The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-03-26

. essesses . .
thing as he is doing to me with thu
Sisters of the st. Andrews Priory, a
branch of an English sisterhood sew.
eral years ago. He treated Mr.. Gowan
then rector, as he is treating me and
expelled him from the church. The Sis
tiers We're SO indignant that they left
the congregation of the Bishop and
went to the Second congregation
Whereupon the Bishop wrote home to
the English sisterhood that this branch
had left the church. The English head
wrote out, asking these Sisters con-
corning it, and it was all explained.
"Of course. these letters of Bishop
Willis do me no harm here in Honolulu
where everyone is familiar with affairs
and knows the Bishop. But he is Send
ing them broadcast all over the United
States and England. People will see
them over a Bishops name and will at
tach Importance to them. My friends
in England will read them and say.
What! John osborne left the church p
They will not understand | don't like
to have my name dragged around in
this disgraCeful way. | want to avoid
publicity"
This card from the Church Defence
and Extension Association appears in
the Star:
Editor Star: In your paper of yes
terday You publish two letters over
the signature of the Bishop OF Homo
lulu. in one of which the reputation
of this association is criticised.
Permit me to say that we consider
these imputations beneath our notice
and altogether unworthy of contradc-
ton. GEO. s. HARRIS,
President the Church Defence and Ex-
tension Association OF Hawaii.
Honolulu, March o.
GENERAL POSITION OF BISHOP.
Following is the article from the
Philadelphia Church Standard which.
Bishop Willis says, determines the va
lidity of his present attitude:
THE SEE OF HONOLULU
The present and future status of the
the attention of the General Convention
in October next. There is some danger
that subordinate details of this perplex-
ing matter may be made the subject of
debate, to the comparative neglect of the
more important principles of catholic
and constitutional law which are involv-
ed in the case. 1t is hardly possible that
a debate on this subject should be avoid
ed. In deed II has already been begun.
The S. l.. G. has withdrawn the appro-
priation on which the See of Honolulu
has mainly depended for support, and In
October last the Venerable Society pub
lished memorandum on mat subject
The Bishop of Honolulu has issued a
pamphlet in which he Crlticises the ac-
tipn pf tho SOpiptV inplp RING n n no
without precedent. In the course of his
argument, Bishop Willis refers to two
letters contained in the memorandum, one
from the secretary to the Bishop of New
York, and another from the Bishop to
the secretary, on which Bishop Willis
observes:
1t is proposed on one side OF the Allan
tic, and accepted on the other, that
without any regard to the fact that Ho-
nolulu has been for thirty-eight years
the seat OF n Bishop OF the Anglican COM
munion and that the See is not vacant
the islands which constitute the Diocese
OF Honolulu should either be placed I'M
der the charge OF the Bishop or Caliror-
MIA or be assigned to "A neighhoring
bishop the nearest nelghboring bishop
being over 1000 miles away"
Bishop willis makes the following fur
Their statement:
Bishop Wills offered to retire, II the
American church, on relieving the 8. p.
@ OF It's financial responsibilities, desired
20 Consecrate a new occupant for the
See, but when, In reply to this offer,
the bishop OF Albany asks that all words
relating to the conservation OF sue
cessor be omitted from this offer the sit
untion was entirely changed. That the
American bishops did not feel hound 90
purp'rute he See was a surprise as
painful as II was unexpected For hish-
op 60 engage IN retire from his See
with the knowledge that there will he no
successor designated 60 whose hands he
can commit hts pastoral stan would no
a betrayal 81 tho sacred interests en-
trusted Co him Yet this II the
course the nishnn ~ New York desires
hs brother IN me Episcopate 20 take,
no denies him the rlfhl % ask Tor tho
N a successor. ~ 90 this
is 10 make terms with tho American
church ana ne has no right 90 take
amy such position
FINALLY mo 0'nFlism Guardian DIS
fUsHfs ihls subject M on article ~ some
lrnrfh Nhlrh concludes az follows
'fhp position ihuH taken 40 ~ The
lilsnnn ~ New NnTk " contrary 90 tnu
rfrnFl - mo Committee ~ tho lambeth
nHffrnrf in is@ dfalinH Aiih sufh mat
lfu AHain lp nHflH 30 provide foF
.p.ffHpai iuil in ihr Islands " hifhap