The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-09-16
Consistency a Jewel.

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Nh. EDITOR Ny reason for
adopting above adage Is caused by
the fact that the so-called reverend
editor Of the Friend chooses TO
treat his readers in his September
issue TO 3 diatribe headed Mr..
Governs Mission Work
Sometime ago the community
were treated 10 = defense through
the press Of the Rev. DR.. Hyde by
this same editor. for the reason
thzt the former gentleman was not
here 10 defend himself. Is II not
therefore strange that Mr.. Bishop
should take advantage Of Mr..
Gowen's absence 10 detract ~
from the noble work he has left
behind him. Here Is gross ineon-
sistency. Right here l shall pro-
baby be met with the excuse that
the article was IN press before Mr..
Gowens departures q fact the
Friend was not issued until the LIST
Of September and the Australia
sailed on the 29th August, there
fore, Mr.. Bishop had ample time to
order his article out. for the reason
that il was known Tor fully week
that Mr.. Gowen was going away.
Any difference between the rev
erend gentleman and his bishop is .
matter which the editor Of the
Friend could not understand if he
tried. because II would be simply
unreasonable 10 expect : person Of
Unitarian prOpensities 10 appreci-
ate anything pertaining TO the
Government Of an Episc0palian
church.
But there l. one thing Mr. Bishop
seems happy in and that Is with
holding the strict truth. The
whole Of the third paragraph of
the Friend article is as utterly de-
void Of fairness and truthfulness as
II could possibly be. Sometime ago
one Of the Friends subscribers
made II his business to inform me
as 10 his opinions on Chinese
church work Is carried on by Mr..
Gowen. Bitterer words than those
used by one protesting Christian
against another could scarcely be
coined I shall not repeat them
here since No good 10 Christ's
work would ensUe. In consequence
OF those remarks, I saw AR. Gowen,
and I have his word that on more
than one occasion he had chaI-
lenged them 10 prove or bring for
ward one single instance where he
had proselytized among Mr.. Da-
mons flock. The simple facts are;
numbers Of the congregation wor-
shipping on Fort street, were train
ed IN the Episcopal faith while yet
in China and when they came here,
finding no other Christian church
10 20 to they naturally went 10 the
only one here. Was It not also
natural that Is soon as q place Of
worship 10 which they belonged
was opened they should at once
seek Il, aye, and take their friends
along. They welcomed their home
and what E piscopalian does not
The absurdity Of some OF the re-
marks which went abroad were
instanced by Mr.. Gowen when ne
informed me that he actually heard
that he (Mr. Gowen) had sent
hacks 70 take children away. Any
thing more Iaughingly absurd
could scarcely be imagined
The remarks IN the fourth para
graph are worthy the source from
which they spring, and only show
how utterly ignorant some people
are as 10 what feelings really exist
among members OF the Apostolic
Church towards those Christians
who differ from them in doctrine.
1 need hardly say how deeply 1
regret that any publication should
have gwen cause for my having to
defend an absent friend. Yours
obedjently, ". f. REYNOLDS.