The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-12-14


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. |
am pursuadcd that many who were
induced to sign the memorial of
August 18th did not know its real
purport when they wrote their names.
Some, 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 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"
and care strongly of opinion" that
those who did not sign that memo
rial would be willingly and far
more usefully attached to portion
of the Church which we believe
would increase in numbers and
active usefulness than to one which
has not shown such increase.
1t is thus plainly intimated that
freedom from the incubus of the
Bishop, as Dean of the Cathedral,
will relieve the stationary and re-
Progressive condition complained of.
Certainly it is a serious allegation
that the Bishops control of the
Church, as Dean, has been the
great hindrance to it's development.
But if it is true that fourteen of the
best years of my life have been
spent in vain in giving the largest
share of my ministrations during
that time to the English-speaking
congregation of the Cathedral, with
out any charge upon its funds, it is
right that the truth should be
spoken. But at the same time, I
can say with the Apostle, "To me
it is very small thing that should
be judged of you or of mans judg-
ment. He that judgeth me is the
Lord"
Whatever fault may be found
with my administration, for which
/ am responsible to the Great Head
of the Church, one thing is per-
fectly clear, that if the promoters
of the memorial of August 25th
would have asked for q candid and
unbiased inquiry into the causes of
the condition of things complained
of, they would have found that one
great bar and hindrance to develop
ment has been in the appropriation
of the seats of the Church to few
families. Both Hawaiians and the
poorer class of foreigners have been
kept from the Church through fear
of taking place in which vested
interest was claimed. From hence
forth, at the Cathedral services, the
Kings seat alone will be reserved.
Saving this regard due to the Kings
Majesty, there will be no respect of
persons in the House of God.
Whether you have $4,000 year
or only so cents a day, you will be
equally entitled to the first unoccu-
| pied place in the Church.
l have given my consent to the
signers of the memorial of August
25th, to become separate congre-
cation as soon as the existing liabili-
ties to the contractor are discharged.
1t is arranged that the Rev. G.. Wal
lace be their Pastor. Although they
cannot become distinct congrega-
ton until the above mentioned con-
dition is fulfilled, yet | have signified
my intention to give up the services
at II and 1880 to the Rev. G..
Wallace, and at once make the
services at $3.50 and 6 the Cathedral
services in English.
Let me state in conclusion that
my mission here is to build up the
Anglican Church upon the basis OF
the Doctrine and Discipline of the
Church of England, neither adding
thereto nor diminishing therefrom,
The fourteen years, during which
have carried out this aim among
you, ought surely to give you con
tidence that the truth which thi'
Church has inherited from ancien
days is the foundation on which
shall continue to build. 1t is not tt
please men, but to gather them int
the body of Christ that they may
be saved, that the Church is planted
In this work we do not look for i'm
mediate success. But if you hav'
confidence in your Bishop as TIN
Chief Pastor of the Diocese ant
Dean of the Cathedral Church, you
will now make it plain to all mel
that the Bishop is not the cause o
the stagnation complained of.
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