The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-05-25
Hawaii and The Gospel.

National importance J. not ALWAYS daJ@nient
upon extent Of territory or multitude of inhabi-
taut-. Contest for the settlement of great prin-
cilIe- may be maintained sometime within very
harrow regions. and great victories for the truth
may be accomplished by People comparatively
:ew AM unuotieeI. such are some If ne Poly
uc-ian I-land- In the Pacific. The violence Of
French oppression in forcing brandy and PJIerv
uIJn the unwilling Christians OF Tahiti, was
SON followed by the oyerturnins of the dynasty
of Louis PhiliiTc. who had been guilty Of the
crime. ard who i said III E- secret flight nom
France - England. u have heard = voice three
time repeating the cry In h- ears - Remember
Tahiti" TIE not dis-imilar violence If England
IN the attempt - oyertUrn the Christianity and
control tie destiny Of the Hawaiian Islands for
their Own beneft, may be indicated by some
providence equally discriminating and rerribU-
tive. With the Political i-suc- involved fJr this
country a. for England. we ID not now NEEDLE.
But tie great Gospel questions. Christian qGe--
tons. which are undergoing their trial in the
experience Of Hawaii. are VI deep significance
and uHlimited Importance t. the Christian Church
And a. this projected revolution j. Z, Re accom-
Ili-hei under tie girb Of an Epi-cpIate Of the
English Church. las APPEALED 70 American Fps
cJTalian- for it, support. and ha- gained the
advocacy Of American Bishops, il J. impossible
that a. defenders Of the Gospel in our Church,
we should avoid it, consideration.
No modern triumph Of Christianity has been
more satisfying. encouraging or remarkable. than
TIE ElI-iE- 81 American Christians IN me HI
waiian Islands. When. in 1919. tley were sent
cat from this country, under the general impulse
Of duty d preach the Gospel q every creature
they met upon their landing in those Islands. q
PREPARING providence by which tie nation had
already heen iei d rcnouucc their idILatrv. and
were placed IN IN attitude mot favorable for the
Introduction of a new national religion. BY the
blessing Of God upon tie labors Of those faithful
and we'll qualified men. the language of the Ico-
PIE WAS reduced To- writing-schOnls Of every
class were established among thcm-bDJk- II III
]struction We're IreIarcd-the Holy Scriptures
were translated into tie language Of the IeIVic.
and all the advantages Of a wise and profitable
civilization We're established and secured. \
nation 81 rude id0latDr- was transformed into a
Christian nation ami ChIistian Churches were
established through all tle islands. t~e>tilyin. 10
tie Saviour power and maintaining the >Iyiour's
truth. The necessity for Foreign Missions among
them had ceased, and the missionary society
which had received the honor Of cifccting this
great victory. withdrew from their authoritative
oversight and support, and left them a. a Chris
tian people To govern and perIetuate themselves.
NJ new born nation IN tine Church 81 God ever
manifested AZ this early commencement OF their
history, a riIer Christianity. or gave a brighter
promise IF future usefulness and pr.~Icritv.
Christian hearts were in every land, edited and
delighted with the records of the pietv. faithful
ness and advancement in k knowledge of these new
born servants of tine Divine Saviour.
At this popular crisis Of the Christian history
of this people, the territorial ambition Of the
British nation, and tie IrOselyting spirit of the
scini-pOpi-h part of the English Church. started
an aggression uTun the feeble Christian inhabi-
tants of these islands, as unjust and unlikely to
Il benefit - any. n any assault ever made
upon any people. y clergynen in the Church Of
of the extremist Rituaiistic or semi
character 10y the name Of Staley. was
cpnsccratcd and commissioned a. : the Bishop Of
Honolulu and sent forth To divide. Unsettlc and
if possible. the Christian Churches Of
and To erect with British influence and
British power. a semi-p1pish Church upon their
ruins a. unlike tic true Church Of England a.
possible.
One Of the early efforts Of this Bishop and mis-
was the preparation in the Hawaiian
of b" Il Catcchism and n Book Of Direc-
for tine people who could he persuaded to
receive il. certainly "A. atrOci1us III many Of its
sentiments. and in it, spirit, rs anything assuIn-
the name OF Christian. which we have ever
cen. y translation Of these works into English. F.
made hy an Hawaiian, now lies bef,re u and
We purpose 10 justify the sentiments we have
expressed by some extracts from its teaching.
extracts viii show how utterly unworthy
hese English emi>saries are of the aid which
have presumed To solicit from the members
Il the Episcopal Church in the United States.
md how contrary To the spirit and truth of the
gospel are tie Instructions which the new a>~Ocia-
ion formed 10y ministers and members Of our
'huTch. avOwcsily for the purpose of aiding their
-ttt4hlGf MI ~ Ni4Ai%tttI 10 -d-Ltui-
This preparation for teaching the Christian
eDplc Of Hawaii. l. called "a Catechi-m. con-
aiming also certain desirable definitions of the
and practice of that branch Of the Holy
.atholic Church, established in Hawaii by tie
of England and America. Honolulu,
for the Church. 1851"
This document We have deferred u notice until
he present, because we were unwilling, after the
cry Positive rejection of desired aid for this
honolulu enterprise Nv the Beard of Missions.
I'll II
House of Bishops against the principles and
a~raetioes Of this advancing POVcrv, and the f1rma-
ion OF AN association expressly for the purpose OF
ustaining and extending Bishop Stalcy's mission,
forced upon u the conviction that we should
. wrong longer u withhold the testimony which
&c I1->c>s Of the en01nity of the assertions.
ssunptiOns, and Instructions Of this assumed
Bishop Of Honolulu In a few succeeding .
rticles we will give ample Illustrations IF the
hargcter Of this whole work. and of the tcndcn- {
' and responsibility of those who encourage and
Istain it.. {