The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-03
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ridiculous question of advisability. As
it was the desire to pass the resolution
thereby expressing the
sentiments Of the Anglican community
as being in perfect accord with the
American church, the Bishop was quite
when it was proposed to post
pOne its consideration until this even
ing by which time the recalcitrant
would have time to study the
situation.
The meeting was opened by the
Bishop who read his pastoral letter to
the Synod. His letter was a long one
dealing with the affairs of the diocese.
concluding with a scoring of Rev. j.
osborne of St. Clements Chapel, who is
considered by the Bishop to have placed
himself beyond the pale of the church,
and of the Second Congregation of St.
Andrews wherein the Bishop accused
the members of having violated the
laws OF the Territory by permitting
rafting at their recent fair and bazaar
There were a number of sensations
during the course of the address. one
of which was the Bishops sharp refer
ences to those who signed the Memorial
which was presented to the House of
Bishops by T. Give Davies. delegate
of the Second Congregation. The ale
CATION of failure To progress in church
matters here was referred 10 bitterly,
and the Bishop said that had any one
OF the 400 signers. to him unknown. done
their duty by the church and opened
their purses to assist it. there would
never have heen room for this charge
Bishop Willis address referred to the
occasion as being the last time we will
assemble under the title of the An
glican Church in Hawaii" saying that
cit brings us face to face with a grave
responsibility. His Lordship then went
into the history of the church since the
last synod two years ago, telling of the
churches in various parts of the Islands.
He said it would not be surprising il
the charge made in the Memorial sent
from Honolulu to the House of Bishops,
that the church here had in reality TAX
en- a step backwards had been true.
Upon this allegation the memorial alone
had been framed and printed in the
Advertiser September last Il lay
some Stress he said, upon this de-
NAL of progress in this diocese under
its present administration. 1t was
framed with a view of influencing the
minds of the members of the San Fran
cisco convention. There were many
misstatements. The newspaper said the
memorial had 400 signers WHO poured
out their lamentations Of the lack OF
progress before the Convent ton, but not
one of these had lifted his little finger
or contributed one cent to avert such
catastrophe or give US the means of
maintaining our position.
THE memorial already referred to ar
raigned this diocese and causes us to
make a searching inquiry Of the alle-
therein and the
thority on which they are made 1t
alleges. that the church in these Islands
does not advance and that there is fric-
ton which is an impeachment TO prog
ress. The cases of friction are not stat
ed. but it is implied that the response
bility for the friction lies With the adj
ministratiOn, for it is statedSthat the
friction will cease on the change of the
ecclesiastical authority administering
the diocese. Now whilst on the one
hand friction may arise through faults
of the administration, on the other hand
this may be one of the conditions where
progress would be impossible without it,
"A pamphlet has been widely circulat-
ed throughout England and the United
States entitled REPUTATION of the charge
of Apostasy made by the Bishop of Ho-
noIulu against the rector of Honolulu
and the trustees of St. Clements
Chapel, Honolulu This document is
full of statements and misrepresen-
tations. We want no one in the church
who refuses to submit to it's discipline.
Who are they who approached the con-
vention in San Francisco with the COM
plant? There are two names: Rev. J. ,
osborne and that of the delegate from
St Andrews Second Congregation.
That memorial was drawn by the
Church Defence and Extension Socie-
ty.' That society is unknown to the
Synod. 1t was created by Mr.. osborne,
it might be. for the defence of his own
actions. 1t is unnecessary to go into
the history of that society. At the last
Synod a committee was appointed to
confer and bring that congregation into