The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-23
A NOTEWORTHY LIFE.

In another column Rev. DR.. s +
Bishop. who g on the brink OF AS
golden wedding day. speaks re;i'i..is-
e-atly OF Honolulu. Born 10 Hawaii
seventy-fve years ago and only going
sWay 90 be- educated and 90 take a
short pastoratc. h. has seen these ISL
ards ernsrE. from heathsndom Into CIV
uizstisn and from the rule % chiefs
and kings 90 the rule % the people IN
der the constitution OF the Ch''eI
states. when he vas born ha"ai
was a Gar more distant outpost IN the
World than IL - now. The nearest CIV
.Iizsd port Of any consequence was l"
h.. found Ia South America. and the
territory OF the United states could
orty, D.. reached from here by a voyage
around TN. Horn. California ATizona'
New Mexico. Texas. Utah, Nevada. ana
mart OF Colorado and Wyoming. De
f5nr.,i 20 Mexico. and were but thiniy
settled and At that. only along the Cal
fsrria coast. The vast region since
acquired from Mexico was almost as
much Of 4 terra incognita as the pen
sretts OF Lower California Is now. As
Z, the Sound country. u had been par
tally explored twenty-three years be-
Tor. and the little fur-trading settle
rnent where the Astor fortunes were
founded antedated DIR. Bishops birth
By only fifteen years.
when California was annexed by the
United States the subject Of this
sketch was within two years OF his ma
iority. IL seems phenomenal that We
should have among us a man. hearty.
rugged. with the glow OF health on his
face and his mental qualities unim-
paired. who was on the verge Of man
hood at a time when savages held all
but small areas Of the mainland be
tween the Mississippi river and the
Sierras and most Of the western coun-
Try bordering the sea as well. At the
tim. Of Dr. Bishops birth the popula-
ton OF the United states was ap-
preaching the total made three years
later Of n. SIS. O2O. The center Of popu-
tatIon was then In West Virginia. To-
day New York and Pennsylvania alone
have NOR. than 100000 population
and the whole country must have
about 5000. 900. II would not BE- out OF
all reason for DR.. Bishop TO hope To
live long enough 20 see the population
pass the 10000. 600 mark, exclusive Of
what Is 10 be added through the annex
alton OF foreign lands.
DR.. Bishops life has been wholly use
full. 4 man OF marked literary facili-
~ and OF sound Christian spirit and
training ne has written and preached
for over half a century and has been
Identified with every rational cause OF
moral and religious upbuilding here.
Taking Il deep and vigiIant interest In
higher politics he has helped every
movement which aimed to give Hawaii
the rule OF honest and capable men:
and when the great political change
came his pen was employed with skin
and vigor In the cause OF annexation.
Through all the stress OF his more ac-
tive years ne found time To make origi-
nal researches In science: and IL was
he. we believe. who discovered the re-
Iation between the seismic outburst OF
Krakatoa and the brilliant red sunsets
which prevailed for so long n time aft
erward. What astronomers know as
Bishops ring. also testifies 10 our ven
erabic townsman's scientific attain
ments.
II the phrase were not so hackneyed
Il would be In keeping with the life.
dignity and influence OF Serene Bishop
10 call him the Grand Old Man OF Ha-
wall.