The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-12-10
THE ANGLICAN CHURCH.
CIRCULAR LETTER FROM THE BIsHor
OF HONOLULU TO THE MEMBERS
OF THE CATHEDRAL CuuRCn OF
ST. ANDREWS, HoNoiuLu.

MY DEAR FRIENps-On Sunday
next, acting on the suggestion of a
large body of the members of the
Church made in u memorial pre-
sented to me on October 3rd, in
tend to hold the Cathedral services
in English, at the hours of 9:3O A.
NJ. and 6 p. NJ.
1t is hardly necessary to remind
you that the preparation of that
memorial was necessitated by the
action of the members of the Cathe-
dral Building Committee, who, as
suming function for which they
were never elected, got up me-
mortal, dated August 25th, request
ing leave for the English-speaking
congregation to be formed into
distinct society. The memorial was
presented in the name of the whole
English speaking congregation.
Hence, it must be evident to every
thinking person, that if the signers
of that memorial had represented the
mind of the whole English-speaking
congregation, the noble and benifi-
cent design of Kamehameha Nv. and
Queen Emma, in welcoming and
fostering q branch of the Anglican
Church planted here in its integrity,
would be brought to naught. If
before that stage in its development
is reached, when the Cathedral
Church will be administered by
duly constituted Chapter, you re-
move it from the immediate and
personal control of the Bishop, you
destroy the Cathedral idea and re-
duce it to the position of any other
Parish Church in the Diocese. L
am pursuaded that many who were
induced to sign the memorial of
August 25th did not know it's real
| purport when they wrote their names.
Some, l am told, signed it without
even reading it. How far it was
from representing the mind of the
whole congregation was made clear
by your memorial of October 3rd,
deprecating any change in the exist
ing order, and expressing your re-
solve, should any change be made,
to stand by and support the Cathe-
dral Church, that it may be q bless
ing in the land.
The signers of the memorial of
August 25th justify their action by
referring to what they call "the
stationary, if not retrogressive con-
dition of the foreign congregation, y
and ''are strongly of opinion" that
those who did not sign that memo
rial would be willingly and fan
more usefully attached to portion
of the Church which we believe
would increase in numbers ant
active usefulness than to one which
has not shown such increase
1t is thus plainly intimated tina
freedom from the incubus of th'
Bishop, as Dean of the Cathedral
, will relieve the stationary and re
Progressive condition complained of
Certainly it is Il serious allegation
that the Bishops control of th'
: Church, as Dean, has been th
great hindrance to its development
But if it is true that fourteen of tn
, best years of my life have beel
spent in vain in giving the larges
share of my ministrations during
that time to the English-speakin!
, congregation of the Cathedral, with
out any charge upon its funds, it
right that the truth should b
spoken. But at the same time,
can say with the Apostle, "To IN
= it is very small thing that | shoul
be judged of you or of mans judg
, mcnt. He that judgeth me is TIL
Lord"
Whatever fault may be foun
I with my administration, for whic
: / am responsible to the Great Hea
/ of the Church, one thing is pei
q fcctly clear, that if the promoter
of the memorial of August 25t
y would have asked for Il candid an
e unbiased inquiry into the causes c
/, the condition Of things complaine
N of, they would have found that on
- great bar and hindrance to develoI
: ment has been in the appropriate
a OF the seats of the Church to fe'
}, families. Both Ilawaiians and tn
le poorer class of foreigners have bee
,e kept from the Church through fea
- of taking place in which veste
~ interest was claimed. From hence
N forth, at the Cathedral services, til
'd Kings seat alone will be reserved
,e Saving this regard due to the King
# Majesty, there will be no respect {
- persons in the House of Go,
~ Whether you have $4,000 ye;
81 or only so cents Il day, you will !
RS equally entitled to the first. unoccl
l. pied place in the Church.
l. i have given my consent TO Il
. signers of the memorial of Augu
y 25th, to BECOME separate congr
Ie cation as soon as the existing liabil