The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-31
Allied WILLIS,
Bishop of Honolulu.
Honolulu- Dec. 8. 1sO1.

year Sirs:-1 beg to enclose a copy of
a plotloe which WI be affixed to the
chErch door tomorrow. Under the con-
stituton OF the Protestant Episcopal
Church' the license given in 1885 to the
slgners OF a. cei tain memorial to become
dlst net congregation, under which the
second Congregation continued to exist,
necessarily becomes vo:d.
with view of bringing the members
OF the Second Congregation into union
with the cathedral there will also be
anofher notice inviting all male commu-
nieants In the. city to register so as to
be qualified to vote for the cathedr4
wa dens ct cetera, under the new or
der for 1902
The license of the minister of the Sec
( ondf Congregation naturally expires with
the License of the Congregation, but as
& L have already stated to YOU a new IL
& cense can be given him under the. new
4 order,E.to perfo m such MINISTERIAL duty
as a servant Of the government holding
an important ana onerous post. Is free
at all times to discharge
Yours very faithfully,
ALFRED WILLIS,
Bishop OF Honolulu.
p. S.-Fifteen days grace being allow
ed' the new order viii rot actually beg n
until after the 18th of January, e.
Sunday. tire 18Th.
You have heard the reading fofsthese
documents said Mr.. Castle, and OF
course they require some reply and we
would like to hear anv suggestions as
to what the reply Shall be. No doubt
the Bishop thinks his plan is fer the
! interests Of the church, and under GER
tain conditions the oher would have
been accepted. but these ill-advised
methods he seeks 10 have US adopt can
hardly be considered. We have been a.
Separate Congregation for sixteen years
and have grown Up in that i9ea and
while by the offering of sympathy and
like methods the union could have been
effected. yet step which we might ia
voraRly consider we cannot be compeli-
ed to take. The conditions which made
necessary separate congregation six
teen years ago still exist. nor have the
present difficulties passed away. MOI
can they until the new Bishop. arrives,
lMrsGeorge Davies stated tina, as had
be en- suggested. If a different way was
offered the two CONGREGATIONS may have
Joined. I'VE are left in the same con-
dition q s were our fathers sixteen years
.ago.'ahe said; as is the same principle
our fathers fought for. In this case we
are healing with the Office, not with
Bishop Willis. II is not personal
mattfh. and there Is: no need of rehec-
tons uPod Fira, but we carnos acquiesce
in tfl&sta tement of the Bishop that the
license Of this CONGREGATION expires or
that OF the Rev. Mr. Macintosh be-
comes void
Mr.. Give Davies then stated the facts
leading up to the ultimatum delivered
by tase Bishop Sunday. He said that
Mr.. Castle and himself r ads received an
intlmation Of the prospective action OF
the Bishop Some time since imam Inoffi
cial way, and had paid the Bishop WIS.,
1t toIdiscuss the policy OF the SEP lie
stated that they had advised the Bish-
Oh of the wish of. the second congrega-
ton to turn over to the new Bishop,
but the one congregation, and offered
to surrender voluntarily under certain
conditions. It was suggested - Bishop
Wills at that conference that go
he would defer his. conterr.-
plated action for three months, !
that a Combined service colIid |
be held, in the meantime. without the /
second congregation losing It's Identity |
as a separate organizatlon. The Bishop !
refused the offer Of compromise andj
Mr.. Davies suggested that the properi
method would be for them to decline to I
sign the register and throw the on!!s on
Bishop WINS a small meeting was I
hold IN taa night after. Christ7naS. at
vri- l. twas DECIDED to make q further
effort q & c2nDrou1ise-E a72d Air Dodge
was sent t. saetlc Els a3Is and II twas
pointed cut e. fig1 that the ac--an con-
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