| 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. S-r ~ClFIC ~"Ou_,/ Its Shores, its Islands, and _, the vast regions beyond, will become the chief theatre of events, in olt.c 11r JJ,s · -lt • S1i:tv.A.1m, Jeto ~.cries, fol. 2fr, \\~ GR"E~'t te \'eb\." U. s. se~t1, , Jo. 10. I CONTE1'TS For Octobe1· 1, 1871• PAGlil Editorials •.••••.•••.•••••. , .•••••• , .••••••••• , ., , ."••. , ,81 Rambles in th e Old World, No. 9 .•. , . 81, 82 Opium 8mug:gliag .•••••.••• . •. .• ••••••.•.•.•••••••.• 83 Largest aad Smallest Books in tile World ••• , ••.•.•••.•.•.• 83 iii~\~l~f~e :a" ;j~;;::· ::·:::::::: :: :::.-::::::::::::::.~! Marine Journal. •. , . . •84, 85 General Gra nt at Geneva . , . : . 85 t~h~tCJ:1'1~: :: ::::·::: :: :: ::::::: ::: :: ::: ::: :::::·:::.~•J~ THE FRIEND. OCTOBER 1. 18'1'7. ================== i 1 "FEAR Gon, H•NOR THE KrnG."-This was the apostle Peter's doctrine, and it is ours. Considering what God hath said about the Sabbath, while it is highly proper on all suitable occasions, to honor the King by firing a Royal Salute, we think so far as a salute on that Day is concerned, it would be more honorable to His Majesty to follow Shakespeare's idea : RAMBLES IN THE OLD WORLD-No. 9 '· Bnt to my mind.-tbongh native here And to the manner born,-it is a custom More honour'd in the breachi tban the .observance." a As to the exchange of salutes 6etween New United States Minister Resident. vessels and the government on ~he nation~] Our new Minister Resident, General J. M. Comly, has entered upon his official duties, coming with a good war-record and reputation as· a successful journalist, having for many yean, ·managed the Ohio State Journal, one of the oldest papers of the West. He served during the war, only one grade below President Hayes. They were companions, on more than a score of hard fought battle fields., and have been intimately associated in. political and public life. Our limits will not allow us to republish the ad~resses of the retiring Minister, Mr. Pierce, or that of the in-coming General Comly, but they were highly appropriate and suited to the occasion. We feel confid~nt His Majesty will find the present incumbent as friendly and conciliatory as has been Mr. Pierce, who for eight years has so honp,r~bly represented. the United, States Government at the Hawaiian Coq.rt, during which perio.d has been negotiated the Treaty of Recipro.city. which is operating so eminently beneficial to the business ~.qd commercial interests of both countries. Sabbath, we have always admired our good old Governor Kekuanaoa'::i reply, when a messenger announced that c~1:tain vessel of war recently arrivecl, was p~epared to exchange a salute. The Governor was in Church at the time, (a highly suitable place for a Governor or any, of the King's officers on that day) when the messenger arrived, the Governor replied "apopo "-to-morrow. CASSELI,.'s FAMILY BIJ.lLE.-While glancing o"'er new books at Whitney's bookstor,e, which he was just opening from. London, our attention was arrested by a beautiful copy of Cassell's Family Bible. Witho.ut speaking in words of e~aggeration, the illustrations are excellent and numerous. We have been. carefully examining this edition of the Bible, and can •most cordially recommend it, for the type, references, notes, illustrations anq general execution are most perfect. It contains '' more than 500 engravings." Some •f these are of the best description; artists and publishers have executed their work well. The engravings are "really a good commentary; those of Home, Athens, Jerusalem, and other ancient cities are reproduced in a style reflecting the highest credit upon the artists. They are most life-like. The price is only $12.00. -Mr. Whitney has for sale Bibles in various other styles of printing and binding. tr? The Rev. Joseph Cook, commences his winter course of lectures in Boston to-day, at 12 o'cloc-k, and they are to be cpntinued every Monday, until the 1st of May 1878. 'l'he grand subject-i~ftuence of niodern ·German tlwught upon Arnerica. If the We would acknowledge papers, for present course equals i.n brilliancy and power gratuitous distribution, from Mrs. G. .{l. the former, the modern Athenians have a Dole and Hon. H, A. Peirce. · rich intellectual repast in store. FRIBOURG AND ITS FAI\IOUS ORGAN. Lake Zurich, June 3, 1877. The journey from Geneva to Zurich is rendered especially interesting by tlie opportunity which is afforded of visiting Berne and Fribourg, which lie · on the route. It seemed a little octd, as you can imagine, to be leaving Geneva, where I had been for so many months, and going away from the pleasant circle which had been so marked feature of the winter's life there. Bnt one of the characteristic features of a life of travel is t~e parting and the " good-bye " whicµ caµie \lVith ~early every day. 'l'hose who. come abroad sbould ce~tainly kn,ow Geneva well, it is worth far moi:e than a swift summer visit, and beautiful ~s 1t is when the warm lights of May and J1,1.ne soften tl~.e landscape, yet one sees the Geneva of thought and action best in winter, with its conferences, lectures, addresses, etc. If any of our families are thinking of coming for a year to Europe 1 hope they will give Geuev~ its due attention. But this is not Fr.ibourg certainly, but rather a parting look back at the old Calvinistic city which has lain like a, scroll before me from the sunny days of .O.e cember fo the fragrant twilights of June. $witzerland undergoes the most complete metamorphosis of any country in the world with the coming of summer. From a lonely silem.t world of icy wastes and solemn forests, it becomes the play-ground of all Europe and its passes and lakes and glaciers and mountains are the delight of innumerable tourists who come like an army from the beginning of summer till the early days of autumn. Just n.ow the current of travel has set in and all the trains and stations are animated by the faces of those who are seeking rest or pleasure away from busy, dusty cities amid the cool retreats of these Swiss mountains and valleys. I know that it is extremely democratic but if you waut to see the people of the country, you mu,s~ keep away from, the first class cars and cornpartme:n~s and occasipnally find a nook somewhe:i;e amid the 3rd dass passengers. 1f your. pride, especially American pride, can stand ihis economical venture you will find yourse.tf abundantly repaid. The cars themselves are quite comfortable enough for any Q.n,e ex_cept a confirmed inv.alid or persistent 82 THE FRIEND, OCTOBER, 1877. aristocrat, and the people thoroughly civil so suffused is it with radiant sunlight. The whose praises have been sung by so many and polite. The peasantry can of course be Cathedral tower rises like a guardian of the travelers. And it came very full and rich alone seen here, and they seem to take with city. Four ancient towers, loom up in the and powerful filling the church and rising remarkable ease to this modern method of foreground whose history perhaps dates in great waves of sound to the arches above. travel. There is a sad decline in pictur- from that far past when Berthold of Zaehrin- The organist played for about a half or esque costumes however, and the dress of gen founded the city. A portion of the three quarters of an hour giving us in that the present day with its lack of artistic possi- ancient wall still remains, and about us on the time four or five pieces, which enabled him bilities is taking the place of these uniqe ar- two banks are beautiful groves of trees. to introduce many of the remarkable effects rangements of toilette which have made the There is just beyond a winding walk among of which this famous organ is capable. Swiss such agreeable additions to the pic- the trees out into the country from which The Tempest is very grand and the thunder tures and sketches which have filled the you have a fine view of the Moleson and its peals forth with a terrible reality, crashing portfolios of artists wandering in their val- snowy cap. A little Catholic church lies on .and resounding, and then dying away in leys and by their lake. Occasionally you the way and its interior is brilliant with the distance, in the most perfect imitation of catch glimpses of people in their national cos- flowers, and pict_ures and relics. Farther on that far off sound which is so agreeable a tume; a woman with her bodice brilliant is a large crucifix bearing the dead Christ. change after the fierce tumult which has with silver chains, or another with her head Passing under this ancient portal, which prece':ded it. Far above the wild, and ornamented with a wide spreading bow of may have served as an entrance to the city stormy war of the tempest, could be heard the ribbon, reaching out like two wmgs, but the in olden times, you reach a little chapel, sweet, clear, flute-like notes of the organ, romance of the quaint and curious fancies o · with an exterior like a Greek temple, "La like a hymn of peace in the rn'idst of tumult. the olden time is as a general thing lost un- Chapelle de Lorette," which perches high 1t seemed almost impossible that the same der the bonnets and hats and dresses which on the bank and is curiously interesting in instrument could produce such utterly difyou would find anywhere among the poor its roughly fashioned votive offerings, the ferent music. The human-voice is wonderpeople of New York or London. The simplicity of which would be amusing, were fully well imitated and after the music was mountains with their glittering summits, the there not something pathetic in the spirit over I asked if the organist had not beeri foamy streams, the wide reaches of the val- which prompted their donors. After having singing, as he played. Though l had leys, with their endless varieties of coloring, been so long in Geneva,) feel almost as if 1 thought that it might be the vox liumana,, still remain, but you must not think that in was transported into some different world, as yet I was scarcely prepared for ~nything so all other respects you are to find your roman- 1 meet these reminders of superstition and remarkably real and true, rising and falling tic imaginings fulfilled in coming to Switzer- Catholicism on every hand. The great wave with the sweet, melodious tenderness of land. But after all, railroads, telegraphs, of the reformation seems to have left un- some voice in the distance, or rather as the perfect postal arrangements, hotels, daily harmed its saints, crucifixes, relics and sta- mingled cadence of two voices, not ever papers have their advantages, and you can tues and its peculiar middle age atmosphere. strongly, sharply marked but causing you to .dispense with a little romance perhaps in Our way leads us back past the cafes where listen hoping that the next note would the midst of so much comfort. The road the men are gathered for their afternoon's make it sure whether you were really from Genern to Fribourg lies through a very amusement, a;d through quiet streets, wind- being deceived or not. Then the echoes beautiful country, not ever wild or grand, ing up to the public Place, with its statue of which we listened to; so soft and sweet, but always beautiful. I was fortunate in Pere Girard, one of the men, the JJlemory that they are more like the quiet hint of my day, in visiting this Catholic city, as it of whose goodness still survives. At one the firm strong notes which preceded them, was one of the most important fete days of side is a grand linden tree, still putting forth than any real sounds from the same instruthe year. Every store was closed but the its leaves in its old age, though one would ment. But it is impossible for me to give whole town was out in holiday costume. have said that long ago it was entitled to a you as I would like to do the wonderful All the long winding streets were converted rest and perfect freedom from effort. For music of this Fribourg organ,-a task as into avenues of fre8hly leaved trees, as count- the story runs that after the battle of Morat difficult as it would be to endeavor to transless boughs had been cut from the groves in 1476 a young Fribourgeois, ran the long late into plain prose the beauty of these about the city and placed in front of nearly distance to announce to his fellow citizens June days on the banks of Lake Zurich. every house. The effect of all this bright, the result of the battle, but could only shout After the concert l followed the man who fresh summer beauty among the old houses " Victoire" as he fell dead from exhaustion. has the arduous duty of working the bellows, and springing magically from the pavements The branch of linden- which he bore in his up into the loft where the Pnormous apparwas very beautiful. In that pleasant, in- hand was immediately planted and to-day atus is placed which is necessary to furnish formal way in which travellers oftentimes we have the sturdy growth of four hundred the air for all the thunder and music to make acquaintence, I joined company with years, as a silent witness to the heroic deed, which -Ne had ju~t been listening. We had a young Belgian, who, like myself, would which we will hope is founded on truthful been enjoying an immense deal while this see all there was to be seen. He had been and authentic history. Fribourg has its poor fellow must have been working with in America, had spent some months in Phila- famous Jesuitical seminary, now however all his energy, "treading out the air.'' The delphia, during our Exposition, and would, closed, its Hotel de Ville, but the great at- organ itself extends up into the tower of the if he could have staid in the country, which traction is the church of St. Nicholas or church, and from the front is in no especial seems to be a kind of constant lure to rather the organ which it contains. I fairly degree striking in appearance, nothing at all Europeans. I must confess that I knew haunted the cathedral for fear that possibly like the magnificent proportions of the very little else about Fribourg but that it I might have to go away without really Boston organ, or that in the Tabernacle in contained one of the most wonderful organs hearing a note from the pipes which lifted Salt Lake. One can judge something howin the world, and of course hurried off to the themselves so silently in the rear of the ever of its size, when he cons!ders that it Cathedral, to be informed that there was only church. But after many efforts and in- has seven thousand eight hundred pipes, a bare possibility that I could hear it at all. quiries I achieved my .object. The church some of which are thirty feet high. The Having several hours of sunlight left we itself is a fine Gothic structure and its in- banks of keys and rows of stops or rather terior was rendered especially beautiful by handles are enough in themselves to daunt devoted them to seeing the town. Fribourg has no Lake to give it fame but the verdant boughs which were fasteood to any but the most experienced performer and its streets run down to the swift, tawny each stone pillar and made the nave very one would feel some hesitancy in venturing waters of the Sarine which winqs about th.e bright ancl 'fete-like. A kind hearted con- upon unknown ground for fear he might unbase of the town. Two be~utifql suspension cierge with a tongue running glibly in chain more tempests than he could corn• bridges, spanning with one splendid leap ,French and German, showed me hither and mand. I was more than plea~ed with all the valley beyond the town add wonderfully thither, the altar, and the side chapels, with that 1 had heard, but still I had not been to the landscape. Under the first the river their pi~tQ.res and flowers, and bones and so impressed with the music that I felt passes and from the secend the traveler is skl1lls,·in c~ses and ornamented most pro- as I remember a. young lady once told favored with a bird's-eye view, which amply fusely, recalling some saint or martyr in me she and her party almost involuntarily repays him for the walk hither. It seems as name if qot in reality. As the twilight did in corning out of the church, imagine if the very atmosphere which surrounds the gathered I came back again and in the dim there was rain outside as a necessary concity had caught the spirit of the Fete-day, half-lighted church waited for the music, sequence of this storm. F. W. DAMON. 1 'fHE FRIEND, OC'fOBER, 1877. Opium Smuggling. 83 GRATITUDE.-The Maharajah Dhuleep Singh commemorated his wedding anniverWhen the Hawaiian Government passed sary by forwarding a donation of £5,000 to FOR SALE A.T COST PRICE AT A ND the Bible Depository, Sailor's Heme, a fe\V copies of the a law for the good morals of the community the funds of the United Presbyterian Mis- follo\Ving valuable books : sion in Egypt. His wife was in connection Grace and Truth . by l.lr. W. P. Mackay and the protection of the subjects of this with the Egyptian Mission of that church. Wondrous Love. by DL Moody kingdom, it was naturally to be expected Various Addresses. " " 'frudel or Tbe Prayer of Faith .•. This celebrated ex-King of India, born in Dorothea that some evil disposed persons, . for the mere Tell Jesus . by Mrs Anna Shipton Cottage on the Rock. " " " love of "filthy lucre," would endeavor to heathenism but having been brought under Asked of God . . Promise and Promiser. '' the influence of American Missions in evade the law, by smuggling. · We should Various Addresses . by Rev J Denham Smith .l.'he Christian Hero . by Rev J Macpherson s·uppose such persons had found their at- Northern India, is a full believer in their 'Ourselve<; . by Brownlow North Yes or No. •• " tempts somewhat hazardous to both their good effects. He does not go wandering Shadow and Substance . by S A Blackwood TJiumph of Faith. " " pockets and reputation. It has been found about the world asking " Have not Missions The Soul and its Difficulties . by R W Stoltea11 that persons detected in this violation of law, failed?" or "Is it not money thrown away, The Blood of Jesus . by Rev William Reid Also, a variety of small Books by the above authors. have been most fearfully ashamed of their to give for the support of Missions?" But, conduct and were ready to pay almost any putting his hand into his pocket gives one BISHOP St 00,, BANKERS, sum of money if they could escape exposure. fifth of his annual stipend received from the O NO LULU, HAWAlIAN ISLANDS, DRAW EXCHANGE ON We cannot speak for Chinese smugglers, British Government for the su'pport of a THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, Mis:sion in Egypt where his wife was edu but we know such to have been the fact with AND THEIR AGENTS IN cated. those professing to pass as honorable AmeriNew York, cans and others. It has been found anything Boston, THE SMALLEST HooK IN THE WORLD.-A Paris. but a reputable business. We have now a A ucldaaul, suggestion to make, that hereafter all detect- search is going on for the smallest book in the world. One has been found seven- THE ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION; LONDON, ed in this illegal business, have their - AND THEIR BRANCHES IN eighths of an inch long, half an inch wide, names and residences published in the news- and a little more than an eighth of an inch Hon1ikong, Sydney, and papers, as the names of persons are now thick. Its title-page reads as follows : Melbourne, And Transact a General Banking Business. ap21 ly published in the New York papers, who are " Schloss's English Bijou Almanac for 1842, regarded as the rneanest rnen, viz: men who poetically illustrated by the Hon. Mrs. Norton published by A. Schloss, .Fancy Sta- THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY, 150 Nassau Street, have discharged their clerks because they left tioner to H. R. H. the Debs. of Kent, 12 New York City, has established a DEPOSITORY AT 757 their employ for a short time to quell the Berners str., Oxford str." The book is illus- MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, with Rev Frederick E Shearer aR District Secretary for the Pacific Coast. This not ! ! The names of all smugglers are, of trated with portraits of the Princess Royal Depository is the Head-quarters of the Coast for ALL course, upon the records of the Police Court, of England, then an infant, Charles Dickens, SUNDAY SCHOOL AND RELIGIOUS LITERATURE, and and should the list be increased, it might Rachel, Herr Stand igl, Ellen Tree, and has the special agency for the CA LIFO RN rA BIBLE SOCIEJohn Murray. The type is very small, and TY: THE AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION. CONbe proper to publish them. We also sug- was probably cast especially for this and GREGATIONAL PUBLISHING SOCIETY, PRl!)SBYTE· · f I - .bl RIAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION, HENRY HOYT ROB'T gest to newspaper editors on the coast, m SI.ml·1ar b00ks, .but It IS per ~Ct Y legt e to · CARTER & BRO., RANDOLPH & CO., and other 'ieading Oregon and California, that they warn all persons of ordmary good sight. Is there publishers. SUNDAY SCHOOL LIBRARIES will be selected \Vith great care, and sold at New York prices and discounts. engaged in the Sandwich Islands trade any smaller book th;;i.n this in the world? BOOKS WILL BE SENT BY MAIL TO MINISTERS at the against smuggling, The chances of s_uccess discount allowed by New York Houses, and postage added,-THE LARGEST Bo<;>K IN THE W ORLD.-The the price and postage payable m United Rtates Currency. are pretty small. trustees of the British Museum are in treaty Thus Sunday Schools and Ministers will be supplied at New York rates, and receive any book to be found in San Francisco for the purchase of the largest book in the in the shortest poeslble time. THERE WAS some competitiqn a few world. Toward the close of the seventh years ago for the honor of being the "wick- century, the reigning Emperor of China apSpecial Notice. Information Wanted edest man in New York City." The pres- pointed an Imperial Commission to reprint Respecting WILLIAM LLTTLEFIELD, who left England e°' strife is for the title of the " meanest in one vast collection, all native works of about fifty years ago, on board the \Vhaling ship J?ame, for a. man." It belongs without doubt to the em- interest and importance in every branch of cruise in the Pacific, and reported as \Vrecked at the Marliterature. In the beginning of the follow- quesas Islands. The ship is reported to have been taken to ployer who discharges a clerk because he ing century the commissioners completed Valparaiso, and there condemned. There \V:I.S a. report that was called off for a week tQ do military duty their labon,, and were able to lay before the said William Littlefield left the Marquesas Islands and came in defending the State from mob violence. emperor a very palpable proof of their dili- to Honolulu with two of his shipmates. He had two brothers,, A list of fourteen such is published most of gence in the shape of a compilation consist- James and Cornelius. The latter went to America, and is now living with his son, William Littlefield. 168 East 82d them, however, offer some other explanation ing of 6,109 volumes, entitled, "Kin ting st!reet, New York City. If any information can be furnished for the discharge. The only three who ap- koo kin too shoo tselh ching/' 0r-, "' An: it wfll be most gratefully received. Letters may be addressed pear to actuallv court the pre-eminent dis- Illustrated Imperial Collection of Andent to William Littlefield 168 East 82d street, Ne\V York, or to the Editor of THE FRIEND, or Pacific Commercial Advertiser, o-race are Abr~ham Fowler, painter, cor. and Modern Literatu:re/f Honolulu. 35th St. and 8th ave.; George C. Grundy, hardware dealer, 165 Greenwich St., and A NoBLE G1FT.-Mr. Robert Barbour, of A. L. SMITII, David Levy, pawnbroker, 52 Warren St.Bolesworth Castle, Cheshire, has given £10,- IMPORTE'R & DEALER IN JEWELRY. Christian Union. 000 for the endowment of a professorsh1p in King's Com~ination Spectacle_s, the London Presbyterian College. To a Glass and ·lated Ware, New York Commercial: It was a Vassar &wing M.achines, Picture Frames, minister now in Otago, Mr. Barbour said, Vases, B·rackets, etc. etc. -girl who, when a sailor of forty years' voy- on the occasion of his settlement in England, No. 73, Fort St. Cly1 1 TE°ItMS STRl:CTL Y CASH aging had been pointed out to her as an '' old "Be sure and give me the chance of having salt:" subsequently alluded to him as an a brick in any church erections, school or THRUM & OAT, "ancient chloride of sodium." church, which you may originate." The STATIONE:a,Y AND NEWS DEPOT, minister in question gave him the chance of helping five times during a ministry of ten No. 19 Merchant Street, • • • Honohala. "A solemn murmur of the soul years. It is pleasing to learn that age has Tells of a world to be, ACKAGES OF READING MATTErt-or not freezed the genial current of his soul.As travelers hear the billows roll l'apers and Magazines, back ntlmbers-plillt up to-order al Evangelist, Dunedin, Nov. 1876. reduced rates for parLies going to sea. ly Before they reach the shore." Just Received from Boston! H • P l~RIEND THE FRIEND OCTOBER 1, 187'7, "The Ship of State !" The Ship of State, above her skies are blue. But still she rocks, a little, it is true 1 And there are passengers, whose faces white Show they don't feel as happy as they might. Yet, on the whole, her crew are quite content Since its wild fury the typhoon has spent And willing if her pilot thinks it best To bead a little nearer south by west And this they feel, the ship cu.me to near wreck In the long qu!'l.rrel for the quarter deck. Now when she glides serenely on her way, The shallows past, where dread explosives lay, The stiff obstructives churliest game to try, Let sleeping dogs and still torpedoes lie. Aud so I give you all "The Ship of State l•• Freedom's last venture is her priceless freight. God speed her, keep her, bless her, while she steers Amid the bre:~kers of unsounded years. Lead bet· through danger's path with even keel, And guide the honest h11nd that holds her wheel. Ot-iver We11de-ll Holmes. The Syrian Protestant College. \Ve are happy to welcome amongst us the Rev. D. S. Dodge (son of the Hon, W. E. Dodge of New York), who has been engaged for several years in building up a college in Beirut, Syria, after the American type, and the institution is now in successful operation with its corps of professors and under-graduates. Temporary buildings were put up in 1865, 'but new and commodious edifices were erected in 1872-3. "The 'language of the college is exclusively Arabic," which is spoken "from the Ganges to Liberia, from the Pruth and the Caucasus and the Oxus to the Cape of Good Hope." Beirut is a growing city of 80,000 inhabitants. This college originatf.d among the friends of American missions. W. A. Booth of New y ork is President of the Board of Trustees and Hon. W. E. Dodge is Treasurer. It was our privilege in January, 1870, to visit Beirut and there meet the Hev. Mr. Dodge, who wi1s then acting Profes~or of English Literature in the college. No greater honor can accrue to Americans ·and Ametic•a n missionaries, than to establish collegt>s in foreign lands like Robetts' college of Constantinople and the Syrian Protestant College of Beirµt. Similar institutions are starting into existence in other parts of the Turkish Empire, in Japan, in India, and in Brazil. ll7' Rev. Mr. Dodge occupied the Bethel P11lpit yesterday morning, preaching an excellent sermon from -the tex't, .john 7:37, " If any man thirst, let him come 11nto m'e and drink," and in the evening, he addressed .a large -aud-ience in Fort Street Church, _c1pon the " Syria.N M.iss i!On." 0 CT OB E'R I 8 7 7. THE ALGJE OR SEA-MossEs.-Of late years, our Island ferns have attracted a good deal of attention, but it was not until lately that any one was found to be a sufficiently pains-takiog and devout ~tudent of nature, to spend days weeks and months, wandering over our reefs, and along our coral-girt islands, to gather and examine our sea mosses. Such a man has at las-t appeared, Mr. Evarts Chamberlain, compelled in consequence of ill health to forego the practice of professional duties, and literary pursuits, he has undertaken the study of one genu~ of plants,-the Algre. He has become an enthusiast in this study and finds over one hundred species of sea-mosses, which are ex . ceedingly beautiful. The specimens we have seen are exquisitely delicate and fairy-like, and we fancy must have been wrought out and spun by sea-nymphs of marvelous refinement and taste. Mr. Cham~erlain combines missionary labor with his explorations, thus visiting Hawaiians in their huts and in the most remote localities. Among the old I)atives, in their study and kn(')w]edge of the Bible, he is happy to find many man if est foot-prints of the old missionaries. Mr. Chamberlain is a collector of Algre, for the Professor of Botany, in Cambridge University, Mass. --- "Pres. Clark of the Agricultural College in Japan has had a safe return to Amherst, M.ass., and a hearty reception there by his old a~sociates and the citizens generally. He says he has seen much during his absence to make him proud of his American citizenship, but has also found that not all the great and noble men reside in Amherst or in Massachusetts; no, nor ir1 the O nited States either." - We believe it is Bacon, who says, "reading maketh a full man, conference a rPady man and writing an exact man." He might have added, that travel taketh out of a man, his self conceit and personal vanity, and leads him not longer in the language of Coleridge, or some one else, "to take off his hat when speaking of himself," or to ever boast of his cou ntry, "I am a Yankee," '· I am a Britisher." lYIJ\. RINE JOURN1~L. POR'I' OF HONOLULU. S. I. ARRIVALS • hk Helen W Almy, Widdonson, 16 <lays from Aug. 25-Am -~an Francisco. schr Gen Harney, Tripp, 16 dys from San Fran Sept. 6-Am 6-Hrit bk Madura, Stanton, 18 days from Sau .!!'ran'co 'i-Am bk W A Holcomb, Dunton, ar, dy:1 from Baker'a Island. _ 'i-Haw i;chr Wailele, Sears.19 days from San Fran. 11-P MS City or Sydney, Dearborn, 18 dys fm Sydney 11-Am bk Ed ward .James, 0' Brien, - dys fm l'ortland 12-Am bktne .Jos !'erkins, Johnson, :.l4 day11 from l'ort l'o\\rnsend, 12-U 8 train10g-shi1> Jamestown, Com Glass, from Lahaiua, Maui. 15-Am bktne Discovery, Shepherd, 15! days from San !<'ra.nci~co. 18-Am bktue Jane A Falkinburg, Hubbard, 17 days frOIIJ A"torla, 0. l8-A111 brig T W Lucas, Wentworth, 27 days fm Port Gamble. 19-Ifaw biig .Julia l\1 Avery, Avery, 18 days from San Francbco. 20-Haw bk Mattie l\lacleay, Pope, 19 days fm Astoria. 20-R M S 7.ealandia, IJhevalier, H d.rs from ::lan Fnrn. 21-Am bk l) C Murray, J!' uller, 12 day,; from San ~'rnn. :.lli-Haw wh brig 011w1ud, Eldridge, from a cruit<e, with 300 bbll! sperm. 30-Haw hkR C Wylie, Hallerman, 130 days fm Bremen DEPARTURES. Aug. 27-lI B M's sloop Albatross, Corti E Rice. for Victoria. 27-Haw schr Giovauui Apiaui, Weeks, for Fanning's and Washiogtun J,.land,. 28-Am bkuie l\1ouitor, l!:meson, for Humboldt. Sept. 1-Am bhtne Wm li Deitz, Endicott, for j::;an Pran'co. 6-Brit sh Abeuna, Gro'sart, for Portland, 0. 8-Haw hk Courier, Ahlborn, for ~an F)·ancisco. 10-Am bk Harriet N Carleton, llarkne111:1, fr Hongkopg 11--P MS City of Sydney, Dearborn, for 8an Era11c1sco 17-Am wh bk Hunter, Whitney, for cruise. 19-Brit bk l\ladura, Stanton, for Jarvis Island. 19-Am bktoe Jos Perkins, Johnson, for Port Gamble. 20-R MS Zealandia, IJhevalier, tor Sydney. 21-Haw b1ig Julia 1\1 Avery, Avery, for Wailua, Kauai ~2-Arn bk U W Almy, Widtlonson, for San Francisco. 26-Arn brig •r W Luca~, WentworLh, for Port Townsend. 27-U 8 training-ship J'amestown, Commander Glass, to -crul~e. 17-Am bktne Discovery, Smith, for Port Townsend. :.l9~Am bk W A Holcomb, Dunton, for the guano isld11 MEMORANDA. ============-==--====--=====--============= REPORT OF AM BKTNE JANE A FALKII\BUIIG, HUBBARD, MAsTl,lll.-:Sailed from Astoria Sept 2d. Had light we.terly for t> days, then NE remaiuder of lhe passage. ~ighted Molo• kai at 5 a m of the 18th, and came 11Jto port th'e same day. REPORT 01•' AM BRIG T W LUCAB 1 \\ ENTWORTH, 1'lA5TER. -~ailed from Port Townsend Aug 22d. Had a heavy g11le froru ;:;E the first two days out, 1heuce light 8W winds to lat 31 °, then had fresh :NE trades within two days sailing of port. R!<:PORT OF HAW BRIG JULIA M AVERY, AVERY, MASTl!:R, -.!first part of the passage stormy and latter light breeze. Sept 14th saw a large ship, suvposed her to be a man-of-war, standing to ti,e northward. REPORT OF ft ,)-1 S ZEALANDtA, CIIEVALIER,COMMANDER. -tSept 12th, 0.20 p Ill cast off from P M S i:i Go'~ ,vtiarf, San Francisco; 1.40 passed through Golden Gate; 1.55 di8charged pilot. Experienced strong norlhwesterly llreeze till afteraoou of the 13th, afterwards moderate and Rae. Received pilot on board at 7.30 am of the :.O,h, aud watle fast to wharf 8 a 111. R Mc0oNALD, 1:'unser. REPORT OF IlAW BK MATTIE J\IACLEAY, GEO POPE, MAS• TER.-Left Astoria Sept 1st, 4 pm, and crossed the Columbia. Har sam<;: 11i:i:ht, and was hecaln,ed off the uar for 48 hour11. Tuesday, when 60 miles ~W of the bar spoke the Am bk CHASE'S lsr:.AND PHOTOGRAPHIC Vrnws.- On Hosetta l\lcNear, :LO days from Sau FrnnciscJ, bound for Puget Sound, light winds and moderate weather throughout At A. L. Smith's, in Fort Street, will be the wholellH<l passage. Arrived off Diamond Head on Wednesday, 7 p m, and came into port at 8 a 111 of the 20th. found Mme most excellent photographic Ri.PORT OF AM BK DC l\lURRAY, Ft:LLER, MASTER.-Left San J!'rancisco at 1 pm on illatnrday, ::lept 8th, in tow of tug views of Island scenerv. One taken of HoJoe Redmond. :Staned with a light westerly wind. which innolulu from Punch B~wl, is admirable, and creased gradually to a fresh NW wind, aud after blowing four days hauled into the trades, which continued till !Sapt 19th, another of the interior of Haleakala, on _ when the wind hauled to .k:SE with ram. ::,ept ::!0th. at 6 am, Maui, is the next best to seeing that greatest saw East Maui bearing NW, about 20 miles distance; at 8 a. of extinct volcanoes on our globe. These m saw Molokai. and others have been recently taken by !\fr. PASSENGERS. Chase, and are a vast improvement upon ====== ============---=--=--=--:::.=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=-=--FROM SAN :FRANCISCO-Per Helen W Almy, Aug 25:-E F views of former years. The prices are very Enos, E Kistler, and 29 Chinamen. Fon PORTLAND-Per Abeona, ~ept 6:-1\'Ir Morrell. reasonable. FROM SAN l!'RA'SCISCO-Per Madura, Sept 6:-,I A Hassinger, Miss MA Widger, R F Coleman, WR IJoleman, Byron Frank Edwards, Thos Green. U Capt. Eldredge of the whaling brig Adonis, FROM SAN FRANCISCO-Per Gen Tiarney, Sept 6:-Capt Russell. Chas Glidden, Jas Castine, E P Wheeler. Onward, left Ponape or Ascension, July 14. Fon SAN FRANClsco-Per Courier, Sept 8:-.J Warburton. FoR HoNoKoNo-Per Harriet N Carleton, Sept 10:-Mr Mission families all well. Mr. Logan had Memel and wife, Master Memel and 46 Chinamen. FRO~l PORTLAND-Per Eclward James, Sept 11:-W Moffett, left that day for Ebon. Capt. E. having and 3 children, Miss Sexton, W Allen, .J ~tephens, C F known the Ponapians in former years speaks wife Kuehn, A B 8tarbuck, D Green, C Nelson, l'hco Zeagers, F B l'encock, R Dowling, J. Young. in 'the highest terms of the success of the Fnont SvnNEY-~er City of Sydney , Sept 11:-A Audi-cw~, rniss;ion work. l\lrs J no Wilson, '1' II E F R I E N D FOR S,tN FEANCIBCO-PerCity of Sydney, Sept 11:-llis Ex Jno O Dominis, A O Wight, B H Austin, wifo and 2 children, E G Bacon, H Austin, Mrs H II Nol:He and maid, B Johstooe, A Youug, A Welch, l>r AM Shew, B W Sears, ll F Kutz, wife child and nurse, Mrs C A Brough, Miss C A llrongh, Mrs E ll Meyers, W N Armstrong and wife. Miss Ludlow. C E Bancrqft, C Titcomb, Mrs Brown, J H Coney and 2 dauahters, Mrs flaalelea, B F Chapman, A Herhert, ·r J Godfrey, A de Brettervill J George, wifo and 6 children, F P Quinn, W J ]!'!etcher wile, E Koepke, U Taylor, Mrs A Warburton, E Aymar, .J • :l'llendoza, 'rhos Coolin, .la1:1 8eavers, C Oolwell, R Brotherton, ·w J y, A Fraser, Mrs Dodge aud child, Jos Johnson, Mr Windship, wile and 2 children, and 3 chinamen. FROM :5AN FRANCisco-Per Discovery, Sep\ 15th-G W Pascoe, J .l!l (.)Jaussen, C Hamberger, CE Miller, B Barry. FROM ASTORIA-Per Jane A Falkinburg, Sept 19th-Mrs Joseph, Mi~s Anna L Miller. FROM SA.N FRANC1sco-Per Julia M Avery, Sept 19th-M Clarke, T Robertson, wife and child, L Adler, wile and 4 children, D P Gutfiths, '£hos· Claments, Chas Miller. Fno~t PORTLAND-Per Md\tie Macleay, Sept 20th-Rev Alex Macintosh and wife. FROM SAN FRANCisco-Per Zealandia, Sept 20th-General Comby, wife, 3 children and servant, Miss Alice Moyle, 8 l\Iagnin and nephew, S L Cran and wife, W F Cheney, HE Whitney, C Cooke, Mrs TR .!foster, Mrs E Gothe, 1\1 Hyman, E Morey, J M Oat, jr, Mrs Williams aud ~aughter, S Dodge, J\liss Oonner, Dr A Kennedy, E Conanct, 16 rn the steerage. l<'aoM SAN FRANCISCO-Per D C Murray, Sept 21-Mr llayseltlen and wile, l\lrR Frear and daughter, l\lrs Humphreys, Mrs S ThomIJ~on. Misses Lizzie and Maggie McKt>ague, l\iiss Emily Donnell, Col S Norris,_ G Fitzgerald~ G Harker, Geo Hodson, Jas Alexander, R Qumton and 22 Chmamen. FoR SAN FRANCISCO-Per .tI W Almy, Sept 22-C King, G Ward. anJ M.A.RIUED. McCORRISTON-FOS'fER,-At Halawa, Molokai, Aug 19th by the Reverend Father Oamien, HuoH McConn1sTON to .Mrs ML FosTKR, o::r Uavenport papt:rs please copy. In Honolulu, Sept. 13th, by Rev. S. C. Damou, MANENE to LAUKlj KAHELEMAUNA to HELELAj and W!LLlUl KERATI to MAHAWELAi all belongiug to .Makiki Valley, Oahu. Iu Honolulu, Sept. 22d, by Rev. S. C. Damon, AH PAT to P.AUKOAj AH KIAU to ELEKELAj AH NEE to KALAE, DE AcosTA-ZABLAN-ln this cuy Sept 23d, by the Rev rrather Hermann, Mr PEDRO DE ACOSTA to Mrs ANNA ZABLAN, 1 8 7 1. Visit of General Grant at Geneva. We learn from the New York Obse1·ve1·, that "on July 27th, General Grant laid the corner-stone of a new American Protestant Church in Geneva. Large crowds were present, and hundreds of American flags were displayed from the windows of citizens' houses. The authorities of the city, and also the English and American clergymen of Geneva, were present. Speeches complimentary to General Grant were made by M. Carteret, President of Geneva, and by several of the principal clergymen." [n noticing this important event, we are most naturally led to reflect upon the influence of John Calvin and ~is opinions and principles, not only upon the religious history of our world during the last three hundred years, but also their influence upon the progress of liberty and the political revolutions 'throughout the world. The American historian Bancroft and the English historian, Froude, are esteemed the best ·historical writers of the age. Our readers, we think will peruse with interest, the following extract, from Bancroft, copied from the first volume of his history of the United States : " A young French refugee, skilled alike in theology and civil law, in the duties of magistrates :MoFFETT.-ln Dallas City, Ills, July 10th, at the residence and the dialectic8°of religious controversy, enterof his uncle, D Welker, Esq, Dr C R .MOFFKT'f, la.le of Wailu- ing· the republic of Geneva, and conforming its ku, Maui. ecclesiastical discipline to the principles of repubLADD.-ln San ]trancisco, Aug 15th; W li'nANK LADD, aged lican simplicity, est,ablished a party, of which 38 years and llix months, elde1:1t 1:1011 of the late Johu Ladd, of Englishmen became members, and New England Honolulu. LATHROP,-ln Wailuku, Maul, Sept lst,Dr GA LATHROP, the asylum. The enfranchisement of the mind a native of New York ::lui.oe, from religious despotism led directly to inquiries KINGSLEY.-ln this Cily, Sept 7th. of COMSUmption, MOSES into the nature ot civil government and the docKtNGSLKY alias Jeff Uavis. agtd 52 years, a. native of .NelV trines of popular liberty, which sheltered their Orleans, Lou1:1lana. · WILLIA~ts-ln San Luis Obisbo, Cal., Sept. 6th, of Ty- infancy in the wildernesses of the newly-discovphoid fever, after an ~llness of liCVen !lays on!~, C~AR1;-ES ered continent, within the abort space of two CARSHENA, son of C . E., and H. A. W1lhams, of this city, centuries, have infused themselves into the lifeaged 16 years and 22 days, . blood of every rising state from Labrador to Chili, BAILEY,-lu Makawao, Maui,on Thursday the 13th of September, ELM KR».: VERi;, agtd lo mo111hs, infaut l!On of James have erected outposts on the Oregon and in Libec.; and Lucy D Bailey ot Wa.iluku, Maui. ria, and, making a proselyte of enlightened HLASs-ln Honolulu harbol' on board U 8 School Ship France, have disturbed all the ancient govern.lalllel!tOWU, Sept 25, J.\lrs GERTRUDE GLASS, wife ot Lieut ments of Europe, by awakening: the public mind c.;ommander Henry Glass, aged :.!2 years. to resistless action, from the shores of Portugal She was the daughter ot James U. Thornton, Esq., of s~n to the palaces or the Czars." Francisco, where her deatl! will convey 8orrow to a large circle of friend8 and n :l«tions. She leaves one cl1ild, a daughter The historian Froude, in a lecture delivof about two years old, Her funeral was attended by many foreign re1:1idents and foreign officials of Hon~iulu, from the ered in Scotland two or three years since, residence of Dr. 8cot1, U. ::!. Consul. Her remams are temporarily depo1:1ited in a tomb in Nuuanu Valley Cemetery, to gave utterance to the following: await their removal to San Francisco. " W batever exists at this mom~nt in England and Scotland of conscientious fear of doing evil is Information Wanted. the remnant of the convictions which were New Bedford, July 9, 1877. branded by the Calvinists into the people's hearts. Ri,:v. s. C. DAMON-Dear sir: Thomas .ll'. Loogill left th is It was Calvinism which overthrew spiritual wickport io the shiµ ~ea. .Breeze Oct. 2, 1815. They touched at Honolulu, where young Longill deserted with a number of edness, and hurled kings from their thrones, and others. The parents of Longill are very anxious about him, purged England and Scotland, for a time at least, and requested me to write you to asceriaiu if possible his of lies and charlatanry. Calvinism was the spirit whereabouts. Will you be so Kh1d as to make the necessary inquiries. and write me as soon as conveuient. which rises in revolt against untruth the spirit Yours, JAMES D. BUTLER, Port Chaplain. which, as I have shown you, has appeared, and Respecting OHARLES LUNT of Orono, Maine, was otficer of reappeared, and in due time will appear again, a whaleship lost in the Arctic. some yea.rs ago. When last 'll 1. d 1 · d heanl of was in Honolulu; any iufonnation will be thaul,fully unless God Wl ue a e us10n, an man be as the received by his bro1her James F. Lunt, Virginia Uity, beasts that perish. For it is but the in.flashing Nevada., or at the office of th e EHIEND, upon the conscience of the nature and origin of Respecting CHAnLi,;s BEssONE'fT, who sailed from New th 1 b h. h k' d d 1 Bedford in bark Superior, 18f>2 or 53, anti in 1858 wa1,1 sailing e aws Y W lC man m are governe ,- awa out of Honolulu. Communicate with the editor or Mrs. Sarah which exist, whether we acknowledge them or A. Gl'4)ss, Bristell, R. I. whether we deny them, and will have their way, Respec1ing .!AMES R GREENE, last hea. rd from on hoa rd to our weal or woe according to the attitude in bark Aclive at Yokohama. The vessel was condemned at . ' . • that port. Any information may be seut to Mrs. Elizabeth c. which we place ourselves toward tliem,-mherGreene, Southampton, LI, or io F s Pratt, Honolulu. , ent, like the laws of ~ravity, in the nature of Respecting Joseph A Ray, formerly of Falmouth, Mass, and things, not made by us, not to be altered by us, once a _sailor on boa.rd th e whalesh(P "Henry Kne~la nd -''. . 111, but to be discerned and obeyed by us at uur evcrlormatwn dehlred hy the _R ev Charl?s U Ray, 311 E,tst 62 . ,· ,, :stn:et, New Y urk, or the cd!lor of lhe l•n1.i,;No. lastmg pe11l. DIED. I 86 A recent visitol' in Geneva, from .Bosttm, writes as follows : "The traveller is impressed with the quiet and steady ways of Switzerland; it is the f'ieest land of Europe. Its streets are among the best._' You scarcely ever see a soldier in Geneva. Yet an army would muster in twenty-four hours, to de• fend the liberties of the Confederation, that all Europe would respect. Bo much for the land of John Calvin and for the theologf that so many call awful. His however was the truth that maketh free." Rev. G. S. Abbott, "Watch . man." The celebrated Lecturer, Rev. Joseph Cook, gave utterance to the following sentiment, at a meeting of Ministers in Fanieuel Hall, in Boston; last June : " Plymouth Rock 1a a piece of granite brocken oft the Alps at Geneva. When were they thrown up? 'There was an hour on Calvary, wheh the sun muffled up his face at noon, and the rocki!! were rent, and then were thrown up the Alpi;, oft' which Plymouth Rock was broken." In this connection, we append a sketch of the old Reformer, which we received from our European correspondent some months since: JOHN CALVIN. You will think perhaps that I am going to leave Geneva with scarcely a word about Calvin, .the one great a_nd illustrious character in Genevese hi&tory which overshadow~ all others. But he is so great, so tremendous in his will and energy, and spirit-force that for this very reason I find it ~ost difficult to say just what I would about him, and that silence wou1d be a more elt:Jquent tribute. But looking at some of the tangible reminde s of his day, and feelipg in their presence a nearness and kinship to the century and man which produced them, let us have a quiet talk together about this much-exalted, much-berated Reformer. 1 wish I could send you a sketch of the old " College," which seems still instinct with his presence. A gray and ancient buildrng, surrounding a large and quiet court, the main portion 1 supported on arches worn and roughened by age; high and pointed roofs cutting the intense blue of this glorious April sky; looming above them the towers and bells of the Cathedral to the left; windows with their formidable \vire screens; recitation rooms untouched by moderri improvements and inventions rows of benches, cut and carved by impressible and restless boys, who would fain leave in this quiet nook some reminders of their names, otherwise unknown to fame. In this antique school house gather some seven hundred eager, active boys and startle by their modern thoughts and nineteenth century-progress the silent generations of students which seem still to have a shelter in these rooms and corridors. The college was founded by Cal• '\Tm and since his day has been a spot which is connected with the pleasant &Chool-memories of thousands of Genevese boys. Then again there is that quaint, carved chair in the Cathedral, which becomes a kind of throne in the v1sitor's eyes when he hears that it was Calvin's. And I have told yoll before, I think about his house in the Rue des Chanoniei;;, where he died. Singular, isn't it, that it should be now occupied by 86 THE FRIEND, OCTOBER, 1877. the Sisters of Charity 1 Imagine the Re-. former's feelings at this invasion of Catholicism then the cemetery where his body lies, but unmarked by any stone. After all it is veriy little that remains in the way of material souvenirs of one who was the great.est . theologian of any age. No one ever lived who seemed so desirous of losing his personal individuality in the realization of ideas as he, · and it would seem that his wishes had received a fulfillment in the scarcity of objects which are connected with memories of his daily life and in the continual and marked presentation of that irresistible and imperial force and will, which seem still a living power. Of course,· as every one knows Calvin was not the founder of the reformation in Geneva. The political and religious storms of generations had prepared the way for this event, and many grand and noble men had a share in its founding; it was left to this timid, shrinking Frenr.h theologian, passionately devoted to his books and thoughts, to undertake the even mo:-e difficult and delicate task of completing that which had already been begun. No one can study the face of Calvin, with its intense lines, its rigid, unyielding featmes, its almost corpse-like palor, and feel that it is the face of a man to whom life was ever a holiday. So early did great thoughts, incessant study, unbending mental efforts be.come a part of his every day existence that you look in vain for those tender, care-free, sunny traits, which time and advancing age sometimes leave untouched in faces that have grown grave and earnest, in the midst of trials and struggles. So that in some unexpected moment you catch glimpses of a joyous ch~dhood and youth shining through the after years. In boyhood and youth he was already regarded as possessing remarkable genius, and the Catholic party was not slow to recognize this. But with the force of his tremendous nature, he ~truggled from the shadows which enveloped him into the clear light of Gospel truth. The history of those early years, his school and University life, his religious change, and his noble stand in the face of opposition are most graphically told by d'Aubigne in his fascinating history. Though entering with an intense interest into the religious questions of the day, he was looking forward to a life of scholarly seclusion, to which his tastes so strongly led him, when one day passing through Geneva, he was addressed by Farel, who in the name of the Lord called him to the work in that city. From this time his life became one of almost superhuman effort. At one time victorious, again in exile, attacked on all sides; coming back in triumph; moulding, forming by the energy of his undaunted spirit a people to the high and lofty ideal of his convictions. One reads in amazement the record of the Jife of this man, or rather this all absorbing flame, which seemed to glow and gather strength while the frail and wasting body was scarcfi'ly thought of. His house was furnished in the scantiest and plainest man• ner. Aside from his duties as professor he nearly every other day and often Preached . ! . twice oi:i Sundays . ~nga15~d actively m all the_ affaus of that c1v1c-rellg10us &·overn~ent whtch he had been the means of foundmg, and of which he was the virtual chief, visited the sick and made the city his parish. His correspondence was on an enormous scale, embracing Europe in its grasp, each year appeared one or two theological works. In all the theological and controversial contests in which that time was so prolific he ~eld a foremost position, yielding the field to no man. He ate sparingly, his sleep was short and he permitted himself scarcely any exercise. In judging of the man, it is but fair to study the great actuating principle of his life and work-and this was devotion to his God. He felt that silence was a crime. That he stood in the presence of awful truths and realities, and that as an instrument only was he placed in the midst of a wicked world, Jo do the bidding of the Almighty. Eternal laws, divine decrees, mfinite and unchanging principles, unswerving obedience, shut out .from his view glimpses ot that divine and infinite tenderness, that fatherly and pitying love, which is equally to be noted in our study of God's word. He walked like some ancient prophet, smiting with his unrelenting scourge that which seemed in anywise unclean, yielding to no earthly voices pointing the people to those mountain heights of stern duty and self-victory, which ever loomed before his vision. Under this unique regime, Geneva became the stronghold of the new faith, the very Rome • of Protestantism. lt became the central point toward which converged all the channels of religiouR thought, and from which issued increasing streams of influence for all Europe. It became the asylum for the persecuted and exiled. Scotland sent hither her famous John Knox. " The Geneva of Calvin.was a pulpit and press." Bibles, tracts, theological treatises carried in every direction the new light. Hundreds or young evangelists drew inspiration from the Reformer's life a,n9- teachings, and passed on the word to other countries. The voice of the reformation was heard in English, in German, in French, in Italian, and in Spanish. Luxury, revelling, intemperance were banished. All the loose and wanton lifo which had gained such ascendency under the rule of the Catholic Bishops fled in dismay before this new and unyielding purity. We see a city of the most severe and heroic cast, living under a sway where religion and that too of the strickest type, was ever uppermost. Each man lived in the constant presence of a life to come. Each family and individual were under the watchful and' guardian eye of their appointed leaders. Music, cards and dancing were forbidden. The Jaws regulated minutely the dress and apparel of each class of citizens. All ornament in gold or silver, all fashionable or excessive dress were laid aside. Profanity, impurity and looseness of life found severest punishment. Only those games calculated to strengthen the body and inspire a military spirit were authorized. The day commenced at five in the morning. The majority of the citizens first repaired to the church. In the afternoon the shops were closed and their owners attended service. The most severe and careful frugality was manifested in the family life servants ate with their masters and in this city by Lake Leman we see a return to an almost Spartan simplicity of life. But all these restrictions seemed but to gi~e new vigor to life and action. The city grew from year to year Surely no time has seen more splendid activity of thought and endeavor. A College and Academy arose, with their professors and faculties. Bu_t it is enough in the opinion _of_ some to ment10n the name of Servetua to d1ss1pate all , thought ·of what Calvin achieved. Year after year this most painful subject is brought up and men seem to enjoy taking the opportunity thus afforded them of lashing the memory of the I 1 \ reformer. That Calvin in this matter lacked the gentleness and humanity which should bave characterized him, I think his most ardent admirers will confess. For years Servetua and he si,stained a fierce contest in reference to theological difterences, which was marked by anything but a charitable spirit. Servetus was a man of decjded ability and scrupled not _to show his opinions. While we would not exculpate Ualvin from fault in the stand which he took toward him, it cannot be denied that Servetua was a moat trying and unpleasant opponent. In tbose days men threw themselves with a wild and terrible energy into all these theological contests. They regarded those that di:iered from them, as possessed of the most deadly sin, and launched denunciation and invective and insult on them prorortionately. One now regards with amazement the libraries of this beiligcrent literature which sprung up on subjects. which a wise and charitable spirit would have far more easily settled. 'l'he glare of burning faggots and the red axe of the executioner are a sad commentary on that spirit of fanaticism which m the name of religion sought to establish its claims. 'l'be world is learning that a surer wav to win men and advance truth is to unfurl that banner on which is written " Love." It is no defense to Calvin to say that he acted as was customary in that age, but it may be an explanation. Burdened wit,h the might of his great purpose, every voice raised against it was that of an enemy. His greatness had its faults, and in all this matter he should be justly ceni:mred, so far as he forgot that Christian spirit which should have actuated him. 'l'he sad and painful tragedy which gives the spot where Servetus was burned, a melancholy interest, will always stand as a witness that no one should be regarded as above the possibility of failure while acting from human promptings. On the other hand the Iifo and magnificent labors of Calvin should not bo viewed, as is quite too common. through the smoke of these buming faggots. These should be studied in their prnp@r place, and we are sure that no one •can come away from this study without a lively sense of the greatness and earnest purpose of this man, who son~ht not bis own but God's glory. I end the longer I stay in this city on which he bas stamped the memory of bis name, that my wonder and admiration grow as I learn more of him. At last even his tireless life must end and calling about him his tried friends and colleagues he bid them adien, encouraging them . to continue the work wbicb had been begun, and giving them bis blessing. I have mentioned to you before the picture by Horming which repres1mts this scene. Calvin was married in Strasbourg; and bad one son, who died when but a few years old. So that in dying the Reformer left no heir to carry forward bis name, but instead a name, which will live through all coming time. F. W. DAMON. DEATH OF CAPT. JAMES SMITH.-Tbis veteran shipmaster,-for many yea.rs well known at these islands, first in the whaling business and afterwards from 1851 to 1870 as connected with the line of sailing packets between Honolulu and San Francisco,-died in bis native city of New London, Conn., on the 19th of August. aged 77 years and 5 months. From 1812 to 1870-a period of nearly 60 years-Capt. Smith followed tbe sea, and accumulated a good deal of money-is said to have been at his death worth about $50,GOO. As is truly remarked by the New London paper in which we find the announcement of his decease, " Personally he was a man of a generous and genial nature. tender-hearted, charitable and sympathetic. In his views, either political or social, be bad decided convictions, which no nmol\Dt of argument or persuasion could change. Positive in all things, he suffered nothing to alter an opinion once formed, but held to it to the last." He was never married, and was one of a family of 12, six boys and six girls. Of these but two are Jiving, Uapt. Riobard Smith and n. sister.-P. C. J1¢vert'iser, Sept. 22. 'I' DE FRIEND, OCTOBER, ADVERTISEMENTS. J· M. TO THE PUBLIC! FIRST PREMIUM GOLD MEDAL '1'1HE was awarded at the Industrial Exhibition, 1875, to DAVIDSON. Attorney at Law. Office over Mr. Whitney's Book-store, formerly occupied by Judge Austin. Honolulu, H. I. de-1876 DR· F. B. HUTCHINSON, Office at Drug Store, corner of Fort and Merchant Streets; Residence, Nuuanu Avenue, near School Street. Office Hours, 9 to 11 A. M. fel '76 . G • IRWIN &, AND THE VIENNA MEDAL! For the Best in the World! OFFICE OF No. 429 Montgomery street, San. Fra::n.oisoe>. DICKSON, Dealers in Lumber and Building Materials, Fort Street, Honolulu, H. I. E. BRADLEY & RULOFSON ! BRADLEY & RULOFSON'S ART GALLERY Plantation and Insurance Agents, Honolulu, H. I. &, HOFFM.\.NN, M. D., m~ ~;~oitally invited to an inspection of our im- Officers' Table: with lodging, per week, Photographs, Drawings, Celebrities, Stereoscopic Seamen's do. BREWER & D. N. FLITNER, ED. DUNSCOMBE. Manager. Honlulu, January 1, 18i5. Particular attention given to Fine Watch Repairing A.DAMS. Sextant and quadrant glasses silvered and adjusted. Charts and nautical instruments constantly ou hand and for sale. .IJ.uction and Commission Merchant, fel Fire-Proof Store, in Robinson's Building, Queen St1·eet. JOHN S. McGREW, M. D., Late Surgeon V. S. Army, Can be consulted at his residence on Hotel street, between Alakea and Fort streets. G. NOTICE .TO SHIP MASTERS. DILLINGHAM & CO., Wagon and Carriage Builde1·, '\,V • PIERCE &, CO.• (Succesors to C. L. Richards & Co.) Ship Chandlers and General Commission Mer chants, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Agents Puul~a Salt Works, Brand's Bomb Lances, I Carriage Making, Uarr-iage and General Blacksmithing, Painting. Repairing, &c., M. DICKSON, Photographer, KEEP A FINE ASSORTMENT OF Goods Suitable for Trade. WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM YOU THAT I now employ the best Mechanics in the line of On the Hawaiian Group; and it is a well establisb~d fact that oar Carriage Trimming, by Mr. R. Whitman, is as well executed as any in New York City or elsewhere. I therefore feel warranted in saying that we can manufacture as good a class of ~rk in Honolulu as can be found in any part of the world. I will also state pere that we fully intend to work at the lowest possible rates. G. W]l:ST. Nos. 95 and 97 King Street, '\VEST, 74 and 76 King Street, Honolulu. o.:::r Island orders ptomptly executed at lowest rates A. $6 5 Shower Baths on tbe Premises. CHRONOMETERS rated by observations of the sun and stars witlt a transit instrument accurately adjusted to the meridian of Honolulu. Honolulu, Oanu, H. I. P. do. HIS OLD BUSU~ESS IN THE Carriag·e Making and '!'rimming ? C ONTINUES lfIRE-i>ROOF lluilding, Kaahumanu Street. co . Commission and Shipping Merchants, E. do. Views, avd Landscape Views of the whole Pacific Coast. Physician and Surgeon, Corner Merchant and Kaahumanu Streets, near the Post Office C. ~OME! For the best Photogra}lhS & Crayons in San Francisco CO •• Commission Merchants, LEWERS SAILORS' THE NATIONAL GOLD l\lEDAL ! For the Best Photographs in the United States! Phy1,1ician and Surgeon, '-'-T 87 I 8 '7 7. 61 Fort Street, Honolulu, . ,& LW A YS ON HAND A CHOICE ASSORT• .11 MENT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC STOC~, S 1 1 y· f A Large Co lection of Beautifu 1ews 0 Hawaiian Scenery, &c., ~c. GOODSFORTRADE CURIOSITY BUNTERS wlll find at this establishment a SPLENDID COLLECTION QF Volcanic Specimen111, Corah1, .Sbell•• '\,Var lUJplen1enta, Fermi, Mn.t11o Kapa•, ·HtP MASTERS VISITING THIS PORT during the last Six Years can testify from persooal experience that the undersigned keep the best assortment of And Sell Cheaper .than any other Rouse in the Kingdom. · And Perry Davi!!!' Pain Killer. DILLINGHAM & CO. And a Great Variety of otfier !fawaiian and Micron,esi,an Uuriosities. PICT:UR;E FRAMES A SPECIALITY: · Ja~ 1874 CASTLE & COO.KE, HIPORTERS ~NJ) l)EALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE ~.4.Q EN'fS OF- Pa,c1',ets., New Engll_l.nd l\fotual Life Insurance Company, 'I The Union Marine I°'5w·ance Company, San Frauc1sco, '1HE REGULAR P -O RTLAND LINE OF '£he )}o,hala Suga.r Company, TQ.e ;Hai)p.1 Sugl).r Co.I)'.lpany. The Hawaiian S,1,1gar Mill, W. H. Bailey, The Harµak.,u a Sugar Company, The Waiaiua S.ngar Plantation, The Whee.le,r & Wilson Sewing Machine Company, Dr. Jayf).e & Sons Celebrated Family Medicines. • tr ,,, THE FRIEND," SEAJJIEN'S DOME, SA.N FRA.NCISCO, CA.LIFOR:\TIA. ? T HARRISON, BETWEEN MAIN AND SPEAR STREETS. HROUGH 1.'HE EXERTIONS OF THE LADIES' SEAMEN'S FRIEND SOCIEl'Y, and the liberality of the General Government, a SEAMAN'S HOME is now being fitted up on Harrison between Main and Spear streets to which seamen of all nations are invited to make their home while in this port. ' ' . The ~uildin~ is of brick, large and commodious, fronting on three streets, commanding a fine Tiew of the harbor and c~t~, convemently _located near _the center of the water front, and capa.ble of accommodating about oOO lodgers, with good dmmg room, rea.dmg and smokrng room, chapel, etc. The house will be conducted on st1·ict temperance principles like similar homes in othet· parts of this country and Europe, ,& 4 MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO ',re1;Dperaiice, Seamen, Marine and General Iutelligence llUBLISHED AND EDITED BY SAMUEL C. DAMON. TERMS: One Copy per anilum ••••••••••••••••.••• ·•·•·•••••••$2.00 '.fwo. Copies per annum_ •••••••••••••••.•••••••••••.••• 2.60 Foreign Subsc1·ibers, io eluding postage .•.••••••••••• , . • 3.00 ~oung ltm'z <!tUristian ~ssotiation of J)onolulu. Pure religion and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: To visit the fatherless and.widows in thefr affliction, and to keep one's self_unspottedfrom the world. Edited by a Committee of the Y. M. C. A. in one the of Waikiki marshes. Three days cat
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