The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-12-10

DEFENSE OF HIS FAITH.
Mr.. 9arvin Replies to Attacks by
Serene E. Bishop.

an old species of mental bug or
blight which has settled in Homo
lulu. And this is how it came
about. For years the Congrega-
tional Church has held sole sway in
Honolulu as the representative OF
evangelical Christianity. This year,
however, a Methodist Episcopal or
ganzation has been started and the |
Salvation Army has established a
post and the Christian Church has
started a mission. Then the Rev. 5.
+. Bishop wrote OF these things in
the Friend for December, and while
protesting pleasure at the former
two decried the latter and made
what its minister, L. ID. Garvin, con-
sidered as injurious aud erroneous
statements concerning the body, its
teachings, and his own work. Conse-
oueutly Mr. Garviu asked for space
ia the Friend 10 reply. Mr.. Bishop
wouldn't give him any and told him
he had other media of reaching the
public. Then Mr.. Garvin announced
through the press that he would
read the charges yesterday evening
in the Gospel tent on Palace square
and defend himself and his teach
ings against Mr.. Bishops aspersions.
This brought a large, intelligent and
thoughtful audience together at the
| time announced.
After the usual opening exercises
Mr.. Garvin stood up and said that,
like st. Paul in his dcfenses, he
would begin with his own life. From
this il appears that he is Pennsyl-
vanian by birth, Of covcnanting
Scotch extraction, an Ohioan by
adoption aud a Christian worker in
nearly every State in the Union.
His maternal grandmother and
grandfather were two of the original
seven VINO were baptized with Alex.
ander Campbell ia 1910. His father
never joined the Christian Church
but remained Presbyterian. He
followed his fathers footsteps for
four years and heu-foity.two years
ago-ioiued the Disciples Of Christ,
since which he had taught aud labor.
eel everywhere, having organized
, hundreds of congregations. His
record aud standing could be found
in the last number of the church
paper now on tiie in the Y. NJ. &. A
IL would readily be conceded, there
fore, that If anybody in Honolulu
I knew what the Christian church wa
or what its teachings were he wa
the man. He had always receive,
kind aud courteous treatment Iron
, everybody Of all ranks and beliefs II
= Honolulu until now with the excep
, tons he would point out. Original
, ly he came to honolulu tcmpOfaril,
aud was going away, but decided Il
q stay and open mission ut the earn
est request Of some dear friends
I Work first began among the Japan
ese. When the Japanese Methods
munster came down and insisted ~
working under the nam. uf Method
= is, and not OF Christian he had ceas
}. .d To work with them, ~ he felt
n Ia be- contrary To the Word al Co
=, to work un,ier any name but Christ
u Mr.. Peck, the Methodist minisie al
- then began distributing tracts whic
q asserted that the true name OF th
), deuomua' ion was the Campbellito
=, and that they taught baptlsmal =,
=" generation. Mr. Garvin wrote Ia vi
II Peck, pointing out that boil oi thrs
Ia ASSERTIONS We're untrue aud invitln
n Mr.. Peck To come To his cougregatG 10
, and prove them or Offering that b
" (Garvin) would 20 To P-ck's congr,
y CATION and dispiove them. Mr. Pee
= refused the challenge aud went o
Ii distributing the tracts. Then NJ
m Bishop wrote in the Friend as abU'
= narrated. Mr.. Garvin then procee,
>" ed To read the extracts from th
Friend in their entirety and con
j. mented on what he considered III
o. fair or unjust in them. He iir
- pointed out that the name CAM
Dellits was a nickname and specia
D. iy offensive To them, as they b
III lleyed il wrong to bear the nan
A. Of any mortal as religious nan
a. and only the name Of Chri
could be used in that conuectio
y He pointed out that Webster's Di
I'd tionary and the Cyclopedias define
no the church always by its true nam,
A. The Church OF Christ, the Chri
:, tian Church and tho Disciples
=" Christ. He denied stoutly u
OF charge Of proselyting and dart
as anyone To assert that ever in his Iii
m he had asked anyone to join his co
|. gregation or persuaded them
=. leave their own il already belongiI
III TO one. He had simply preach'
al he Scriptures and urged obedlen
il to our Lords commands, As lar
u. elevating baptism by immersion
the extent Of ten times the amou
~ OF stress on other biblical command
he he would say while that amount
be- water would prevent any serm'
ly from beng dry he had not do
80 so. So also the charge that he "
, sowing tsres (the children OF l.
H. deviD. Throughout the address n
10, Garvin, while in dead earnest, "
or full OF gentleness towards n
la Bishop, and while frequently mild
" and sarcas, ically humorous, yet "
w. throughout straightforward al
III manly. IL. wound up by giving
ed the conditions OF entrance into al
y3 fellowship in the Church Of Chr
H. faith, repentance, confessiC
h' baptism aud faithful continuan'
m That they pleaded for a compile
OF return To the belief and practice
an the primitive church as made knoN
l.. in the New Testament and that tn
~ had no creed or Lenets not found