The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-06-01
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Tiic Positive Teaching Of
bishop etaiey.

-fa4 L| A8E TRISTAN 4-ALEilr~ sL.A lIi--4-tef-
which he found in Hawaii. We have displayed in
a previous article. We have called II aIrOciJus.
We can hardly conceive of influence more de-
strEciIye % good. Or more VcTnIci1G- IN IL sure
re-ut-- tlaE the attempt II U~n-e,Tlc the faith Oi
q l-rlv II feeble believers in TIE Ga-Iel Of Jesus.
To this end Bishop >talcy seems - have -et him
elf from the Le.innins of hi- mission. Tie could
Dot deny that tie faithful missionaries from the
United State e. have translated the Scriptures.
and done many other GJu1 thing But ne
Trr-'- H. ILaIi-n influence uT.n the peaceful
and ,Y.tyuIci converts from heatheui-m 70 tie
~lvirUr. ri- fruit II their ministry. in the en-
teIvor T. destroy all faith In them o. religious
teachers. and al their tile heretofore ~ thank
fUlly acknowledged. - the public gratitude and
respect Of the Christians Of Hawaii. lie docs
tli-. Mt in a mere ephemeral effort. which NAV
be temporary IN IL influence. and be forgotten .
but IN an established and permanent Church
ta-eehi-m. u be learned and recitcl by the I-1-
PIE Z, be transmitted among them % other gen
erauYn- - tie authority OF tie Church. and - he
made therefore q permanent vehicle and record Of
this wicked reIrOach. He calls these faithful
missionaries whom the people had - gratefully
and justly yene-ated a. loyIng and truthful fathers
u them. false as>umer- Of authority. the mere
'' followers of one Brown, the children OF resi-
eide-, the teachers Of = false doctrine, the found
er- Of q fal-e Church. and therefore. Ier-,n- who
ought u D. avoided by all good men.
NJ possible god influence could he imagined
q result from such wholesale viIuIeurion. It.
c;iec; might De either TO make thee feeble Chris
tiau- o. bitter -ectariaus A. th,ir new tzichcr~. r
careless iUiis!eis in reference to all classes Of Chris
tan teaching. IL would most probably Dc the
latter. And neither Bishop Suiley nor liz aGyO-
Gates could dare T. say that one principle Of Ter
-YUal virtue IT holiness would be rr0murcl hy
any 81 tie teaching which We lave already quot
ted. We cannot modify our assertion. that we
consider such teaching and influence wicked and
Bat Bishop Snlcy positive teaching To- those
I-Ir Ic1Ilc. de- not in tie least degree cumvcn-
=a;c TOR the wrongs If the relative teaching which
sc lave Displayed. To demonstrate thi-. we viii
fret give h- Instructions % diem ON tie subject
Of Baptism.
lie la> already taught them in a previous Ior-
tiun Of tli- Catecli,n. that - in all branches Of
tie true Church there are three orders Of minis
sters. Bishops. Priests and Doacons." He teaches
tEem IN a Subsequent part. a. We have already
shown. tlat = the Caiyini-t- and BrUwnI-ts, who
in 1919 sent missionaries t. Hawaii, forso1k the
Church and formed an unlawful society outside
Of the Church" And now lie teaches them the
universal necessity for tLeir baptism by himself
or one Of L- ministers
Qaes.-' What outward ceremonies are proper for
Baptism
.aas-"T Tie officiating Of a minister eon~ecratedb by
a Bishop, such occasions excepted, III which it i i'm
possible 10 procure SUCH
Having settled this excepted case. by showing
item that it l. no longer impossible u get a
proper Baptism in Hawaii. he proceeds thus 10
describe the great Importance OF such Il Baptism
to them
Qaes.-' What are the benefits Of Baptism:
-7as.-" First, 1t Is the gate 10y which We enter
the Catholic Church Of Christ.
Z" Second, In it we are born again AMI receive a
nature.
:. THIRD. Our sinful birth Is forgiven. and the
promise Of God to forgive our sins i made SURE
- F0urfh, We are Initei to Christ in growth and
-a.-. 900 -r--T ~ 49,. laa..-. T-y.hr- = IL
body.
'iFglh, We are clothed with the righteousness of
Christ, a. III a garment.
- Sixth, We receive the Holy Ghost 10 the giving
Of new life u our souls. This i COOL seed that viii
grow 20 a great height, and continue to cur death.
Qass.-'W What viii be wrought N our lives
through Baptism;
his Purity AMI Holiness. When the devil
shall tempt u TO sin, VT should remember the Holy
Ghost i within you, AMI this viii grieye him
When this teacher shall have thus accomplished
hi- twD-foll purpose, by alternating the confidence
obedience OF these people from their former
faithful teachers, and per-uading them of these
un-veakable benefits To flow from Baptism. by
hi-, or hy kindred hands. lie may doubtless ina
CINE that ne shall have gained followers i'm mum
Der. Can he imagine. II ne be an intelligent and
upright man. that he has done good-InOral, re
ligipus good, 10 tie subjects OF his persuasive
Has ne in any way edited them III hoii-
ness. or moral excellence, III conformity to Christ?
hc has taught them ~ divine commandments
the doctrines OF men, We can ourselves decide.
That he has lei them into most destructive errors,
the intelligence of all true Christians will ac-
knowledge.
The only moral characteristic which interpOseS
in any way apparently to rectily this bad and
offensive Journalism, l. in the following question
and answer
GUS. What is required in those who are bap-
Aus" First, Repentance in which they for-ake
sin. Second, Faith, in which they firmly believe in
he things which God has revealed III his SacrIment.''
The things which are thus revealed he has
them in the previous question and answer
quoted above. The Popish doctrine of inherent
power derived through the authority of the ad-
ninistrItOr. was perhaps never - Openly avowcd
,ut Of the Church of Rome. Ii this We're really
rue. the work Of mans salvation would be OF
entirely and missionary success would be
OuHl in the mere Enumeration of persons baptiZ-
4. Perhaps the safest cvangcliHiti1n would then
- that which WIS charged upon the JeSuitS I'm
south America that they sprinklci the natives
II numbers and then cut their thrOais lest they
hould fall from grace and perish. But what Il
T1-- Iervcr-iyn OF ScTiptural in>tructiun-whIt
-candalous Misrepresentation Of the Episcopal
'hurch Of England and the United Statcs-what
destructive scheme OF ministry for the Hawai-
ans. if they are deceived by it-what a sacrifice
f all that i inward, spiritual and holy in Chris
ian requirements 70 the mere pride Of form
what a real ministration for the spirit who rules
n the children of di-ybcdiencc will this English
have accomplished. by such 4 system.
nter the glrb and aspect of a p~rofessed minister
f the Gospel. IN a pretended love for the souls Of
zen. The end must inevitably be for them and
II him according u the work thus undertaken.
'or can anything but moral ruin be expected a.
5 normal and legitimate result. I
Other aspects OF this positive teaching we have
ct t. present. And the farther we proceed in J
ur quotations, the more moderate and just Will
sem the titles by which we have already charac- i
srized the whole. Yet this IL the work for {
hich Christian men around u have made an ]
peal, A. worthy Of support from the in~rltcd l
Itizens Of this nation, and the injured and mis-
.Irl>entel memhcrs of the prntc.tnnt Eri.cnrrl {