Evening star., 1898-10-07

| who. desiring to settle permanently all
questions of episcopal jurisdiction inclosed
q letter addressed to him by the standing
committee of the jurisdiction with the
quest that 1t might be brought before the
be ard of managers to ascertain whether
it will consent to the transfer of our Osaka
work to the English bishop in the event of
his withdrawal fro m Tokyo" the bishop
remarkfng:
we have claim by prior occupancy to
both cities, but fo- the sake of peace and
progress / am ready personally to leave
Osaka if we can do away with concurrent
Jurisdiction in Tokyo. Transfer of the
work does not necessarily carry with il
transfer of property
This proposition is precisely what was
Understood to be agreed to some years ago
between the two churches represented re-
| spectively by the then archbishop of Can
terbury and the then bishop of Ohio: but
| the property interests of each church
meanwhile have largely increased in both
cities. Thereupon it was
Resolved That the subject be referred to
the bishop of Albany for further cores
pondence. with the expression of the opin-
ion on behalf of this board that if 1t can
be arranged for the new English bishop
to take the title of bisnop of Osaka t
would help in its judgment to solve the
present difficulties; and that the further
DETAILS regarding property. &c, in Tokyo
and Osaka be left with the bishop of AL
bary with a view to his bringing the mat
ter before the house of bishops.
Projected Mission District.
This seems to be the proper place to in
form the board of missions that there has
been decided movement in the field to in
! duce the house Of bishops to set apart as
| a missionary district the diocese of the ia
pan church known as Kyoto and to elect
for it a bishop. AT the convocation of the
mission held in Tokyo last April the Rev
j. Lindsay Patton and Dr. Henry I.aning
were elected delegates to the general con-
Vention, and they We're charged with pre-
senting this mattr to the attention of those
IN proper authority providing the Kyoto
synod (Japanese) should approve the pro-
Ject by a good majority VOTE This the
synod did. The missionary bishop of Tokyo
now has jurisdiction over two japan
church dioceses which are separated by 300
miles.
At the convocation before mentioned
Bishops Mckim and Williams the Rev
Messrs. Woodman and Patton and Dr.
Laning We're appointed ito draw up a
memorial to the house of bishops request
Ing them 10 take some action looking to-
ward d change in the method of electing
foreign missionary bishops by which nomi-
nations may be made by some body which
can meet whenever necessary during the
recesseS of the house,
The New Fields.
1t can be positively stated at this time
that by reason of the action of the Con-
gress, approved by the President of the
United States, Hawaii has become United
EotdleS leiitloIS, as fOTlO hlCO VIII become
| also such territory upon the conclusion of
the treaty of peace with Spain. What will
occur with regard to Cuba, the Philippines
and one or more of the Ladrone Islands it
Is premature to say. 1t is certain, however
that the accession of territory means in
creased missionary responsibility. The new
Islands Will doubtless increase in popula-
ton by immigration from older parts of the
Union, and in the more distant islands of
the Pacific, according to the best informa-
m hnI,
sands OF the Inhabitants who have not re-
ceived the gospel
Questions that may arise with regard to
Hawaii are different from those that will
come to the front with respect to other To-
calties. Since 1861 the English church has
been represented there by bishop, small
staff of clergy and by one or more educa-
| tional institutions in Honolulu and else
where. The bishop has approached the
board of managers more than once for as
sistance in his work, but, following its con-
sistent policy, 1t has been unwilling to enter
where the English church had already un-
dertaken work, but, of course, this refers
to foreign fields The work in Hawaii is
now domestic missions. Last autumn
Bishop Willis addressed the board, reciting
that, in consequence of the mooting of the
question of the annexation of the Hawaiian
Islands to the United States, the work of
the Anglican Church therein had been so
seriously affected that he trusted the board
Of managers would recognize that they
have some claim on it for assistance. es-
pSCIdHy SiLGS lHt eOuCdlioHdl NOTk IdQ lOSt
| more than 81 600 a year from grants made
by the previous government of the islands
The matter was duly considered by the ad-
visory committee and upon their report, at
the stated meeting in January, the board
adopted the following resolution:
Resolved, That in view of the unsettled
relations Of the republic of Hawaii with
this country the board of managers deems
it unwise to take any action upon the prop
osition of the bishop of Honolulu.
Woman's Work.
The Woman's Auxiliary, of course, oc-
| cupies unique position, being in a certain
! sense distinctively the woman's department
of the society, it having been organized by
the board Of missions, it's officers being
elected by the board Of managers, and Its