Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-12-02
SOME CnUHCB HISTORY.

EDITOR BULLETIN:--In the year
IT'S Rev. Joshua Wingate Weeks
q minister of the Church of Eng
land resident in Marblehead Mas.
sachusetts, according to Bishop
Phillips Brooks Memorial History
of a Century of Church Growth in
Bost IN, wrote the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel in For
eign Parts in England concerning
the churches in Boston. He said:
Trinity church in Boston is still
open, the prayers for the King
and royal family, etc., being
omitted. The Kings Chapel is
made use Of as a Westinghouse
by II dissenting congregation. The
French have received leave from
Congress to make use of Christ
church for the purpose of their
worship; but the proprietors OF it.,
having notice Of this, persuaded
MIR. Parker to preach in il every
Sunday in the afternoon, by
which means 1t remains untouch-
ed. n y y 4 In Il word,' he
adds, "our ecclesiastical affairs
wear very gloomy aspect 1T
present in thpt part Of the world.
y = n = To the old Puritan
dislike of episcopacy had been
added the distrust of the English
ChUrCh as the church If the OPP
pr"sscrs of the colonies T.
1t had never been the church Of
tue people but had rSsly lived
upon the patronage and favor Of
the English governors.
In ITS at Trinity alone was there
any real attempt to meet
the new condition Of things
BY changes in the Churoh's wor-
ship. The parts Of the Liturgy
having reference to the king and
royal family were omitted and this
was the only sign which the Epis-
copal Church in Boston made of
any Willingness to accommodate
herself to the patriotic feeling OF
the times; and even with her mn.
tilated Liturgy the associations OF
her worship with the hated power
of England still remained. No
doubt the few people who gather
ed at Trinity Church during the
Revolution were those whose
sympathy with the cause of the
struggling colonies was weakest
and most doubtful. AS one looks
ut her position when the war is
closed, he sees clearly that before
The Episcopal Church can become
! powerful element IN American
life she has before her, first, a
struggle for existence; and then
another struggle, hardly less
difficult, to separate herself from
English influences and standards.
and to throw herself heartily into
the interests and hopes of the new
nation In 1911 RI. Rev. Alex
ander Vets Griswald was conse-
Grated bishop of the Massachusetts,
Diocese. With Bishop Griswald
a new period of the life of the
Episcopal Church in Boston may
be considered to begin-a period
of growth and enterprise. Up to
this time the Church has been
struggling for life, and gradually
separating itself from the
English tradition which had
haunted it's thoughts and
hampered its usefulness. 1t
had been a weak and in some
sense a foreign Church. Now it
had grown to considerable
strength. It's ministers. were true
Americans. 1t prayed for the
governors and Congress of the
Union with entire loyalty. 1t
took indeed no active part in the
speculations or the controversies
of the day. Its ministers were
not forward in theological or po-
litical discussion. 1t rested with
entire satisfaction upon it's com
pleted standards, and contributed
no active help to the settlement
of the theological tumults which
were raging around it; but it was
doing good and growing strong.
IL had won for itself the respect
and confidence of the communi-
ty."
Ten years ago the Episcopal
church of Boston had % churches
and chapels with 5675 communi.
cants and 4249 scholars in their
Sunday Schools.
Can the Anglican church in