The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-31

have charge or funQS ana cnOrcn prop
erty. And if you include myself IN it
that's the end of yours truly" said Mr.
Macintosh.
The reply was greeted with genera
laughter He stated further that If M
change of heart had been experienced
among his people. no one would &c heal
the church at all. He said that he was
afraid of disintegration, and that ii
would be hard work to keep up the
spiritual entity OF the church. and i,
would so down and cease to be the
factor for good it now is. Then there
would likely be another revolution frG,l
the church as before though he said
that the second congregation had not
seeded, but had always had a separate
existence. Bishop Willis. he said, was
! responsible for the names, First AMI
! second congregation" and the English
speaking church was really the first
congregation.
Mr.. Davies thought that probably the
Bishop would be willing to extend the
time for few months, as at first he
had said 1t could not under any cir
cumstances be extended beyond the
first of January, ana as it is now they
were given until the 18th; a few weeks
longer would make little difference.
The draft of a letter in reply from the
( church wardens to the effect that the
matter would be appealed TO the presid-
ing bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
Church and requesting Bishop Willis to
defer action until reply should be re-
ceived to that appeal. was submitted by
the congregation, and the following res
olution proposed by T. Give Davies and
seconded by e. L. Keen, was unanimous
ly carried:
THAT the wardens reply to the bishop
! -.
meeting by Mr.. Castle
The reply also questioned the right OF
the bishop to- declare license vo,d, and
asked that he cite the portion of the con-
ssttution which gave m such authority.
The offer IS also made to abide by the
decision OF the presiding bishop what
eYersit might be, and the letter wiz de-
clare that their minister had done moth
Ing to forfeitsh.s 4ight to a license.
# Mr.. Dawes exp5aiRed further that the
only license the BISHOP would grant to
the Rev. Mr.. MacEintosh was to remain
at the head of&the ROYAL school, Mr..
Mackintcsh thought that the appeal to q
the American Church must result favor
ably; that they were, not saggressors, and
had only been defending their rights;
that they were brlught up! in the Eng
lfsh Church and. from what he knew of
the men az the-hsad OF the, American
Church, they were broad and noble
enough TO pardon any mistake made
through ignora n .s5s. s9....
The folfcSSng rEsolUtion. introduced
by Mr. Caste and seconded by Mr.. Cat
Ton, was naninlously ". adopted:
That the.vestrys be authorized and in-
structed to prepare an appeal to the
presiding b. hop %of Protestant Episcopal
Church against the proposed action OF
the Bishop OF Honolulu In withdrawing
OF refusing to renew our existing license
as a separate congregation, worshfpping
N the cathedral, and the license of the
Rev, Alexander Macintosh as our. MN
lister; with fun power to the vestry to-
act Q. behalf of this congregation
s The next question was the action to be
taken in the event that the bishop refuse
to accede TO the compromise suggested
by the Second Congregation 1t was sug-.i
gested that the members of this congre-5
cation simply withdraw and not sign the
register, and continue the church else
where, or else stay away from church I
sltoge Their until the American bishop s
ins tailed. The Rev. Mr. Macintosh IA
vcred this latter plan. of qlietly with
drawing TO worship at home. negleetins
nothing except that of meeting together
in the cathedral, He thought that the
meet ngs in the cattle drai could not be
held except by the use of force, ana he /.
against this. 1t was his plan
not TO attend church. as Bishop Willis !.
hAS4tNns DOt 10 HliAitAa~. 1 ms
plan was adopted. Mr.. Castle stating
that the congr cation did not wish Mr..
to get into trouble for
preaching without q license, though the
latter stated that he was perfectly will
ing 10 take chances, if his people wish
ed him TO. He stated that the best plan
was simply to keep quiet and do nothing
until they heard from the presiding bish-
op. but to be ready to assemble when
word came from him. The following res
Olution was then adopted:
In the event of the bishop refusing to
his action pending a reply to
our appeal from the pres ding bishop it
IS the sense of the congregation that
they should with dignity protest against
this infringement of their rights as il
egal; but if prevented from continuing
to worship in the cathedral, that they
should withdraw from the cathedral I'M
II such tine $ the reply from the pre-
siding bishop shall be received
I 10 Rev. Mr.. SAIack ntosh stated that
he bishop VIII now be compelled TO
Keep up the expense. of the chu-c for
he next three months from his own re-
,ources, ara by. the end Of that+l ID
he m u5erss Of the Second Cousre alton
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