The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-06-19

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MARX P. ROBINSON,
Wardens.
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Alfred, by divine permission, Bishop
of Honolulu, to Captain H. w.
Mist, r. N, and Mark P. Robin
son, Esq, wardens of the Second
English speaking Congregation
of ST. Andrews Cathedral,
greeting:
Whereas. by a license dated the
4th day Of December, 1885, permits
sion was granted to the Hon. a. S.
Cleghorn, Z. May, Esq, and others,
to become a separate congregation,
having authority to elect their own
minister, and to hold their services
under the direction of such minister
in st. Andrews Cathedral, the said
license being issued subject to condi
tions mutually agreed to between the
bishop and the signers of the mem
orial asking to become such separate
congregation, which conditions are
set forth in a schedule thereto an
nexed, and subject to which the min
lister of such separate congregation is
licensed.
And whereas, these conditions have
been repeatedly disregraded, as is
fully set forth in pamphlet entitled
'The Essential Need of Unity in the
Cathedral Church,"
l. By the frequent introduction Of
temporary decorations into the cathe-
dral, without leave being first obtain
ed from the cathedral authorities, as
agreed to in Section s.
2. By holding the regular services
of the church in the cathedral at
hours other than those stated for the
morning and evening service of the
church on Sundays and other days Of
observance, without permission being
first asked, the liberty to use the
cathedral church at other times than
these specified, being restricted to
the occasional services" i. g., bap-
tisms, marriages, churchings and
funerals, as distinguished from morn
ing and evening prayer, itany and
holy communion.
3. By the advancement of the
claim of the Second Congregation to
be the Practitioners" of the Cathe-
dral, aud of the Minister to be "the
Pastor of the Parish" in direct con-
travention of the position asked for
and granted to the Second Congrega-
ton as Distinct Society,"" and of
the license Of the Minister, which
conveys no parochial Jurisdiction, the
said claim having been openly
asserted in an Almanack issued by
the Minister of the Second Congre-
CATION in January last, entitled 'sSt.
Andrews Cathedral, Honolulu, Al
manack," containing letter from the
Minister aforesaid, dated from the
Cathedral las if he held a position in
the Cathedral which was offered to
him in 1891, and was declined) and
addressed to "Parishioners," being,
moreover, sent to others than mem
bers of his own congregation,
thus encroaching on the charge and
rights of the Clergyman holding my
license as Cathedral Chaplain; the
support of the members Of the con-
gregation, who style themselves
'Parishioners of Honolulu" in the
resolutions adopted at their meeting
on April Goth 1898.
And Whereas, In November, 1891,
a proposition was made by the
Bishop, whereby without disruption
the Second Congregation might
coalesce and become one body with
the Cathedral organization, from
which it has been distinct and sepa-
rate, and its members again become
parishioners of ST. Andrews Cathe-
dral, which proposition was not
entertained, and second invitation
with the same object in view issued
on April last has also been declined;
Now Therefore, By virtue of the
Authority ordinary and Episcopal,
under which the license to the
Second Congregation was issued,
We, the Bishop aforesaid, do by
these presents declare that for failure
to observe the conditions on which
the said license was granted as above
set forth, the said license issued
on December 4th, 1856, will terminate
and expire three months from the
date hereof, viz, on the second dag
of September, 1898.
In Witness, Whereof, We have
hereunto set our hand this second
day of June, in the year of our Lord
One Thousand Eight Hundred and
Ninety-three, and of our Conservation
the Twenty second.
(Signed) ALFRED,
L s. Honolulu.