| 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. 1 -- ~clFIC ,,-.o,,-/ Its Shores, its Islands, ana'' t he vast -regfons beyond, w-ill . .;, b·ecome the chief theatre of events, in ls 4[:' oil . ~,i>"' 1p- l1J,s GRE~S i~i'J'-" ·1:f. o,te, l'loll'lo~-- . -0. ,S~llrA.lW, U.S. Se~ _ HONOLULU, JULY 2, 1sn. CONTE1'1TS Fer July 2, 1877. RAMBLES IN THE OLD WORLD-NO, 6 Intemperance in England. PAG!! 49 Editorials- 49, 51 Rambles in the Old World, No 60pium War - 52 Children's Missionary Society52 St Antonio Society52 Rev C M Hyde, DD53 Twenty-fifth Report of the Ladies Strangers Frienu Society-54 Brilliant Marriage- 54 Temperance at the White House54 YMCA5! THE FRIEND. JULY 2, 1877. UNITED STATES MINI~TER RESIDENT.learn that a new appointment has been made to this office, perhaps this was to be expected, in the revolution of the political wheel, but we regret to part with the present incumbent, Minister Peirce, who has lled the office for eight years, to the general acceptance of Americans on the islands and the Hawaiian Government. His influence in the matter of the Reciprocity Treaty was specially noteworthy, and it is not a little remarkable, that one, whose career at the Hawaiian commercial Islands, dates more than a half century ago, should have been thus honored, as the highest United States official at the Hawaiian Court. we UNITED STATES CoNSUL.-We are glad to welcome our old Consul, Dr. Scott and his wife, after their vis.it to the United States, who were guests at the White H ou'se, while passing through Washington. The President a!}d Dr. Scott are old political friends in Ohio politics, while Mrs. Hayes and Mrs. Scott are cordial friends and fully in sympathy on the temperanc~ question, lvhich has received a grand 1mpetus from the noble women df Ohio. U "A friend" donates $10.60 for the Bethel repairs, leaving a debt (July 1st,) of $198.21. U We would acknowledge papers for gratuitous distribution from E. P. Adams, Esq., Mrs. Lyons, Rev. J. F. Pogue and l\'Irs. Parke. The British Government has sent a comAN AFTERNOON AT COPPET, THE Hol\IE OF MADAl\1E DE STAEL. th t missioner to the United S ates to ga er Last Saturday we made anothercharming statistics, relating to manufactures, and excursion, and this time to Coppet, a quiet learn why Americans are s9 fast becoming the little town, on the shore of the lake, renderleading nation, in various textile manufac- ed famous as being the home of Madame de tures. Returning he reports, that one 8tael and the literary birth-place of '' Corinne." I hope that every enthusiastic cause of :his advance _is the sobr~ety of th e admirer of this remarkably fascinating and laborers m the American factories. Hu- exqusitely written book, may some day have miliating as this fact may be, this man does !he same privilege that our little company not hesitate to state the honest truth. The I had, and see the old chateau under as favoramount of intemperance in such cities as able circumstances. It was one of those rare and perfect days in the dawning beauty Liverpool and Manchester is something quite of the spring time, when the sharp and stern appalling. A correspondant in Edinburgh lines of the winter fade into soft and sweep·pens the following paragraph, on the 3d of ing curves and the glad earth takes with gratitude the blessed gifts of sunshine and April. warmt~. The air from the far off gleaming " The newspapers will inform you how glaciers was softened and sweetened by the rapidly the old " orthordox" beliefs are breath of violets and meadow grasses which giving way in Scotland, there is an incredi- it had passed on its way. From our little ble amount of agitation and discussion going steamer we watched the shore with its ~ver on and the old Landmarks of belief, one charming panorama, where natural beauty takes on a new charm from the famous after another, are being swept away, and names which are linked with the little the church, in which this process is going on villages and old chateaux that group themmost rapi~ly is the Free Church. In the selves among the trees and shrubbery. On meantime there is less of evangelistic work, the hill, with its far-reaching vineyards, 1s and Christian aggression than for. a lpng the elegant villa of Rothschild, more like a palace than a summer house, and nestling time, and drunkenness is increasing, so among the trees on the very edge of the frlghifully as to alarm even careless lake the dwelling of Sir Robert Peele. And people.'' just beyond the country seat, where the sad and unfortunate Josephine came in those U In our last issue we alluded to.Mr. F. bitter days when anothel' sat in her imperial A. Beckwith, son of the Rev. Dr. Beckwith place. Off in the distance, where the church of Waterbury, Ct., as a young man of prom- spire catches the sunlight and becomes a gleaming shaft against the sky, is Genthoa, ise, to whom had just been awarded a" $50 so dearly loved of the Genevese naturalists. prize " in Yale College. We are happy to Here Bounet lived and thought and studied find the prize oration published in the and entertained his many admiring friends Yale College l~terary magazine for April, who came to learn at his feet. De Saussure and now lying on our table. The subject of who was one of the first to open the beauty and unlock the mystery of the Alpine world, the oration is Thomas Carlyle. It is a wrote amid these quiet rural scenes his fahighly creditable effort, evincing a breadth of mous "Travels in the Alps." 1-'o these add thought and amount of general reading not the names of Pictel 1 of Marignao, of favre, common among under-graduates. lf the and of Boissier, and you feel that Genthoa youthful blossom is so fair and beautiful, we is worthy of more than a passing notice. may certainly expect the golden fruit of ripe Just a mpment the boat stops at Versoix, scholarship and matured thought will appear where our brave little steamer adds to its in coming years. Surely we have no rea- passenger list. Here the Duke de Choiseul son to be ashamed of our island boys in in 1770, laid out the plan of a city which American colleg~s. he hoped would one day be the rivn] of Ge- I 50 THE FRIEND, JULY, 1877. neva, but which only gave rise to the sar- seem to give us greeting, and we almost park, and on both sides are long a venues, casm of Voltaire. At Versoix we see streets, forget that we are simple, plain American \vhere the sunlight shimmers down upon the but no houses. But now every one is bur- sight-seers, and half fancy that the old walk below. The branches and sprays of rying up the little pier which links for the brilliant life has begun again and that we oak and birch are bright with freshly opened moment Coppet and the steamer. It is a are a part of it. Directly facing us is the leaves. Wild flowers, primroses, anemones, sleepy little town, but one cares for nothing portrait of Madame de Stael, by Gerard, a daisies, buttercups and violets bloom on else but the chateau, which rises enticingly striking face, seeming at first sight almost every hand, makrng of each shadowy nook and over the tiled summits of the village houses. coarse and masculine, but all which is for- sunlit field a perfect fairy land. A little, The quaint massive gate-ways and stone- gotten in the singular brilliancy and beauty foamy brook dances away musically into the portal, the grand courts and ombre walls of the eyes which seem to shine from the woodlands beyond, and its echo blends with date back to the 17th century, but here canvas. She is dreia;sed in a singular antique the chorus of the birds who are singing as if Necker, the famous Genevese banker, later costume, and wears a turban on her hPad, they would Jet all the wide world know of I minister of France, came at the time of from which a few glossy black curls appear. their joy. Following the road we come to 1he French Revolution, and here i\ladame 1n her hand is an olive branch~ and she the family ton1b, almost hidden in the front de Stael his daughter passed many stands as if in earnest and triumphant of a little evergreen grove and surrounded years. It seemed as if the pompous old thought. On one side is the portrait of her by a forbidding wall which seemed closed to concierge would never admit us, but at last mother, Madame Necker, the daughter of a all inquisitive vi'!itors. Here in this quiet we were ushered into the great hall with its Swiss "pasteur" of the Canton of Vaud. spot, where no sounds are heard but the heavy stairway. There were tropical plants In her elegant satin costume and elaborate rustling of the leaves, rest the bodies of in the vestibule an.d one banana tree, which coiffure, as wife of the reigning minister of Necker and his daughter, Madame de Stae!. was putting forth its leaves in rather a timid France, she presents a striking contrast to It is a plain and simple resting place for the way in this cla~sic and somewhat chilly at- the village clergyman's daughter who, in her most brill'iant woman of Europe, whose pen mosphere-said a cordial aloha, to me as I early years, passed froiI1 house to house and speech were more dreaded by Napoleon p r1 ssed. The little salon, with the view over giving instruction. But she never lost in than the armed host of the enemv, and who, the lake, is just as it was left by .Madame de the glitter and splendor of her later years in her strength and power, still ;peaks to an Stael. There is nothing at all striking the gentleness and sweetness of her maiden- admiring world. But the broad blue heaven about its furnishings, but it was probably the hood. Opposite is Necker, splendid in is a grander dome, and the sunlit peaks of cozy nook where gathered as brilliant a gal- purple velvet, lace 'ruffles and powdered wig, the Alps a nobler monument than any which axy of thinkers and conversationalist~ as with a face nlmos.t painful in its plainness, mere human power could have reared to her any time has ever seen. Madame de Stael but that of a man true to principle :rnd right memory. reigned as queen, and in her train she nnm- in an age of deceit and corruption. Next AUTHORESS OF THE NEAR AND HEAVENLY HORIZONS. No names in modern French literature bered Constant, Sismondi, Schlegel, lVIad- the Duchess de Broglie, the daughter of ame Recamier, and a throng of lesser lights Madame de Stael, who died but recently. · I are more loved than those of the Count and who composed what Sainte-Beure is pleased think I never saw a more exquisitely delicate Countess de Gasparin. Their home in Geto style "her majestic court." Perha~s no face, full of tenderest expression, lighted neva was the resort of those who loved to woman has ever lived, dowered wlth a with a peace that comes after pain, seeming, view life from the same high and lofty standgreater genius than Madame de Stael. From amid its dark and quiet draperies, more lik~ point as did their genial host and hostess. ner earliest girlhood, reared in the elegant the chastened and purified face of a clois- All great, pure, noble thoughts found a home home of her father, and surrounded by the tered nun than that of a Duchess. There in their hearts, and their writings went forth leading thinkE>rs of the day, she gave evi- were other family portraits but vve forgot them to comfort and cheer thousands who looked dence of that splendid ability and far-reach- all, and came back again and again to henceforth to them as worthy of their <leeping thought, which re!Ilained with her to _the this sweet, patient, pathetic face, as one est gratitude. They were singularly adapted last. In 1792, escaprng from the horrible might come to a shrine. The ornaments one to the other, and presented a rare and scenes of the French Revolution, she fled to and furniture have a kind of ml!te eloquence beautiful example of perfect union of heart CopP.et, which s~e made, to use her own and you half fancy that they could be and soul. Among the works of Madame de words," the hospital of the wounded of both coaxed into all manner of interesting inci- Gasparin, the best known is the "Near and parties." One book after another came from dents if one had but time to stay. The Heavenly Horizons,' 1 which has been widely her facile pen, all stan'\ped with genius, but carpet, with its facling tmts, still remains, read in America. It abounds in delicate and some of which exposed her to the sharpest and satin qraperies and curtains are excel- beautiful thoughts and perceptions, and in criticism, and at three different times Coppet lent aids to the imagination. On the table reading it the shadowy and far off spirit became, not only her home, but the place of are portfolios of modern engravings and realm seems to come nearer and nearer, and her exile. In 1804 she traveled with Schle- other articles which prove that the old cha- the glory and beauty and rest which are the gel in Italy, a~d as ,~he fruits of_ this journey tea\f' is peopled by other than the shadowy believer's portion, take on a reality, which is we have " Corrnne, a work i,vh1ch has ren- spirits of the past, and we are tol<l that the often lost in the mystical and unnatural andered her famo~s the worl1 over, and whicli grand-daughter of the famous . authoress ticipations of many writers. ~he longs for is a rare vers10n of delicate beauty ·and ma'kes this her summer home; we wonder a heaven where all that is pure and noble in force, and worthy of the beautiful and strik- whether she resembles her sweet faced this life shall find a fuller and more glorious ing words of Lamartine, as being "a glow- mother .in the portrait. How it delighted realization; where friend shall know friend, ing picture of the sky of Jtaly seen over the our eyes to find in the little book case the and where, in the absence of sin, and in the summits of the ~lps." Her travels in G~r- .f3racebriclge Hall of Washington Irving, light of all divine and purifying impulses many resulted rn a work of power _and rn- stamped with the family crest. Beyond is the redeemed shall enter upon the grandeur fluence, but exposed her to a particularly the bedroom of Madame Stael, where she of their eternal life. If 1 am not mistaken marked political tyranny by the F_rench thought and wrote, and where we wish to her book was a prelude to tnat of Miss Government. Weary at length of this es• believe "Corinne" was begun. How we Phelps' "Gate& Ajar," though expressed pionage and exile, she secretly left Coppet searched for some little souvenir, but the with a delicacy and refinement which is and journeyed in Russia, Sweden and Eng- Argus eyes of the stately concierge were somettmes lacking in the latter. Madame Jan~, and wi_th the Bourbons returned. to upon us, and we were powerless. Through de Gasparin wrote other most delightful Pans. While engaged upon a work which the window one catches the gleam of the books on a variety of subje~ts. She was promised to be of singular power, she be- blue lake and snowy Alps, and we know the founder at Lausaune of a most excellent came ill, and s_hortly af~erwards died, in that at least no change has come to these and practical school for the training of nur1818. It was a life of bnlhant successes and since the days when the gifted authoress ses. But the last few years of the life of tr~ing _defeats, but we can not but feel that looked off to them for rest and inspiration. this most gifted lady have been most painthis ?!1ght and pleasant room, where we _a re But how could we tarry so long within stone fully clouded. Since her husband's death stanarng: beams only pl:asant memories. walls when the real beauty was without on she has resided at her country house at The qu:et afternoo~ sunl1gh_t streams down that velvety verdant lawn which you reach Chambesy, just out of Geneva, in the most with a kmd of blessmg and hghts the faces through the quaint and pointed iron gate- unyielding seclusion and retiracy. The that look at us from the wallr so that they way? A little lake is in the centre of the shock seems td have been almost too much 1' II E fl, It I E N D , J U L f , I 8 7 7 • for her and she refuses to he comforted. She admits no visitors, except her clergyman, and. has given herself up to her sad grief. She seems to have felt as if she and her husband were never to be separated; that this " perfect married couple," as some one has called them, were in some peculiar way to be exempt from the pain of parting. Many singular stori<'l,s are told of some of the morbid tendencies of her sorrow, but it is simple charity to believe that she is not responsible for them all, and that instead of blame, she should be regarded with the greatest pity. It is very sad that one who seemed to catch such bright and beautiful glimpses of the celestial world should now sit in such darkness and sorr.ow, shut out from those whose hearts she has herself cheered and gladdened. AN ADDRESS FROM M, DE PRESSENSE. One of the treats which the thinking people of Geneva have of late enjoyed, has been an address by M. de Pressense, of Paris, who is one of the noblest representatives of evangelical Christianity in Europe. His theme was " Strauss and Voltaire," and delivered to an immense audience in the Salle de la .H.eforrnation. Having a seat on the platform, I could see to the best ad vantage the sea of faces before me. There is something peculiarly interesting about a Genevese audience. At first one is almost startled by its plainness, its angularity, and a certain weary look which seems to characterize it. You see no richly dressed people, no color, no display as among Americans. You feel as if you were among a people where everybody thinks, and where thought is a bond between all classes. The subject and speaker could not fail to interest every one. Every eye is upon the orator. The working men, the merchants, the • pasteurs,' whose faces come out here and there, sometimes rendered doubly attractive by a fram• ing of silvery hair crowned by a velvlit cap, the Genevese aristocracy, the liberal thinkers, and the earnest upholders of the old faith, all are here. Pressense is now quite in years, his hair is grey, but his grand spint and fire are still unsubdued. He remains seated before the desk, and never once rises to his feet, but pours forth a stream of earnest words, gesturing constantly. His figure is heavy, and his face, at first sight, uninteresting, but full of pleasant expression when lighted with thought. With a few introductory words he passes immediately to his subject, which is a brilliant comparison of two of the greatest thinkers and doubters of any time. Only occasionally does the audience yield to a smile or a round of applause at some ~ell turned point. But every one is intently listening as he rises with rapid steps towards his conclusion, and 1 watch with interest the faces about me, which are full of earnest sympathy. Just behind him sits his old-time friend, Pere Hyacinth, whose voice so often i:s heard in this same hall. His face lights up most pleasantly every now and then, and you feel that' these two great orators, though differing uudoubtedly in reference to some minor points, are yet, after all, in sympathy on the great and essential principles of a living Christianity. Pressense exerts gr.e at influence ao-ainst !Scepticism and infidelity in Europe~ In France, this is especia·lly • marked, and he is regarded as an aid, not only to the Protestant, but also the Catholic party, although he is himself most purely evangelical. His "Life of Christ" was a most powerful answer to .H.enan's brilliant but sceptical romance on the life of the founder of Christianity. Although a clergyman, he has taken a prominent part in French politics; and if ever religious liberty and toleration shall gladden the heart~ of Christians in France, he will be regarded as one who has largely aided to bring about this most necessary reform. A TRIP ROUND LAKE LEMAN. A few quiet moments give me an opporturnty of telling you of our safe arrival in Lausaune. We had the pleasant company of Dr. and Mrs. Stevens, as well as those charming Scotch ladies, the Misses Todd. While in their company, guide-books seem_ed quite superfluous, for they have seen Europe, e~pecially Switzerland, with such beautyloving eyes, that not a point has escaped them, and it is a pleasure to listen to them. 80 here I am in the shadow of the old cathedral spires of Lausaune, feeling a little oddly to be out of Geneva, where I have been for so many months. The sail in the afternoon sunlight, with the fresh cool May air in one's face, and the ever-changing panorama of mountain and plain, was most delighiful. Excursionists, with shawl-straps and guide-books, are becoming more and more numerous, and every boat that goes up the lake has its sprinkling of travelers. There is something always interesting about the passengers. There is the English. lady under her umbrella. quietly reading her guide-book. Then the French artist, bound to Montenegro, to be in the midst of war scenes, which he will depict for Parisian newspaper readers. Young Englishmen and Germans, bright French girls, etc. In the forward part of the boat, the second class passengers, who are almost always the most interesting, for they come, as a general rule, from the peasantry of the country, whose shores we are skirting. As the clouds continued to rest in such unyielding masses over the Alps, we confined our thoughts and gaze principally to the Vaudois side, with its beautiful plain sweeping up to the Jura. Just beyond Cop pet, the residence of Madame de Stael begins the Canton de Vaud, rich in fertile lands and vineyards, and the home of a sturdy, industrious peasantry, and an unfettered Protestantism. The chain of the Jura rises as a line of battlements against the western sky. By the winding zigzai road which clinibs the mountain side, in the far distance, you reach the summit of the Dole, the highe~t point of the Jura, where Byron wrote his celebrated description of the thunder-storm*, as given in the third canto of Childe Harold, where words seem to have caught the electric thrill and become themselves a part of the wild play of the elements. There is a charming lack of the modern element in all the magnificent sweep of country which is spread out before us. The towns are quaint and picturesque, which nestle down by the water's side or dot here "Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now ha! h fnuml a tongue, And Jura an~wers, through her miety shroud, Ii.I.ck to the joyuuM Alp~, who call to l.ter aloud ! 11 51 and there the slopes and plain. At Nyon is a fine old feudal castle. On the opposite shore lies Yvoise, from whence, tradition tells us, a valiant warrior (If the olden time used to swim the lake on his " ·white charger" in his attacks on the Paysde Vaud. Among the clustering trees can be seen the old chateau, whose last owner was Joseph Bonaparte. Here is the beginning of "the vines of La Cote," from which come the most famous of the Swiss wines. One old castle after another comes in view, each with its historic associations; but none more interesting than that of the days of the good Queen Bertha, who':le name still lingers in these sunny uplands, and is still the synonym of all that is wise and industrious. So strong and firm do the walls of her castle stand that we can scarc~ly believe that hundreds of years have flown since this most exemplary lady rode hither and thither in her kingdom, distaff in hand, an inspiration to all her subject::;. But our boat is at Ouchy, almost before w~ are willing to land. The mountains which have been growing grander as we came nearer, are now most beautiful. There is something so suggestively island-like about them as they rise abruptly from the blue waters of the lake, that it gives me a little of a home-sick twinge to think that I am here in the heart of Switzerland, and that the brightest and most beautiful iJands that gleam on the waters of the Pacific, are 8000 miles away. The mountains open like a great gate-way, and we look up to the point where the Rhone rushes in, for a time co lose itself in the placid waters of Lake Leman. Showers are stealing down the valley, amidst whose shimmering, misty folds shines for a moment, the tremulous fragment of a rain-bow. But this is Uuchy, and here we land. The famous hotel, Beau Rivage, with its sloping . grounds and blossoming trees, the memory of the little Inn, wliere Byron wrote, m two rainy days, his dcathles1:1 " Prisoner of Chillon, ·' and the square medireval tower which rises grimly at the entrance of the port, are all that make 0uchy interesting. Just above, on the mountain 1:1lope, lies Laueaune; a most charming town, very beautiful, as seen from the water, and most interesting when reached. lt is built on hillis and in raviues, which render all travelrng about it tedious. lt rises step by step towards the cathedral which rises from amidst high roofs and treeR. After supper, at our quiet little hotel, we went out to see the spot rendered famous as being once the home of the historian Gibbon. \Ye had these words of the gl'eat writer himself to gmde us-" It was on the day, or rather the night, or the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of 11 and 12, that I wrote the last line of the last page (Decline and Fall of the Roman .Empire) in a summer house in my garden. After laying down my pen I took severa.l turns in a berceau, or covernd walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of th~ country, the lake and the mountaintl. The air waR temperate, the sky was serene, tbe silvor orb of the moon was reflected from the waves, and all nature was silent.'' 'fbc home of a great man is of itself most interesting, but the birtl.J-placc of a famous work is even more so. 'fhe '' Decline and Fall of the Roman Erup1re " is one of tboi,e grand, literary possessions in which not only the English speaking people but the whole world hat4 a share. Though its grandeur is dwarfed by the lack of that hi~best inspiration and beauty-faith in the divine mistiion of Uhristia.oity. FRANK w. DAMON . THE FRIEND, JULI, THE FRIEND. Jl.LY 2, l 877. Opium War. ,ve predict another opium war, but it will 1877. President's Address, Before Children's Missionary Society. BY REV. JAMES ALEXANDER. The anniversary ~this association calls forth an address of marked ability. That by Rev. Mr. Alexander, is far above the average of former years. The following is an outline of the address: lt is interesting to see whether the most intuitious of truth and duty to build temples of science and religion. We believe in an overruling purpose of love. From this objective knowledge of that purpose, we come to subjective knowledge. Tliis at last is knowledge, the firmest of all knowledge, beinO' of the soul's life, and so at last we kno,;, this the rock agarnst which the gates of hell will not prevail. Our Missionary Father Thurston's dying words, "0 How I Love Jesus," refuted all scepticism. The teachings that truth is unknowable only dem?n• strate that science has no ground on which to stand in assaulting truth, and like the ancient Jewish L·aw, they "shut us up to Faith." • This is not a mere specu 1ative matter, but practical since scepticism paralyzes benevol~nce; and really nothing but the love of Christ can enable us to be bene• volent. not be in China, but in England. The time is surely coming when the English people will be aroused to the enormity of the policy of forcing opium upon the Chinese. Mr. Richard, a member of Parliament, has reancient methods of meeting sceptical specucently remarked, "I own 1 am oppressed lations may apply to mode.rn science, the with a sense of the accumulating responsimethod of Socrates taught philosophers by bilitv we are incurring by the course we are inquiries that they knew nothing, and Job's pur~uing in China. I am not ashamed to answer from the Almight.v was sim1·1ar m · say that I am one of those who believe that lesson of humiliation-Scientific Logic as there is a God who ruleth in the kingdoms taught by their leading work, Jevon's Prinof men, and that it is not safe for a commu- ciples of science, enables us to make this nity any more than an individual, reckless- application, teaching "that we cannot infer ly and habitually to affront those great prinSan Antonio's Society. from a negative proposit10n." If now seepciples of truth and justice and humanity on tical speculation is inference from negative We take pleasure in noting another addition to which I believe He governs the world." propqsitions it is without foundation, that the list of benevolent associations of Honolulu. 1n the March number of "Fraser's Maga- recent speculation is thus based on negative Through the zealous exertions of J. Perry, Esq., the zine," we find a most noteworthy article evidence is happily illustrated in almost the Portuguese Consul for these islands, a Society has been formed among bis countrymen resident here, written by a Chinaman residing in London. fundamental bases of sceptical science. on a. similar basis of mutual aid with the English The article is entitled "F0reign Relations Were Socrates conjured up to walk with and German Societies, aod with a membership of of China." This writer states a great many scientists he might ask what the "nebulous something over fifty. The new society is named whol~ome truths, which the sensible portion cloud" Huxley describes as the ba.sis of all after Saint Antony of Padua, a famous Portuguese of the English people must weigh and pon- things was, or what the mo1ecu les or 1orce, r Confessor, of whom it is related that he once preached to the fishes, and that on the day of his der. Among them we take the following: back of matter, were, scientists would not death at Padua in Italy, on the 13th of June, 1231. "Depend upon it, as soon as China thinks explain what the most common phenomena all the bells in the churches throughout Portugal herself in a position to carry out her wishes, were, what gravitation, light, magnetism, rang of themselves. Numerous other remarkable things are told of this saint, whose memory is she will at once repudiate the clause of the &c. If we ask further whence these things greatly revered wherever the children of Portugal treaty legalizing the opium traffic; and if come, science is speechless, with no basis are found. Wednesday lost the lStb, being the anniversary of San Antonio, was appropriately England asks why she does so, she will anfor inferences, coming to ask about life, it selected for the annual dinner, which was spread at ~wer that the moral sense of her whole na- will not suffice to say that ii is a result of the residence of Mr. Jose Perry, a relative of the Consul, pleasantly situated at the entrance of Pauo" tion requires it, and that justice and humancombinations of chemical substances or valley,. The members of the society wit~ t?eir • ity and righteousness demanded it. lf Eng- forces, since we have just seen that these wives and little ones and a number of mvited guests, sat down to a sumptuous feast of good land should then declare another war against are incomprehensible. Besides it is utterly things, and spent an hour or two in_ social enjoyher in support of the wicked cause, she will above and different from them, a power to ment. The healths of Dom Luis I. Kmg of Portugal, and Kalakaua, King of the Hawaiian Islands, refer the matter to the impartial judgment rule and resist them. In like manner were duly honored, the latter being proposed by of the world-the United States and the spiritual life is not explained by being attri- Consul Perry. great powers of Europe-and if England The Portuguese in these islands are quite numerbuted to physical that being incomprehen- ous, and it could be wished that there were more, should decline to abid~ their decision, China sible, and spiritual life, also being above and for as a rule they are a sober, industrious, thrifty will defend herself even to the last man in and law-abiding people. Last S11turday the 9th different from physical. But just here inst., Mr. Perry for the first time hoisted his Consular her empire, rather than submit to the stipu- where deepest mystery, the foundation of flag at bis residence corner of Nuuaou and Hotel lations of a treaty, the terms of which were streets, on which occasion be re~eived the congraknowledge must be laid, since to know we tulatory calls of government officrnls and members dictated and almost extorted after a most must know how we know, "an inductive of the Consular corps-P. C . .Ii. disastrous War, and the effect of which has science• implies a science of mind." Also The " St. Antonio" Society with all its been the ruin of her subjects." respecting special ends and purpos:s in. members is an outgro~th of the colony of After this manner reasons this Chinese nature scientists even urge that they know seamen, from ~he Kingdom of Portugal writer. He also treats upon what is culled nothing, knowing nothing of purpose objec• settled on these islands. ,, The Arrow War " brought on by a fancied Information Wanted. tively they know nothing of it subjectively. insult to the British flag hoisted on board a W 'th 'd f ·t th ey are un ab! e t o )l' ve bY a wlrn,leship Resrecting CHA.RLES LUNT of Orono, Maine, was officer of I no I ea O I ' lost in the Arctic, Home years a11,o. When last Chinese-built vessel, owned by a Chinese, such an idea, and so have no impulses to heard of was in Honolulu; any information will be l.b,\Okfully manned by Chinese seamen and officers, exreceived by hiR brolher James F. Lunt, Virginia City, goodness, ~o hope of blessing; and this their Nevada, or at the office or 1he FRIEND. cept a papm· captain, who was a British Respecting CHARLES BEssoNETT, wb~ sailed from N_ew subject. The whole affair was most dis- leading writers actually teach, so that their Bedford, in bark Superior, 1852 or _53, and I~ 1858 WaH s~1lmg out of Honolulu. Communicate wilh the editor or Mrs. Sarah. creditable so far as the British were con- best wisdom can only point us to the sepul- A. Gross, Bris1ell, R. 1. cerned, argues this writer, and he does not chet. Now from thi8 ignorance of the except even the British minister, Sir John nature, origin and purpose of things, science A. I . SMITII, Bowring, ,vhose reputation as a diplomatist will be forgotten long before that of a writer can make no infm·ences against t1·uth seen IMPORTER & DEALER IN JEWELRY, Spectacles, of the hymns commencing-" Watchman, by a higher method. Here Faith helps King's Combination Gla.st1 and lated Ware, tell us of the night," and "In the cross of us, \Ve believe we were not made with Sewing l\lachines, Picture 1''ramcg, Vases, Brackets, etc. etc. Christ I glory." natures that deceive us, and so follow No. 73, Fort St. CJ TERMS STRICTLY OA!-IH. [lyJ • 'l' 11 E li' It IE N D, JUL I, can be our blessed experieuce only as we daily put heart and Jife under the gracious influences We recognize in his being sent out by the of Christ's forgiving love, that so we may •• like A. B. C. F . .M. the same noble purpose as the stain ·ct web that whitens in the sun, grow pure by being purely shone upon." Rev. C. M. Hyde, D.D. animated that missionary society it1 planting mission stations on these islands more than a half-century ago. His arrival here has called forth a most generous response from the Christian public throughout the islands, in contributions for.a dwelling house for his family. During the anniversary meetings he has been present and takes his stand upon committees and in various ways, indicating that his services will become a most useful element in the working forces of the Christian community. Dr. Hyde preached in our Bethel pulpit the 10th of June a most excellent sermon, taking for a text Christ's words, John 13:10, " He that is washed, needetb not save to wash his feet, but.is clean every whit: " the preacher described the circumstances which occasioned this utterance. The washing of the disciples' feet was showa to be more than an illustration and exemplification of Christian humility. It was symbolical, also significant of the spiritual truth that for Christian character and conduct we need not only " the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Ghost," but also daily recourse to Christ Jesus for daily forgiveness. A true interpretation of the language shows a distinction made in the text between a bath which cleanses the whol(\ person, and a washing of the feet, which the customs of eastern countries made needful very often. The cleansing power of Christ's work and word of forgiving grace was affirmed as freeing the soul fully and at once from the condemning power of sin. But a further work and way of spiritual purification was also shown to be a fact of Christian experience. Io illustrating this lesson of the text, the preacher told of the piece of steel convert,ed by electricity into a permanent magnet. This conversion did not change the chemical constituents of the steel, nor its visible appearance. It simply put the the magnetized steel into new relations to the all pervading force of electricity, perhaps by some change in the arrangement of thf? ultimate particles, adjusting them all according to their polarity. This change of relation is a permanent change, physical science affirms; so that in view of its reliability we say of it, " as true as the needle to the pole.'' A similar permanent change in human character is wrought by conversion. A man is none the less a man, when he is converted: if he is more of a man, it is because he stands in new relations to the love of God, that great attractive and controlling principle which binds in harmony the intelligences of the spiritual universe. We do •ot throw aside the compass, though every locality has its specific variation of the magnetic needle, swerving more or less from the true north and south line. We recognize the necessity of taking special pains to secure a safe com pass. We put the magnetic needle on a pivot, so that it may move easily in any direction: we enclose it in a box, so that it may be shielded from atmospheric currents: we swing it in a double-jointed case, so that in every movement of the ship it may preserve its equil1bnuru we use additional special contrivances in every vessel built of iron. But how many Christians are there, mindful and willing to take equ.Ll pains to tiecure that perfection of Christian cliaracter, that blamelessness of Christian conduct, for which they are personally responsible, which the world expects to see in them? While believing the scripture truth that " there is now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus," we must not fr1rget the scriptural limitation,'' which walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit." How are you walkin~ '! Ir de6irnuH of living a pure and Christ-like life, this 53 I 8 7 7• DR. RrcHARDSON.-By the last steamer, arrived a goodly company of visitors, from all parts of the United States, and among them Dr. Richardson, of New Orleans, Professor in a Medical School of that city. He is visiting our public institutions and expresses himself highly pleased with the Queen's Hospital. U If C. F. Merrill is now residing on the islands, htl is requested to communicate with the editor, who has a letter from his brother 0. B. Merrill, Topsham, Maine. l\tIARINE JOURNAL. POB.T OF HONOLULU. S. I. ARRIVALS. May 26-Brit hk Kioclune, Caithness, 152 days fm Liverpool. 28-R~mI~fn ~;:nc~u, Admiral .Bouzino, 12 days 30-Russ Imp Cor Abreck, Captain F Schantz, 14 days from 13an Francisco. 30-Russ lmp Cor VNadnik, Captain Novossilsky, 14 days from San Jfranc1sco. 30-Am schr W H .Meye1·, llrown, 14½ dys fm San Fran 31-R M S Zealandia, Chevalier, 7 days and 17 hours from San Francisco. June 1-Am bk W A Holcomb, Dunton, 14 days from San Francisco, en route for Raker's Island, 3-llaw bk lolani, Garreus, lfl days from San Fran'co. 5-Russ Imp gunooat Vostock, Captain Stark, 20 days from :San, .lfrancisco. 9-Am bktne ~tonitor, Emerson,17 days fm Humboldt. 12-Am bk Camden, Robinson, 2fl dys from Port Townsend. 12-Russ Imp cor Ermack, Capt de Livron, 20 days fm i:ian Francisco. 13-Am schr C M. Ward, King, 35 days from Rowland's Island. 14-Am bk Quickstep, Barnaby, 14 days from San Francisco, en route lor Hongkong. June 16-Am bk H W Almy, Widdenson, 16½' dys from Trinidad. 18-Russ lmp cor Gornostai, Toreutitr, 14 days from :San I•'rancisco. 19-R M S Austraiia, Cargill, 18 days from Sydney. 22-Am sh Fleetford, 'laylor, 22 days from Jarviti Is 2-!-Am brig Hesperian, Windmg, 16 days from San Francisco. ~4-Haw bk Mattie Macleay, Pope, 24 dys fm Portland. 25-Am bktne Lliscovery, :Shepherd, 15 days from 8an .Francisco. 26-Am bktne Jane A Falkinburg, Hubbard, 16 days from Astoria. 27-Am bk Belle of Oregon, Merriman. 14 days from San Francisco. 28-P M S City of Sydney, Dearborn, 8 days from Sau .l!'rancisco. wifo and child. Mrs Mary U Logan, CF Kutz and wife, J Austin, wife and daughter, Jas M Crindell, Miss S Pinder, Jno T Waterhouse jr, H ,lohoson, H Berger, IVlfe and 2 children, Miss SE King, G West. and wife, Dr Pease and wife, W W Oameron, H Turton, 2 Misses Rowe1l, Jno Ilaussen, W H Place, 1\1 A Samuels, Geo Tremble, A Anderson, G Walkmerster, W Pag-e, I Kent, D Quinton, G Green, t. Hanson. C Kennedy, W G Poole, M. Griffin, F Enos, M :Silver, G Harris, E Rosander, IP Flynn, H :aylor, I Latham, and 4 Chinamen. Fon SYDNEY-Per Zealandia. May 31-Mrs A Krachlauer and 3 children, Mrs Davis. · FROM SAN FnANC1sco-Per lolani . .Yune 3-J H Medan and Col Norris. Fnmr GUANO lsLANDs-Per C l\l Ward, June 13-A .l Kinney, wife and child, Wm H Foye, Wm Coates, Thos Martin, El English, Chas Hines, ll Barrows and 47 natives. Fon MICRONESIA-Per llforning Star, June 14-Dr E 111 Pease and wife, SP Kaaia and wifo, Mr Nawaa, wife and child, Mrs Logan and child. FROM SYD~Ev-P.er Australia, June 19th-D Manson, D Bagot and wife, P Hall, F Barnard. Fon SAN FRANCISCO-Per Australia, June 20-1\-lajor J II Wodehouse, His Ex HA P Carter and son, Hon AS Cleghorn, F W Schmidt and wife, H N Greenwell, E Krnll, Rev J Bridger and 4 children, .J G Trembeth, Miss May Geary, W G Brash, E C Sessions and wife, l\Ir:s SB Vole, W W Uamcron, H J Agnew and wife, T F Uurdis and wife, C Breoig and wife, H Hart, A W Peirce and wife, J A Hassinger, Llr .I W Smith, H Turton, J .l!'arnsworth, F G Maeder and wife, TH Hobron and wife, GD Webster, H llradley, LC Gray, Mrs(, l\forting, Fred Barclay and wife. FnoM SAN FRANCISCO-Per Hesperian, .June 24-A G Bacon. FnoM PoRTLAND-l'er Mattie Ma.cleay, June 24-R Brotherton, L R Patten. FROM SAN FRANCISCO-Per Discovery, June 25-C Hammond, B W Child, P Buckloy, J Walters. FR0~1 PORTLAND-Per Jane A. .l!'alkinburg, June 26-Mrs R W Laine and ehild. FnoM SAN FRANCisco-Per City of Sydney, June 28-Dr J Scott and wife, W N Armstrong and wife. l\liss Mary Rowell, WE Rowell, Miss Helen Ludlow, J d Emersou, l\lrs .11 l' l.laldwin and child, W L Hopper, JO Carter, T G Richardson and wife, Geo Q Whitney, J J Yates, wife and children, Geo W Matfarlane, SF French, HS C.:rocker, wife and 2 hoys, E A Williams anvife, C Hester. Mrs E Taylor, Mrs A lH Easton, Miss Jennie ~aston, Mrs U A Brough, Miss Brough, Mn, E B Meyer. F S Dodge. Mrs F Howe, Miss M Furlong, F Foster, .I E Cheevers and wife, H Braham and wife, E J iiennedy, L I' Teuvey anJ son, R Whitman, l\1iss Nellie Crocker, H .I!' Poor, and 10 in the steerage. MARRIED. TALLACH-WEsT.-At Amherst, N S. April 26th, by the Rev J M Sutherland, of Pugwash, Rev THOMAS TALLACH, )1 A, minister of Saint Stephen's Church, Amherst, to JuLIA, second daughtet· Of Mr Gideon West, of Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, formerly of Amherst. CHAMBRE-VON PFtSTER.-In this city, .June 2d, at St Andrew's Cathedral, by the Rev A lex Mackintosh, WALTER LAN DYS, eldest son ol Thomas Chambre, Esq, and Navigating Lieutenant of H M S Fantome, to loA, only daughter of the late John Ramsay von Pfister, Esq, of Honolulu. ,IOLTY-KAPAI.-ln this city, by th~ Rev SC Damon, Mr FRANK JOLTY to Miss MARY KA PAI, lloth of Honolulu. IIITCHCOCK-HARDV.-At Naalehu, Kau, Hawaii, May 30, by the Rev A O Forbes, H R HITCHCOCK, Esq, of Hilo, to Miss ALICE F HARDY, of Oakland, Cal. MoNTANO-DAVIDSON.-ln this city, June 16, by teh Rev w Frear, .l\tr A A MONTANO to Mrs M J i>AVlDS0N, both of Honolulu. FOYE-Kur.-Iu this city. by the Rev Faiher Herma.on, Mr WILLIAM H }'OYE to ELIZA.BETH Ku 1, both of Honolulu. CuNHA-GtLLlLAND.-ln this city, June 91, by the Rev Father Bermann,IMr ES CUNHA to Miss A E GILLILAND, eldest daughter of the late Ricliard Gilliland, all of Honolulu. DEPARTURES. May 31-R l\1 S Zealandia, Chevalier, for Sydney. June 2-Russ Imp C~r Bayan, Admiral Bouzino, for Persian Gulf. 2-Russ Imp Cor Vsadnik, Captain Novossilsky; for l'en~ian Gulf. a-Russ Imp Cor Abreck, Captain Schantz, for Persian Gulf. 4-Am bk W A Ilolcomb, Dunton, for Baker's Island. 9-Russ Imp gunboat Vostock, Capt Starck, for Japan 9-Haw bk Uourier, Ahll.>0rn. for San lfrancisco. 9-Am schr W U Meyer, Brown. for San Francisco. 14-A.m Miss brig l.lformng Star, Colcord, for Microne,ia 14-Am bk Quickstep, Jfarnaby, for Hongkong. June 16-Russ Imp cor Ermack, Uapl de Livron, for Vladivostock. 17-Am bktne Monitor, Emerson, for Humlnildt. 19-Aui bk l.Jamdcn, Robinson, for Port Ua111ble. 20-R MIS Australia. Uargill, for i:ian Francisco. 21-.Brit bk Kinclune, Caittmess. for Portland. . 22-Russ Imp cor Gornostai, Capt Torentiff, for Japan. 28-l' M 8 l;ity ofi:iydoey, l)earborn, for Sydney. 29-Am bk H W Almy, Widdenson, for San Francisco. PASSENGERS. FROM SAN FRANCISCO -Per W 11 Meyer, May 31-Jno Ken yon, R W DouglasH. R. W McKeoion, J F McKenzie, E D Ro• bin8, Edw :Smith, Jas McCai-tcy. FnoM SAN FnANctsco-Pc.r Zealandia, l\lay 31-E C Sessions and wife, Mrs W J Knight am! daughter, Rev (J ll1 Hyde, DIED. Bn&WEit.-A:t Jamaica Plains, Mass, May 4th, MARTHA 1h v 1s, wife of Chas .!Jrewer. PERRY.-'ln this city May ,27th, MANUEL PERRY, a native of the Azores, and for many years a resident of these Islands, au;ed 3~ years. BISHOP Et CO., BANKERS, H ONOLULU, HA "\V .UIAN ISLANDS. DRAW EXCHANGE ON 'fHE SANK OF CALIF'ORNU, SAN FRANCISCO, - Ne~v York, ANO 'l'HKIR AGl':N'l'S IN - Bo8to11, Paris, Auclda1ul, THE ORIENTAL BA.NK CORPORATION, LONDON, I - A.ND THEIR BRANCHES IN - Hou1ikong, Sydney. and Melbourne, And Tra.nsacL a General l.lanking Business. ap21 lr THE FRIEND, JULI, Tbe 25th Anniverf!;ai-y ot tb.e l~adieH' ~ti-an;.;-e1·s' . rie11d ~ociety W .As held at the house ot the Rev. Dr. Damon, on June 7th, 1877, when tl.ie Si;cretary presented tlie following Report: l 8 7 7. among us from distant lands, from time to time, who I.Jave cordially united with us in carrying forward tlJe work ot the Society. So that we f>till hold hopefully on our way, with the ever increasing conviction of ti.le value and irnpoi:tance of this or~anization in these d1slflot Islands of tbe Pacific. Now, it is the custom of c-ommon mortals iu mauy places to celebrate the 25tll anniversary of their wedded lives, by festivals, called "silver weddings," where friends gatlJer, to offer their co11gratulations, and present rare and valuable gills; and your secretary respectfully sug~ests, that iL would be eminentl_v proper for the charitably-disposed of our Island Community, to make a 1-{enerous tribute, on this anniversary, to th<:: lnbors and value ot this Society a:; a public i:,ervant, in the way of substantial aid; which shall be faithfully used tor the poor and i:,uffering, and which may prove to tl.ie donors, a treasure laid up in Heavcu." Respectfully submitted, A. W. SMITH, Secretary. "Ou the 10tll day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eigllt; hundred abd fifty-two, tlle1e was ushered into existence with appropriate ceremonies, in this very room, the "Ladies' Stranger's lfrien d Society." "Fitts-two l11dles were present who e.ubscribed their names to the constitution, and started tl.ie young Society on its mission ot love, to lbe sick and destitute strangers within our gates." We tbink she bas fulfilled the promise her birth inspired during ti.le twenty -five years sue has lived and la'Jored. We think slle deserves a place amoug the "m1111y U The following notice of "a brilliant daughters wllo !Jave done virtuously." Her simple ,mnals, if 1,roperly written, wouid be worthy wedding," we copy from the N. Y. Evening of a place among l lJe good and useful of any agt:'. .1,t.la,it. The happy bridegroom will be reA urief glance only of I.Jer, life and labor will be preseuted to-day. As her name indictes the great membered by many in Honolulu, when object of this Society b1:1s beeu the care of sick attached to the U. S. S. Scwanac. and needy strangers; and this, too, witllout reMARRIAGE OF ADMIRAL PORTER'S DAUGH· gard to creed or clime from wi1ence they came. So it bas come to pass tlJ11t more Roman Catholics TER TO LrnuT. LoGAN.-The marriage of tllan Protestants have received aid from our treasu- Miss Lazzie C. Porter, eldest daughter of ry, while England and her colonies, and various Admiral Porter, to Lieut. L. C. Logan, of countries of continental Europe,:ihave furnished the navy, took place last evening at the the largest proportion of our beneficiaries. Neither have strangers been the or.ly ones wbo Church of the Epiphany, in Washington. have received aid. Each year fiuds us with the The church, which was crowded long before names of needy residtntR upon our list, beside& the eeremonial with the fairest and best of many wanderers wllo, during- these years, b1n·e Washington society, admission being strictly been assisted in returning to tt.eir hoe(~s in other by cards, was hand8omely decorated with lands, by the funds of this Society. In all the varied labors ot the Society, we have flowers. In the chancel there was a floral bad the constant and devoted aid from the very first arch, from which depended a marriage-bell of the Rev. Dr. Damon, tor our swk, our dviug, aud of white flowers, while the chancel railing our de11d. No one not iutimately acquainted with its blo:-:somed with white lilacs, and fine "pyraworkings cun imagine the wisdom aud judgment mids of flowers separated the groups. Lieutneeded in cteciding on tl.Je numerous applicnuts for e.id,aUll for caring tor indivirluai cases, often tl.Jrough enants Logan, Palmer, Lyon, Buckingham, Jong montlJs of slow decline, until they are tin1:11ly Zielin and Brown, and Engineer Rae, of the laid away in the i,;rnve. Our fifty-two ladies would navy, with Mr. Frederick May and Mr. lrnve been often in great perplexity without the Essex Porter, the brother of the bride, counsel and aid of Dr. Damon. Early in its history, tllrough the energetic efforts officiated, as ushers, all officers being in full of those ladies, ti.le Society secured a fund of $,lOOO, After the organ prelude, Mrs. wllich was, by the advice of several leading l>usi- uniform. uess gentlemen of Hooolulu, placed at interest on Camp, the soprano, sang "The Marriage of good security, for the continued benefit of the So- Rebecca." The groom, with his best man, ciety. The interejt, drawu sem i-annually during all these years, has materially aided iu carrying for- Lieut. Colby, entered the chancel from the ward tlie objects tor which the Society was organ- vestry, and the ten ushers, walking up the ized. We bav.e also received trom time to time generous donations from charitable frieuds. The aisle two by two, met him at the chancel uames of all tllcse are placed U\)un tlJe records of and awaited the arri'val of the fair procesthe Society, and we hope they are also written in sion moving up from the door. This was a the Ltimb's Book of lnimortal Life. For more than ten vears from its commencement beautiful sight-ten charming girls, in the the sum expended annually by tbe S1>ciety averaged loveliest of dresses made of tulle and blonde $500. During ti.le Jear jusi closed the amount ex- lace, draped with sprays of lilacs. First pl:lnded bas been $464. The number aided during the year has been seven, came the Misses Stuart and Dulin, then including two women with families of little chil- Misses Mary Mitchell and Louise Meigs, dren. One of our beneficiaries died a few days ago, after being in our care for abo4t 18 months. He then Misses Barnes and Patterson, Misses was an English subject, and llailed from Canada. Stout and Wallach, Misses Elena Porter A day or two before he passed aw1,y, he expressed and Hogue. They were followed by the to our President his deep gratitude to tl.Je ladies ot tbis Socie~y for the care they had :ifforded him bride leaning on the arm .of her father, who during his very liugeriug decline. He was a Roman was in full uniform. At the chancel the Catholic, and was attended in bis last moments, by a priest of tlJat church, who also took charge of his groups disposed themselves on either side, and the bride and groom knelt before the altar. burial. . Of the fifty-two ladies who united in the forma- Dr. Paret was the officiating clergyman. tion of this Society 25 years ago, fifteen only reThe bride was superbly dressed in white main at -these islands. Eighteen have returned to tlleir native homes, and tlie remainder have "!alien satin, covered with the richest of Oriental asleeo." The only jewels she wore One of tbis latter number has passed away from emhroidery. us during the year jui:,t _closed. Mrs. E. 0. Hall will were solitaire pearl ear-rings. Her bouquet be al ways rem em be red for her large-lJearted chari- was of lilies of the valley and orange blosties. She was one, into whose bands we were glad sorns. t,o see the means of doiug good abundantly pl1:1ced. The bridesmaids, each carrying a superb "Freely sl.le received, very freely she gave." Although for some years her works of benevolence have boquet, were all dressed precisely alike, been f!iven through another channel, yet we al ways Their dresses felt stronger for her life and lal>ol·s among us. "Sbe even to the pearl necklaces. rests from her labors, and her works do follow her." were most effective, althou hs in the United States! AND THE VIENNA MEDAL ! For the Best in the World! OFFICE OF BRADLEY i RULOF SON' ART GftLLERY No. 429 Montgomery 11treet, San. Fra:n.oi.soo. (O" You are cordially invited to an inspection · of our immense collection of THRUM & OAT, STATIONERY AND NEWS DEPOT, No. 19 Merchant Street, • • • Ho11ol11h1. ACKAGES OF READING MATTER-OF P l'apers and Magazines, back numbers-put up to order at reduced rates for parties going to sea. ly THE HAWAIIAN HOTEL! HOME Attorney at Law. ' • DR. F. B. HUTCHINSON, Phyl!licia11 aucl S11rgeo11, Office at Drug Store, corner of lfort and Merchant Streets; Residence, Nuuanu A venue, near School Street. fel '7il Office Hours, 9 to 11 A. M. 'W'. IRWIN G. CO., & Commission Merchants, Plantation and Insurance Agents, Honolulu, II. I. LE '\V E R S & D I C K SO N , Dealers in Lumber and Building .Materials, E. Fort Street, Honolulu, H. I. HOFFM_t.NN, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, Corner Merchant and Kaahumanu Streets, near the Post Office C. BRE\.VER & co . E. Honolulu, Oanu, H. I. P. A.DA.MS. $6 Officers' Table, with lodging, per week, Seamen's do. do. do. 5 Shower Baths on the Premises. ED. DUNSCOMBE. Manager. Honlulu, Jannary 1, 1875. Carriage Making and 'f rimming ! I WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM YOU THAT I now employ the best Mechanics in the line of Carriage Malc-ing, Carriage and General Blaclcsmithing, Painting, Repai?-ing, &c., Auction and Commission Merchant, On the Hawaiian Group; and it is a well established fact that oar Carriage Trimming, by Mr. R. WhitJOHNS. McGREW, M, D., man, is as well executed as any in New York City or elsewhere. I therefore feel warranted in saying that Late Surgeo'II, U. S. Army, we can manufacture as good a class of work in HoCan be consulted at his residence on Hotel street, between nolulu as can be found in any part of the world. I will also state here that we fully intend to work at Alakea and Fort streets. the lowest possible rates. G. WEST. Fire-Proof Store, in Robinson's Building, Queen Street. G. '\VEST, Wagon and Carriage Builde1·, 74 and 76 King Street, Honolulu. lt:1" Island orders p1omptly executed at lowest rates A• W• PIERCE & CO •• (Succesors to C. L. Richards & Co.) Ship Chandlers and General Commission Mer chants, Photographs, Drawings, ()elebdtles, Ste1·eoseople -Views, ar,d Landscape Views or the whole Pacific Coast. SAILORS' Office over Mi·. Whitney's Book-store, formerly occupied by Judge Austin. Honolulu, H. l. de-1876 Commission and Shipping Merchants, TO THE PUBLIC! 55 I 8 77. Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Agents Pnnloa Salt Works, Brand's Boinb Lances, And Peri.•y Davis' ai11 Killer. D . .N. FL l'J.'NER, HIS OLD BUSUiESS IN THE C ONTINUES l!'IRJil-l'ROOF Building, Kaahumanu Street. C1rnoN0METERS rated by observations of the sun and stars with a transit instrument accurately adjusted to the meridian of Honolulu. Particular attention given to Fine Watch Repairing ~extant and quadrant gla~ses silvered and adjusted. Charts and nautical instruments coµstantly on hand and for sale. fel M. DICKSON, Photographer, 61 _Fort Street, Hooolnln, A LWAYS ON HAND A CHOICE ASSORT• MENT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC s·rocK, A Large Collection of Beautiful Views of Hawaiia~ Scenery, &c., &c. CURIOSITY HUNTERS will find at this establishment a SPLENDID COLLECTION OF Volcanic Spechnenf!I, Corah,, Shell8. V'./ar Implement • , Fern•, Mn.t•, Kapa11, And a Great Variety of other H~waiian and Micronesian Curiosities. PICTURE FRAMES A SPECIALITY? jal 1874 CASTLE & COOKE, JMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE NOTICE TO SHIP MASTERS. -,U:E REGULAR .PORTLAND '1 DILLINGHAM & CO., -.A.GENTS OF- Nos. 9o and 97 King Street, KEEP A FINE ASSORTMENT OF ra.·"1HE. I E L PROPRIF.TOR HAVING taineua.neivleaseofthis E G- .A. N' T :E3: O OB• T E :C. Will spMe no pains to make it First-Class in Every Particular ! CoUa&e• by the Sea Side for the Accowwo• datio11 oC G.-etUl!I. Carriage and BmldLe Horses a.t Short Notice, no2a Goods Suitable for Trade. SHIP MASTERS VISITING THIS PORT during the last Six Years cal) testify frqm personal experience that the undersigned keep the qe11t assortment of GOODSFORTRADE And Sell Oheapei· than any other House in the Kingdom. DILLINGHAM & CO. LINE OF Pac){etll, New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, The Unioµ Marine Insurance Company, San Francu1co, The l~ohala Sugar Company, The Haiku Sugar Company. The Hawaiian Suga.r Mill, W. B. Bailey, The Hamakua Sugar Company, 'l'he Waiaiua Sugar Planta.lion, The Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company, Dr. Jayn,e' & Sons Celebrated Family Medicines. tf A " THE FRIEND," MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO Temperance, Seamen, Marine and General lcitelligeoce PUBLISHED AND EDITED BY SAMUEL 0. DAMON. TERMS: One Copy per anoum . , . $2.00 'fwo Copies per annum •••.•••••••••• , •••.••••••••••• , 8.00 Foreign Subscribers, including postage .•.•••••••••••••• 2.50 §onng llm's QtYrisfian· issociafion of Jonolulu. Pure religion and undefiled beforf; God, the Father, is this: To visit thefatherless and widows in their ajJliction, and to keep one's self unspottedfrom the world. Edited by a Committee of the Y. M. C. A. My Neighbor. BY LEIZZIE C. A'l'WOOD. 'l.'hree times have I envied my neighbor, My neighbor over the way: Once, when she cam~ in her beauty, Home on her wedding day. Once when the proud, happy father Carefully muffled the bell, And joyfully sent me the message, " Mother und child a.re well." Again I envied my neighbor, Though my heart fairly ached with its pain, As they carried a little white coffin Out mto the soft summer ruin. For I thought as I sat at my window Alone in my desolate hall, " Its much better to love and to lose Than never to love at all.'' And I, who have gone through life lonely, Forever so lonely must be; For I know very well that in heaven There is nobody waiting for me. While she, tho' her hair may be snowy Before she lies down to her rest, Will at last have her dear little baby To lie like a dove on her brest. CHRISTIAN UNION. As THE inside life and work of the Association may not be familiar to all of our readers, and indeed as it is probable that little is known by the public, it may be well, and beneficial to the Association to air its works through this, its mouth piece, the last page of the FRIEND. We will therefore take a few items from the minutes of 'the last meeting. The following committees were appointed: sible for the literary entertainment of the society at its several meetings, during its term of office, the entertainments consist of Reading, Recitals, &c., which serve to vary the monotomy of business and make the meetings attractive to all. THE Japan.ese have a curious legend of a stone cutter, who became discontented with his lot in life. He first expressed a very common _wish, "Oh that I were rich!" this being granted by the gods, he next wished to become a king, so that he might have It is customary also to have an essay on power. In this station he still found a source of each evening, the subject of which often leads to spirited and interesting remarks. discontent. So after many changes he wished to become a rock, which even the The Chinese Mission Committee, is one floods could not move, this being- granted, he with whom Mr. Sit Moon, our Colporteur for a time enjoyed his newly a~quired and Home Mis5ionary among the Chinese, power, for neither the burning sun, rushing may consult at any time for advice wind nor roaring floods could move him. or aid. One day a man with a sharp chisel and 'Phe Chinese S1.tnday School Comheavy hammer came along. and began to mittee of one is the superintendant of the cut 1tones out of the rock, and the rock said, Chinese Sunday School, which is held " What is this-that the man has power every Sunday afternoon in the vestry of over me, and can cut stones out of my Fort Street Church. This committee keeps bosom? I am weaker than he; I should the association informed as to the welfare of like to be that man !" and there came an the school. angel' out of Heaven, who said, "Be this The editors of the Y. M. C. A., page of as you said;" and the rock became a stone the FRIEND keep this page filled with items cutter; and he cut stones with hard labor pertaining to the work of the asso~iation, for small wages! and was contented. extracts and hints from papers and letters of Foreign Associations and for the gP-neral IF A man be gracious to strangers, it shows improvement, and advancement of our own. that he is a citizen of this world, and that At our last meeting the subject was dis- his heart is no island cut off from other cussed of the sotiety awakening to active lands, but ti. part of the continegt that joins labor. ln union there is strength and if all them.-Bacon. of the members will endeavor to attend its WHAT a world of gossip would be premeetings, and bring others with them, the meetings will be made more interesting, and vented, if it were only remembered that a attractive. We would also take this oppor- person who tells you the faults of -others, tunity to invite the public generally to pay intends to tell others of your faults.-Once a ~fonth. us a visit. • 'f AKE very little account of what your SELF respect is the noblest garment with neighbors think of you, but think much of Reading Room Committee-S. B. Dole which a man may clothe himself, the most what God thinks of you. · elevating feeling with which the mind can and S. Pogue. Entertainrnent Committee-S. B. Dole be inspired. One of Pythagoras' wisest A REAL, personal, living, loving Christ is maxims in his golden verses in that which and T. H. Davies. what we all require. Chinese lJfission-Rev. S. C. Damon, S. enjoins the pupil to reverence himself.D. Dole, I. B. Atherton and E. C. Damon. Once a Month. Special Notice. Information Wanted Chinese Sunday School-I. B. A thnton. Respecting WILLIAM LLTTLEFIELD, who left England PROFESSOR OF CHEl\IISTRY.-Suppose you about fifty years a11:o, on board the whaling ship Fame, for a. Editors of the last page of the .FRIEND were called to a patient who had swallowed cruise in the Pacific, and reported as wrecked at the Mar-W. W. Hall aDd G. P. Castle. quesas Islands.
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