The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-04-21

together. A few years ago the |
Bishop came forward with demand
that the contributions of each con
gregation be in proportion to the
offertories. That is if the Second
Congregation subscribed 500 to 81
they should pay to the cathedral
hundred times as much as the other
congregation. Then, as to the ar
rangement of services, it was under
stood that they should be unmoved
for two years, and after that three
months notice should be given of
change. When the notice thus given
had expired their services had been
set at hours which, according to the
social life of the place, would seem
to be most unsuitable. But the re-
suit had been quite the contrary.
They had adapted themselves to cir
cumstances, and somehow or other
they had the full congregations.
Another thing they had been charged
with was the breaking of conditions,
in overstepping the hours of service
on occasions. He would refer to
Easter Sunday, when 81 members
got out of bed at 4:30 o'clock to at
tend early communion, and when at
the later service there were 70 COM
municants. 1t was not strange that
their time should have overlapped
that given to the Bishop, as they
had but one celebrant-although
there we're others who might have
been assigned to assist their pastor
and it was impossible to get
through earlier. He remembered
one time that the Bishop required
the use of the organ for every day in
the week before Easter. And once
when they had service appointed
for II o'clock, the Bishops congre-
cation came out at 10 minutes past
II, when the yard was crowded with
waiting people. If the present posi-
tion was a scandal, by what was it
to be supplanted9 By a condition
wherein half the membership would
go somewhere else and some not go
to church at all. The Bishop said,
"Come unto me-" he is going to
make somebody or other dean or
rector. With what RESULT They
all knew what became of one young
man who had put himself heartily
into the work of the church. (This
reference to Rev. H. H. Gowen was
applauded.) The speaker denied
that the congregation had assumed
a competitive or unfriendly mood
toward any other body in or out of
the pale of the Anglican Church.
Mr.. 7. r. Walker moved the next
resolution as follows, which was
seconded by Mr.. Harris and passed
unanimously:
Resolved, That Messrs. Walker,
Robinson, May and Jordan be and
hereby are requested to lay these
resolutions before the Bishop.
In moving this resolution Mr..
Walker desired to say a few words
on the previous one. He was un,
aware of any feelings other than
those of Christian brotherhood to-
ward the Cathedral congregation
The word Scandal as employed by
the Bishop he thought was unjust
and even cruel. There might be q
desire on the one side or the other
to get the best music or the most
communicates, but such a rivalry
was rather to be esteemed laudable
than otherwise. Strangers who saw
one lot of people waiting in the yard
for another lot to retire from the
church might consider that there
was a scandal. They had only asked
at the outset that the old foreign
congregation should have the priv
lege of maintaining their own organ,
ization, and asked the Bishop to be
at the head of it. They denied that
there had been any scandal. Out.
siders might think the relations oil
the two congregations strange, but
it was matter requiring but very
simple explanations. The different
services had given an opportunity
to some people to attend church
who otherwise could not go. 1t haC
been matter of great qualification
to himself at times to be present al
services of the Cathedral congrega
ton.
Mr.. Robinson moved the follow
ing resolution, which being second
ed passed unanimously:
RoSoired, THAT a report of thes,
proceedings with copy of thes'
resolutions be forwarded to tn,
Archbishop of Canterbury, to The
Secretary of the Society for tn
, Propagation of the Gospel in For
eign Parts, and to such other digni
taries and officials as may be namet
, by the gentlemen to whom thu
Bishops open letter was addressed
Mr.. Harris moved the resolution
that follows. He said if the BishoI
had been sincere he would have pro
posed something feasible. The onl
way to have unanimity in the cathe
dral was by a change of manage
I ment. The resolution was seconde
5 by Mr.. Joseph Tinker and passe
+ with one consent:
Resolved,-That the members c
y the Second Congregation of TIL
Anglican Church assembled, reques
t the appointment, unconditional.
+ of the Rev. Alex. Macintosh, a
y Dean of st. Andrews Cathedra
f Honolulu, and that this resolutio
{ be referred to the committee of fot
$ for communication to the Bishop.
Y Capt. Mist addressed the meetin
e again, reminding the members thu
/ for the past seven years it had bee
q an understood thing that the BishC
l. was to take part in the services
l. the Second Congregation whenev
IL he saw fit. On the occasion of Il