Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume VII, Number 40, 3 October 1868 — English Column. Death of Hon. Lorrin Andrews. [ARTICLE]

English Column.

Death of Hon. Lorrin Andrews.

It Wo«if!> our sid daty to recofd the d«th »»f j»nothtr of thc faih«?r* of lbe Amenean M««inn to theM? is»and*. The HonoMb?c K*r. Umn Andrcws dcprted ihi«f life at hts retsidence in Nuaanu »t 7 oVlock !a<t Tuesday n:ormng, m the "lth ye«r of his age. of whieh he had speot more than 40 yeBrs on tbe»e i»lands. His i.i&i lajted oniy aboot ten davs. daruig tb«* la*t three of whieh he remained in • iiefp u!m*tur#rfrom whieh he only awoke to <*nte.r 'ipon a better world. Kew uien are ever so generaliy loved and r«*\-erad as he was. notonly for his serv«ces to tbe nation. aod for his varied and e*ten«,vc !c*rntog, but for the grand simpilicity, | I uistv and noblenrss of h»s cbaracter. In him ; ih'* ILuvaiinn peopie have lo?t one ot their truest and U».st friends. one whose life \sas d«\'ot»d lo il»eir H»rvice, who loved and appr»ci«tf*d tV»etn, and who desired to preserte (rom ob!tviott their lang«age, th«j| *nd »nctent litfMtore. j Judge Andrews wa» bom in 1795 in Con*j n«*cticut. b«jt spent moBt uf his early life in Unio. He gr.»duated from Jeffersoo College, tn !Vnnsylvania. and (rom Prinreton Theo* iogh il Setninnry in 1525. Soon after, he ofT re<l hiin.*elt' as a iui?sionary, and was ae-

. . pi"«! by itae A. U. C. T. M. Ile from Bostnn in Nov. 1827 in rinnpnny witli Kev. E. W. Clark, Rev. J. S. c;rcon. Hcv. P. J. Uuliek, Dr. G. P. JuUa, Miss Oplm nnd oihcrs. and arrived here Man-h 31. 1d n frw inonths he was stationed with Mr. at Lahninn. Bot it is in con« i»ection wtth Lahainaluna Seminary.of whieh he \vbs thc principal founder, that he will be chtefly remeu»bered. In Sept he opened the «ehool in a thniched hut, in plaee of whieh the scholara nltcraards erected a stone huilding underhia A printing ofīice and book bint]rry were afterwards attnched to the insfitDtion, lrom that Lnhainaluna prees is?ued itt:niy school l»ooks and religious works, for the l>encht of ihe nnlion. At th.it tiine Judgc Andrews edited the lirst Haw.iiian newspaper, the I/imaHatoaii. He «f(erwMrds trained some of his scholars in the nrt »»l c«>pper plate engraving, ond pubJished twoatlnses for the use ot Huwaiian .-chools, one of sacred geography, and one of modern geogrnphy, accornpanied by a book <»f geogr«phical questions, nnd a treatise on the use of globes. Hc took part in tri\nslating tho Biblc into Hnwniian, hoving trttnslated thc book of Proverbs, and in conjun2tion with Mr. Kiehards the Epistle of James, the three epistles of John nnd that of Jude. He may justly be regarded ns the pioneer in teaching Hawaiians Engltsh, havingearly eng»gcd in this work, and having published a first hook fur tenching them English in 1837. whieh he followed up by 4 English ainl Hawaiian Lessons M in 1841. In 1836 he published the first Huwniian l)ictionary, nnd thc first oulline of Hawaiinn Cin»inmer in the Hawaiian Spectator, to whieh ho ivas u regular contributor. He also helped to establish the first His* torical »Society m these islands in 1839, and began nt an enrly period to coliect tiintoriflls for the aneienl historv, rcligions and poetry oi the Hawaiian people. In IS-12he tendcred his resignation, to the great regret of his col« U'ognes m the Scminary, nnd soon nftorwards d»ssolvet! his connection with the A. B. C. F. M. After laUKmg iiulepeudently for two or thrce years, he entered ihe ser?ice of the Government nl»out 1845, as Judge in the Court of Oahu, whieh was afterwards stvled the Superior and then the Suprcine Court. Hc heW this pos»tion for tcn years, acting as Judge of Pn»bate the latter jiart of the t«me, until IS6o, when he retircd on a pen* Mcn, and \vas succeeded bv Judge Kobert>o«. He also heeame a member of the Privy Council in 1948, nnd continued to hold that position until his death. The last part ot his life was devoted chief» ly to litcrary pursuits, and espccially to ihe s'uiiy of the Hawaiian language, antiquties poetry. He published the lUwaiiun Gramm:ir in IS45>, and a second eularged edition of the Hawanau Dictionary in 1865, containing over 15.000 words. lt?was a cherlshed de« sire of his to write a history of Kamehameha 1., whieh ?hould present a eomplele pie. ture of the period, and do full justice to the »bilities and character of that great man, but rarious obstacle9 prevented the execution of this design. In 011 the various $tations whieh he oeeupied, he comtnaned the universal respect and esteem of the community. Those who knew hun best felt that inoeh as he accomplished, his productions gave but an inadequate idea of his real abilittes and aod iored him for the rere disinterestedness, sincerity and nob!ene?s of his character. But it was this rel»g»ous element in his chaucter that controlletl all the icstandwas the luaio spring of his life. Pure »nd ineproachable as his whole l»fe bad bcen, his dying words were that "he had been a great Miioer. nnd could trust only in the ntoning inerits of Christ. M Precious is th«» men»ory whieh he h«s left to his berenved fatnilv and inends. Th« influence of such « life for good only eternity ean rcreal. Verily 4he rcMs lruin his l«bvrs aud his wurki do follow liim."