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made against him in a recent issue of
The Friend.
Mr.. Garvin spoke in very calm
and convincing manner and held the
close attention OF his hearers through
out the address.
He said. al invited you to h ar my
defense which now make of certain
charges brought against me-" This
was a free land and he had a right to
be heard. Paul in making his defense
before his Jewish brethren gave his
life and the manner of man he had
been. The speaker would state few
things concerning his own life.
On his fathers side he was strictly
a Covenantor and on the mothers
side he belonged to the Christians.
He decided with his father and united
with the seceders of the Presbyterian
Church and remained with them four
years, carefully reading the word Of
God. He was convinced that he had
not been properly baptized as he was
not n proper subject as a child. This
resulted in his separating from Pres
byterian friends although his only
sister is still with them, and conse-
quently he has and could have no ill
feelings towards such good people.
He had been with the disciples or
Christians since the year 1852 and
knew most of those who were person.
ally Of the earliest movers of the dis
ciple movement, and certainly was in
position to know 1000 more than the
person who had criticized him.
He arrived here the 9Th Of June last
and was present on the 4th of July.
He had been interested in attending
the constitutional convention and APP
preciated the courtesies and kind
nesses received from Honoluluans,
and had only received unkind treat
ment from those who professed better
things. He had lived long enough to
have gained some wisdom, even if he
had some slowly, and had no fear to
make his defense.
When his ticket was purchased for
Honolulu it was bought with an in
tention to- return in six months. He
came to look over the field for work
here, to report and possibly send some
other man. He was booked for return
and passage selected, but friends pre-
vailed upon him to remain and he
had done so and gone into the work,
knowing that to do so would probably
meet with opposition and prejudice.
AS he could not remain idle the work
was first taken up in the japanese
night school three nights per
week. He was requested by them to
administer the Lords supper and did
so, and soon was asked to baptiZe
eight OF their number and complied.
The Japanese were told through an
Interpreter they could have the use
of the hall. That it was paid for
by friends and as long as they
wanted to worship there they could
do so, having their preaching meeting
on Sunday and prayer meetings at
other times. They did so and contri-
buted some small amount toward the
expense. They were told that no re-
strictions nor hindrances would be
placed ON their teachings in their own
meetings, but were asked to worship
under the title of christian" but
that he could not accept the work as
Methodist or EpiscopaliaD, as that
was unscriptural.
When Mr.. Garvin first decided to
work in Honolulu, he went to the Ha-
waiian Board and asked If he could
hold meetings. They gave no definite
reply, but said they would report
later. He has never heard anything
since in regard to it. All went well,
until Mr.. Peck began distributing
anonymous tracts, saying that MIR.
Garvin taught baptismal regeneration,
and the true and proper name was
Complexities. Mr.. Garvin repudiated
all such charges and terms, wrote Mr..
Peck, and offered him his pulpit to
proclaim his views to the people. He
would also be very pleased to occupy
Mr.. Peck's pulpit, and tell his people
just where he stood. The proposition
was ignored.
He wrote Mr.. Bishop that his arti-
Gle in the Friend was damaging and
asked for space to reach the people
through the same medium. This pri-
yilege was denied, and he was referred
to reach them through other medi-
ums.
Mr.. Garyin took the article in the
Friend, paragraph by paragraph, de
nying that he came here as COMPETE
tor, disclaimed the name of Campbell
lite, and said he believed the writer
had made an utter mistake and did
not know what he was writing. MIR.
Garvin then cited many authorities
for the definition of Campbellite.
1t was his business to preach Christ,
and the peoples business to examine
the word of Christ and make their own
decision.
"We have a perfect right to call our
selves Christians, and wish all profess
sing Christians would adopt the same
name.n People have no more right to
deprive others of the name than has
woman to deprive her husband OF his
name.
He believed others having the
wrong name did not wish to own it.
He then gave q reference to the Sun
day-school lesson of July ., 1892, the
title being: "The Formation of the
First Christian Church." Shafts ref
erence was to the first formation Of
the Christian Church on the day Of
Pentecost.
Speaking Of Mr.. Bishops claim
that the people should not be allowed
to use the name, he said: "Who made
Mr.. Bishop o pope?" He demanded