The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-08-26
He MADE INQUIRY
Bishop Of Honolulu Candidate for
American House.
May Be 4 MEMBER IN TIME
At Lambsrth Conference - Bishop
whippls Once offered This See.
The Two Congregations.
New York Paper.)

A great deal OF interest is felt among
Episcopalians here in the new relation
between the Church of England do
cese of Honolulu and the Episcopal
Church in the United States, growing
out of the annexation OF the Hawaiian
Islands, and the question is to form
an unlooked-for topic for the triennial
General Convention OF the Episcopal
Church, which will meet in Washing
ton in October next. The diocese OF
Honolulu is an Independent one. That
is, it is not a legal part OF the Estab-
lished Church OF England, since the
Hawaiian group is not part Of Great
Britain. The Bishop of Honolulu has
spiritual jurisdiction over all of the
Islands. He is the Ri. Rev. Alfred
Willis, ID. d., and he was appointed in
1871, the Archbishop OF Canterbury
as has been the custom, making the
appointment. Bishop Willis Is of Eng
lish birth and sentiment, and in the
affair Of 1895 he took a mild interest
on the side Of the deposed Queen. Since
that incident he has not been heard
from in public. The opinion here is
that he will be made member of the
American House of Bishops, though II
may not be accomplished Immediately.
This cathedral at Honolulu has a
communicate list of between 500 and
nish a,,I hn Dr.
dean belong to the advanced party in
the Church Of England. Some mem
bers of St. Andrews parish objected
to the extreme ritualism, and to satisfy
them concession was made that Is
quite unusual. Two services are held,
one in the advanced form, according
to the Bishops Catholic" notions. and
the other a palmer service, to suit the
low church worshippers. There are
other Anglican churches besides the
cathedral in Honolulu, and few par
ishes, though weak ones, on other
Islands Of the group. The Church of
England has>not, however, been very
| aggressive. 1t has had, and still has,
an exclusive and small following. In
Honolulu the church controls school
that it Is quite the thing for patrician
boys to attend. For thirty years, under
the old rule, the school received a
Government grant, but this the Dole
Government cut Off, whereupon Bishop
Willis, in his next annual report to the
Archbishop of Canterbury, referred to
President Doles republic with an in
terrogation point in brackets and the
words 80 called"
Bishop Willis suspected that coming
events might be casting the shadows
which he imagined he saw, and at the
Lambeth Conference last year, he ques-
toned a good many American Bishops
about being taken into the American
| House of Bishops in the event Of po-
litical annexation. 1t Is known that
in one or two instances he received nc
encouragement and that from personal
feelings toward himself He Is said
not to be popular in his own diocese
and the fact Is known here.
1t Is an interesting circumstance
that the Archbishop Of Canterbury, be-
fore appointing the present occupant
Of the Hawaiian See. In 1871, offered
the Bishopric of Honolulu to the Right
/ -. "NpPiS, ~ D'b 81 PiSoSh
Bishop of Minnesota, who declined II
on account of his desire to continue
his work among the Indians. Tht
matter of a transfer OF see Is unusual
Congregational work In the Islands
which was the initial religious worl
of any kind, was started by the Amer
lean Board of Boston. The work il
not only self-supporting now, but tn,
Congregationalists there raise funds II
small amounts to assist missionary eff
fort In the Caroline Islands. The Amer
lean Board pays. the salaries OF thu
missionaries, who conduct the Theo
logical Seminary In Honolulu, de
signed primarily to train native help
; ers. Annexation does not. therefore
affect the status of the work Of tn
Congregationalists.