The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-08-10

the first time:
A COPY OF THE DOCUMENT SUB
MITTED TO HIS LORDSHIP,
THE BISHOP OF HONOLULU,
AS A POSSIBLE MEANS OF RE-
STORING HARMONY IN THIS
DIOCESE.
First. His Lordship, the Bishop,
shall for the future confine himself
strictly to the Episcopal duties of his
office as laid down by English and
American Ecclesiastical law, and not
interfere with the parochial duties of
the priests, or other officers of the Do
cese; he shall, however, exercise and
enjoy such rights and privileges as
are exercised by every English and
American Bishop, but none else.
Second: The clergy shall be per-
mitted, unmoleSted, to perform the
duties of the various offices they hold
and each shall enjoy and exercise all
the rights and privileges attached to
the office he may hold, as laid down
by English or American ecclesiastical
law, but none else.
Third. The laity, whether in or out
of Office, shall exercise and enjoy the
rights and privileges accorded to the
laity by the Church of England Or the
United States, but none else.
Fourth. There shall be Mission
Board of six members. two members
elected by each of the three congrega-
lions of the Church in Honolulu, who
shall receive and disburse all mission
airy funds of the Diocese, as they con-
Sider best, excepting always the stipend
of the Bishop, over which they shall
have no control, unless requested by
IL. r: W. ,.,t
only until there shall be a meeting of
a lawful Synod, when a new Board
shall be elected by it: The election
of the members of the Mission Board
shall be annual.
Fifth. His Lordship, the Bishop, and
the people shall appeal to the English
Church authorities to release their
jurisdiction over this Diocese, and APP
peal to the Church of the United
States to be admitted therein.
Sixth. A Dean and Chapter shall
not be deemed to exist in this Diocese
until such time as it may be lawfully
called into existence by the incOrpora
ton of the Government of the country,
and such organization shall not be
formed against the general wish of the
Church, or to the detriment of the
Church.
Seventh. A fair and just constitu-
ton and code of canon law shall be
drawn up by a committee elected by
the Church for that purpose, on the
lines Of the constitution and canons
OF one OF the Eastern American Dio-
ceses, by which all shall be bound in
obedience.
Eighth Owing to the isolation of
this Diocese, and the time and money
that would be necessary to bring be-
fore the American Church authorities
for adjudication, breach of canons, etc,
and the necessity Of the Church here
having some means of Self-prOtectiOn
at hand, the civil courts shall decide
on such points at issue, and in order
to give the civil courts jurisdiction in
the premises, every officer and layma1,
shall agree each with the other, to OBJ
serve and obey these canOns, and place
themselves under a civil obligation SO
to do, and every breach thereof shall
be attended with a fine of one dollar,
which may be collected in civil court
and paid into the funds Of the mission
board of the Diocese. This monetary
pressure is necessary to compel the
civil courts to take cognizance of an
OffenSe.
Ninth The Synod shall forthwith
be dissolved, and a new Synod elected
when this reorganization shall have
been completed. This shall take the
form of the Annual Diocesan Conven-
ton of the Church in America; shall
meet annually and shall be legalized
by Government Incorporation.
Tenth. All churches and Church
property shall be transferred to the
Of Iol, CT, no n6
in it, before such Church property
shall be consecrated
Eleventh. By his Lordship, the
is meant the Right Rev. Alfred
DID,, Bishop of Honolulu; by
the clergy is meant all those men in
holy orders now doing duty in this
Diocese; by the Church is meant all
those men and women who form the
Church in Hawaii; by the laity or
or people, is meant
those men and women who are attend
ants or adherents to the Church in
this Diocese.
The following letter accompanied
the above:
To the Rt. Rev. Bishop Willis, DID.
My Lord: We beg to enclose copy |
Of memorandum drawn up in the in
.ereSt of union, and submitted to your |
Lordship for your Lordship's approval
by the Rev. E. A. Renouf, DID,. and
he Rev. E. F. Vandeerling, and which,
We are given to understand, is declined
)y your Lordship.
Will your Lordship kindly state
whether we are to consider this decl-
sion final?
We are, your Lordship's obedient
servants,
GEO. S. HARRIS,
L. Del. WARD,
the Second Congregation
of st. Andrews Cathedral and st.
Clements Chapel.
To which the Bishop of Honolulu
made the following answer, which
losed the correspondence:
Honolulu nri1 e 1890