe H. in securing the quicksilver, and to- ing the •• season," but Capt. Pease can only rememthe names of the following Florida. Williams,
gether secured 495 flasks. The H. received ber
clean; James Maury, 100 sperm; .Xautilus, 40
flasks
as
the
her share, which will pay
sperm. The Washington, Baker, went into Strong's.
247
Islnnd to cooper—amount of oil not ascertained,
handsome
a
This
is
one
profit.
expedition
lla/k Stella was at Ascension March 22, 8 month!
out, with 260 sperm. In lat. 32 » OB' N., long. 178 »
of the few expeditions fitted from Honolulu 3(i'
E.. the Blossom spoke the Bremen bark Ophelia.
that has netted a profit, and we heartily
lit days from Hongkong tor Callao. who
rejoice at the good fortune of the parlies Torjeg,
nsked to be reported.
concerned.
From Ascension the schooner sailed for the Marshall Islands on the passage to Honolulu, nnd
FOREIGN NEWS.
touched at the island of Marika, next adjoining
Hutaritari. where the three Hawaiian* belonging to
Woodland
which arrived on the Pfeil were massacred übiiiit a year ugo. Smne
By the brig
men hiring mi Marika informed Capt. Pease
•the 24th ult., we have dates from San Fran- white
that the leg*, arms ami breasts ot the three men
cisco to July 13th; from the East to July killed had been eaten by the people anil chiefs of
Hutaritari. When warned of the ea*jsw>**Ms»9M
10th, and from London to the 9th. We sub- which
might result from thoir bad conduct, the
chief! laughed at the idea that the Hawaiian*Could
join the most important items.
do anything to them by way of'retaliation ; —they
Washiniiton, June 29th.—A dispatch from New were
kanakas like themselves, and had no men-ofOrleans states that Muximiliun was condemned tu war,
a
death, and was shoe June 19th.
('apt. I',
the natives of the northern groups
It isbelieved that Juarez consented reluctantly are n very says
saucy bad set and ought to be punished.
to the execution ot Maximilian. He informed the
Many vessels have been cut off there nnd the crews
messenger of our Government that lie was disposed murdered. He saw some relics of a vessel, which
to spare bia lite, but the pressure of the Mexicnn
wus cut off at one of the islands about eighteen
leaders and people was too great to be withstood.
months ngamwhich from tbe appearance of the
Nbw Orleans, July 9th.—The Times' Houston relics he shWld suppose to have been a merchant
special gives the details of the execution of Maxi- vessel. No nian-of-witr has visited tbem since Kotmilian. The prisoner wits not bound nor blind- z.ehue's voyage, and a wholesome thrashing and
folded, and no indignity was offered. Maximilian. the hanging of some of the murderers, who can
before be wag shot, recapitulated the causes of his lie identified, would have a salutary effect.
being caught in Mexico, and denied the authorThe Bhsmrm was 54 days from Marika to port,
ity of the Court that tried him. He hoped his experiencing light and head winds.— Adv.
death would stop the effusion of blood in Mexico.
He called the sergeant of the guard and gave him
a handful of money, and requested as a favor from Harbor of Apia, Upolu, Navigator Islands.
the soldiers to aim at bis heart. Five balls entered, but this did not kill him immediately, and two
The harbor of A| lift, on the Island of Upolu, Navigator Islands
soldiers were ordered to shoot him in the side. lies in latitude 13* 51m. 20s. south, and longitude 171 ° 45m.
is caapc.ous,well protected, and has a good entrance,
west,
His last words were •' Poor Carlotta I"
with a sufficient depth of water for vessels of any sise. An exMiramon read a paper, stating that the only re- perienced
pilot Is always at hand.
gret be felt in dying was that the Liberals remainThis pert has for twenty-five years bean frequented by Amered in power, and that his children would be point- ican whalers, that tonch here to obtain water and supplies,
while many merchantvessels have had occasion to avail themed at as the children of a traitor.
of Its advantages. Since the importation of guanohas
Mejia made no address, and met his fate quietly selves
commenced from Baker's, Howlsnd's, McKesn's and other
and bravely.
islands, many of the vessels engaged in that trade have called
Kscobedo presented the sword of Maximilian to at Apia for water and provisions. Supplies, both foreign and
:
native, are to be obtained,while frenh water is close st hand.
Several agreeable and hospitable merchants, ofmuch business
Juarez.
Much dissatisfaction and grief were manifested experience, are established here, making it the depot, of an exby the spectators.
tensive tradeamong the various groups of Islands in the South
always prepared to take
Washington, July 9th.—The Mexican Legation Pacific Ocean. These merchants are
drafts at reasonable discount, and they are ever ready to oblige
have received official information that Santa Anna those to whom they can render any service.
landed at Sisal by invitation of the Governor, and
It has long been the conviction of those well experienced in
such matters—persons capable of forming a judgment In this
was arrested and shot. The statement that he was respect—that
Apia would make a moat eligible depot for guano
forcibly taken from the steamer PtryMs is un- and steam vessels.
A wharf or dock could, in a abort time and
founded.
•
at a trifling expense, be built, thus rendering every facility
to.
MARINE JOURNAL.
PORT OP HONOLULU, S. I.
ARRIVALS.
June 30—Fr. ship Marie I.aure, Avril, 56 daysfrom Macao
July B—Am clipper ship Messenger, Small,
18 days from
San Francisco.
B—Am clipper ship Shirley, Mullen, 24 days from Ssu
Francisco.
B—Am bark Comet, Paty, 18Adays from San Francisco.
18—Haw'n schr Alberni, Hathburn, 34 days fromVictoria, Y. I.
23—Haw'n brig China Packet, Reynolds, 64 days from
Hongkong.
24—Am brig Woodland, 11 daya from Ban Francisco.
24— Am clipper ship White Swallow, Knowles, 14 days
from San Francisco.
28—Haw'n ling Kliisaoin, from the Kingsinill Islands.
DEPARTURES.
July
I—Am brig Morning Star, Bingham, for Micronesia.
2—Fr. ship Marie Laure, Avril, for Callao.
B—Am ship Shirley, Mullen, for Hongkong.
11—Am clip|Xir ship Messenger, Small, for McKean's Is.
12—Bark Pericles, Snow, b Howland'a Island.
13—Am bark I). C. Murray, Bennett, for Sun Francisco.
24—Am bark t.'oniet, l'aty, for San Francis* i,.
MEMORANDA.
Refobt fro* Uark Peru.—Capt. Smith of whaling bark
Peru, writes from Ascension Island under date of March 16.
that he hail put in there to replace his inaiii-tnp-niiist,lost in a
fide; hail taken 100 bills sp. since leaving Honolulu. Also,
nshed up a 2UOU lb. anchor and 30 faUionis chain. Reports
brig Comet at Ascension, clean; Hae Hawaii, 30 Mils sp.; Jas.
Maury ISO sp.; officers and men all well.
PASSENGERS.
From San Francisco—Per Comet, July 9—R Feuerstein
wile, two children and servant; Mrs Colin, Mrs Bayley nnii
child, Miss Lottie Smith, Miss Clara Rowell, Mr Whitens, wife
and daughter, Mrs Freeman, Miss Helen Freeman, Mr Crockett
wife and child, Wm l.ove and son, Wni Rice Capt
C
AG F Maitland, Chas Brinknian, Marcus Benflcld,
Newcomh, Capt Lambert, F Metcalf, John Fisher, 7 Robert
Uhinamen, and 4 in forecastle.
For McKkin's Island—jier Messenger, July 11—Alleu
Comstock and 20 llnwallans—2l.
Foa Hiinokii.no—per Shirley, July 8—Ahsec—l.
For San FsTancisco—per D. C. Murray, July I.l—Bishop
Staley, Miss Edith Sttley, Leonard Btaley, David N Flitner,
John Callahan, N Thompson, D Hemi«itead, S C Allen, James
H Stoddard, U C Bales, Mrs D C Bales, Master Frank Bates,
Master Geo Walker Bates, John Valentine E Van Oordt, J
Colin, D Curby, L Adler, W Smith, W Hemenway, James
Baxter.
From Ban Fkancirco—Per Woodland, July 24—J J Taylor, Henry Martin, J 11 Bauck—3.
Foa San Francisco—I'er Comet, Jaly at—Mrs Crowell,
Mr and Mrs Maitland, Mr Logan, Mr Schraubstadter, Mrs J H
Black and son, J McColghn, Mrs Freeman, Miss Freeman,
Master Fredle McFarlane, Mr Summers, Mr Landers—l3.
From Honiiko.no—Per ChinaPacket, July24—Tang Leu,
Ong Mow, Oa Wa, Ku Choan, Chin Choan, Ciieong Pu, and IS
others—24.
White!
MARRIED.
Lbwkrs— Carter—ln Honolulu, July 16th, by Rev. 8. C.
Damon, Mr. R. hewers tv Miss Catherine R. Carter, both of
Honolulu.
Bennett—Nahka—ln Honolulu, Sunday evening, July 7th.
by theRev. H. H. Parker, Major Chauncey C. Bennett to Miss
Marie Nahea, both of Honolulu.
Fuller—Cedge—May 30th, in Ran Francisco, at the residenceof the bride's father, by the Rev. P. Y. Veeder, D. D.,
Capt. Andrew Fuller to Maria Ellen, eldest daughter ol Capt.
George Gcdge, and grand-daughter of the late Admiral Gedge,
Royal Navy."
The U. S. steamer Sacramento was totally wreck- tin' landing or cargoes.
The attention of merchants, ship owners and master* fa earBenheld—Heydon—On the 9th of July, at the residence
ed off Cocononda, Madras. All hands were saved. nestly
called to the many advantages offered them at this port. of thebride's father, by the Rev.
Thos. O. Thurston, Marcus
She was a screw sloop-of-war. of 1,367 tons, carry- It is a well known fact that vessels calling at many of the
Benfleld,
to Mrs. Mary T. Heydon, of this
inlands in the Pacific are often times delayed, while the masters city, crofNoPhiladelphia,
ing seven heavy guns, and commanded by Capt.
Cards.
V
desertion
of
by
are
much
trouble
and
inconvenience
the
pat
to
Collins.
Strehe—Wilhelm—ln Honolulu, July 6th, by Rev. 8. C.
their men. Desertion here is of a very rare occurrence, and
Mr. August Strehe to MissRonina Wilhelm, both of
Gov. Wells, the President not having acted in when a case of this kind does happen, the apprehension of the Damon,
his case, is about to issue a proclamation declaring party ia certain (just for the mere fact that the nativea of this Honolulu.
port are eager to receive the bounty), thus saving a great
Chillinoworth—Marie—ln Honolulu, July 16th, by
himself Governor, pronouncing Flanders a usurof trouble to the masters. There is at all times a good Rev. 8. C. Damon, Mr. S. F. Chiliingworth to Miss Marie,
per, and directing the Sheriff and other civil officers amount
things
generally
and
all
other
resupply of wood and water
both of Kawalhac, Hawaii.
not to obey his orders. He believes this to be the quired hy vessels. Owners and masters would both find It to Austin—Wood—ln Honolulu, on Saturday evening, July
law under the Stansberr opinion, and takes this theiradvantage to send or bring theirvessels to this port for 20th, by Rev. 11. H. Parker, Mr. William L. Austin to Miss
course by the advice of several lawyers. Private refreshments.
Eliza Wood, all of this city.
To those who would emigrateherewith a view of settlingon the
dispatches from New Orleans state that should Islands,
I would say—good land ti to be obtained at a fair price,
Weill attempt to exercise the functions of the and there are no difficulties whatever attending agriculture.
DIED.
extensively cultivated, ia of a superior
Governorship, he will be promptly arrested by Thecotton, which la now high
foreign markets. The
price
'
'
Sheridan.
Information Wanted,
Leroy McUinnut sills Hunt, belonging
ir* "««»»•»■'
B »*"*•*■ HiSxHulu Are yews sgx>, sod is
"FjTOdto saws left In a vessel bound to llsmpton Roads, but
l
pe,,i
*
himself Ur ths United Botes, It hu
iUT *"£J?*
"b* he mt l "I" bssslilng JnU» I'scinc.
sTV"2?IMt,F**
n
be
"reoelTed by the Wltor, or his
-2L'•**?
Biochey,
»* J.gtsdly
Mrs. '»
Blbahstk
MeUlnnlss, yew Orknun, La.
"*"**** *
"
In
quality and commands a
foreign population ia at present increasing, and settlers would
be welcomed here with every demonstration of eordlsllty.
Am Amkbjci*.
U
Apia, Upelu, March 0,1866.
—
Nkwto.v June 28, at Kaluaaha, Miner Ledyard, son of K.
ami Mary Newton, aged 3 weeks and days.
Blaisdell—ln Honolulu, July 3, of consumption, Mrs. J. L.
Blaisdell, aged 38 years.
Llvinoston.—ln this City, July SB, William Livingston, aged 83, a native of theWest Indies, whohad resided here 02 yra.
He
was a number of the Bethel Church.
Wanted,
Information
AIsCHI.IMANU—At K-olna, Kauai, July S2, C. Aeschlimami,
Respecting Edward St. Oirmain, of Lsnsingburgh, New
m Murti-n, Canton Freiburg, HwilserYork. Any Information win be gWly rscsHrsd by lbs editor aged 34 years, a
oftheFri>wdorOo»««e.
«
FRISUP EL ND.MENT
THE
TO
73
ftaSttitf, Pit 11, Si. M
ANNUAL REPORT
Of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association.
The Annmil llrelm;:, June, 1867.
It was a joyful season of old, when the
tribes of Israel gathered at their annual festivals. The cordial greetings of old friends;
the week of united prayer and praise ; the
reciting to each other their mutual experience of the goodness and mercy of their covenant God during their absence, and their
joint feasts at the altar of their God, all
tended to nurture and mature their mutual
love and love of country, so that the leader
of secession at the death of Solomon would
no otherwise dissolve the union than by abolishing the annual feasts. The two tribes of
Judah and Benjamin, who alone continued
to keep up the annual meetings, have been
so knit together, that the storm of wrath
which has for eighteen centuries beat upon
them, has not sufficed to dissolve their union.
To this day, whether amid the burning sands
of Africa or the ice of Siberia—whether under
the iron rule of despotism or amid the sons
of freedom, the Jews are one, and their aspirations still arise that Jerusalem may again
become the praise and the glory of the whole
earth.
Such a joyful season we have again experienced, sitting together in heavenly places
in Christ Jesus ; and after hearing the reports from all the stations, we may well unite
in thanksgiving and praise.
Our meeting has been unusually full.
Nearly all the members of our Association
have attended, only two of our foreign members being absent. Our venerable patriarch,
father Thurston, has not been able to meet
with us. Having fought the good fight and
kept the faith, he patiently awaits the crown
of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give at his appearing. Mr.
Lyons, too, is not able to be with us ; yet he,
" thoughof faint, is still pursuing."
One "our fellow laborers, Rev. John S.
Emerson, after having spent thirty-six years
of his life in the missionary work, has been
HONOLULU, AUGUST I, 1867.
called to enter into the joy of his Lord. Let
us who remain, remembering the loving kindness of our God in years past, and cheered
by nis promise that he will be with us alway,
gird up our loins and prosecute our work
with fresh vigor and hope.
While many of the great nations of the
earth have suffered the horrors of war. pestilence and famine, we have enjoyed profound
peace, and no general sickness has prevailed;
and although there has been an umusual
scarcity of food, yet few have suffered seriously from the scarcity except in the town of
Honolulu, where during a prevailing epidemic, numbers who were unable to procure
sufficient food were unable to grapple with
the disease, and fell before it.
This scarcity of provisions did not arise
from the want of fruitful seasons, but rather
from the great abundance of food a little
more than a year ago. The small price obtained by those engaged in its cultivation,
and the bright prospects of those engaged in
the culture of sugar-cane, induced many (o
turn their lois into cane-fields, and hence the
scarcity that has afflicted the country. A reaction has taken place. The people have
been, however, stimulated to great activity
in planting, and the rains have been so propitious, that we may reasonably anticipate a
season of plenty the coming year.
The results of our deliberations on the
great subjects we have considered are so fully
set forth in the various reports which we have
adopted, that we need not here recount them
again.
Many things have conspired to render our
meeting intensely interesting. The arrival
of the Morning Star, the examination of the
pupils of Oahu College, the Sabbath-school
celebration, and the annual sermons on home
and foreign missions, have made us feel that
it was good to be here, and to desire that our
stay might be prolonged on this holy mount.
Nor'should we omit to mention our appreciation of the words of cheer addressed to us
by Capt. W. Reynolds, of the United States
steamship Lackawanna.
.(fMStrus,
M.21
ducted by the superintendents and teachers.
The children are kept waiting at the school
house through the tardiness of the teacher;
school hours also are short, and the children
not properly instructed. Moreover, the schools
are not examined often, that the parents, children and teachers may be encouraged in this
great work by which the race is blessed.
In consequence of this state of things, the
children have become careless, while in some
places the parents despise the Government
day-schools, longing for schools where their
children will be properly educated and instructed in the truth, as religious liberty is
suppressed in the Government schools.
It is encouraging to see parents striving to
obtain proper teachers to instruct their children according to their own views; for knowledge and christian sentiments have sprung
up and expanded themselves in the hearts of
this people. Those who have planted the
seeds of Evangelical religion among these
Islands, are examples to be had in everlasting remembrance. We have the hope that
this good work will increase, and_become a
witness of the inefficiency of the Government
day-schools, and of the hold which true religion has upon this people. Thy salvation,
0 Hawaii! is Liberty.
It is encouraging also to see that some of
the churches are establishing schools for
themselves to benefit the children of the poor,
and children living in regions abandoned by
the Government. We have the hope that
this good work will go on incKaaing uatil
Evangelical religion shall be fully eataWished
on these Hawaiian Islands.
FinjjUy, it is rejoicing to see the increase
of boarding-schools and seminaries, where
children are instructed and prepared for
spheres of usefulness, and where they are
shielded from the evils which destroy body
and soul. These are pre-eminently tho
schools by which the race will be benefited.
They are the schools most esteemed by the
parents from the desire to see their children
properly trained. There are enough of high
schools for boys and girls, and the complement of boarding-schools for girls is nearly
On Kducatlon.
made up. What now is wanting are boardIt is distressing to witness the decrease in ing-schools for boys. That the wojrk may
numbers and excellence of the Government advance, it would be well to educate the two
day-schools at the present time. Many of sexes equally.
the schools have been discontinued by the
We have been highly favored in the comGovernment, while those that are in opera- ing of Miss Lydia Bingham to establish a
tion are, in some localities, not properly con- girls' boarding-school in Honolulu, closing
74
SUPPLEMENT TO THE FRIEND, AUGUST, 1867.
her labors in America from her love to this although the desires of the righteous are not
race. It is fitting that the members of this gratified to the full by these exhibitions ; alAssociation lender her their love and esteem. though some of the stations still remain unrevived and lifeless, still your Committee reUktrs »f the Inspector General of Schools.
ports that you have just cause for rejoicing
The voices of parents, and of those who and thanking God for His goodness to the
love this people, have often been heard depre- churches on these Islands through the year
cating the Inspector General's mismanagement of the schools; his depriving the
churches of their right to the school houses ;
in suppressing singing and the Word of
God; in forbidding the form of worship
agreeable to the parents of the children ; in
not giving previous notice of his inteution to
examine the schools, and in removing efficient teachers, so that the rising generation
is growing up in ignorance, and the worship
of images gains the ascendant.
just closed.
The successful labors of the Hawaiian
the Lord in these Hawaiian Islands. This
is right. This is strength. The obstacles
to our work which present themselves, should
not occasion depression of spirits, but they
ought to be incentives to increased effort, as
well as to deeper faith in God, our Strength
and Leader.
From the survey of the various departments of the Gospel work in the land at this
time, and from what has been elucidated at
this meeting of the Association, your Committee report that the year juss closed has
been a year of blessings to the Hawaiian
churches.
pastors is a subject which your Committee
has had under consideration. We are moved
fervently to praise God for blessing their
labors. The time is past for saying that this
is only an experiment. The Hawaiian pastors have been tried, and their fitness for
THE FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
labors on these Islands, as well as for carryOF THE
ing the Word of Life to foreign lands, has
been demonstrated. From a few, their num- Board of the Hawaiian Evangelical
Association.
ber has increased to twenty-seven, now laborOn Books.
as
these
Islands.
Several
are
ing pastors on
Many books hnve been printed and put also laboring us missionaries in foreign lands.
111111 l 111 I'M! IHI VI.
into circulation for the good of this people.
In these two departments of the Lord's
Of these, there are books of instruction, hymn work, the home and the foreign field, your It is our sad duty to first notice the death
books, the Scriptures, and commentaries Committee would state that the labors of the of our brother, Key. J. £. Emerson, on the
thereon, besides tracts of various kinds. A Hawaiian pastors have not been unsuccess- 28th of March of the present year. Though
new commentary on the Bible is in course of ful. Through the goodness ot God, the not a member of the Board, he was one of
preparation, and.a concordance ; also, the churches under them have been confirmed, the Fathers of the Mission; and all engaged
memoir of Opukahaia. It would be well, and contributions towards the support of the with him in the elevation of the Hawaiian
perhaps, to print a children's hymn book for Lord's kingdom have increased. Some have race, would not fail to acknowledge his unthe use of the Sabbath-schools.
engaged in other good works, and are now tiring zeal and fertile resources. It is gratifyestablishing schools in places unprovided for ing that the natives of Waialua so deeply
On Newspapers.
by the Government. Through the grace of mourn his departure.
There are several newspapers in circula- God bestowed upon the Hawaiian pastors,
A Missionary llonse.
tion among these people in the two languages this people have been confirmed in theliberty
The most prominent fact regarding the
in use. Three are in the Hawaiian: the Au wherewith Christ hath made them free.
Okoa, the Ruokoa, and the Alaula. The Au
Your Committee does not consider this as Board itself which we have to report to the
Okoa is supported by the Government; the boasting merely, and praising without a cause Association is, that we have moved ourrooms
Kuokoa and the Alaula by private enterprise. the laborers whom God has raised up on to the old Mission Depository. In that buildNumbers take these papers, and read them these Hawaiian Islands during the few short ing we have ample space for the meetings of
with interest, and admire them. They have years just past. Some, at the commence- our Board, for library and cabinet, for the
become a means of instructing parents and ment of their labors, may, perhaps, have storage of goods for our foreign missions and
children in things temporal and spiritual. made mistakes. Through perseverance, how- the Morning Star, and also for the books of
We here have
ever, these have been rectified, and have our publishing department.
" The truth is mighty, and will prevail."
House,"
a
but spacious
plain
"Missionary
wide
door
a
means
of instruction. A
proved
On the Cbnrehes.
substantial;
and
this
once more
and
building
is opened to the labors of the Hawaiian pasFrom the reports of stations, the evidence tors.
this, be stimulated to becomes an active centre of Evangelical
will,
after
They
is clear%hat God has the Hawaiian churches labor more abundantly.
Protestantism on these Islands.
in remembrance. True, some of the stations It is manifest, from the reports of stations More strenuous efforts than ever will now
have been reported as being unrevived ; that for this year, that there are three great evils be made to render the library as complete as
in some districts, apathy prevails ; while in
the present time, possible in all that relates to the missionary
others, sin has abounded. Still, however, prevailing in the land at
licentiousness,
drunkenness, and work in the Pacific Ocean, and especially renamely
the reports, as a whole, when compared with Sabbath desecration. These are strong cur- garding the Hawaiian Islands and those
those of the last year, show that the truth rents, drawing the race down to death. It groups connected with it.
has advanced, and that the churches have
Receipts.
becomes all who love the kingdom of our
been enlarged.
earnrace,
to
strive
Lord
and
the
Hawaiian
The
contributions
to our treasury this*year,
We cap say that God has helped us greatly estly to
are de- according to our Treasurer's report, amount
evils
which
suppress
these
the
the
to
moment.
present
through
year up
to $B,643—besides $336 84 by the SabbathAlthough the Holy Spirit has not been abun- stroying the land.
dantly poured out upon all the churches, There are two causes for the existence of schools for the Morning Star. This is $3,358
still His influences have not been artogether these evils—the want of care on the part of more than last year.
the laws, From the statistical table compiled after
.wanting through the year. In some stations, those whose duty it is to enforce
the great power of God has been manifested and the indulgence of some of the officers of the meeting of the Association last year, it
in turning the wicked from their evil ways. the Government in these sins. In some dis- appears that the average contribution of each
The hearts of all who love the kingdom of tricts, the officers of the Government, those church-member, taking the grand total of
God have been rejoiced by the gracious ex- whose duty it is to enforce the laws, are no- members, is about $1 34 apiece, and that
hibitions in the Kaluaaha church on Molokai. torious for licentiousness and drunke/iness. many of the smaller churches give more
This good work, however, has not been How can the land be blessed while under the largely in proportion to their numbers than
confined to Molokai alone. The Female government of such persons ? How can good the large churches, whose larger figures strike
Seminary at Waialua has been greatly institutions exist under them ? However, the mind so forcibly. Several of thechurches
blessed; also the Female Seminary at Ma- these obstacles to the truth should not damp under Hawaiian pastors are thus quite ahead
kawao, Maui. Neither have the high schools the spirits of those who are engaged in the of any under a foreign pastorate. Three or
of Punahou and Lahainaluna been unvisited. work of the Lord in these Islands.
four of these show an average of over $2
and one at
All .these schools have been greatly blessed
Committee state that it has been apiece to each church-member,
Your
of God ia the awakening of the minds of the cheering to witness in this annual meeting least reports very nearly $3. These facts
students, and in turning the hearts of some of the Association, the signs of hope animat- should encourage the native pastors, and
frprn their former ways to the truth. And ing all who are laboring in the vineyard of should encourage us regarding a native pas-
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SUPPLEMENT TO THE FRIEND, AUGUST, 1867.
torate. We would suggest that a column be
added to our annual statistical table, showing the average contribution of each churchmember in each church.
The moneys reported by the Hawaiian
Missionary Society from 1863 to 1863, together with the receipts of our Board since
then, make a total of about $61,000; and
this very nearly shows what has been given
by our churches for their foreign missions in
Micronesia and Marquesas within the last
fifteen years since the commencement of our
foreign missionary work. About $38,000 of
this has been expended on the Marquesas
Mission, and about $23,000 on Micronesia,
including three or four thousand for incidental expenses.
The sum of all moneys reported during
the last fifteen years as contributed for religious objects, makes a total of $314,048, and
doubtless there are many items never reported, and which it is indeed impossible to
report. The year ending May, 1559, reported $26,069, and the total for 1866 was
$25,250, which are the two largest annual
amounts since the establishment of the Mission.
It is very encouraging that the contributions of the churches are, as a whole, kept so
nearly at the same figure yearly, notwithstanding the decrease of population, thus indicating a relative increase of benevolence ;
and we would call attention to the fact that
our Hawaiian churches and our Hawaiian
work are now very nearly self-supporting.
There are now twenty-seven ordained native
pastors, besides ten or more licensed preachers, all of whom are supported from home
resources, and by far the greater part of them
without any assistance from the general
treasury. All the building of churches, and
their repair from end to end of the land, is,
as it has ever been, accomplished by the
churches themselves. The Mission to the
Marquesas Islands has from its beginning in
1853, been entirely sustained by the Hawaiian churches, including even the expense of
holding communication with it by the Morning Star or otherwise. The Hawaiian missionaries in Micronesia have now for three
years been entirely sustained by the Hawaiiati Board—not, however, including the expenses of the Morning Star, they being borne
to and from Micronesia yearly by grants,
averaging perhaps $4,000 yearly, from the
American Board, as that Mission was commenced by them, and as they have still several missionaries there, though now under
our care.
In the matter of publications, we have for
■several years received from the American
Board $2,000 ; but this by no means covers
all our expenditures in the book department,
which are largely met from our incidental
fund, and by the sale of publications.
The whole educational system of these Islands is, and has for many years been selfsustaining, with but a slight exception or
two. The common schools are sustained by
the Government, as is also the Seminary at
Lahainaluna. The various English day and
boarding-schools in sympathy with our work
throughout the land, are sustained by private
enterprise and the assistance of the Government.
The Waialua Female Seminary alone
of the institutions in the interest of Evangel-
75
ical religion on these Islands, is directly sus- they entered the schpol, and two have been
tained from abroad by grants to us from the married since. All have supported themAmerican Board, this year amounting to i selves chiefly by their own labor. One has
been employed in teaching a Government
$2,500.
With the exceptions just mentioned for j school. One hundred dollars has been granted
Publications, Waialua Female Seminary, and j by us to aid in their support, and it is bethe Morning Star, we are not assisted from lieved their successful effort to provide for
abroad in any of our religious enterprises and their own support will be a valuable experinecessities, except in the support of the Amer- ence, fitting them to endure hardness in time
to come.
ican missionaries and their families.
It should be our aim to entirely to sustain A new class will now be formed if proper
what relates purely to the work by Hawai- materials can be found. Three of the late
ian?, home- and foreign, including publica-! graduates of Lahainaluna Seminary have
signified their wish to join it; and it is detions and education.
It is to be regretted that in a few instances sirable that each member of our Association
where our churches are relieved of the sup- be on the alert to select nnd send suitable
port of a pastor in consequence of an Amer- candidates, especially as Mr Alexander, now
ican missionary's still occupying nnd receiv- relieved from the pastoral work, can'devote
ing his salary from the American Board, they himself more completely to the instruction of
do not feel under obligation to do something this class.
special for our general treasury, and it is also The Female School at Waialua has dura source of anxiety that some of our churches ing the whole year numbered over fifty
do almost nothing either for our home or for- pupils, nnd for two months it has numbered
eign cause. But aside from this, it seems to sixty-one. Two pupils hnve been removed
us that a very commendable degree of benev- by death, after having been permitted to return to their homes. During the winter,
olence is shown by our churches.
nearly all the girls experienced an increase of
Home Missions.
interest in religious matters, nnd in several
We have this year probably erred in too cases it is hoped that it issued in a genuine
freely granting aid in this department, nine change of heart. Eight have during the year
Hawaiian pastors having received aid from united with the Waialua church by profesus. There seemed in each case to be a neces- sion of faith, making now a total of twentysity ; but we are convinced that the greatest five church-members.
care must be taken, or we shall weaken the
Mrs. Gulick's health has made it necessary
self-reliance of the churches. Our general to secure the services of a second assistant
rule will hereafter be not to make grants, ex- the most of the time during the last eight
cept as we shall be applied to by the local as- months. The pay for such service has thus
sociations with which the pastors are con- far been met from the sum allowed for curnected.
• rent expenses. In 1865,81,000 were granted
Since the first of April, Joseph Manuel, a for current expenses, and in 1867, $1,500,
Portuguese recently licensed by the Oahu besides $650 for the improvement of the
Association, has been employed by us as house and premises, not including the salahome missionary, under the direction of our. ries of the teachers.
Home Missionary Committee. We hope he The house and lands of the Waialua Semwill be blessed in efforts among Roman Cath- inary have during the year been bought by
oiks, and especially among his fellow coun- the Hawaiian Board for the sum of $1,200
trymen.
from our incidental funds.
Our missionary at Hanapepe, Kauai, Mr.
Publlratlons.
D. Y. Naumu, died on the 20th of October,
having labored there with encouraging sucThe 1.000 Hawaiian-English Testaments,
cess for about fifteen months. The work 2,000 primers (Kumumua Hou), and 3,000
there feels the loss. Naumu was one of the Child's Hymn Book (LiraKamalii), last year
fruits of our Theological School under Mr. reported as coming, have been received, and
Alexander, and should induce us to hope for are lobe reckoned with the issues of this year.
According to the request of last year's
yet more.
Eaieatloa.
General Association, we have published two
on " CruThe Theological School at Wailuleu re- more tracts of four pages each—one.
Coan,
and anelty
Animals,"
Rev.
T.
to
by
us.
A class of eight,
ports much to encourage
Sale and Use of
who have been two years in the school, are other on the " Culture,
We have also
now ready to enter on the work of the minis- Awa," by Rev. M. Kuaea.
Question
Scripture
the
"Child's
published
try. Three of these have been called to vaKamalii) of the American
cant churches, and calls for several more have Book " ( Haawina
in a volume of 114
been addressed to the instructor, to which the Sunday-school Union,
young men are now rendy to respond. The pages. An "Exhibition of Popery" (Hoikc
Armstrong,
whole class has been taken under the care? of Pope), of 23 pages, by Rev. R.
the Presbytery of the Island of Maui as can- D. D., has been re-published. We have also
on Popery," 36 pages,
didates for the ministry, before whom they published "Thoughts
Church,"
14 pages, written
and
the
True
have exhibited trial exercises at their several
"
F. Pogue. The child's illustrated
meetings, and two of them were licensed to by Rev. J.Ke
Alaula, has entered upon its
preach at the last meeting of the Presbytery monthly,
no diminution of intrinsic
•econd
with
year
in May.
The students have performed a large value, though we fear with some diminution
amount of valuable labor, very acceptably to of numbers circulated.
The total number of pages published durthe Wailuku congregation, in conducting reing the year in book ana tract form is 2,106,ligious meetings and in Sabbath-schools.
Three of the pupils were married when | 1800, which is 1,854,000 more than reported
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in 1865,and 1,354,300 more than reported
last year. Estimating the Alaula in duodecimo pages, 5,000 copies make 960,000
pages. This makes the total of pages pubyear, equal to 3,066,800.
lished by us thispages
put in circulation durThe number of
ing the year is 1,936,751, of which only
88,261 have been given away. The receipts
for books amount to $942, and for the Alaula.
$807; total, $1,749. It would not, however, be amiss for us to report the Hymn
Book (Uimeni Hoolea), published for our
churches by Mr. H. M. Whitney. An edition of 3,000—1,200,000 pages—was published three years since, and is now exhausted ; about 800 copies of which, or 320,000
pages, were sold since last June.
The weekly newspaperKuokoa is also published in the interest of Evangelical religion
by an association of young men, and has now
a circulation of about 2,500. During the
year past there have in its columns been put
into circulation what is equal to about 3,800,-000 duodecimo pages—making a total of
about 4,120,000 pages published and circulated the past year by private enterprise, and
in direct harmony with our work. These
added to those circulated by our Board, make
a total of7,186,800.
The Rev. E. W. Clark reports that a
Obukaia" (Opukahaia) was
" Memoir inofMarch,
struck ofT
the plates having been
most kindly prepared gratuitously by the
American Tract Society, New York.
Mr. Clark also writes that the plates of the
new Bible will be ready in June. We may
therefore expect the Bible here by next spring.
The second edition of the Hawaiian Bible
is exhausted. In 1838, 10,000 copies of the
first edition were completed, and in 1843,
10,000 copies of the second edition were
published, making 20,000 which have been
put into circulation within thirty years. Besides this, no less than 50,000 purely Hawaiian New Testaments, in three different
editions, have been put into circulation, and
5,000 Hawaiian-English New Testaments—not including large quantities of separate
portions of the Bible. Nothing further is
necessary to indicate the character of the
Christianity introduced here by the American
missionaries.
FOBEIGK DEPARTMENT.
The new Morning Star left Boston on the
13th of November, and reached Honolulu on
the 13th of March, and proves to lie all that
can be expected of such a craft. The North
Pacific owes a large debt of gratitude to the
children of America for this generous gift.
She is under the care of our Board, who have
continued Capt. H. Bingham as commander.
Mlrrooesla.
Having no vessel at our command, the
PfsU was, last May, chartered to take supplies to all our missionary stations to the
west. Capt. Ziegenhirst very Kindly did even
more than the charter stipulated for, in accommodating our missionaries, and especially in giving Kanoa and Malta a passage
from Butaritari. Yet the results of tha visit
at this island show very clearly the advantage and necessity of our having a missionary
vessel, for the present at least, to do our missionary work.
Our latest date from Tarawa and Apaiang
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is June 20th; from Ebon, August 13th ; and
Our principal source of information regardfrom Ponape, October 10th.
ing this island is a letter from Rev. J. W.
Kanoa of September 23d. Mr. Snow had
Ponape (Ascension Island.)
Ronokiti—Rev. A. A. Sturges and Mrs. S. advised his returning for a time to his first
field, until it should be clear what
M. Sturges ; Rev. E. T. Doane and Mrs. C. missionary
do
to
Butaritari.
regarding
H. Doanc.
Kanoa writes in most glowing terms of the
work
this
interThe good
still goes on in
the Gospel had made. He himself
esting island. The opposing Nannkin of the progress
Kiti tribe still lives, but is less powerful for was received with open arms. A new dwellhouse had been built within the year for
evil than heretofore. The principal chiefs of ing
use of Mr. Snow, regarding whom they were
the Jekoij, Nut and U tribes have come out disappointed that he did
not visit them duron the christian side, and some of them are ing
summer. He may perhaps have been
hopefully christians.' Mr. Sturges writes: ablethe
to reach them during the fall or winter.
out-stations on
" The good iswork at all theThe
Kanoa's reports would seem to indicate the
our island
ordinances number of disciples was
progressing.
increasing. Mr.
of the Lord's house are regulnrly held at Snow's Matisticnl
table
reports
ninety, not
twelve principal places, which I have visited including eight who have died, and
who Mr.
several times during the year. In all the Snow
thinks may be reported most safely of
tribes there are religious societies, and praying ones at all the settlements. Even among all.
Marshall Islands.
the most violent of our opposers is the voice
—Key.
Ebon
of prayerand praise heard. * * * No adults
8.0. Snow nnd Mrs. L. Y.
have been baptized during the year. This Snow ; H. Aca and wife Dcbont ; K. Malta
has been partly owing to the fact thnt we anil wife.
have had no very suitable places to hold comNamarik—Rev. J. A. Kailemakulc and
munion. There will be numbers admitted wife.
soon. * * * Wo find much to do; not a
Jaluit—Rev. D. Kapali and wife T. Kelittle to discourage us; and very much to alakai.
encourage. The leaven is working wonderMr. Snow in July lust reports that he hail
fully. High chiefs with their entire people, completed the translation of the Gospel of
are taking their places with the missionary Mark in the Kusaien language, and was beparty, which now seems to be the party of ginning upon the work of translating Luke
the island. Our christians are no longer for the Marshall Islanders. Twenty-one had
trembling and crouching, and the heathen been admitted to the church during the year,
party jio longer bully and swagger."
making a total of sixty-seven from the beginMr. Doane writes: "The good work is ning. Two have died, eight have been exrolling on, and where shall its power be communicated, one has been restored. At
stayed? At the Kiti tribe, and the most of present fifty-eight are living in good standing.
the leading chiefs of the Metalanim ? It does
Sabbath services, Sabbath-schools, and
for the present meet with barriers there. But prayer-nii-ctings, have been kept up without
these must yield in time, and we trust soon, interruption, and there has been generally
and then shall we shout 'Grace! grace! be- good attendance and good attention to the
nighted Ponape is redeemed !' " He speaks word. This has been especially true on
of having felt the necessity of doing more in Toke, the islet Kapali and Kaelemakule octhe way of schools, and under date of Sep- cupied while they were here, and which has
tember 29th says : "Our meeting and school since been under Aea's special care.
house has been so far finished as to be useFrom Aca we learn the " Week of Prayer"
nble.and most thoroughly nnd pleasantly has was for the first time observed
by the natives
it been used. We open each morning at Gh, in January of 1866. Prayer was made the
close at BA, re-open at 9, and close at 11 or first day for Ebon; the second for Kusaie; the
12 M. We have had from thirty to one hun- third for Ponape; the fourth for Apaiang; Sic
dred scholars, some coining from the north, fifth for Hawaii; the sixth for America; the
east and west, and all settling down here seventh for all lands.
teachable—many enthusiastic, some bright,
An examination of the day-schools took
and all making progress. We have taught place on the 27th of July. Ninety scholars
reading, slate writing, spelling, arithmetic, were present from four d liferent schools. Aea
geography, chronology of the Old Testament, seems as enthusiastic and as acceptable as
catechism and singing. In singing, the Po- ever in this work.
napeans will ever excel. They have sweet
It indicates a very healthy state of intellivoices, and a good ear for music. The school gence that the people are already willing i 0
has largely exceeded our expectations. Of pay something for their books. Nearly a
course it is yet in a primitive state, but we cask full of oil has been paid in. We trust
look forward with real delight to what it will this example will be followed in our other
be in time." The number of readers is sup- missions. Eighty-seven gallons of oil were
posed to be over one thousand. The number sent us by the Pfetl as monthly concert conof church-members reported in good standing tributions.
is one hundred and sixty-one. Twenty-seven
Kaclemakule on Namakik, reports, scvent
marriages were performed during the year scholars. His first examination was on th
ending June Ist, 1866. The congregation at 21st of July, 1865, and his second on the
Kiti have contributed $21 at the monthly 29th of May, 1866. Many parents and even
concert, and the christians of this place and the chiefs attended, and much interest was
some from the Metalanim tribe have contrib- excited. On the 17th of June he commencet
uted largely in work on the meeting house, building a church 27 feet by 26 with the hel]
say in all $75.
of many of the natives, including childrei
Sasale (Strong's Island.)
and chiefs. It was completed in seven days
Ualan—Rev. J. W. Kanoa and his wife. and was dedicated on the 6th of July witl
SUPPLEMENT TO THK FRIEND, HlilSl, 18• 7.
some ceremony. He had experienced opposition from certain unexpected quarters, but
was by no means discouraged. His wife's
health, however, is at times very poor, and it
may yet necessitate his return.
The Morning Star left Key. D. Kapali and
wife on Jaluit November 6th, 1865. By the
30th of December his house was completed.
He speaks of having lived under great disadvantages —many of his goods being, in the
haste of removal, left at Namarik. The island of Jaluit is much less fruitful than Ebon
and Namarik, and is a meeting place for the
fleets of canoes of the two chains of the
Radack and Ralik Islands, and is desolated
by them. Kapali says he has no regular
meals from want of food, and that there are
few days they are not faint for want of food.
Sabliath services have been sustained regularly and Sabbath-school. He has thirty
pupils, nineteen of whom have learned to
read. On the Ist of April he admitted one
woman to the church who had been under
his instruction at Fibon.
Mr. Snow speaks of the Ralik Island chiefs
as passing rapidly away, and of not one of
them all is there any reasonable ground to
hope that he has been savingly changed.
But on the other hand he says: " Of the
goodly number of church-members who went
north last season with the chiefs, all returned
well reported of, both among themselves and
by their chiefs. This was an occasion of
great joy and thankfulness with us. It was
beyond my hopes, far beyond my fears. Two
of them went with a part of the fleet to Arno
(of the Radack Chain.) They were there
one Sabbath, and had religious exercises with
the natives. They had such a crowd to hear
them, that the more remote ones were unable
to hear their voices. The island is very populous antl well supplied with food for a coral
island. What I chance for a Hawaiian missionary ! It will be an entering wedge to the
most populous part of our group." Will the
Hawaiian churches respond to this call ?
Gilbert Islands.
took passage in the Pfeil from Apaiang for
Butaritari. Though Capt. Randall befriended the missionaries in this as in all their previous necessities, and arranged that they
might remain with perfect safety, their families were so alarmed, they accepted Capt.
Ziegenhirst's offer and went with him to
Ebon, leaving all their effects. By an opportunity which presented soon after our learning these events, Capt. Randall was requested
to assure the chiefs of Butaritari that we had
no intention of abandoning their island, and
the missionary property was put under his
care. The next trip of the Morning Star
will clear up all the clouds, and will doubtless enable us once more to enter this interesting island.
At Aimiano and Tarawa no marked progress has yet been made. It is yet seed time.
One of those admitted to the church at Apaiang continues consistent and humble. Kapu
reports that on Apaiung, supposed to number
about three thousand five hundred inhabitants, there had, during the year, been fiftythree deaths to one hundred and forty-two
births. Aumai asks permission to return for
a visit on account of his health.
It would
seem that our missionaries are still much
troubled by the thievishness of the people.
A call for missionaries is spoken of as having come from Nui, of Ellice's Group.
77
California.
We have requested the Rev. E. T. Taylor,
of California, to act for us in visiting the
Hawaiians scattered through California and
Oregon, as he may be able, while on his home
missionary tours, and have offered to defray
any moderate expenses to which he may be
subjected in such efforts for the wanderers
from Hawaii.
On the 23d of May just passed, we assisted John Wind, a Sacramento Indian, in
returning to his native land. He came to
these Islands in 1850, while only six or seven
years olcK in the care of a whita man sometime since deceased. He learned the Hawaiian language, went to the common schools
in Kona, Hawaii, and finally joined the
church under Rev. J. D. Paris, who has had
a watching eye upon him for several years.
At his own earnest solicitations, he was sent
for three years to the Hilo Boarding-school,
and has since then for a time been attending
Rev. W. P. Alexander's Theological School
at Wniluku. His great desire he says is, to
return to tell his kindred of Christ. We have
also hopes that he may be of use among the
Hawaiians in California. We have given
him letters of introduction to christian friends
there, and have requested Mr. Taylor to make
for him in our behalf whntever small expenditures he may think well to assist him in
supporting himself.
Marquesas Islands.
Fatoiva— Omoa—Rev. J. W. Kaiwi and
Ins wife H. Napaeaina.
ANNUAL REPORT
Hanavave—Kev. A. Kaukau.
Of
the
Treasurer
of the Hawaiian Board.
Hivaoa—Puamau—Kev. J. Kekela and
Iterrlpls from Jane I, I Mid, to Mat 31, 1861.
his wife Naomi.
Alumia—Z. Hapuku and his wife.
Kirn Forkiun Missions.
Uai*u—Hakahekau —Rev. S.Kau wealoha
Hawaii.
and his wife Kaaiawahia.
'rom Hilo, T. Coan,
#1,000 00
Kau, J. F. I'ogue,
21ft (K)
Uahuna— Hakatu—J. W. Laiohn and his
Kekaha, G. W. K aonohimaka,
4ft 12
Hana
wife
Ihuanu.
40 25
Kapalilua, Pupaula,
In April, 1866,Laioha left his station at HaKailua, (J. W. I'iliiM),
60 00
West Kohala, Luhiuu,
nnhi, Hivaoa,from fear of a chief whom he had
85 «2
offended, and moved to Uahuna, where he
Kohala, J. Wight,
10 00
llelani,
HI 00
Kupakec,
I
reports that he was very kindly received,
Waimca, L Lyons,
47 25
though war was in progress. In May fightSouth Kohala, A. Pali,
1ft 00
Hamakua Centre, Kuaekuahiwi,
ing broke out at Puamau. Kekela's house
17 00
l-'.usl Hamakua, S. Kamelumela,
23 IKI
was in much danger from incendiaries, and
Kealakckua, J. D. Paris,
25fi 33
several of his animals were maliciously killed.
In June the dysentery prevailed at Omoa,
#1,917 67
and sixty-two died of it. On the 6th of NoOmm.
vember all the missionaries, excepting Kau» 'torn Monthly Concert Fort St. Church,
#197 Oft
wealoha, met at Puamau, and again resolved
54 50
Kwa, J. Bicknell,
860 <H>
Smith,
Kaumakapili, L
not to desert their work on the Marquesas
4ft 80
Waimanalo,
Waiwaiole,
Islands. In December fighting took place at
8!) 25
Annual Senium, \,y H. C. Damon,
Atuona, the missionary's house being the site
Annual Sermon, by T. Coan,
48 75
66 26
Waianne, Kaoliko,
of the fight. In December also Kaiwi made
O. H. Ukcke,
10 00
the tour of the group, a very interesting acW. P. lUgsdalc.
i 00
count of which was published in the Kuokoa
Mission Children's Society,
800 00
of April 20th, 1867. He speaks of the tabu
05 (Kl
Waikune, t l'oli,
60 00
system being abandoned on the island of
Kaneohe, B. W. Parker,
J. S. Emerson,
10 00
Uapou. At Nuuhiva he had a pleasant in10 00
Kahana, Kekoa,
terview with the French Governor of the
13tt 06
Kawaiahao, H. II. Parker,
group, who has more than once very kindly
sent them letters received via Tahiti, and
#1,422~06
Maui.
also forwarded letters for them.
$8 87
The sloop owned by Kekela and Kaukau 'rom Honuaula, H. Manase,
lluelo, J. P. Green,
14 75
has been wrecked, and Aberahama Natua is
Hana, Puhi,
8 60
reported as having died in the faith, but no
Wailuku, W. P. Alexander,
65 60
Apaiang (Charlotte's Island)—Rev. W. P.
Knpii and his wife; D. B. Aumai nnd his
wife.
Tarawa (Knox Island) —Rev. J. H. Mahoe
and his wife Olivia ; G. H. Haina and his
wife Kaluahine.
The Mission station at Butakitari was
taken on the 19th of August, 1865, under
very favorable auspices, by Kanoa and Maka.
On the 20th of the same month they commenced regular Sabbath services, which they
continued till they left. They commenced
teaching on the 16thof October, though the
number of pupils is not reported. They were
much tafriended by a brother of the King,
anil by many of the chiefs, and were soon
abk lo live in a house of their own.
In April and May they built a meeting
house 48 feet by 24, and had preached in it
six Sabbaths when the Pfcil arrived on the
25ds of June. The King killed three of the
Hawaiian sailors of the brig while they were
only just commencing to land the supplies
sent from here. We are not fully informed dates are given.
As we expect a full and later account of
as to the cause of this bloody act. It may
have been partly displeasure with the grow- the Mission from our delegates, the Rev.
ing influence of the missionaries, and partly Messrs. Coan and Parker, we need not excupidity, and partly, perhaps, displeasure re- tend this report of our work on the Marquesas
•ardiii£ the treatment ola curtain female who Islands.
.
L&hsvinaluna, 8. E. Bishop,
Keanae, S. Kamakaliiki,
Makawao, J. 8. Green,
Kuupo, Kaawa,
W. P. Kahalc,
20 75
6 00
42 56
3 00
6 00
#169 92
SUPPLEMENT TO THE KRIENU, AUGUST, 1867.
78
From Lanai, Pali,
Lanai.
For General Meeting.
$6 00 Received from A. B. C. F. M.,
Kauai.
From Lihue, J. Waiamau,
#20
Waioli Miss. Soc., Helckunihi and wife, 2
82
Smith,
Koloa, J. W.
47
Waimea, J. W. Smith,
California.
1st Congregational'Church, S. P.,
General Meeting.
#200 00 Traveling expenses of members,
For Micronesian Mission.
Bible Fund.
42 From A. B. C. F. M.,
#1,633 33 Paid binder's bills,
00
Theological
For
Education.
Tract Fund.
12
88 From general fund, to balance account,
Recapitulation.
875 63
Paid for printing,
Theological
'
Education.
$7,137 41 Paid W. P. Alexander's draft,
8,893 24
Publications.
last year,
#161 42 Balance from
Rec'd for Foreign Missions,
#227 60
$i 26
*
835 60
#100 75
8,767 93
" Oeneral Fund,
bintler's bills,
$958 ftft
2,438 87 Paid
Ualan.
2,110 69
'• printer's bills,
Home
Missions,
75
2,864
J.
W. Kanoa,
" Bible Fund,
From Monthly Concert,
176 17
$8 00
hymns, freight, duties, _&c,
303 27 " for
Butaritari.
28 00
Female Education,
00 " for translating,
'«
2,485
per "Arctic,"
52 50
From Monthly Concert, R. Maku,
#6 50
Medical Fund, Micronesia,
100 00 " charges
"
for hymns, &c,
324 30
Ebon.
Mission,
30 00 " bill
" Marquesas
628 4ft
fin-paper imported,
From Monthly Concert, B. G. Snow,
#52 17
Morning Star,"
2,368 80 " for hymns,
"General
66 65
&c,
200 00 "
Meeting,
"
Total for Foreign Missions,
$3,803 24
Micronesian Mission,
1,633 38 " for printing in " Kuokoa,"Education, 150 00
52 30
For Publications.
75 88 '« for books bought of Board
Theological Education,
'•
avails of "Alaula,"
#807 75
827,238 23
$1,547 63
Avails of books, L. H. Gulick,
042 06
Disbursed.
Micronesian Mission.
Avails of books, J. W. Kanoa, Ualan,
5 00 General Fund,
$2,182 03 Paid charges on maps,
61
Avails of books, R. Maka, Rutaritari,
25
4
Home Missions,
3,151 75
for life-boats and charges,
393 10
Avails of books, B. G. Snow, Ebon,
4 12 Female Education,
2,540 97 " for 9 copies of Kuokoa,"
18 00
2,000 00 General Meeting,
A. B. C. F. M.,
227 50 " for slates, &c, "sent the Mission,
35 25
Joel Bean,
4 76 Bible Fund,
4 26
missionaries, 1,500 00
Tract Fund,
35 60 " salaries of 9", Hawaiian
American
1,600 00
Total for publications,
#3,767 93 Theological Education,
" yetir
"
100 75 " one-third
to If. Bingham, Jr.,
133 33
For Incidental or General Fund.
Publications,
1,547 ft3
300 00
From Boarding-school, Hilo,
3,901 49 " E. T. Doane, tobuil.l,
#42 00 Micronesian Mission,
082 00 Morning Star,"
Kohala, E. Bond,
1,470 19
#3,901 49
38 87 "Marquesas Mission,
1,890 08
Kaluoaha, A. O. Forbes.
Morning Star.
J.
60
00
Medical
Micronesian
140
Kauhanc,
Fund,
Mission,
17
Palinka, Kau,
Paid II. Bingham's drafts,
$250 00
107 00
llalawa, Molokai, Nueku,
$20,198 81
248 94
'• A. B. C. F. M. for stock taken,
Koolau, Kauai, Hclekunihi,
26 00
Balance
hands
in my
May 31,18(57, $7,039 32
to disburse vessel in Boston to Honolulu, 971 25
Makawao, Maui, J. S. Green,
10 00
"
Balances.
Interest on money loaned,
438 00
$1,470 19
$1,816 48
25 00 Foreign Missions,
Dr. Wetmore, Hilo,
Marquesas Mission.
8,387 52
200 00 Waihona Ukoa, Incidentals,
Waiohinu, Kau, J. F. Poguc,
85 04 Taid H. Bingham's drafts,
220 00 Publications,
Hilo, T. Coon,
$760 00
Miss. Soc., Waioli, Kauai, E. Johnson, 46 25 General Meeting,
434 26 •* for supplies for general meeting,
49 60
149 24 Sent for use of delegates,
150 IK)
Monthly Concert, Waioli, E. Johnson, 43 75 Bible Fund,
28 43
l.ahaina, Maui, D. Baldwin,
122 41 Paid for medicines,
150 00 Tract Fund,
145 77
,
60 00 Medical Fund, Micronesian Mission,
salaries of ft missionaries
900 00
Waialua, OahU, M. Kuaea,
"
898 (il
cartage to " Morning Star,"
75
" Morning Star,"
" for
0 copies of " Kuokoa,"
—■
12 00
#2,438 87
"
Fob Bible Fund.
#7,039 32
l)islnirs*'inrnis.
#1,890 08
From J. Wight. Kohala,
$10 00
General
Fund.
Avails, by L. H. Gulick,
208 27
Mkiucal Fi:m>, Micronesian Mission.
Paid L. Smith's trav. expenses in California, $37 00
sent,
8140 17
15 25 Paid bills for medicine
$303 27 Binding books for library,
Recapitulation-.
For Female Education.
Hawaiian
members,
Traveling expenses
116 00
#2,182 03
85 10 General Fund,
From A. B. C. F. M.-,
#2,375 00 Postage account, &c,
3,151 75
Hon. C. R Bishop,
1,200 00 Home Missions,
60 00 Waialua school premises,
2,546 97
6 50 Female Education,
Recording deed,
227 50
34 85 General Meeting,
#2,435 00 Books imported for library,
4 25
75 55 Bible Fund,
Foreign and domestic publications,
Received for Home Missions.
36 60
From colleet'n after Ann. Serm., by Kaoliko, #46 75 Rent and clerk hire for book depository,
231 12 Tract Fund,
100 76
Colleet'n after Ann. Serm., E. Bond, 130 40 Fitting up new rooms,
117 80 Theological Education,
4,547 03
Kohala, J. Wight,
10 00 Expenses of Indian missionary to California, 21 00 Publications,
3,901 49
167 23 Micronesian Mission,
A. B. C. F. M.,
2,326 00 Paid to balance Home Mission account,
1,470 19
75 63 " Morning Star,"
60 12 Paid to balance theological education acc't,
Monthly Concert Fort St. Church,
Mission,
1,890 08
Marquesas
40 00
Waimea, Hawaii, L. Lyons,
Micronesian
140 17
Fund,
Mission,
South Kohala, A. Pali,
#2,182 03 Medical
15 75
Hamakua Centre, Kukahekahe,
Hone Missions.
16 00
#20,198 91
Hamakua East) Katrrehunela,
#425 00
22 00 Paid salaries of A. O. Forbes,
450 00
O. HI Gulick,
Waioli, Kauai, E. Johnson,
10 00
O.
Treasurer.
Hall,
E.
450 00
J. P. Green,
Lihue, Kauai, D. Waiarnau,
17 60
Audited and found correct:
1,000 00
L. H. Gulick,
Wailukn, Maui, Wi P. Kahale,
6 00
150 00
;•>
General fund, to balance account,
167 23
I. Bartlett, Auditor.
" grants to Kupakec,
100 00
Naumu,
40
00
Kaawa,
#2,854 75
40 00
Kamakahiki,
Foe Medical Fund, Micronesia.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
26
00
Helekunihi,
From A. B. C. F. M.,
#100 00
50 00 Upon the Annual Report of the Treasurer
Kaoliko,
For Marquesas Mission.
of the Board of the Hawaiian EvangelHolokabiki,
71 00
From Hawaiian Govern't, towage remitted, #30 00
ical Association.
100 00
T. G. Thurston,
Foa Morning Star.
50 00'
Waiwaiole,
In examining this report, and conferring
Rec'd from 0. H. Gulick,
160 00
#13 60 "
Church at Waimea, Kauai,
"
with
your Treasurer, your Committee have
h.
H.
Guliok,
248
20
76
Manuel*,
47
"
" Kekoa,
W. Parker,
8 00
30 00 been impressed with the very large amount
" B.Hilo,
T. Coan,
48 97
of labor involved in keeping the accounts of
" Waimea,
6 00
children,
#3,151 75 the great variety of transactions, besides the
" Waimea, Hawaiian
Hawaiian adults,
6 00
Female Education.
" " sale of stove,
8 60 Paid current expenses ofWaialua school, #1,250 00 labor of executing the business. The report
" " A. B. C. F. M.,
2,000 00 " assistant teacher ofWaialua school,
607 97 is characterized by the usual accuracy and
" children of J. D. Paris,
16 00
balaaoe of rent to time of purchase,
39 00 clearness.
'*
"
Hawaii, Kupakee,
10 00
314 44
to refund for repairs,
" HoUni,
No disbursement appears for the traveling
"
Haw.
Gov't, ret'd harbor dues,
16 36 .* to repair,
336 56
"
From
Publications,
$160 00
-
"
1
"
"
.
"" "
•2,368
81
expenses of the Corresponding Secretary.
would suggest the high importance of
#2,646 97 We
SUPPLEMENT TO THE FRIEND, AUGUST, 1867.
his frequent presence and activity in other
parts ot the group, especially in stimulating
the beneficence of the churches. We are accordingly glad to learn that his traveling expenses have just been ordered by the Board
to be refunded to him, and to be supplied in
future.
That feature in the report which forces itself more than any other upon our attention,
is the large balance of more than $7,000, or
more than one-third of the whole sum of receipts or expenditures, which has lain idle in
the treasury from the beginning to the end of
the year. Although the expenditures have
kept pace with the new receipts, the sum of
$7,039 32 now remains unexpended in the
treasury, of which $1,816 48 belong to the
department of foreign missions, while no less
than $3,387 52 belong to the general or incidental fund. These two items amount to
$5,204.
A similar state of the treasury existed at
the commencement of the year, and had existed for a year previous, so that it may be
regarded as a chronic plethora. This does
not appear to your Committee to be a desirable condition of the treasury, since the Lord's
funds are entrusted to us to be diligently employed in His service, and not to lie unused.
We would not imply that your Board have
been deficient in zeal or diligence. On the
contrary, there is every evidence of their
care, economy, prudence and enterprise in
the administration of these funds.
It still would seem that your Board have
failed to find a satisfactory way of expending
all the funds in their charge. But may this
not be a ground for suspecting that some
modification of general policy is needed, and
that an extension of operations should be
sought for in a different direction ? If it be
said that the large surplus for foreign missions exists because more men have been
sought for the foreign field, but cannot be
found, may not the truth be that your Board
are seeking too much extension of their work
in foreign missions, and too little in the home
work ?
We respectfully suggest that earnest and
prayerful inquiry should be made, whether
there are not important departments of missionary work in our home field which are
languishing and struggling for want of succor;
whether some of these operations are not of
vital importance to the prosperity and growth
of our churches, and to the continued life of
the nation, which is to maintain the foreign
missionary work, as well as directly necessary to train and prepare laborers for the
Lord's vineyard ; and lastly, whether the
Lord of the whole vineyard, both of the
planted and the implanted portions, has not
given some plain indications of peculiar favor
towards particular operations in His field,
pointing those out as the proper objects for
our especial care ?
Should we seek an answer to this last inquiry, towards what branch of our operations
has the Lord manifested the most signal regard of late, where should we turn but to the
very precious and prosperous female boarding-school supported by our Board, and to the
one at Makawao whose Principal receives
some personal aid from our Board. In both
those schools we have been startled nnd rejoiced by seeing a great and pervading work
79
voluntary practice of the Missionaries has been
discountenanced. In places whore there are no
educated physicians, there has arisen a class of
native doctors, who, with a license signed by
have undertaken to save the nation.
" Kapu,"
These persons are mostly old men and old
women, who have very little education and no
knowledge of medicine whatever. Ignorant of
the plainest rules of diet and regimen, they arc
not even proper nurses of the sick; but depend
upon luck and chance, large promises of cure,
and their influence with the old heathen gods,
whose worship they have in a certain degree to
a deplorable extent," revived for the purpose of
obtaining an influence over thoir victim.
These doctors and doctorosaes finding their
practice profitable are now everywhere found proclaiming their own skill, interfering with and
opposing the practice of foreign physicians and
disseminating false and idolatrous principles
among the people. They kill numbers of the
King's subjects. Some are killed by neglect,
disease is left to its course, while the doctor
iThetrusting
is
to luck and feasting on the hogs, the
white cocks, the poi, the awa, which he requires
as a condition of cure. Meanwhile he is going
on with his incantations. Some sick are killed
by a more summary process, by the administration of remedies, such as croton oil and castor
oil beanß, a coarse kind of jalap, a spooios of
colocynth, tartar emetic, calomel, gunpowder, Ac.,
without any rules to guide the doctor, other than
male education should be presented by the his
uneducated judgment/
members of the Association to their churches Itown
being admitted that there is a pressing neas among the prominent objects for their ben- cessity for educating a sufficient number ofnative
efactions.
pupils to meet the wunts of the people and to
Your Committee believe that some such check the serious and rapidly growing evil above
enlargement of home operations as this, is stated, the question arises how and Tby whom it
essential to developing the liberality of the is to be done. Your Committoe are of opinion
churches. Those healthful energies will be that the education required need not be of a vory
but a simple course should be gone
best called forth by appeals from an exhausted high order,
which would qualify the pupils to be
through
and hungry treasury, supported by urgent de- good nurses and tolerably safe practitioners. It
mands from flourishing branches of work. should lie conducted in the Hawaiian language,
We have not too mnch money. Our churches by one or more medical men whounderstand the
have not begun to give enough for the work language, and are acquainted with the prejudices
and superstitions of the people. Pupils when
we might and should be doing.
educated shouldbe distributedall over the islands,
at least two in every election district, licensed
to practice and authorized to charge for their
REPORT of the Committee on "Medical services according to a schedule to be provided
for their guidance. They should be under a
Instruction,"
of the Spirit, nothing like which has been
seen elsewhere on these Islands for a long;
period, nor in our foreign fields. No where
else has God made your benefactions and the
labors of our brethren so fruitful as in your
female boarding-schools. May not this be
the hand of the Lord beckoning you on to extend and enlarge your work in that direction?
Is there not also a manifest need for more
provision for special education for the youth
of the stronger sex, and for that peculiar and
fruitful labor upon them which begins in the
family school and in early childhood ?
Were it in the province ot your Committee to make recommendations of specific action in expending the surplus funds of the
Board, we would respectfully suggest first,
that the Makawao Female Seminary be established on a substantial basis by the purchase of the house and lands, and the payment of the salary of an assistant teacher;
secondly, that the Female Boarding-school at
Kawaiahao be liberally supplied with needed
buildings and furniture ; and thirdly, that active measures be taken for the establishment
of a female boarding-school on Hawaii. We
would also recommend that the cause of fe-
"
constant supervision.
Adopted by the Haw. Evangelical Association,
In tho opinion of your Committee, the Queen's
June, 1867.
Hospital affords the greatest facilities for the
The Committee appointed to report upon the
subject of training some of the natives to the
medical profession, beg leave to report,
That in our opinion the subject is of the greatest importance. It has been too long delayed for
the want of any practical plan by which it could
be accomplished. In the opinion of your Committee, there is and has been a greater need of
native doctors than of native lawyers. The Missionaries have educated thenative pastors, with
what success their presence in this assembly
testifies. The native lawyers have educated themselves. By having the laws printed to his hand
any active educated native could read for himself
and in some degree qualify himself to plead on
behalf of hut neighbor before the Courts, but the
medical profession, has been like a sealed book,
or has had no book at all, which is the same thing.
Sickness, pain and death are our common lot,
but it is not in human nature to suffer without
some effort to obtain relief. There was a time
when a large proportion of the population applied
to the Missionaries for medical aid. The funds
of the American Board were largely drawn upon
for medicines, and the Missionaries devoted a
great deal of time in attendance on the sick, with
such skill as they possessed and with great benefit to the people. Subsequently the Hawaiian
Government undertook to furnish the Missionaries with medicines for the siok; of late years
this source of relief has dried up, and even the
_
kina of instruction required, much of which
would be in the form of clinical lectures which
the pupils should commit to writing. If the
trustees of that institution could be induced
to undertake the work, there are medical men
who might afford valuable aid in preparing simple books and treatises in theHawaiian, which the
Board of Education might be willing to have
printed for the use of the pupils.
Private persons—members of the medical profession—may, perhaps, be found who would take
one or two pupils, but the difficulties and expense would oe so great, and the probability of
perseverance on the part of the pupils themselves
would he so small, that not much can be expected
from this souroe. It is desirable, in an enterprise of this nature, that the system should be
uniform and persevered in for a term of years, by
additions to the stock of Hawaiian medical knowledge and literature, which would be required by
thepupils after entering upon thejr practice.
There are some persons whose opinions are deserving of the highest consideration,, who would
decidedly object to the Licensing of medical pupils
who have not had the advantage of an education
in the English language, and a course or two of
medical lectures in a foreign country, but your
Committee are of opinion that however well
these may be educated, they would be in the
minds of the native population upon a par with
foreign physicians, and subject to the same prejudice and opposition from the present native
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SUPPLEMENT ill THE FRIEND, AUGUST,
of great hope, notwithstanding all the gloom
in the reports of the last year. The suggestion
made by this body regarding the establishment of
independent schools, where the wishes of the parents are in any serious degree disregarded, has
on the Island of Oahu and at Luliainabeen effectively earned out.
On Oahu nine independent schools have been
commenced during the year, for and by Hawaiians, numbering about two hundred and fifty
pupils, six of which may be called Parochial
Schools, because under tho care of individual
churches. Five of these are English schools
under native teachers. Two of these schools are
in Honolulu, in connection with the churches of
Kaumaknpili nnd Kawaiahtio, and number over
one hundred pupils. About one hundred chilREPORT
dren ore gathered into tho independent schools in
Of the Committee upon the "State of the the Waialua parish, one of which is a self-supCommon Schools," adopted by the
porting English school, while the other lour HaHawaiian Evangelical Association,
waiian schools, numbering seventy pupils, nre susJune 13, 1807.
tained by the parents and the church, in localities abandoned by the Board of Education for
review
After a careful
of the subject of Com- want, it was said, of a sufficient number of chilmon School Education on those Inlands, we find dren.
but little occasion for modifying the utterance of
In the district of Luliaina, where the common
this body, made June 14, 1860.
schools have been so recklessly sacrificed to the
The centralization of power in the hands of the advantage of other than Evangelical interests, we
lliiord of Education is as prejudicial as heretofore arc most happy to report that two parochial
to the beet interests of the schools; and the man- bolioolb have Wen commenced, numbering now
ner in which the Inspector's office is filled is the about seventy-live children, and that two ltoman
same standing expression of " hostility to the Catholic teachers of common schools have been
American Mission and their doctrines, and great made to give place to Protestant touchers as the
contempt for the system of schools they inaugur- only mode of keeping the children from leaving
ated." There is a continuous disregard of the the Government schools and going nearly en masse
wishos of the parents—with slight exceptions— to the parochial schools. At Kcuiwu, also in
and the same attempt at exclusion of proper re- Kau, Hawaii, the parents for a time sustained
ligious influence,, Tlie published rules of the the common school, which had been suspended,
Board of Education still prohibit music—though, until it was again resumed by the School Agent.
in practice, singing is not entirely excluded, and
We rejoice exceedingly in this indication of
provision is, in a few localities, made for teaching spirit on the part of the parents. Let this but
it. The ecclesiastical interference is still con- go on, and the cause of general education may
tinued of prescribing a form of prayer—the yet be saved, even though the present AdminisLord's Prayer," amended by the Board of tration should continue to set itself so persist"Education!
The placing of Roman Catholic ently across the line of progress and general difteachers over schools where most or all the chil- fusion of intelligence.
dren are of Protestant parentage, is still pracThis people are, however, indubitably falling
ticed ; and the division of the sexes in different back from the high relative position of intelligence
schools is still, in several places, made to work pre- they have for years occupied, and it is duo to ourjudicially to the. interests of evangelical religion. selves as religious leaders of the people, it is due
Immoral teachers and ngents arc still retained, to the nation itself and to the sacred cause of
notwithstanding all representations regarding Christianity, that we again record our protest
them. Considerable districts are left destitute of against this system so prejudicial to the welfare
school-houses and schools, even where there are a of the people and to the glory of the throne of
sufficient number of children to warrant them. the Kamehamchus. We should be guilty before
Teachers are but slightly, and in but a few coses, the world and our Divine Master, did we not in
materially assisted by Bcbool agents (luna naipai) the most earnest manner call attention to this
in looking after truant children; while the uni- subject, once more protesting against the suicidal
form rate of half a dollar a day has powerfully policy of the present, and demanding but the
tended to destroy the enthusiasm of the teachers, simple rights of men.
and has unnecessarily exhausted the school disIn view of these facts, wo reach thess throe contrict treasuries, so that the schools in large re- clusions : 1. There should be no relaxation of the
gions of the group are discontinued for months demand that tho parents and friends of education
together, while others are taught less than the be allowed a constant and direct influence on
usual number of days, and some evon so low as schools, both locally and through the Board of
but two days in the week—it being left, in some Education. The day is past in the world's hiscases at least, with the teacher himself to open his tory when any form of government may wisely
school on any of the days of the week as he may set ikclf against the progressive ideas of the peoprefer, to suit his own caprieeor business. •
ple. To refuse the direct co-operation of the
The reports wo havo beard from the greater parents in so important a matter as education, is
part of the nearly forty pastors, who have attend- to commit a great wrong as well as a dangerous
ed this meeting, are inexpressibly saddening as to mistake. We arc free to acknowledge that, within
the probable future effects of this provision of the the year, there has been some compliance with
CommonSchool Education upon intelligence, mor- popular demands in a few regions; hut the doors
ality and religion. Throughout the greater
part are not freely opened, and the parents are not
of these Islands the public day schools have ceased earnestly solicited to co-operate.
to be a stimulating influence upon the people,
It is still true that the people of those Islands,
intellectually and morally. Instead of a help, of our religious faith, being a largo majority of
the Common Bcbool system of the land may tho population, are excluded from any proporsoon become a drag upon the progress of the na- tionate influence m the Board of Education. It
tion. This right arm of life is being paralyzed; is not sufficient that the honored Patriarch, His
it already hangs to a considerable degree useless. Excellency M. Kekuanaoa —a member of our
It would seem that the wish
of those who are in- Hawaiian Church—is the President of the Board
different to the education of the nation, and who ofEducation; for that Presidency is now but an
seek
a
only
high foreign education for a favored honorary office, shorn of its former power. The
few, was being «arried out by the Board of Edu- remaining four permanent incumbents of that
mtion.
Board consist of a member of the Roman CathoWe would call attention, however, to one source lic Church, and throe members of the Reformed
doctors as foreign physicians and the Queen's
Hospital now are. The deep rooted sentiment
that foreign doctors can cure foreign diseases but
native doctors only can cure native diseases,
would be applicable to them.. They would also
seek for a residence in the towns and populous
places as competitors of foreign physicians for
the sake of a higher remuneration, which their
expensive habits would require for their support.
But we think that the simple and not very expensive system which we herein recommend would
in a reasonable time undermine the influence of
the native doctors in every district, and counteract the growing tendency to revive the worship of
liilse gods and the belief in the old Hawaiian
sorcery.
1867.
Catholic Church—one of them being its head ;
while the executive officer of the Board—the Inspector General—is intensely opposed to the religious faith of the mass of our people ; nor is it
sufficient that denominational interests are said
not to be considered in the construction and administration of the Board of Education. If they
are not, why this exclusion so invidious, unnecessary and unjust ?
There arc no truer friends of the Hawaiian
Throno than the American Missionaries who,
under God, planted the Churches of Hawaii nci,
and who bo largely assisted in establishing here a
Constitutional Monarchy; nor are there any more
loyal subjects of Kamehamcha Y. than the native
ministry and membership of our churches, and
the communities in sympathy with them. We
therefore exhort all to demand a proper representation in every department bearing on education
and religion—a right thatmay certainly be claimed by every Hawaiian citizen.
2. Our ministers and churches, and our whole
religious community should demand with inflexible hrninoss that teachers nnd school agents should
be men of at least fair moral character. Our
rising generation is in too great danger of being
fatally corrupted by the example of mcmliers now
in places of authority for us to be lukewarm on
this point. It is more than ever important that
we should require virtue in teachers nnd their
coadjutors. No fear of personal consequences
should allow any to remain silent under the present awful increase of immorality and crime.
3. In view of the fact that we are obliged to
undertake independently the education ofour children, on account of the insufficiency of the Governmental schools, and also because they are so antagonistic to the Hawaiian Evangelical Churches,
it isbut simple justice that theprovision of the late
School Law be restored, exempting parents from
the school tax who provide for the oducationof their
children in independent schools. Let this request
be pressed in every legitimate mode, till the right
of a siillicicnt voice in schools bo granted, or until
the taxes be remitted. It is not that we would
abandon the idea of common schools supported
from the national treasury; but, having been
thrust out of our proper and rightful influence in
the Common School System, wo owe it to the
sacred muse of religion to demand that that influence be restored, or that we he relieved of taxation from a system now made to work mischief
to our most precious interests as men and Christians.
The Hawaiian Evangelical Association
met at Kawaiahao, Honolulu, June 4th, 1867.
Key. A. O. Forbes was elected Moderator,
and Rev. Messrs. Bicknell and Waiamau,
Scribes.
The unabridged minutes of the meeting
were published in the Kuokoa of June 15 and
22. A summary of business, with the various reports connected with the meeting, will
be found in the annual report of the Association in pamphlet form, in the Hawaiian language. This supplement contains the most
important and interesting of the reports (o
the English reader.
There were in uttendance forty-two ordained ministers, twenty-six of whom were
Hawaiians; four permanent lay members,
former members of the American Mission ;
fourteen lay Hawaiian delegates, and five
corresponding members.
It was voted to observe the first whole
week as a week of prayer, and to observe the
last Thursday of February, 1867, as a day
of prayer for schools.
The Association adjourned to meet at
Honolulu in June, 1867—the day to be fixed
by the Hawaiian Board.