The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-04-21
Asks St. Andrews Second Con-
ereSation to Dissolve,
Warm Responses Of the Congregation to
His LOrdShip'S Open Letter,

In consequence of an open letter
addressed by Bishop Willis to Messrs.
T. II. Walker, NJ. p. Robinson, L.
May and L. w. Jordan, Wardens of
the Second Congregation of st. An
drew's Cathedral, meeting of that
body was called for Thursday even
ing at the Sunday school room. The
congregation filled the building.
Rev. Alex. Macintosh, pastor, open
ed the proceedings with prayer for
the divine blessing. He then invited
Major J. II. Wodehouse, British
Minister, to take the chair, and Mr..
Wray Taylor to act as secretary.
Tho chairman read the open letter
of the Bishop. 1t called on the
Second Congregation to take imme-
date action to terminate what he
termed a scandalous state of affairs,
in the existence of two congrega-
tions occupying the cathedral and
having clashing interests. The
Bishop wanted them to ask him to
revoke their license as distinct con-
gregation granted seven years ago
by himself.
Mr.. Geo. S. Harris moved the fol-
lowing resolution, which was second
ed by Capt. H. w. Mist, r. n, and
passed unanimously:
Resolred,-That Messrs. T. r. Wal
ker, NJ. p. Robinson, L. May and E.
w. Jordan, to whom the recent
open letter" was addressed by the
Bishop, be requested on behalf of
the Practitioners of Honolulu wor-
Shipping in St. Andrews Cathedral,
and known as the Second English
Speaking Congregation" to commu-
nicate to the Bishop that they are
not prepared to task for a termina-
ton of the license" neither have
they any suggestion or proposition
to submit looking toward the des-
truction of the Independence or the
abrogation of the rights of their
organization.
Capt. Mist, seconded by Mr..
Robinson, moved the following reso-
luton:
Resolred, That this meeting en-
tirely disagrees with and pronounces
to be untenable, unjust to the
parishioners and in direct conflict
with we'll known, or at least ascer-
tainable facts, the following state
ments or phrases in the "open letter"
of the Bishops, viz: LIST, That the
"two-fold organization" is either i'm
practicable or has proved unwork-
able" On the contrary we assert
that it has worked well and has for
more than seven years proved to be
a practicable, living, growing Epis-
copalian congregation in this city.
IDLY, That the phrases scandal to re-
Observation-Disclosures scandal" as APP
piled to the organization of parish
toner's and visitors forming the So
called Second Congregation, are
wholly uncalled for, unjust and I'M
charitable, and should not have
been used by Bishop to any por-
ton of his flock without more cogent
reason than as to this meeting APP
pears to be existent; and that espe-
cially with regard to the use of the
word scandal" we solemnly protest
and declare that we are unconscious
of any actions or occurrences occa-
stoned or enacted by us that can be
rghtfully SO described. On the
contrary the onl y scandal in the
sense of public discussion" which
has come upon us, has been on every
occasion brought about by uni ustili
able attempts of the Bishop to in
iure this organization. 3dly, We are
not, nor have ever been in an IN
friendly or competitive lin an evi
sense) attitude to any other congre
CATION or group of worshipers with
in or without the pale of the Angli
can Church.
Capt. Mist made speech in sup
port of the resolution. He deniet
that the two-fold organization wa
unprecedented and impracticable. l
was condition that existed in ever,
cathedral town, only that here the,
had but one building for worship
At first it was understood tina
parishioncrs might attend any o
the services, and that the Bishol
; might oificiate in the services o
either congregation. The history o
that place for the past seven year
actually annihilated - not merel
contradicted the assertion that tn
conducting of an independent con
gregation was impracticable. TIL
petition for license for that con
grGSation seven years ago was sign
ed by 81 persons, each one OF whOr
was the head of family, and II
! two were out of the same famil
! There had been healthy growth i
! the congregation from its start. 1t
sunday school had trebled in atter
: dance. In October, 1889, the Bisho
: wrote: II do not regret that thos
who are dissatisfied should have TIL
liberty freely accorded them
That was after six months exper
j., cnce of the change. Those who ha
!, asked for the change-it was not
= reversal stated that the churc
was not merely stationary, but retr'
! gressive. The Bishops allegatio
i That the condition of things was
y scandal to religion was wholly u
"" justiliable and intolerant. All Il
' scandal that had arisen-he us,
the term in the sense Of public di
: ru7siou had ON every occasion bee
J. caused by the unjustiIiable attemp
Il of the Bishop to injure Il
If Second Congregation. Possib
!, their meeting that night mig
d be described by the Bishop as /;
.e intolerable scandal. Such scandal
n had in every case been brought |
Ne only by the intolerable interGeren