Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-02-25
TO BENEFIT The SEAMAN.
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gentlemen's sons, some of them
paying a premium of el00
on their four years appren-
icesbip. The place is presided
over by chapain, the present in
cumbent Rev. Fullerton M. A.
who succeeded the founder of the
place the Rev. Jas. Fell M. A.
who is locked up to and honored
10 San Francisco as one of natures
noblemen.
The Sac Francisco Institute was
opened in 1892 aud has done a
most noble work in its field. TIL
two years previous to its opening,
1858 apprentices deserted from
British ships in San Francisco in
most cases ending in San Quen-
tin aud in 80 cases in 100 sinking
to the lowest degradation. Up to
the end of my management in
1894 there had been % assertions
and ~ who had deserted had been
induced to return to their ships.
One OF these is End officer of a
large Atlantic liner at present and
thanks the San Francisco Insti
tute for his position.
Another thing is the constant
inducement to young seamen to
write home and the mothers and
friends are very grateful for this.
Nice lette, paper, good pens, and
ink should occupy conspicious
places and the manager and chap
lain must get acquainted with
every man and no one but bona fide
aesmen should be allowed in the
building except on Sundays and
entertainment evenings.
Collections are never taken
from seamen. They are allowed
to smoke all they please aud
should never be reproved in the
presence of another, and above all
never try to force religion upon
them. Seamen think more than
other people in a similar station
in life, and it has been found best
to show them practical christian
itv, fellowship, and sympathy"
and they will think ont the rest,
which will mean their coming to
Sunday services which is only
natural after having spent the
week day evenings in the place.
In the chapel is the place for re-
ligion and more can be done in
one hour in the chapel than
year going around among the
men in the rooms. which will
drive them out; ard aboard the
ships; this will get the chaplain
the nick name of "holy joe" and
general contempt.
The principal institutes in the
world are s. +. Seaman's Institute,
Rev. Fullerton chaplain Hongkong
Institute at Knowloon, Rev.
Goldsmith, M. A. M to Sesmen
Society of London, with its vari-
Gus missions in England; Cal
cut'a Institute and Tasting APP
prentices Club, at Calcutta; Father
Austin o. S. P. These two latter
are und the High Church OF
England, the others are all church
of England except the San Fran
cisco Institute which is the Am
erican Episcopal Church; but the
chaplain is always sent from the
mission to Seamen Societies of
London where they receive
thorough training in this special
work. A novice among seamen
will not be a success.
The Calcutta Institute and its
branches 10 India and Burmah
are conducted on extremely liberal
lines with great success aud are
unquestionably the best attended.
The Calcutta Institute has Sun
day afternoon football, cricket
matches, tennis aud all sorts of
games, beer is sold to the men
no man being able to obtain more
than two glasses during the after
noon which il given up to recre-
alton. The Hastings Apprentices
Club is immensely popular and is
attended by 80 per cent of the ap
prentices visiting Calcutta and is
self supporting.