The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-12-15

probably not less than One-third.
Mr.. Ellis discusses az some length the h"'
question very thoroughly, and shows by inuiS
putable evidence. the immoral tendency OF th'
ancient dance. What he says on this subject i
very interesting, hut We have not space to quote
When the Reformed Catholics first arrived, they
publicly announced it to be their design 10 IN
troduce a purer form of Christianity. Probably
it was with that intent they endeavored to
:. chr5sHani=e the huIahula.' which Mr.. Ellis re-
marks that he once witnessed, at the request OF
the Queen. but he adds, i almost JJore / trGS
fuHy arrare Of rrhai ii ,ras. The fthy picture seem
ed 10 be burned as trih riirio! Info nay mind as
turned and hurried from The spot" The evil
results of reyiving this old hcathenish dance are
too apparent to any observer, yet we are inform
ed that the members of the Reformed Catholic
Mission. not only approve these abomInable
scenes, but countenance them with their pres
ence and in other ways.
The force of Mr.. Ellis remarks consists in his
Certifying every assertion with the .most album
dant proofs, and such proofs as carry conviction.
From his statement. and from evidence deriYabie
on the spot, several facts are apparent, and cam
not be cOntradicted
lst-That there was never any wish expressed
on the part of Kamehameha ". for an Episcopal
Mission for the native population.
2d-That the sending of Bishop Staley's Mis-
sion to Hawaii was a violation of Christian
comfy, and an insult 10 the friends of the
American Mission.
3d-That the Puseyite form of worship, in
troduced b. it, is repugnant to the native re-
lIgious ideas, and that the majority of Episcopa-
lians are opposed to these High Church views.
Indeed, it is quite evident that most of those
protesting the Episcopalian faith in Honolulu
regard Puseyism very much as did the Rev. DR..
Cox, of New York, when he remarked - Pussy
ism is an attempt to squirt the quintessence of
the dark ages into the middle Of the Nineteenth
Century"
We cannot better close this article than by
ouoting the following from a late number of the
London Patriot. uttered at the time Queen En-
ma was leaving England
Queen Emma is about to set sail again for Ha-
wall. after her heightened. and. We hope. pleasant
European sojourn. She has enlisted the interest of
the English people by her graceful demeanor. and
she returns laden with the good wishes of us all.
But not. it would seem. with so much High-Church
cash as she expected. The ,JoLn Bull has TO remind
its friends - of Il vulgar but true proverb, that SYM
pathy without relief is like mustard without beef
Some Is 900 have been raised in aid of the Angli-
can Establishment in Hawaii. and about asI"&a6u
more toward building a cathedral. which is TO cost
100000; and this, the paper Solready quoted thinks
altogether insufficient. TLfe Bishop of Oxford has
not dared to challenge Pnblic opinion again as be
did last autumn ora the subject OF the Anglican
scheme but "~tifc friends of the Mission had Il most
interesting m%eeEting " at Willis's Rooms last week,
at which preJ5Hy pictures of the proposed cathedral
were eSlibYted-tLe interior view depicting the
-BTshOp of Honolulu, vested in mitre. clasublc, and
alb. giving the benediction!> The Irimate, the
Bishop of London. and the Bishop of Oxford APP
pcared as sponsors for Bishop Staley's enterprise
The Bishop of London. we are told, fully recog-
nizcd the benefits conferred by the Independent
Missionaries but insisted that Bishop Sialey de-
served their entire confidence and hearty support,
and referred to Queen Emma as, 4" IN her own per
son. atfurding the best proof of the benefits OF
Christianity being extended TO the Islands And
in that reference he vindicated the American mis-
sionaries. and demonstrated the unnecessary char
acter of Bishop Stalcy's expedition for, though we
dare say his Lordship forgot In name it to his audi
ence. it is nevertheless a fact that the Queen owes
oil Lvr education and religious knowledge To the
American missionaries, in whose schools she was
instructed before Bishop Staley came near the
| Islands. Mr.. Manlcy Hopkins tried hard 10 make
out that the late king had asked for Il bisflop 4; but
he was Obliged To admit that lie had none but cir
cumstantial evidence to give. Bishop Stalcy, he
informed the friends OF the mission wrote hope
fully of the future. though fighting against diff
culties and opposition caused by denominations
Christians - as if the Bishop and his followers
were not 4" UNCONVENTIONAL Christians
AS a matter If fact. this attempt of the Angli-
cans To enter into other mems labOrs i'll Il small
group OF Islands at the other side Ot the world. Is
about the most shameless piece of UNCONVENTIONAL
ism aud sectaIidniSm which modern ChristendOm
can show. The GtdrdG8 informs the world that
the hope which Queen Emma cherishes most warm
ly is directed to the firm establishment of the
English Church in her brothers dominions. and
she expects she will succeed. By all means, since
they have convinced themselves of the Christian
~prOpriety of such an enterprise, let these Angli-
cans try their best but common decpncy should
keep them from slandering their torerunners in the
work, but for whose labors Bishop Staley would
have found not a large and well-ordered city in
which to build Il cathedral, but the huts of naked
savages. amongst whom We doubt whether Angli-
can zeal would ever have ventured anything"
At the late meeting of the American Board,
the following remarks on this Mission were
made by Rev. Mr.. Sherring, a Missionary from
India, laboring under the care of the London
Missionary Society:
AS an Englishman connected with an English
[ Missionary Society, | wish to say to you what |
would say before an English audience that the in
reference of the High Church party of England.
with your missions in the Sandwich Islands. is an
outrage. / have been absent from England for
fourteen years. and am now on my way to that
country, and | hardly feel that | am an Englishman.
more than an American. There is Il kind of grand
nationality among missionaries. and in India. mis-
sionaries from the various societies laboring there
are animated by a kind and loving spirit toward
each other. | declare that my blood boils (for an
Englishmna'S blood sometimes boils.) when | think
of this outrage upon your sandwich Island Mis-
siOns."