The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-01-04
CONGREGATIONAL COUNCIL.
Judge McCully Makes ~. Report ms
Hawaiian Delegate.

Judge II. McCully IN central Union
church Sunday evening presented a
verbal report of the Congregational
Church Council of the World, which
he had attended as the accredited
delegate of the Hawaiian Evangel-
cal Association. His address was
listened to with great interest by the
congregation. Governor the Hon.
A. S. Cleghorn and Hon. G. r. Bishop
who were in the British Isles the
same time as the Judge, were among
his auditors.
Rev. DIR. Beckwith, in introducing
the speaker of the evening, said one
drawback they felt in their exile was
the lack of opportunity to be present
at great gatherings of Christian
workers. But next to the pleasure
of attending such gathering was
that of having it described by one of
the partlcipators.
His Honor said he had first to
thank the Evangelical Association of
Hawaii, composed of both the native
and the foreign churches, for the
great honor it had done him in APP
pointing him as a delegate to the
great council. The conference was
not designed to establish any dogma,
as when the Papal Ecumenical Coun-
Gil declared the doctrine Of infalli-
bility. II was an assembly following
the general trend of ecclesiastical
bodies, to hold universal conferences
comprising representatives from all
countries. The Council met in Lon
don on July IL last, and continued
ten days. There were delegates to
the number of 800 from Great Brit
ain, the United States, Canada, Aus.
traia and other countries. The judge
and his wife were asked If they would
accept of private hospitality. He
had scruples about doing so until h,
discovered that it was offered, not so
much in the way of gratuity, as
from desire of the people to have
members of the conference in their
homes. They complied with the in
vitation and spent several days of
delightful home life with a Mr..
Spicer.
Judge McCully proceeded to des-
cribe the proceedings of the confer
ence. In the evening following the
organization meeting there was a
reception at Memorial Hall, where a
repast was enjoyed somewhat like
that usual in this church. There
were so many there that it took some
time to find anybody one wished to see.
He met several persons who had con
nections in these islands, including
some who had been here and who
now gave high testimony to Hawaiian
hospitality. AT the conference he
was not always pleased with what hi
heard. A speech by one of the Vice
Presidents was like stump speech
and took too much time. 1t was un
necessarily bitter against the Estab'
lished Church, which was not attack
ing them. Very much was made Of
black man of very respectable APP
pearance, the representative of Bri
. fish Guiana.
The delegate told of visits paid by
! members of the conference to nota
bic churches, and then reverted tt
the conference meetings. When ;
member wished to speak he sent W
his card to the presiding officer, anc
each one called on was limited to fiv'
minutes, the tap of a bell warning
him when time was up. He valued
the opportunity of saying something
, as it served to call attention to TIT
; Hawaiian church, besides showing
$ members who wished to see hin
! where the Hawaiian delegate was
, In his remarks to the council he cite'
5 the position of the Central Unio
e Church, as an example of tn
peculiar adaptability of the Con
gregational polty to certain cases
On another occasion, when he had
, chance, he read letter from Chic
! Justice Judd, which was timely il
its news contradicting the falls
rumors then current on both sides O
the Atlantic regarding the Queen
health and Hawaiian affairs. H
took the opportunity of telling til
gathering that Her Majesty was
Congregationalist. 1t was also neces
sary for him to correct a notion pre-
4 valent in the gathering that the Ha
y waiian Islands were in the Sout
Seas.
Turning to the social corollaries c
the conference, His Honor mentione
a garden party by their own host
Mr.. Spicer, when an elegant lunc
was served. They had photograp
taken of a group of over 200 men
bers. An excursion was taken t
Bedford, the home of John Bunyar
where the ladies of the church CAV
reception, the hospitality of whic
could not be excelled by the ladie
of the church he was now addressing
: and he could not express high'
praise than this opinion. His tim
II was up and in closing His Honor sal
he had given nothing like a report {
the conference.
Rev, S. E. Bishop assisted the pa
tor, DR.. Beckwith, in the devotion
i exercises of the evening.