The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-06-15

Erff--llF Nl AtLcLIt-Llfii2 L4t 4l-4tH- ailti ftILt-
growing out 80 them. has sprung Ire r~y-teai ul
international law. : TalfIile Notation or this
by one nation makes jhdI nation ara oHcudcr
against al. and Thereby arrays every Othera -aiust
i;sclt. for the common code J. the security of each
and every one.
Tho Christian world is divided into -cycra!
denominations, the mutual relations OF which are
such that comfy ami respectful kiniiine-s NAV
be considered a, = vital Iars of nter-Ienomiil..-
tiJnul law. and tine hack of organic union between
them can be 40 exca-e for it, violation. UuIv bv
q Iallabic rejection Ot tie vital Doctrines of the
Gospel. or AN open contempt of it obligations.
can they forfeit their claims to its protection.
Let ANY denomination, or any authorized repre-
sentative Of a denomination. openly violate this
law. and ii puts itself in an attitude of hostility
To- all 1t makes itself Il set in the most apprO-
pirate and obnoxious sense of that word. IL
commits an outrage against the common law Of
Christian brotherhood. Ii becomes the enemy Of
all, and arrays all in opposition To- itself.
The Protestant ChurckDada, i'm n series Of arti-
Giles on Bishop Staley. Of Honolulu. charges him
with having done this very thing. He ia. enter
al into Il field which had long been occupied
labOripusly and successfully by our American
missionaries, and endcivured 10 create n prejudice
which would pronounce them no better than rcli-
giOus prctenders. He denies them the character
of Christian ministers. IIc VronOunces their adj
mini-tration of Christian ordinances invalid and
counterfeit. lie traduces their fair names a.
herctical seoedcrs from e the Church,, and u
cover them with iniamy, traces their origin To
= one Browne and maligns the memory of men
who have been pronounced by the ablest bishops
Of the English Church, great and good men.
II this had been done IN haste. in Al moment of
excitement or in an aitcr-Iinner speech. there
might have been a scmi-charitable apology for it.
But it has been done in the coolest and most de-
hberate way. Bishop Staley has issued Il cate
chism for the instruction of present and future
generations, in which, in the form, of question
and answer. he has embodied ut once his heresies
and his slandcrs. Some precious morscls of this
Gltcchism We find in the columns of the Protest.
ant ChuIchIHaH, where they are concisely branded
a :. wicked and atrociOus." Bapti-mal rcgencra-
ton Is taught in is most obnoxious and undis-
euiscd form, and u the initiatOry rite Is aScribcd
:. purity and holiness as the opus operdfnUm
and To- this and other errors i eonjoined the vir-
tual accommodation from the Christian body,
and this. too, in the most contemptuous manner,
of all who do not build ON the ~assumption of
apostolic succession
This Is the earnest of the harvest that is to be
from the seed sOwn by Il pOrtiUn-and n
quite peculiar portion, we are glad To sly-of the
Church in England and thi. country.
We are not surprised that the PrOi.sidnt Church.
man dcnOunces it. No denominational comfy is
equal to the task Of overlooking suclI Il violation
Of the first principles OF what we have termed
INSTRUMENTATION law. il can be- justified
among the several bodies that bear tie Christian
name only by methods analogous to those which
would, among nations, justify piracy on the high
seas. If n man chooses To he an lshmael, with
hand against every man, he can expect moth
inc better than that every mans hand should be
against him. Bishop : alley has offended against
the cOmmon sentiment # the Christian world.
lie has made himself N ecclesiastical outlaw.
lie seems To have reached the ne pins ultra OF
contempt for everything which does not accord
his theory ola Reformed Catholic Church,
md he has put himself, as far as possible, out of
the pale of Christian respect.
We are aware that this is very plain language,
jut il Is nothing more than the occasion demands.
We leave to the Protestant ChurchMaH, a more
immediately Interested in that matter, the ex-
pOsurc of the doctrinal errors of Bishop Staley's
1t is no more than right that EpiSco-
-alians should know what sort of teachers they
ire called upon To support in Bishop Staley's
liOcesc, and how far they are summoned to ex-
end their patronage to Romish, or ut least semi
ROmish error. The w0rk that is done Ut the
Islands, is one which they are called
IpOn to endorse by their liberal contributions,
nd il il for them To- say whether it meets their
approval, and whether they are prepared 10 bid it
d.. God-speed.r But all denominations of Pro
estant Christians are alike concerned in the CON
violation of all the deccncies of Chris
ian brotherhood, by the arrogant course of
Bishop Stalcy. His offence is not merely against :
lac .. evangelical portion of the Episcopal
,hurch in England and this country, and one
they especially may complain of, ar re-
cnt but it is against the whole body of true '
believers Of every name. and in every land, and Z
n every age. In this maine we give expression to
What we know would be their instructive and :
pDntancous rcbuke, and We do it i'll the interests I
i - the unity of the body of Christ" c
The time has come when the subject of Chris j
ian union Is attracting an unprecedented degree /
# attention in different quarters of the world.
feel intensely the high Importance, I
We might say, the pressing necessity, that all who /
the Christian name should see eve To eve. .
he broad field which invites Il common effort u
cbukcs the thought that the energies of the h
may be wasted by conflict among them 9
elves. TIE very spirit of Christianity is yiolat- 4
!. and Christ himself Is. as il were, crucifel =
fresh, when the bigotry Of the disciples who y
,ould silence those that did not follow with them, r
revived. If there are those who are not con- il
-nf 10 enter into other mems IIbors, without u
rst tearing down what they have built ON the h
nlv fDuulatiOn-that which no man hath laid Or 4
"a hy-it seems to us that the position which o
'cy choose 10 occupy is one of the most unenyi- c
81 which it Is possible Ia conceive. They over a
allow the mesnncss of their intrusion 10y the "
Il atty of their work. and rcnd the seamless q
ihc - the attempt To make II exclusively their -
We can advance toward a practical and Il
- perativc union only 10y witistanding the OBJ Y
aclcs that are thrust in the way and surely no n
jsiaclcs are more serious or effective than the Il
rciudicc and bi@Otry which dcnounce any branch n
the Christian Church. even denying it the =
.hristian name, i'll order 10 prOselyte with more p
fcctiyc zeal. b.
To Tell THE ACE on ANY ONE.-An ineeni- q
II and sure way To- find out the ages of ladies, W
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