The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-05-26

ther Church OF England) must ex-
tend her services to all territory
which is a part of the United States.
"As a Church, we had nothing to do
with the scheme which overthrow
the Hawaiian Monarchy, and re-
suited in the annexation OF the ISL
ands. The Church regards the facts
as they exist, that the Hawaiian ISL
ands are part of the United States,
and as such must be cared for as
part of the American Church.
"Your noble Bishop, a nobler,
grander, more Christlike man than
whom the Islands will never know
again, has lucidly stated the whole
situation regarding the Church
problem. Keenly alive as he is to
the cruel use of power to overthrow
our faithful little friend, the Hawai-
ian Monarchy; perceiving with the
vision OF his own pure, unselish,
and just character, the wrong done
by the American nation Cor rather,
by the Republican Party) to a peo-
pie he loved, he still perceives that
the American Church MUST estab-
lish herself in all American territory.
The dispassionate, judicial, dignifed
course pursued by Bishop Willis has
made a deep impression on our BIZ
shops. Gradually they are getting a
knowledge of the Bishop of Homo.
lulu as he really Is. The falsity Of
representations OF him scattered
abroad in this country by the sore
headed, tevalciirant clergy man aud
lsity al i{ouolulu is gra lnallv com
ing 10 The light.
american churc!men are now say
ing that a Bishop who remained un-
finchingly loyal tn his convictions, at
the rick o. sacrificing every persoaal
emolument; true TO his honest con
ceptions Of the r'ghtful rulers of
the country which had given him a
home, and his work every encour
agement conceptions that ought to
flush with shame the forces of the
missionary ingrates who struck
down Liliuokalani); that a Bishop
who was as loyal to ecclesiastical
law as he was to the needs of the
natives and Chinese, needs ignored
and neglected by those who made
the Bishops work grievous bur.
den, is the very sort of Bishop who
most likely would be true and loyal
to any trust reposed in him by the
American Church speak advised
ly when l say that every churchman
of prominence in Honolulu, be he a
clergyman or layman, who is ideati-
fed with the opposition against
Bishop Willis is dead, as regards his
status in the minds OF American
churchmen will never tolerate a
clergyman who opposes his Bishop
We do not make Popes of our Bi
shops. We do not worship them.
We do not always think that theil
judgment or policy is the wisest
But we do regard them as our "Fa
Tiers in God," and we would virtu
ally kick out of the See any clergy
man who dared say word in The
way of disrespect to Bishop
Bishop Willis will be respected, ane
his recalcitrants ignored when th'
final adjustment comes. In the Am
erican Church mind, it is not ques
ton of persons or personal merit
but reverence for Episcopal authority
81 had letter, not long ago, from
, a Bishop of our Church, who is, be
, yond doubt, the most powerful,
, influential Bishop in the Unite'
, States, in which he said: Out of re
, spect for the present Bishop O
, Hon nolulu, | do not believe he will
, be interfered with 30 long as he ma
choose to remain in charge of tn
Church in the Hawaiian Islands,
"If the present upholders O
, schism in the Church in Honolulu