The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-12-30

sisted the seu.-savaE- king and h- counse.l0r-
= make a cJGe. but that cyi- never contained
any such law a. the Bishop quotes OF the gen
eral result Of the influence Of the missionaries on
the legislation Of tn country. again 1T Mr..
Dana he heard
-HE ERuIIs or ANERICAN MISSIONARY LABOR.
90 Doubtless the missionaries have largely ilfU-
enc-i the legislation o. the kingdom and is police
system: II ! fortunate that they have done -. In
nueuce Of some Kind was the law u the native
Development. Had not tie missionaries and their
friends among the foreign merchants and prutes-
siJu4l men been IL the ascendant. these islands
would have p~rv-ented only the usual history Of .
handful 81 foreigners tNatIlr everything from =
people who denied their right - ANYTHING. A. i
!. Ia no place ia the world that / have visited are
The rules which control vice and regulate aUu>e-
u-ltS 80 strict. Vel - reasonable. aud 80 fairly
enforced The government and The best citizens
stand - = good genius between the natives and
me tes-EiDg army - - the interior. il = we'll
known that Z man may travel alone, with money,
through tie Widest spots uuarmrd. Having just
come from the mountains q California. | was pre-
pared with the usual and necessary belt and il
appendages Of that region. but was told thar those
ori-Ects were uuheard Of N Hawaii. found no
hut without IT. Bible and hyln book in the native
tongue. and the practice u family prayer and
grace before meat. though i be over no more than
a calabash Of poi and "a few dried fish. and whether
At home or on Journeys. Is a. common - in New
England a century ago
ORIGIN OF THE BIsHoPRIc OF HONOLULU.
The late King asked that an English Episcopal
Clergyman might be sent out 10 his capital, prom
ising him a salary Of 5000 a year and a grant Of
land for q church. The American missionaries
offered no opposition they rather forwarded his
wishes. The Bishop of Oxford sent him-rhqt
h aid not ask fora Bishop and three PreS5yIerS.
This gentleman is described in his patent a.
:. Bishop Of Honolulu" which should seem as
unwarrantable an - aggression as that Of which
we 50 loudly complained when the Pope gave
his Bishops here territorial titles. He describes
himself a q Bishop not Of the English Church,
but Of the - Reformed Catholic Church" What
that may be, | leave his patron, the Bishop OF
Oxford. To explain. | observe that he has "a
throne"-that lie Is addressed - Z right rev
erend father in God-that he has s%urpIice and
stole, alb, cope and crozier rochet. Initre and
pastoral staff Episcopal ring and banner can
dies. intonations and professions all this being
necessary, as the Bishop Of Oxford explained at
Leeds, 70 Christianize them. They needed, said
the Bishop, =. the external ritual OF a church
[applausel and the external helps which our
own church can give them. before they would
indeed be brought into the faith Of Christ" |
have Bishop Staley's yindicatorv address. printed
in Honolulu this year. before Inc. From this |
gather that he conceives his especial : mission"
T. be-lst. u teach the natives dancing %. u
combat Standardization Sd, 10 confer upon the
liawaiian> the grace which can come only
through an Eplscopate IN the apostolical success
sion.
There are doubtless many persons in England
who viii heartily sympathize with these objects,
and respond To- the Bishop Of Oxtord'> appeal for
help 10 achieve them bur it Is right that English
Christians should understand that this mission u
Hawaii i not q mission 10 unconyerted sayages,
bur q crusade Gg0iHSt P1TifaHism.
| am, &c,
1 SUPPORTER OF Protestant Missions.
London. October "a.