| Summary: | Published by the Rev. Samuel Chenery Damon from 1845 to 1885, The Friend focused on temperance and Christian mission to seamen. It began as a monthly newspaper that included news from both American and English newspapers, and gradually expanded to adding announcements of upcoming events, reprints of sermons, poetry, local news, editorials, ship arrivals and departures and a listing of marriages and deaths. From 1885 through 1887, it was co-edited by the Revs. Cruzan and Oggel. The editorship then passed to Rev. Sereno Bishop, who held the post until the publication of the paper fell under the auspices of the Board of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association in April of 1902 where it remained until June 1954. Since then, it has continued in a different format under the Hawaii Conference-United Church of Christ up to the present day, making it the oldest existing newspaper in the Pacific. Note that there are some irregularities in the numbering of individual issues, so that two issues may have the same volume and number, but different dates will distinguish them. The Pacific HONOLULU, JULY I, 1875. CONTE~TS For Ju'ly 1, 18'75. PAGR Oahu College, . , . 49 Christian Missions, Sermon . 49-52 Philosophy of Polynesian HiAtory . 52 Samoa Thirty Years ago . Sermon on Home Missions . , . Sunday School Celebration . Marine Journal . Report of Punahou Examining Committee~ . 112 52 63 53 6! Y. JU. 0. A . , . 66 THE FRIEND. JOLY l, 1875. THE MoNTH OF JuNE.-This month, in Honol:1lu, is principally devoted to school examinations, Sunday School celebrations, meetings of the Evangelical Association, missionary gatherings, and social entertainments. If our paper was published weekly we should he? glad to notice these various public gatherings. Our neighbors, the Gazette, Adve1·tiser and Islander, have so fully commented upon these occurrences that we yield the . field to them. Some of these entertainments, it has been our privilege to· attend, and we thought the speeches and all the performances were uncommonly good. Orie feature of these gatherings is worthy of notice. We refer to that kindly feeling and sympathy among all classes towards each other. Race-prejudice and class-distinctions are not offensive. Hawaiians and foreigners, of various nationalities, mingle together in easy and familiar intercourse. This was quite marked at the examination of Miss Bingham's school and the missionary tea-party, at Fort Street Church. God hath ·made of one blood all nation~, and the day is not far distant we hope when all will treat each other as children of a common Father, and followers of a common Saviour. SuPPLEl\t:ENT-EXTRA.-The readers of the Fl'iend will be furnished with a supplement 'for July, containing a full report of the Evangelical Association, for the year. The meetings of the Association were well nt• tended ancl quite harmonious. H1s Ex. CHIEF JusTICE ALLEN.-lt affords us pleasure to welcome this distinguished officer ·of the Hawaiian Government on his return. We congratulate him on the success 1®lh £tries, !fol. 32. Christian Missions Essential to a True Progressive Civiliution. A DISCOURSE which has attended his Embassy in conjunc- Preaehed on the Anniversary of the Hawaiian F.vantion with the Hon. Mr. Carter. If we misgelical Association, in .Behalf of Foreign JUlsslons, take not, it is just twenty years since Judge in Fort Street Chlll'ch, June 20th. Allen visited Washington on a similar errand, BY REV. s. c. DAl-ION. in company with Judge Lee. VVe hope reRevelations, xiv:6. "A.nd I saw another angel fly In the c,ults will show that the efforts of twenty 1· midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel 10 preuch uu(o them that dwell on the earth, and to evtiry nation, and kinyears may prove Hawaii's salvation. I dred, and tongue and people." • The .;.nterest of angels in human affairs is co* 07 We acknowledge from J. T. Water- cval with the history of the race. A cherubic band stood on guard at the gate of Eden with house, in London, a copy of the London flaming sword, to keep the w11y or the tree of li!e Tinies, with notices of Mr. Moody; from wben our first parents were banished and left to Ottawa, in Canada, copies of a Gospel Mag- cam their bread wuh the tiweat of their brow. azine, entitled, "Grace and Truth;" also, Angels talked with Abraham on the hills of "A Summary of the Epistle to the Romans,'' Judea, when God was about to overwhelm the from the Rev. Dr. Turner, at Samoa; reports guilty cities of the plain, and with kindly hand of B. & F. B. Society and London Mission and hurried titep, they led Lot forth from his much-loved home in the midst of those cities. Society. Angels often appeared during tl1e Patriarchal, Mosaic and Regal eras of the Jewish church. OAHU CoLLEGE.-The Presidency, vacated Angels were hovering around the birth-place of by the departure -wf Mr. Church, we re• our Saviour and filled the midmght air of the joice to announce, is to be supplied by Mr. plains of Bethlehem with their heavenly music. Pratt, who arrived on board the Mur1·ay. An angel was sent on a special mission to our This gentleman comes with a good reputa- Saviour in Gethsemane, and if Christ had extion d'S an educator, acquired by years of ex- pressed the wish, more than twelve legions would peri~nce at the Golden Gate Academy in have laid aside their harps in heaven and enOakland. Mrs. Pratt will succeed Mrs. camped around him, who was kneeling in prayer Church as matron of the institution; Miss beneath the olive trees of the garden. An angel Merritt and Miss Eckley will succeed Miss rolled back the stone from the door of the sepulchre where Christ was buried. Two angels apCoan and Miss Haven. Mr. F. W. Damon peared to the gazinl?: and bewildered disciples remains as teacher of languages. The insti- gathered on the Mount of Olives when Christ astution thus fully equipped. will commence cended. They announced Christ·s return, in the same manner as they Lad seen him go up into its opening year on the 8th of September, heaven. The beloved disciple John, in his old aJ?:e banwith the fairest prospects of continued and ished to the lonely isle or Patmos, was favored increased usefulness. The labors of the rewith a vision portraying the world's future histiring teachers are fully appreciated. Mr. tory from that age down through all the coruing and Mrs. Church, after ten years of faithful centuries to the end of the world, and the consummation of all things. Angelic figures are the service, we trust, will enjoy their visit to most . prominent personages in that marvelous, · their native land. Miss Coan's contemplated magnificent and world-wide tableau. '.l'be RevEuropean tour is a fitting reward for seven elator John says," I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holdincr the four years of patient and earnest labor as a winds of the earth " again he look;d and he teacher. lVIiss Haven's two years of service said, "I saw an angel standing in the sun." Again he looked, and lo he saw "a mighty angel have been discharged in a manner highly come down from heaven, and a rainbow waR cre4!!able to her scholarship and fidelity. about his heRd, and his face was ae it were the 50 'J' HE F R I t~ N D , J U L l7 • 'I 8 7 5 . --- --- --- -- -- -- -=--=-===-=-=--= --- ==========================================--=-=:.:=:============-suu, and his feet as pillars of fire.'· Anot}ler was more deeply imbued with the missionary Revolutions in Japan'': "Unless a mightier spiritual force than Shinto or Buddhism is allowangel was 8een 9 who stood with one foot on the spirit than Cortes." 'fhe influence of commerce and civilization ed unimpeded operation, we see aught better than ]and and the other Ut)On the sea, who swore that t ime should be no longer, while lifting his hand apart from Christianity, is very apparent through- the gleam of a glittering veneer of material civilto heaven in solemn adjuration. Amid this vast out Polynesia. During a period of forty years ization and the corroding vices under which, in o.n~elic display , the Revelator took another look after tho Hawaiian Islands were discovered, _no presence of superior ngiz;re1<s1ve races of the west, a.nd hH sn.yti •• I t11iw another angel flymg through Christian missionary influence was felt; but what Japan must fall like the doomed races of-America the micltit or heaven bavin~ the cverlai!ting gospel w,u, the intluenee of commerce ::md civilization nod Hawai,i .• , Increafmd commerce, progress of to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and among Hawaiians'? f am now going to quote science, improved systems of education, are' not to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, aud not the testimony of any misis10nary or agent of a sufficient to save the heathen nations and elevato missionary society, but that of the Russian navi- them into the light and enjoyment of a pure civilpeople.'' lt iti our privile_ge to Jive in an age 8ymbolizcd gator, Otto Von Kotzebue, accompanied by tbe ization. l::lomething additional is required; that by this last cv::ingelistic angel, who is now upun Ru,,;!!ian poet Chamisso, who visited these islands something we argue is Chritit1anity, or the gospel his flight scattering leaves of the tree of life for twice during his voyage among the Polynesian of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ as incu:lcatthe healing of the nutions and publishing tho fa]ands from 1815 to 1818. Reforrrng to Hawi.1i- ed and taught by Christian missionarie~. Queen Victoria was l'ight when she put her hand upon ~ood news of salvation. Well mtg-ht the Prophet inns Kotzebue remarks : Isaiah exclaim, as he glanced !iii! prophetic eye · '' 1'he restrictive laws of taboo remain in un- the Bible and informed the Prince of Aby!lsinia aown the vitita of the coming centuries a:::id gazed diminiilhed force. The intercourse with Eurn- on his viait to England,. that England owed her upon the same c1ccnes aa John saw, '' How beau- peans has not ~Ltl yet bad any particular influence greatness and power and isuperiority over other tiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that on the tiocml order, actil or manners of theise 'Peo- natiorn, to that sacred volume. bringeth good tidin~s; that publishetb peace; pie. fVe have certainly contributed to strengthen MISSIONS IN INDIA. that bringeth good tidings of good; that publish- in tltem only the 'IJices and arts of corruption In illustration of our subject, I desire to call eth salvation; that saith unto Zion, "Thy Go<l which are rei•olting in these simple people." He your attention to the marvelous work and revolu1·eigneth. ' ' We arc now only living in an age tben quotes a Latin paragraph from an ancient tion now progressing in lndia. About the openwhen th e angel having the everlastin~ gospel to author, in which occurs the words, Omnis abest ing of the present century commenced the era of prea~h is abroad on his isublime mission of a pudor, &c. ,-" All shame is wanting." (Vol. 3d, Protestant missions in India and many other world's evangeliza.tion, but when the advocates pp. 249 and 250). 'fo show you how much civ- parts of the world. The king nnd rulers of Engof materiai isw, skepticism, science, infidelity and ilization had advanced Hawaiians from 1779 to land did not however look with much favor upon pautheiism are publishing their opinions, broach- 1817, a period of forty years, Kotzebue remarks, the efforts then put forth. This was empbaticaling their theories, and openly propagating their ,. 'famaamaab understands English without speak- ly trne of the directors of the British East India, princi pies in Christian and heathen lands. We ing it Lio Lio leamed to write two lines in company, which issued an order prohibiting the are livinl,!; in an age foretold by Daniel, when English, in which he begged the captain of a ship- landmg and laboring of American missionaries "many 1:,hall run to and fro and knowledge shall to send him a bottle of rum.'' I would not have or any others within the territories under the be increatled. " 'l 'here is a spirit of unwonted ac- qu~ted this anecdote, were it a solitary instance company's government and control. The oppositivity, restles1mesis and a desire to visit every as indicating the baleful effects of unchristianized tion to the work as undertaken by Judson, Hall corner of the earth and ocean, even more, to civilization and debased commerce, when convey- and others is too well known for me to dwell l'!ound the depth of the sea and the remotest ed among a heathen people without the amelior- upon it. That company absolutely and rei!olutely limits of the universe. As a suitable theme of a ting influence of the gospel. A single fact will be determined that Uhristiau missionaries should discourse on this occasion, I have selected the sufficient to set forth its evils of opium in China. not obtain a foothold in India. They were as f.>llowing; A missionary lately writes from China: " ln 18i3 conservative and guarded as the Dutch now are CHRISTIAN MISSIONS ESSJ<;." ,TJAL Tq A TRUE PROGRES- ninety-two million of dollars were paid for opium with reference to their Malay possessions in the SIVE CIVILIZATION; Or, Modern Civilization by the Chinese. This produces untold physical dis- East Indies-really at present the only.part of wilt fail to bless, benefit and elwate the lteathen tl'Css and a demoralization which saps the very the heathen world to which Christian mii;sionafoundation of national life. It is a common saying ries are debarred from laboring. 'rhe subject world without the aid of Christian Missions. 'fhe civilization of the nineteenth century has that opium smoking dens are more common than however came before parliament and the British garnered up the treasures of art, literature, the rice selling shops,-in Foochow and suburbs public, and such was the pressure brought to 8cience, philosophy, and learning of all former the former numbering several thousandti. 'rhe bear upon the East India company's policy centuries, and is now extendmg its influence over , vice of opium-smoking pervades all classes from through the efforts of Wilberforce and men of' the whole earth. The dividing lines between high of6cials to beggars dying in their filth and kindred spirit, that India was tioon thrown open civilized and uncivilized nations are gradually rags by the way-side." What adds a fearful to mission labor. The American missionaries fading away. 'l'he great discoveries in the use shade to the awfully revolting picture is the fact, were among the first to enter the field which they of stea,m-powet· and the magnetic telegraph are that the trade in opium is on the increase, and have nevet· abandoned. In his recent wo1·k on bringing the remotest parts of the world into the ·the avails go to increase the annual sum total of Indian Missionti Sir Bartle Frere, who is a memclosest sympathy. 1'here is a marvelous desire the income of a Christian England. The moral her of the Indian Council and president of. the ,among learned men to visit and explore the re- sense of the nation, it is to be hoped, is awaking Royal Geographical Society, thus remarks: "The mote parts of the earth. Exploring expeditions to the enormity of the great national sin and dis- history of the American missions in Bombay pre;:i.re a peculiar feature of the passing age. The grace. Meetings have been held in London and sents many features of the highest importance: infl1;1ence or all this awakened thought and the protests have been addressed to the government. They have addressed themselves to the lower resultti of all these energetic movements tends to CHRISTIANITY NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEBASED rather than to the higher classes of socie,.,y , and CONDITION OF THE IIEATHEN WORLD. their success has been every way moat striking.'' promote the world's civilization. While it iB exIt is common-even among some well irformed After referring to the efforts of various English ceedingly interesting to contemplate this commotion, overturning and progress among nations, people-in speaking of the decrease of the'"'inhab- societies and others, he adds: '' Whether we yet there are dark features -of this outlook. The 1 tants or Polynesia, and the debased condition of intended it or not, we have sown the seeds of advancing wave of civilization in its march over heathen nations who have come in contact with revolution, physical, intellectual, moral and relithe earth, is not one of unmixed good, but it the civilized representatives of Ohristian nations, gious; and who amongst us shall venture to proconveys much of evil and ruin among the nations. to attribute much of the evil which pi·evails to phesy what may be the results ere another generRemarks Bancroft in his great work upon "11he Christian missionaries and their teachings. No ation bas passed away '/ " Native Races of the Pacific Coast " : "At the doubt unbelievers m the Christian religion and BRITISH GOVERNME-~T FAVORABLE TO MISSIONS. touch of European civilization. whether Latin or the abettors of mere trade and commerce, for peSo far does the British Government at present Teutonic, the nations vanished, and their unwrit- cuniary gain without regard to the moral effects not oppose missionary operations, it rather proten history reaching back for thousands of years of the same, would be glad to cast off responsi- motes them in every possible way. It has been ended . " Professor Harris, of New Haven, in his bility and keep out of view the baseness of the found that unchristian civilization was not what 1·ecent work on the " Kingdom of Christ," re- rum and opium traffic, but it must not be allow- the millions of India required. Converts are marks, "The fact is constantly recurring in his- ed. Whatever is good and useful in commerce, now reckoned by hundreds of thousands. Never tory that the contact of civilization with barbar- let it be encouraged and acknowledged, but what- was the work progressing - more rapidly than at ism or an inferior civilization, unaccompanied by ever is evil let it be denounced with all the force })resent. Remarks Lord Lawrence, Viceroy and Christianizing influences, is injurious to the m- and power which human language can command. Governor General : " I believe, notwithslandmg forior." Prescott and other historians tell the So far _as possible let the line be drawn between all that the .English people have done to benefit sad story of Spanish conquests over Mexico and a Christian and an unchristian civilization. When that country, the missionaries have done more South America, although the expeditions of this course is ca1·efully pursued the evils of the than all agencies combined." All true friends of Cortes, Pizarro and others went forth under the one and the good effects of the other will stand India, government officials, civilians, and the banner of the cross. for Arthur Helps in his work out in bold relief. ~,rom a careful review of the British nation at large, are fully convinced that on the'' Spanish Conquests in America," accords past history of civilization, when unaccompanied civilization and Christianity must go "hand in the first place to their desire to propagate what by the influence of the Christian religion, the band.,., 1'he fearful lesson taught by the mutiny they regarded as the true faith. " Of Cortes," heathen world has not much to hope. Most sig- of 1857 that British rule could not be maintainhe says, " it may be doubted whether in the an- nificantly remarks an able writer in t~e last .num-1 ed unless the moral support of ' all Christian mis- nals of cocquest any conqueror can be found her of the North American Review, wpen _con- sionaries was secured, hence from that date th_e . (~xcept perhaps some Mohammedan one) who eluding an exhaustive article 11pon '. ' ~ecent grand enterprise of missions in India took n new THE lfllIEND, JULY! I S 7 5. ===============~___.:__.:___:___::_:__:__-=.:.=============================== --- :~======-- - =:.·______________ al departure. 'fhe various missionat·y societies are death having occurred on tbc banks of the newly now laboring in Africa, who thus remarks: '' Would that tbose who find fault with the now laboring most successfully and harmoniously. discovered lake of Bembe, it would natnrnlly Sir Bartle Frere again remarks : "In the face have been imagin_e d tha.t Africa would surely re~ evangelistic method of condu_cting m1~sions were of an idolatry such as that -which 'pervades Hin- tain the earthly remains of the man who had disposed to give us an example, a tborou~hly .dostan, all minor difforences among Christians done so much to explore its unknown regions practical one, of how to do the required work . sink into comparative insignificance." . It is not and benefit its benighted millions. U nexpeeted Friends of civilization, please charter a vessel a godless and unchristian civilization that mh!- honors await tbe great missionary explorer, com- freighted with sewing machines, sugar millt,j, sionaries and the true friends of humanity would mencing with the services of his faithful follow- plows and other ' civilizers.' Come to Africa beistow upon the Hindoos, but a thoroughly ers who embalm his remains and then bear th€::lll plant yourselves among ae tribe who know nothChl'istian civilization, strikingly in contrast with upon their shoulders for more than a thousand ing of Christianity or civilization experiment the former types of civilization which have been miles, over hill and desert, through jungle and faithfully, i,ay for fifteen years, and then report. dominant throughout that populous country,-{ morass to Zanzebar, from whence they might be Do thit1 or cease contending that old and tried refer to the Hindoo and Mohammedan. England conveyed to England, where funeral honors may missionaries, of fifty years' experience, are' put·is now doing much to introduce the elements of be paid them in Westminster Abbey, under t.mg the cart before the horse,' and are therefore .European civilization. Railroads are running in whose lofty arches repose so ruany of England's unsuccessful." It woul~ be most interesting to witness snch every direction from the great center1:1 of com- honored sons. Well does Sir Samuel Baker, anmerce, Bombay, Madras and Calcutta. 'l'he other African explorer, remark in. regard to Liv- an experiment on the part of all tho1se who comwhole country is in communication by a net- ingstone: "He was the greatest of all explorers plain that missionaries ha.ve failed to adopt the ·work of magnetic telegraph. Other evidences of this century; he was one of the noble army of right course of labor. NATURAt RESULT OF MISSIONS. of progress are apparent in the new system of martyrs who have devoted their lives to the holy One thing is gl'Owing more and more appnreut, jurisprudence and education, but all these are in- cause of freedom; and he has laid down his life tmffi~ient to effect a moi-al regeneration and ele- as a sacrifice upon a wild and unknown path, that all missionaries are becoming very barmonivation. None are more aware of this fact than upon which be has printed the footsteps of civil- ous in regard to the fundamental principles of the leading officers of government, hence the new ization. ,. To this eloquent paragraph may we the _missionary enterprise. '.l'he grand idea is ·policy now manifested towards all Christian mis- not add, that he has also left the foot-prints of embraced in our Sd.viour·s la8t command, " Go fnonaries. They are the men now laboring to Christianity. Guided by the foot-prints missionary the departments of science." Another has sai,i, century, and young Siam will not be content life to the elevation of Polynesians-including " But for the 1·esea.rcbes of missionaries, the · until it has reached this. There can however be Hawaiians, writing the first hym·n in tbe dialect . whole peninsula of farther India would be in a, no genuine high type of civilization without a of this people and baptizing the first convert- great part terra incognita.:• '' ,v-e must look to superior order ot morality as its basis, and no 1·e- became a ppwerful co-laborer with his fellow them," remarks Agassiz, "not a little for n.id in ligion presents so perfect and ennobling a system missionaries and countrymen m the evangeliza- our future efforts for the advancement of i;cience." as the Christian 1·eligion." When such senti- tion an,d civilization of Madagascar. Thrice vi1:1- ti,cientific explorers are now skirting the shores of ments and ideas as these nre extensively spread iting thati island when past the age of three Papua or New Guinea, but they are ve1·y ready abroad, the work of a world's regeneration will score, and during those visits displaying ·a wis- to pilot their way in the wake of the missionary go nobly forward. dom and tact, prudence and skill, energy atd · vessel. Listen to the testimony of Sir George Gray, boldness, in the cause of Christian civilization former governor of Ne'Y Zealand and the colony MOFFA'!' AND LIVINGS'l'ONE. Where shall we look to see such ideas more worthy of the noblest lllissiouaricB of this or any of the Cape of ~ood Hope: "I foel confident · · that, regarded as a money investment, t,be very grandly embodied or beautifully cryBtallized, than former agO'. Notwithstanding all that has been hitherto ttc- best investment England can make iti to send out m the life of Livingstone or bis father-in-law, Moffat? Such missionary laborers and travelers complisbed in the work of missions in various in advance of either colonists or merchants, mitiare the true pioneers of Christian civilization. parts of the world, still there are some whl) ad- sionaries who may prepare the way for thot5e 'rhe noble old missionary Moffat of four score here to the idea that the heathen nations must who are to follow. 1 ' Never waR a more ma1·ked still lives, while the story of the life and death of be civilized before they can be Christianized. instance illm,trative of this statement, than tbe Livmgstone need no~ the irnipiration of the poet Perhaps it would be useless to argue this point labors of the Wesleyan missionaries who have or the eulogy of the orator to render tbe one re- with them, and tbe best reply which can be made been toiling during the 1iast forty years so sucuowned or t.110 otber Bublimely alfocting. His under tho circurntituucci:; iti tlia~ of a mitilliouary ccf!cfu!ly amoug tl1c aborigjm:B ul the .Fiji foland t5. of 52 ., THJ; FRIEND, JULI, I 8 7 5. It is to be doubted whether colonists could have may appear chaotic and peurile, but there lived among tbe cannibals of t.hose islands, even are undercurrents and laws regulating the under the tfa,g of .f1Jngland, had not the followers development of political life throughout of Wesley tiet up the titandard of the Cross. But I must bring tbe diiscuss1on of thit:1 subject Polynesia, as fixed and regular as those to a cluse, although folly aware that it remains which have resulted in the modern civilizaunexhamited. FactR illustrative may be drawn frot)l univenml history and the gradual spread of tion of Europe, sketched by a Guizot, a MaChristianity dudng the past eighteen centuries. cauley, or any of the master historical writers As the gospel however is now being preached among all nations, the idea is becoming more and of the age. The time may come when some more apparent that the heathen and unevangel- patient and careful historian will write the ized nations are not ,so much in need of civiliza- history of Polynesia, and of discovery in the tion, culture, refinement and education, ai, of the It is a fascinating theme, and pure and ennobling prmciples of the gospel ut Pacific. our Lord and Saviout· Jesus Christ. 'fhere is might we think be so worked out as to nothing which can satisfy the craving deEdre in charm the reader. The Rev. Mr. Doane the heart of humanity for happiness and peace, hut the simple gm1pcl which our Saviour offers touched upon this subject in his recent unto ail, when he Mys, •• Come unto me all ye lectures. Others, we are glad to know, are that labor, and I will give you rest." It is this rest which tile angel having the everlasting gos- at work upon it. It is a rich mine of history, pel to preach, i<:l now procla1ming,-Christ will philology, superstitious and religious opingive and is now gidng:. This rest comes wherever ions. Christ's kingdom comes, hence the one earnest ,and prolonged prayer of all should be, " Thy Samoa Thirty Years Ago. kingdom come." 1t is now coming, the Son of God is now seeing of the travail of his i,oul, as he In 1845, or thirty years ago, we had some beholds from his seat at the Father's right hand, the nationt'I of the earth earnestly looking to correspondence with the English missionacatcli a view of ·' the angel flying through the ries on the Samoan Islands. In the Novemu11dst of heaven, liaving the everlasting gospel to preach to every nation and kindred, and tongue ber number of the FRIEND, 1845, will be and people." found an interesting lEltter from the· Rev. THE FRIEND JULY I, l 8'76. Philosophy of Polynesian Histor~. The recent election of lVlalietoa, as King of Samoa, brings out a certain stage in the development of the political history of Samoans, similar to that which may be seen in the history of other islands of Polynesia. Samoans have arrived at a stage in their history, similar to that of Hawaiians , when Kameharpeha 1. conquered all the· Hawaiian Islands and brought them under one sovereign. The Tonga Islands reached a similar stage, when the present. King George assumed the sovere'ignty whirh he now holds with such a steady hand, although he may ~ometimes exercise the office of a local Wesleyan preacher ! The tide of influences among Fijians brought King Thakombau to the throne, but foreign influences were so sttong that he was compelled to succumb, and his sovereignty has become merged in that, of British Colonial rule. At the Society Islands the conquering flag of the French stepped in and arrested the tide of influences tending to a central government. New Zealand tribes were entirely overthrown by foreign influences, and no central government was organized, although there were faint attempts in that direction. At the Marquesas Islands, the same results were apparent. The state of political affairs at the Kingsmill or Gilbert Islands corresponds to that of Hawaii, Samoa and ronga, prior to the establishment of a central government. To a superficial observer Polynesian politics, William Mills, relating to the government, shipping, exports, &c., of the group. The following paragraph concerning the political condition of the Islands, we copy, inasmuch as it will serve to explain the state of the islanders, before the recent election of King Malietoa, under the guiding influences of Col. Steinberger. Mr. Mills, under date of lVlay 31, 1845, thus wrote us: "There is no properly constituted government in Samoa. Every land has its chief, and each is unwilling that another should dictate to him. Still, in matters which concern the public welfare, they are ready to agree and enact laws. After all, as it remains with each party to act upon those regulations, or not, as they please, it is of course very difficult, for the well disposed part of the community to.,stand out against an evil which demands punishment." Thus the political status of Samoa has rema1ned until the recent organization of the government and the adoption of a (lonstitntion. An important step towards the new order of affairs, was the organization of a Provisional Government on the 21st of August, 1873, during Col. Steinberger's first visit to the group. On the forty-seventh page of Col. Steinberger's Report, to the President of the United States, will be found a full statement of the principles of the Government of Samoa as then established. The inhabitants of Samoa were, however, precisely in the condition of the Jews during the reign of the Judges! They wanted a king, and when two rival candidates set up their respective claims, there was the prospect of a civil war but fortunately, no, Providentially, at this critical moment Col. Steinberger arrives, and a King is duly elected. SERMON ON Ho:rvrn M1ss10Ns.-This year the Rev. A. 0. Forbes, of Hilo, preached in Fort Street Church, the Annual Home Missionary Sermon, before the Hawaiian Evangelical Association, from the text-" This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel; not by might nor by ·power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts "-Zechariah, 4:6. In the di:scussion and illustration ~f the subject, he commented with the skill and fancy of a Bunyau or Jeremy Taylor, upon the 2d and 3d verses of the chapter, from which his text was chosen, wherein the angel asks the prophet, " What seest thou? And I said, I hue looked and behold a candlestick all gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps which were upon the top thereof, and two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of tbP bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.:' All the ma• chinery of church organizations, missionary. societies, and other agencies would be as ineffectual to renovate and regenerate the world without the spirit and power of God, as the bowl, pipes and lamps of the seven-braµched candlesticks to give forth light without the oil of the olive trees on the right and left of the same. THE ROYAL ScHooL.-The examination of this Government school took place on Wednesday, June 9th. Tbe buildings were beautifully decorated with fine pictures of His Majesty, the Queen and the Prince Regent, in the large school house. and a well decorated picture in the other building. The spelling match in Mrs. Kinney's department was well oontested, and we congratulate the little fellow who carried off the prize, a handsome Bible. All the exercises in this department, considering there are but two teachers fpr 120 scholars, passed off remarkably well. Mr. Mackintosh, Miss Bdckwood and Miss Davis bad examinations in reading, Grammar, spelling, (some of the words given out would have frightened the most enthusiastic in this branch) Geography, English History, arithmetic and algebra., in all of which branches thorough teaching .was shown. The rhetorical exercises were all excellent. We particul:trly noticed "Hatred," (from the Merchant o_f Venice) admirably spoken·by a small boy; "'fhe Whiskers," which was well acted by the one young lady of the school and a very youthful gentleman; "The Baron's last Banquet," which we bad thought worn threadbare, so well rendered, it seemed new; Cassius against Coosar .was very fine; the •• Gridiron," surpasses description; •' The School Committee," a laughable piece, where Hawaiian boys ridicule American "Woman's Rights." The Kamehameha Hymn closed the exercises. Long live the Royal School and its pleasant teachers.-P. C. Jldvertiser, June 12. REv. Da. BoYD OF GENEVA, N. Y.-By the Murray, arrived Dr. Boyd, who has become so widely known by his series of books, edited in behalf of education. We refer to editions of Milton, Cowper, and Thompson with notes. He is atte~ded by his wife and daughter. They came on a visit to Mrs. (Judge) Judd, a daughter. Treasurer's Report-Queen's Hospital. was "Give no place to the devil," and he still possessed the prize which his superintendent, To H1s ExcELLENCY W. L. MoEnoNuA, Rev. Mr. Damon, gave him. He concluded Minister of the Interior, &o., &o. his address by telling an anecdote of the . SIB, :-1 have the honor to furnish this the Thirtybeautiful but haughty Madame de Stael of second Semi-annual Report of the Treasurer of the France, who asked the Emperor Napoleon, Queen's Hospital, showing the receipts and disburse"whom he considered the best woman in ments during the half year ending l\Iay 30th, and of France.'' To which the Emperor quickly the present financial condition of the corporation. Since the 5th Dec. last I have received as follows: replied, "the woman that bears for France Balance in Bank of Bishop & Co., Dec. 5th . $1000 83 the most children." Now, said the King, if F'rom ,pay patient8 .••. , . 1391 50 From sale of empty barrel. . . . . • • . • • • . :al 00 you ask the same question, I will answer llrom E.T. O'Halloran, Esq ., contribution. 5 00 that the woman who bears and rears the From Interior Department for Appropriation for aid in support, to June 1st . 5250 00 most children is · the best woman in Hawaii From Hawaiian Seamen':1 Taxes to April 1st . 110-1 62 nei. [Tremendous cheering.]-.liawaiian $8753 85 Gazette, June 16th: 1875. me The disbursements during the same time have been: For salary of Physician, six montlui .•••.••. $ 75,0 00 For wages of Purveyor and servimts .••. 1329 98 ]for prov:isious, medicine, furniture, bedding, lights, fuel, coffins, &c . 404~ E "O 0 'O 6127 05 o· Leaving a balance in the hands of the Treasurer of. •. $2626. 80 The financial condition of the corporation continues to be satisfactory. The income derived from pay patients has materially increased. There is: ? There are 119 liabilities unpaid. Respectfully submitted. CHAS. ,_. 00 -1 ll'" ;:,' c:,2. $3819 66 if R. BISHOP, Treasurer, By JOHN H. PATY, Atty. g '.;i' SUNDAY SCHOOL CELEBRATION.-On Satar- day last there was a grand display ;;° of the C! g Oahu Sunday Schools including represent· f f h t d' t · t atives rom most O t e COUD ~y lS nc S Fourteen schools were represented. in the p rocession, Church at which started from Kaumakapi.li 9:30 A, M., marched through Mauna Kea, KrnQ", Punchbowl and Beretania ., streets, back to the same church. It is estimated that over one thousand children and teachers were m it, and each school was ii ~1: °"' Cash on hand . $2626 80 The pa.i!stmger and Hawaiian seamen's taxes, available iu April and May, amount to. 492 76 And there is due from pay patients about. 700 00 . ;' (JQ _ ~0 C,:,1 "" .:• . : : : I: I: I\ ii -f"I ii : : :: : : : :: °"I . . ~1 lvtJt ,!-' .<:A;--7 ,.,c:,, -°' I : 0 I -I "' : Il I I I ~1 .,.OCD i,:, " " " " : ·g9g1 . (0 I sJ,A aaAata I ~: m . (0. 0>. !;;'. 0 ,l'"C,:,,!a> 0:, 00 14- •1 as"BaJ:>UI sJ,,C uaAa1a UJ as'BaJoaa 0011:2 ·s,w 'UO'I -~ Jo :5 SlU9Hqpy •o 1 ·s ·m ·sau n .Ill siaa{~iwv --- ' --- ' --- .:.::.:. i,:,1 : 'SO!IOl!lfl::) i,:,-., l-OC;,11 : • t-.:.i, : ~o O , u"Bmo1:1 . I I 1 "tiuom•om t,O• : : : I I 0,• 1 =~ n -~ ,I ~, . I-+, r;n p:, S t:S H 1:1, t:;S p., !J2 __ NoTE.-ln this census, the effects of the late war are very evident. The population of Tatuila, not enga(led in the war, has increased. On Savaii, which sutfered much less from th e war than Upolu, the decrease i:1 comparatively small. On Opolu, where all th e fighting took place, a nd where villages and plantations were destroyed, exposing the people to privation and famine, the decrease has Leen very great. Had there been no war, the population would have shown an increase. ble find, under normal conditions, the increase in my district to onLr:1::::e~!,eia~;~i875. very handsome indeed. TRN.AI MARINE JO O ==~======================================== church, the schools entered the building, and MEMOlt .\. ~DA.• REPOR'r OF Blt!O J. R. FORD, GEO. W • .TENKB, MASTEk.Left San Francitco He:tde May 20th at 5 p 111, and took the trades In ·1at 28 °. On the 25th in lat 26 ° long 133 ° 30' pa~:sed a schoouer'ij mainmast with nothing attached hut the cro~trees. As near as I could Judge it was about 70 foet long, an'1 . bad no doubt it had been in the water about two monthH; where the oil was rubbed off I could see a few barnacles. 1 t must have come some distance from the north, as the current was setting from 20 to 30 rniles a rlay to SSW. fij!hte<l Molokai at midnight on the 3ht: from there to port had very light baffling airs, arriving next day. REPORT OF S'rEAMSHlP CYPJIRENE!-:, Woon, CoM~IANDER. -Left San Francisco noon of l\lay 241h, and cleared the Golden Gate at l p M. wind strong from NW. Experienced heavy :iea for lhe first three days, thence NE and E winds, moderate and fine weather; last two days light variable winds and very tilI!Oolh sea and fine wea1her. Sighted Maui al 3 PM .ltrne 1st, and Oahu at 6 P M, arriving off the bar at midnight Pilot bo!l.rded at 1.30'A M Juue "d; entered the harbor at 1.45 AM. HEN-RY ADAnts, Purser. REPORT OF UAnK w. C. PAnKE. l'E.NHA.LLOW, MASTER.Left Port naruble P 1\1 April 30th in tow of steamer Cyrns Walker. May 1st at 6 A M had a fresh gale from WNW. Cast olf from the steamer off New Dungeness. l\lay 2d, afternoon, passed Cape Flatlery; strong southerly wind and thick rainy weather. May 7th were 150 miles WSW from Cape Fluttery; ·thence to lat 37 ° N long 131 ° W had a sucee~ion of strong southerly winds and 1,eavy sen. l\fay 17th the weather more settled anct wind to the WNW, veel'ing to the SW with li~ht winds and calms. May 22d in lat 29 ° 44' N long J:35 ° 28' W, wind freshened from the NE, continuing steady for seven days; thence to port with light variable wind and calm. Si~hted Hawaii May 30th, and hove to off Diamond Head at 9 p ·M June 4th; took pilot the following morning. l'asijage made in 3a days. PASSENGli~H.S. c3 UO!J'llJndoc1 1-~1:"°"~ ""(0 : . • =~. -:5 Iii : : 1-; ! I : : :: : : : : :: : : 0 m preceded by its banner, some of which were On arriving at the 53 I"' R I E N D ,. J U L f , I 8 7 5. THE ,:, FROM SAN FRANc1sco-l'er Cyphrenes. June 2d-Mrs lJr Enders and 2 children, Mi's McKell, Mrs C B Robinson, Misi,, Gay, Mrs Clapp, Miss Clapp, Capt and Mrs Colcord, Payrnas- :t;;~:~; ~rSG~ it~!:~nHUH~hit~{;~as;t~ .TD Wheelel', .I L Calder, H McCullum, A Robinson. Geo Gay, Master C Gay, 4 in ,iteerage, and 50 in transitu for Australia. Fo1t AUCKLAND & SYDNEY-Per Cyphrenes, June 2d-- Mrll McKell, Geo Keedle, and 50 in transitu from San FranciRco. FROM SAN FRANCISCO-Per J.B. Ford,June 2d-1Ur Col.er. FoR .PORTLAND, 0.-Per Jane A. Falkinburg, June 8thJ Dickens, c·w Russell. FoR SAN FnANCisco-Per J. B. Ford, .Tune 11th-I, P Hehden,,~ ieut W Doty, USN, Mr Coker, Chas Coleman, lllr Engemann. FoR SAN FnANCtsco-Per Kvik, June lOth-C F Chi!lingworth, Mr Wheeler. Fon MtcRONEsa-Per Morning Star, June 21st-;J E Chamberlain. • FnoM HONGKONG-Per Brig Hazard, June 26th-20 Chinese. FROM SAN FRANCISCO-Per DC Murray, Jnne 26th-Rev ,TR Boyd and wife, Miss Boyd, c A Pratt. wife and child. Mis~ Fanny Merrill, Mrs MT Benfield and 3 children, Capt Chas E Foye.GT Barker, A J Cartwright, jr, Wm Mann, c R Moffit, Paul Grisber, F Finn, s Savidge,jr. Fno~i BAN FRANctsco-Per City of Melbourne, June 29thHis Honor EH Allen, Mi~s Severance, A Frank ~ooke, and '5 S. J • WH1TMEE. MAil.RIED. Sw1N•roN-KANIKAPOO•-At Pala.ma, May 29th, by the Rev. ' l. --'• H. H. Parker, H. S. SWINTON, Esq., to Mrs. KANlIUPOO, all the scholars were seated in the centre pews, of this city. while spectators filled the side seats. Scarcely DuNCAN-MEYER-ln tbis city, .J11ne 10th, by the Rev. l\Ir. PORT OF Hr?l\TOLULU. S. I. Kuaea, Mr ••LI.MES D. DUNCAN, of Honolulu, to Miss EM~lA half of those who went to see the performdaughter of R. W. Meyer, Etiq, of Molokai. A.RRIVALS. WILLS-WILLS-In Wa1luk11. MaUI, at the Roman C,ttho-' . ancee- could obtam entrance. The exercises lie Church, .lune 4th, by Rev. ·1, ather Sullivan, assisted by commenced about 11 o'clock and consisted of June 1-Am brig J B Ford, Jenks, 12 days fm San l•r11ncisco Rev. Father Leonard, Mr. CORNELIUS WILLS, late of Lincoln• 1-Brit stmr Cyphrenes, T Wood, 8{- days from San shire, F.ni,land. to Miss A. WILLS, daughter of Mr. Wills, ., Francisco. recitations of scripture verses and singing by of this city. r:, Lincoll'r papers please copy. 4-U S S flagship Pensacola, Gherardi, fm Hilo. PHtLLBHOOK-RouN-rnEE-ln llonolulu, June 29th, by " each school, and by all the schools together 4-Am bktn Amelia, Macfarlane, 43 days from Sydney 5-Haw bk W C Parke, Penhallow, 35 days fr0m Port Rev. S. C. Damon Mr. ALONZO KING PH1Ltn1wo:t<, of San At 12 o'clock, His .M.ajesty the King arrived, Francisco, to Miss EM~IA RouN'rnEE. of San .Jose, Cala. Gamble. 11-Brit bk Bessie North, DH Richmann, 27 days from HoLI,ISTEn-Lonn-At the residence of the bride's pnrcuts, accompanied with the Prince Hoyal, Her Newark, New Jersey, MIRS E~tMA L . Loan and L. E. Ho,1.Yokohama, en r~ute for the guano islands . .Royal Highness Luka Keelikolani, and H1s 11-Am bk Dele\vare, Hmds, 30 ditys from Victoria. Lts1•Eu, ~- D., a nephew of R. S. Hollister, Esq., of tl1is city . 17-Haw bk Mattie Macleay, Waller, 22 days from Ministers. During the exercises, His MaJPortland, 0. esty made an address, in which he _e xhorted DIED. 17-Am ship Emerald, Bairnson, ]6 days frorn San Francisco. young and old to follow the precepts taught 20-U S S Tuscarora, Erben. - days from Samoa, HOUSTON-At Tnbb's Hotel, Oakland, Cal., on May 8111, in the Sabbath School. He said that Sab:.:5-Am wh bk Rainbow, Cogan, 5 months out fm home, ARTHUR EDWIN, infant son of Lieut. E. S. Houston, U.S. N., with 140 spm, 40 wh. aged six weeks. bath Schools were first established here in 25-Am oschr Legal Tender, Winding, 15 days from San WODEHOUSE-At Makiki, on Thursday, .June 24th, EVER• Francisco. 1825, and this is therefore the Jubilee year, ARD HAY, infant son of fl. B 1\J.'s Commissioner and Consttl 20-Am brig Hazard, Lewis, 60 days fro Ho11gkong. General Wodehouse, a.ged 4 months. and there might be some present who would 26-Am bark D. C. Murray, Fuller, lo days fm San Francisco. live to witness the centennial in 1925. He 29-Brit Stmr City of l\lelbourne, Brown, 8 days fm San BuRNING OF THE SHIP EMERALB.-On Monday was astonished to see so many bannel's disI!'rancisco. mo1:ning June 21, tbi~ ship lying in the outer played, and it" reminded him of his youthful DEPARTURES. harbor, bound to the guano islands, was discovdays when he joined in the processions, and ered to be on fire. By the aid of boats' crews June Z-Brit stmr Cyphrenes, Wood, for Auckland & Sydney in this Kaumakapili Church saw Kauikea9-Am bktn ,J A Falkinburg, Brown, for Portland, 0. from the Pensacola and Tuscarora, and the Honoouli, Lot Kamehameha, Liholiho, Kamamalu 11-Am brig .T B For<l, Jenks, for Sau Francisco 11-Norwegian bk Kvik, Lorange, for San J?raneisco. lulu Fire Depa1-tment, she was brought to the and Lunalilo. He and his sister stood here 13-Am bktn Amelia, Macfarlane, for Port Townsend. 13-Bnt bk Bessie North, Richmann, for Guano Islands wharf and the fire extinguishedt but not until to-day where those chiefs stood then. He 21-:-Am missionary brig Morning Star, Colcord, for Miwell remembered some of the verses which sunk. The vessel has been dismantled, and pre-cronesia. 23-Haw bk WC Parke, Penhallow, for San Francisco parations are being made for raising her. It bas he learned when attending the Sabbath 29-Am wh bark Rainbow, Cogan, for Arctic. School at the Bethel Church, one of which ao-B it stntr City of Mell,ourne Brown for Sydney. not been ascertained bow tho fire originated. ~a 54 TH IC li'H.JEND~ JULY, I 8 7 0. U Friendly criticism is something much E"tcept in the Society Islands, and pel'baps '.l'onga, Geometry and algebra were well done. especially the former. The large cla~s · in analysis, or prized in true journalism. We are. by_ no Hawaii differed in this respect from most other English grammar, showed thoroughness in this groups of the PacHic. Samoa, ·like the Marquesas, often ne~lected and distasteful subject. Of other .means sensitive under the comments of a has never been united under one rule-in tact, bas classes in non-exact studies, we may say, that tbey correspondent in the Advertiser of June 26. had no rnle. Tlrnre has never been a man com- appeared to have leamed well what was within We recognize the pen of an English mis- bining sufficient intellect, prowess, and ambition their course of stndy. Bnglh,h history, we· think, could be better taught from a better book than the missionary long residing on the Samoan to briog the entire group unde1· one rule. But abrid!!ment of Hume's history, wllich is used,-Islands in the following paragraphs. We there bas been a multitude of petty chiefs, ( one of some manual which should bring out more sharply tbe old missionarii>s used to say every alternate the really important events and crises which have folly recognize the fact that the political man yon meet is a chie1) each exerting very, very shaped English bisto1·y and the history of civil affairs of the Hawaiian Islands essentially little influence, and constant tends have \;,een the freedom. The Committe·p examined with great pleasure differ from those of most of the groups of consequence. the spelling books written dnring the term by tbe "I give your American missionaries·very g1·eat pupils from dictation They were very generally the "South Seas." The Hawaiian Islands credit for wbat bas been done in political as well models of neatne~s in writin2:. and in the few had a stable gqvernment thirty years before as in purely religions teaching in Hawaii. But if wor<ls missed make a record that may be called the missionaries landed in 1820. We have American missionaries had been in Samoa, they extrnordinary. would not have made this group like the Hawaiian In the elocutionary exercises, Relect readings always regarded this feature of our situation at the present time. 'l'onga differs considerably were ma.de prominent. We like this feature. The peculiarly favorable to the spread of Chris- from Samoa, and is following bard on Hawaii iu . readings were all good, and so were the composicivilization. But the reason ol it is that King tions. We may say there was an improvement as tianity, and when that kingly rule has been George brongbt all those islands under his rule, compared with some former years in all the ·• exassailed, as it was, by the French in 1839 and and m.ade progress possible. Dr. Damon says the hibition " exercises. The enunciation in both • fact is uncontrovertible' that 'in the groups of reading and declamation was good. 'l'his remark 1849, and by the English in 184:3, Republi- the Soutb Seas, where missioaaries and forei1,tn cnnnot be made as to two-thirds of the scholars in . can American missionaries and foreign resi- residents from Bngland and other European conn- the lessons recited. We would not ne~lect to tries have predominated. the rights of kings, chiefs make dlte allowance for tbe timidity of young peodents, rose up in its defence. They pro- and common people have been partially at least ple reciting in a large room betore strangers, and tected and remonstrated like the Heroes of ignored, and the native governments allowed to to allow for some natural ditf'e1·ences in strength become subTerted and overturned.' I cannot as- of voices and in vocalization. but the number of '76. 'flie English missionaries did the sent to that assertion. The fact is that Tahiti is those who do speak out audibly and distinctly same when the French hoisted their Protec- the only place to which it appli.eFI. In other shows that the art is within the attaintn<• nt of all. groups there have been no native govnnments to 'l'his matter has been frequently remarked on, and torate flag at Tahiti. But here is what called subvert Ol' overturn. 'rbat is the cause of all the bas doubtle8s received much attention from thtt forth our remarks m the FRIEND of Septem- mischief-there has been no authority, no rule. teachen,; indeed. it is probable that little of this Not even in Fiji, now annexed to Great Britain. difficulty is noticed in tbe daily recitations, but ber, 1874, in noticing Col. Steinberger's has there been any native government to subvert,". :.ipp<• ars chhigy at the public examinations. But until 1t disappears there it will continue to be Report "to the Secretary of State at Washmatter of comment by visitors. ington," we expressed the idea that "we are Report of the Punahou Examining ComIt may be more within the province of ·the trusmittee. tees tban ours to speak or tbe intended absence of not surprised that Samoans should seek an the President of tbe institution yet we may be Messrs. McUnlly, Forbes, Bishop and Dole, ap- allowed, in view of the departure of Mr. and Mrs. alliance with the United StatesGover~ment.'' after their ten year.~ of service here, to We still hold to the same opinion, for have pointed an Ex~mining Committee, attended the Church, examination held on Tuei,day and Wednesday, at express our sense of the way in which they have they not witnessed one group after another the close of the academic year of Oahu College. tilled thf'ir very important and responsible For important and responsible in a pas~ under a foreign flag-the Society Isl- The number of studel)ts by the catalogue is twen- · place. high degree it iR,-tbe charge of these young ands, Marquesas and New Calidonia, are ty-seven girls and thirty-three boys, but of these ladies and gentlemen in the school and in the lamily. They have to be governed firmly yet with part of France! New Zealand, then, and quite a number have not been in attendance to kindness, to be taught in their studies, direeted the end of tbe year. Wisely, we think, the teachand supervised in their amusements, their work, now Fiji, have passed under the British flag. ers did not undertake to present all their classes, their excursions, their life in tbe school as a home, Rumor asserted that Germany and Great nor to run ove1· the whole field of the studies pur- and in respect to their moral and religious and Brit:1 in were looking towards Samoa, as a sued by those classes. This would not be practi- physical interests. And this multifal'ious care exthrough the seven days and nights of the certain King of Israel once gazed upon cable in a short public oral examination and we, tends week, and. as to many of them. through vacations. though termed an examining committee, felt that The property too, of the school, its farm and its Naboth's vineyard! Was it surprising that the examination should be conducted by the teachare to be carefully and prudently Samoans (including English missionaries) ers with but little interruption by intenogation on house-keeping, managed. We hazard little in saying that in the our part. It would be easy for strangers to tbe should stretch forth their imploring hands to class to throw them into .onfusion by questions judgment of all acquainted with the facts, these various and exacting duties have been fulfilled President Grant when his predecessors at touchinf? matters which bad not come within tbeir faithfully and wisely, unselfishly and without stint course of study, and the failure to comprehend the the White House had always shown them- point of tbe question asked or to give the answer of personal exertion. We understand it is en open question whether Mr. and Mrs. Church may return selves as brothers to Hawaiian Kings 'l ,ve required. would not justly imply a want of suita- after a yea1·1s visit home. We are sure they will ble instruction and faithful study. Neit~er can be welcomed back if t,hey please to come. trust that subsequent eJ~nts w;ll show that the committee of any year well report tbe prosrress Two other teachers also leave. They carry with America seeks only Samoa's good, and . the of the school or of individual classes or scholars. them only good wisbes and good opinions. It is which is a. matter of comparison with previous ,e ncouragement and development of the native years. But an examining committee may well ob- to be regretted that cbanges in the staff of teachers should be eo frequent as they have been. The ser-r ace and government. serve and report upon tJie tone 0t the school in vice of the associate teachers should be for more respect to discipline, the cbaraeter of the instruc·than one or two years, as genernlly has been ·the "In a number of tbe Friend just to band (ot date Septembe1·, 1874} Dr. Damon speaks with ratber 'much self-congratulation on the way in which • the rights of the natives and the authority of the king and chiefs have been sedulously guarded' in Hawaii. 1,y the aid of republican American missiona. ries and American citizens. And be implies something perhaps rather disparaging towards other groups. I have very great respect for Dr. Damon's opinion on Polynesian matters but I think in the remarks I now criticise be has not taken bis usually comprehensive view of the- matter about which be writes. Hawaii dHfHred from most-I think I may say all-Polynesian groups at the time of the introduction of Christianity. It bad a king-not merely a nominal one-but one who ruled, and who made bis rule feared if not respected. Apart ,from CbrietianHy HaWl\iian chiefs were nml chiefs. tion given in respect to thoroughnes&, and the general improvement or failure to improve by the scholars of the opportunities of the school. We think no one present at the examination failed to see tbat there had been faithful teaching and industrious learning, and the remark may be made generally of all the e:xe1·cises presentt>d,-that they were the results of well u.pplied endeavor. There were no •· show performances," unless the term may be applied t9 tbe graceful spectacle of tbe gymnastics performed by the girls in the court. dressed in a pretty and uniform costume, and that was not a sbow in any oth~r sense tban being novel and very attrnctive, for of the benefit and need of systematic exercise for girls and boys there can be but one opinion. The recitations of the Latin classes may be noted perfect. While grammat.ical dl'ill is complete, unusual success is attained in construing. The rendering of Cice10 and the memo_ritor recitation .of the text of the oration were e·x act, vigorOU!I! iUld gmceful. case. But this subject cannot be p11l'sued here. For tbe Examining Committee, LA.WREN CE McCuLT,Y. HONOLULU, June 17th, 1875. The faith alone received the Saviour, and interested the believer in his whole salva• tion: and this living and justifying faith was distmguished from a dead faith, by being an operative, active principle; and especially as it always showed its energy in the heart by love to Christ, his cause, and his people; by love to God, and to man for his sake; and this never failed to produce its correspondent effect on a person's conduct. The conversion of sinners, and their subsequent holy lives, are the minister's best letter of recommendation. Places of Worship. SEAMEN'S BETHEL--Rev. S. C. Damon, Chaplain, King street, near the Sailors: Home. Preaching at 11 A. M. Seats free. Sabbath School bel'ol·e the morning service. Prayer· meeting on W~dnesday evenings at 7i o'clock. Noon-day prayer meeting every day from half-past 12 to 1. FORT. STREl!:T Cauaca--Rev. W. Frear. Pastor, -w-. I S 7 a. N D, JUL f, 'I' U E JJ' It I ADVERTISEMENTS. IRWIN G. & SAILORS' CO.• HOME! Commission Merchants, Pla.nta.tion a.nd ln11urance Agents, Honolulu, H. I. LEWERS &. DICKSON. corner of Fort and Beretania street~. Preaching Dea.lers in Lumber and Building 1.l1aterial,<;, on Sundays at 11 A. M. and 7~ P. M. · Sabbath Fort Street, Uooolulu, H. I. School at 10 A. M. KA.WAU.HAO CHUROH--Rev. H. H. Parker. Pastor, HOFFM_t.NN, M. D., King st1·eet, above the Palace. Services in Hawaiian every Snnday at 9½ A. i\i. and 3 P. M. Physician and Surgeon, RoMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH-Unde1· the charge of Corner Merchant o nd Kaahu1mrnu Streets, near the Post Office Rt. Rev. BiRhop Maiizret. assisted by Rev. Father Hermann; Fort strt>et. neal' Bel'etania. Services BREW.ER&, co . every Sunday at 10 A. M. and 2 P. M. KAUMAKAPIU CHURCH-Rev. M. Kuaea, Pastor, Commission and Shipping Merchants, Beretania street, near Nnuauu. Services in HaHonolulu, Oanu, H. I. waiian every Sunday at lU A. M. an<l 2½ P. M. 'l'HE ANGLICAN CHURCH--Bisbop. the Rt. Rev. AlOfficers' 'l'able: with lodging, per week, $6 fred Willis, D. D.; Clergy. Rev. Rob't D11nn, M.A., P. A.DA.MS • • Seamen's do. do. do. 5 Rev. Alex. :Mackintosh, St. Andrew's 'l'empornl'Y Jluction and Commission JJ!Ierchant, Cathedral, Beretania street. opposite the Hotel. Shower Baths on the Premises. Fire-Proof Store, in Robinson's Buildiog, Queen Street. English servicPs on Sundays at 6~ and 11 A. JI!., and ED. DUNSCOMBE. 2!1 aad 7~ P. M. SLrnday School at the Clergy House at 10 A. JII. Honlnlu, January 1, 1875. Manager. MOTT SMITH, E. C. E. C J)entist, D. l'W. FL l'.l'NER, ONTINUES HIS OLD BUSUiESS IN 'l'lIE Having resumed practice, can be found at his rooms over E Strehz & Co.'s Drug Store, comer of f'ort and Hotel sts. .l!'IR.l:!l-l'll.OOF lluilcltog, Kauhumaou i:ltreet. roted by observattoos of the sun aod stars witll a transit iostrumeol accurately adjusted to !he meridian of Honolulu. J :;lext.a.nt a.nd quadrant glasses silvered a.nd adjusted. Charts and nautical instrumeots constantly on hand and for sale. tel G• O H N S. l\'J c G R .E W , M . D ., Carriage Making and 'friwming ! I WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM YOU THAT I now employ the best Mechanics in the line of Carriage Making. • Carriage and General Blacksmithing, Painting. Repairing, &c., Can be consulted at his residence on Hotel street, between Particular attention given to Fine Watch Repairing On the Hawaiian Group; and it is a. well established Alakea. and Fort streets. CHRONOMETERS J, O. MRRRILL. JOHN M'OB,Ul:El!I, J. C. ltlERRILL & Co,, Commission Merchants and Auctioneers 204 and 206 California Street, San. F r a n c i s c o . ALSO, AGENTS OF THE San Francisco and Honolulu Packets. Particular attention given to the sale and purchase of meri,handise, ships' business, supplying whaleships, negotiating exchange, &c. !CT A.II freight arriving at Sa.a Francisco, by or to the Honohllu Line of Packets. will be forwa.rJed FRRE OF OOKMIBSION. (O" Exchange on Hooolulu bought and sold . .Ql -REFERENOES- Me811rl. A. W. Peiree& Co •••••••••••••••••••••••• Honolulu " II. Hackfeld & Co. " C. Brewer & Co . . Bishop & Co . . Dr. li W. Woocl . . Hon. E. H. Alleo. . , 968 ly THE HAWAIIAN HOTEL! Late Surgeo'II, U. S. Army, "\.VEST, Wagon and Carriage Builder, 74 and 76 King Street, Honolulu. Island oruers p1omptly executed a.t lowest rates [tJ" A. LL E N & C H I LL I N G "\V O RT H, Kawaihae, Hawaii, Will continue the General Merchandise and Shipping business at the above port, where they are prepared to furnish the justly 1.1elebrated Kawaihee Potatoes, arid such other recruits as are required by whaleships, at the shortest notic:e, and on the most reasonable terms. IO' Firewood on Hand . .oJ A • w. PIERCE co •• &, (Succesors to C. L. Richards & Co.) Ship Chandlers and General Commission Mer chants, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. fact that oar Carriage Trimming, by Mr. R. Whitman, is as well execated as any in New York City or elsewhere. I therefo1·e feel warranted in saying that we can manufacture as good a class of work in Honolulu as can be found iti any part of the world. I will a,so state here that we fully intend to work at the lowest possible rates. G. WEST. M. DICKSON, Photographer, 61 Fort Street, Bonolnln, .A L"\VA YS ON HA ND A CHOICE ASSORT~ 4 l\U:NT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC STOCK, A Large Collection of Beautiful Views of Hawaiian Scenery, &c., &c. CURIOSITY HUNTERS will find at this establishment a SPLENDID COLLECTION OF Volcanic Specime1111, Coral11, Shell . Y./ar Implement• , Ferne, Mata, Kapa•, !gents Punloa Salt • orks, Brand's Bomb Lances, And a Great Variety of other Hawaiian and M·iA.nd Perry Davb' Pain Killer. cronesian Ouriosities. THOS. G. THRUM'S PICTURE FRAMES A SPECIALITY: STATIONERY AND NEWS DEPOT, No. 19 Merchant Street, • • • Honolulu. ACKAGES OF READING MATTER-OF Papers and Magazines, back numbers-put up to order a.t P educed rates for parties going to sea. ly jal 1874 OASTDE & OOO~E, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN NOTICE TO SHIP MASTERS. GENERAL-4.GENTS MERCHANDISE ! . . OFDILLINGHAM & CO., Nos. 96 and 97 King Street, KEEP A FlNE ASSORTMENT OF T 1HE PROPRIF.TOR WILL SPA.RE NO p&ina to make thl1 EX.EG-.A.N'T ~ < > T E :X:. First-Clan in Every Particular ! llOOJIS ().lN BE B1D BY THE NIGHT OR 'WEEK? with er without board. HA.LL AND L.\RGE ROOMS TO LET FOR PUBLIC MERTINGS, O.U SOCIETIES. ly Goods Suitable for Trade. UE REGULAR PORTLAND LINE OF Packets, New Eogland Mutual Lif? lnsurnnce Company, T The Union Marine Insurance Company, San Francisco, 'fhe Kohala. Sugar Company, The Haiku Sugar Compaoy. The Ra.waiian Sugar Mill, W. H. Bailey, The Hamakua Sugar Company, The Waiaiua Sugar Plantation, The Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company, Dr. Jayne & Sons Celebrated Family Medicines. tf "THE FRIE~D," MASTERS VISITING THIS PORT MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO during the last Six Years can teatif)· from per1onal exSHIP perience that the undersigned keep the best assortment of A Temperance, Seamen, Marine and Genera.I I utelligence. GOODSFORTRADE Ana Sell Cheaper than any other Rouse in the Kingdom. DILLINGHAM & CO. PUBLISHED AND EDITED BY SAMUEL 0. DAMON. TERMS: One Copy per annum, . .,. , ••••• , . $2.00 Two Copies per annum, . 2.60. Forei1n Subscribers, including po11tsie .•.••••••• , .•••. • 3.00 • '\,- lonng ltm's <!LUristian ·~szotiation ~f Jonolnln. Pu1·e 'r eligion and undefiled bef01·e God, the Father, is this: '1.'o visit thefathm·less and widows in their affiiction, and to keep one's self ·unspottedf1·oin the
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