Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-12-12

tation Of Samoa, Fiji and Tonga inI
1891
Parting Offers.
Finally we desire to bear our testi.
Tony to the deep and permanent inter.
est your Lordship has shown in the
welfare OF this church by the offers Of
land, now held in your Lordship's
name, for purchase by the church. II
is not possible for US, at this moment.
to state how far the church may be
enabled to meet these opportunities.
Nor Is II necessary for our present pur-
pose. Your offers stand, accepted or
unaccepted, testimony to your disin-
terested generosity.
The Synod has even now taken those
steps which were necessary to compile
ment the action taken two years ago
to bring the Anglican Church in Ha-
wall into union with the Protestant
Episcopal Church In the United States
Of America. anglican Church" in
these Islands will soon be a thing Of
the past. In April Of next year your
Lordship will relinquish the episcopal
oversight to the House Of Bishops.
sowins-others Reap.
We do not intend at this moment and
In your presence to attempt any esti.
mate Of your work. But we feel con-
fldent Of this, that II In our new rela-
tionship, II under the constitution and
canons Of the American Church, In or
ganic union with that great body, our
work here develop In the future into
proportions not yet attained, no one
will rejoice more than your Lordship.
upon whom has devolved In the by
gone years the duty Of laying founda-
tiCns. For my own part" we quote
Your Lordship's own words, II shall
b. thankful II am permitted to lay q
foundation upon which those who
come after me may build; to SOW where
they may reap" etc. II the Anglican
Church In Hawaii Is inheriting a pre-
sious inheritance In her admission to
the Protestant Episcopal Church In
the United States Of America. It must
not be forgotten on the other hand that
that church is receiving at your Lord
ships hands the episcopal oversight
OF a church that has been fully organic
81 on PRINCIPLES laid down at Lambeth
IN conference Of the Bishops Of the
whole Anglican communion.
ALBERT b. WEYMOUTH,
KONG YIN TET,
T. Give DAVIES.
F. w. WOOD.
| s. MEHEUEA.
Committee on Behalf OF the Synod.
/ The Bishops Reply.
Bishop Willis arose and delivered a
reply In part as follows:
IL thank you all for the kind words
, contained In the address, and particu-
larry for the words concerning the Of
forts Of Mrs. Willis after the plague,
In establishing the Victoria Hospital
for lncurables. which I hope Is now
to lccome a permanent institution. I
was not prepared for all that was con.
tanned In your address. l desire to
express to you thanks for your kind
words with reference to this session.
believe that this session will be his
tor!cal chapter In the work of the An
elican communion. l think that what
we have accomplished will be lesson
in the perfect communion that exists
between all branches OF the church, be.
cause II the Church Of England and the
, Church In the United States were not
one 1t would not have been possible
70 hav nha hok
have been made by the very simple
process we have adopted. Many of you
know that when the time approached
when the transfer was to be consider
ed, a great deal was said about there
being conveyance Of property from
one church to another but we also find
that 1t was possible to pass one church
to another by exactly the same pro.
cess, and just as easy as In 1872 when
we passed from the Hawaiian Reform
ed Catholic Chuch to the Anglican
form. ! believe what we have done
will furnish the methods to enable
others in future, placed In the same
circumstances as ourselves, to do. It
may again be necessary for one church
jurisdiction OF another church branch
and they will then be able to refer to
the work done here in this out of-the-
way part of the world and will be able
to refer to the Synod OF 1901 for their
methods.
Then I desire most heartily to con-
graduate the Synod for its work and
for having established the principles