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

bishop ssaEey and iIie Hawai-
FANS.

When this English Bl-.up landed IN EHe ia
waiIan islaEi-. there Wa HDtau!Ong ali OF moieT1
Christian t|riuugH>. 81 more peaceful "r successful
illustration oi tie effective teaching and grateful
accordance Of the Sayisar-S GOSPEL. The Bishop
!, of oxford. in hi- multiplied addresses in England,
inGulgei his Imagination and ms >ectarian temper
ia vain IN an unlimited abuse Of thc faithful
american missionaries who had been dlvInely
made the au,.:le- Tor hawaii. The united sui-
fracc OF the Protestant Christian world would de-
clare their unshaken reverence for these faithful
men. and their confidence in oe reality Of their
work. Notwithstanding the hesrtiess Aoels OF
Bishop Wiihertorce-
Bi,hou stale. while in this country. ~profeSSei
with seIni-PaIsl reservation u deny all impUta-
tilu- OF hostility L. the MISSIONARIES IN HaWail.
and claimed tu- himself the character Of = very
moderate Chureluan. His Hawaiian Catochi>m
had u- then bCcu unlocked from IL n>uLir cahl-
net. We shall show the reality ot lis character,
and the siu1r-it, ct his IrSJcusiuuS from this pre-
l~arltipn- The WORK Il lreIlnru IN q small COM
I.>> a. h.E& fr tIrcglt-lyu among the Christian
Islanders. ana fer their Instruction IN the Church.
which Rs>h1p Sualcv declares hc had been sent u
bring them. COPIES are distributed from the
Clergy hvU~, In Honolulu.
\ clergyman Of the Episcopal Church - reside
and ustciI,c among the foreign residents of Homo
lulu. ani for such natives a. Preferred hS minis
try. tie missionaries had always desired and ask
81. Many years since they made q formal request
ii the Foreign Committee Of our Board Of Mis-
>i,u- Z, supply JhI> want That de
clincl 4 compliance with this suggestion. upon
tie ayowei laSi>. that IL was an Acknowledged
and righteous principle among the missionary
societies II Protestant Churches. that there ought
T. be no l1eil interference with the body which
had first taken possession III the field Tor Christ.
and were faithfully engaged in its cultivation.
such relations "f comfy and reciprocal respect
the Missionary Societies OF England and America
have always maintained
But the Semi-Papists IF the English Church.
IN their zeal for the destruction OF all who submit
not - their teaching. allow no such rule of
Christian confidence and respect: and they seem
To have found in Bishop SUaley 4 person well
adapted for their purpose. He lands in Hawaii
with the covering OF the sheep-he soon displays
the spirit of tie wolf. His work Is all and
wholly an aggression upon Christian ministers
ald believers in that country. Any heather. if
there be such. seem not t. come within his pro-
vince. His first effort is t. destroy the influence
and the character of the ministers of Christ who
have been honJrcd as the Lords ambassadors for
the conversion Of the IIawaiians and u ALLEVIATE
If possible, the confidence and the affections of
the native Christians from them. Accordingly in
his catcciiSm lie thus discusses and settles the
subject of their rights and of the duty of the peo-
PIE towards them. He has already taught them
IN this cltechism, that there is no true Church
without BisnOI-. and no authorized ministry with
out ordination by bishops. These points of his
teaching We Will Illustrate with quotations here
after. But having done this, in general princi-
pies, lac brings tie application for these u~nsophis-
tlcated Christians. into Il direct assault upon their
faithful teachers, the American missionaries. in
the 9TH chapter Of his cltechism. Its title is,
=. OF the difference between the Church and the
CalNinist-." lie proceeds To instruct his Christ
ian hearers on this subject iii the following man
ner
"QuesiloR. Whom do YOU mean by Calvinists?
-dHscer. The followers Of John Calvin, who was
born in France in the year 1909. He began to preach
against the Romish Church about the year 1910.
Those who believed his teaching, left the original
Church, and established a society outside of it.
QueS :. Was this similar to what was done in
England at that tue:
fms. No. The Bishops and clergy of England
reiormed the church at that time, purified it, but did
not leave il and form a body outside of the church.
Quos. 3. How DO you prove this;
-fas. Because they 10 not show the direct line of
Bishops from the Apostles down.
Quss. /. l. it right 10 leave the apostolic church,
and establish a separate body, and call it the church /:
-Ias. IL was right FOR Calvin TO teach the truth in
the apostolic Church, not out Of it, but "a the English
rctoi1uers did NJ this time.
Gus. >. What was Calvin's teaching concerning
-4ns. That there was but one order of clergy. viz:
the elders; that there were no Bishops or successors
Of the Apostles set over the others, but all were alike.
CUES. =. Is this a new doctrine in the Church
-1ns. II l.; II = not recorded III the history Of the
primitive Church.
Qaes. :. l. his innovation proper:
fms. No. We have seen (chap. /, ques. % that
there have been three holy orders from the beginning.
Qaes. .. How did Calvin teach that men are to be
saved:
.Ias. lie said that Col from all eternity chose
some to he stvel in heaven, and the remainder Of
mankind u perish III hell. ,. Jesus Christ died only
Tor those vino were chosen to be saved. J.. And thus
the chosen will never fall from grace.
Ques. .. l. this teaching correct;
-fas. No. For then would Col seem to lie un-
just For example: infants, they have not sinned.
Why should they perish in he'll:
gus. To- II II , win any followers in England
-ias. le-. ACeltaln man named Brown, taught
Ike unto Calvin about the year 1900. They desired
not the appropriate worship and the teaching Of the
English Church. Therefore some of them left the
country in 1927, ant went % New England in Amer
where they have increased IN numbers; and in
the year 1919 eat missionaries to the country Of
Hawaii. Her, ;.sl nave done many good things,
and have trtn-I.tcl the Bible.
QteS. II. Have any BrOwnists or disciples Of Brown
to live in England
-das.' They took iorcIble possession Of the English
churches, and discarded cur ancient book Of Common
Prayer, and leheaici the Sovereign Charles l., say
that il was right - to do: there was for a while
no sovereign in the land. only a protectorate, and so
no Bishop over the churches. But the nation rejoic-
el at the Reinstatement Of the king and ancient
church in the year 1860. +
Qaes. y. Is there u branch Of the true church in
fms. Yes. The first Bishops Of that country
cOnsecrateli in l1oi and 1856, by the Archbishop
If England. This church has nearly forty Bishops
and several thousand ~clergymen. Its worship and
Book Of Prayer are like ours.
Qnes. -. How does our worship compare with
hat of the Brownists, and that Of the Roman Catho-
.fRs. We have preserved the ancient faith: Rome
Ias added To it; Brown and Calvin have taken from il.
Ques. II. Is the sacrament Of the Calvinist, a true
-4ns. Not ut all. For, in the first place, they
no power 10 consecrate the Bread and the Wine,
md change them III a spiritual sense, into the Body
md Blood of Christ, for they are not consecrated by
he laying on of hands by the successors of the apps
namely the Bishops. In the second place, they
the presence II Christ in the emblems. In the
place. they have given molasses and some map
things in place Of the wine commanded by
'hrist-' {
We have presented here extracts from one sin