The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-14

ences they regard as being para
mount with the Lord Bishop. A
little penance on a raw hide aud
parched peas diet would have pre-
ceded cold chop or hot stake
for their souls sake.
In extremely good taste also, and
with true gentlemanlike instinct
(from their standpoint OF the code)
was it to refer to the influence and
endeavors OF strangers" in church
matters, bearing in mind the inAu-
ence that was present and actively
engaged in formulating an opposi-
ton to the advancement OF church
interests in favor of personal mat
ters and personal advancement.
Very modestly and unassumingly
we're the merits Of the one clerical
and the dement's of another, glibly
stated by one alleged by common
report to be deeply interested in re-
suits, and most disastrously en-
couraging to hopeful attainment of
ones learning the road to heaven,
through Christ's love and charity,
from the lips OF those who have APP
parently forgotten the location of
the first signal post and milestone
on the road and have exchanged the
good old fashioned standby OF the
Bible for the politicians horn-book
Eventually l came to the conclu-
sion that l was unwittingly joining
ia another political convention to
frame another new constitution in
which all the offices and all the
power should be- given to another
family compact, and that the masses
should be given nothing except the
privilege Of learning how to reach
heaven and harmony by the un'
orthodox fashion Of thinking for
themselves, and the orthodox rule
of contributing to the purchase Of
something they do not require. The
thought flashed through me that if
the soul builds the body as the snail
builds his shell, then how very ugly
aud hideously homely some of those
bodies will be by and by when the
builder has builded his edifce.
1t is difficult for any reasonable
churchman, of any one OF the num-
erous Christ's creeds, to believe that
a dispassionate reflection on the
part Of the maj ority OF those who
worship" with the Second Congre-
CATION can endorse the remarks
uttered by the parson and the
hurchwarden, and the "ultimatum"
nature Of the resolutions that were
half heartedly railroaded through
by noisy minority, for threat is
not happy medium to convey an
aceeptstion OF prolfered peace even
among our heterogeneous "Chris-
tiaus" Of Hawaii. | don't think that
even our Palama patriot would
| donate a cool million TO erect moro
chapels or schoolhouses, on the con,
dition that il he did not he should
have an unimpeachable passport to
the most heated regions OF immor-
tai recreation.
The conduct of the meeting aud
its outcome will be more deeply re-
GREETED bv the participant in future
years than it is in present day. 1t
is an open secret that there sre
more serious discussions in the
Second Congregation" than have
for the present been brought to the
surface, In charity they are not
now specifically referred to.
The times change, aud even cler-
gymen must occasionally say with
the poet:
"Non eadem est etas, non mems"
Doctrinal differences must yield to
principles, and the first principle is
charity, combining love and harm
ony. Possibly wiser counsels in the
true spirit OF Christianity may pre-,
vail, but it must be remembered that
in protracted disputes (for this pro
position has been forced from pro.