The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-03-26

be kept out of the field of public dis
cussion.
|. With the Archbishop of Canterbury
there is difficulty whatsoever to be
apprehended. The universal generation
of all American Churchmen for the Pri-
mate of all England-and, we will add.
for the present Primate, DR.. Temples
too deep and sincere to permit any lack
of the reverent observance which is due
to him from daughter Church of the
Church of England; and Or. Temple is
too straghtforwardly practical and just
man to allow any question of punctilio
to interfere with the wise accomplish
ment of transfer of Jurisdiction which
he knows to be inevitable. We should
say, therefore, that the whole matter of
the consent of the Archbishop of Can
terbury to reinauish his metropolitan
jurisdiction over the See of Honolulu
might safely be left to be settled between
him and the Presiding Bishop of the
Church in the United States. II the
Archbishop should think it needful TO
make any conditions preliminary to his
surrender of Jurisdiction, they could thus
I in next October and quietly settled in
the House of Bishops before being an
nounced to the House of Deputies.
| .. In like manner, Bishop Willis ought
/ frankly to make known whatever claims
he may deem it right to insist upon as
/
dlction OF the American Church, or of re-
signing his episcopal Jurisdiction over
| Honolulu. In the interest OF his See 1t
would be wise to make his claims as
moderate as possible; but even IL they
should seem to be unreasonable, We must
strenuously maintain that no power on
earth. either civil or ecclesiastical, has
the right to compel him to abandon his
See or to submit to a new jurisdiction
otherwise than of his own accord
3. We have no sufficient knowledge OF
the organization of the See OF Honolulu
to enable us to Judge whether there il
any way In which 1t could directly rep
resent Its cause and its desires to the
authorities of the Church in the United
States: but II there is an organization
competent to the performance of such a
duty, we conceive that justice would re-
quire that the Church in the United
States should give due consideration 10
the claims of the See represented.
We have thus endeavored clearly and
plainly, and without the admission Of
one single element of personality to
state the rights which the Church in the
United States must scrupulously respect
in taking over the ecclesiastical turisd.c-
tioE of the See of Honolulu. But there
is another side of the matter which re-
quires to be equally well understood. and
which we shall endeavor to state with
equal clearness, plainness and impcrso-
nality.
We must reafiirm the proposition that
while the permanent change of temporal
sovereignty over the Sandwich Islands
ought to be followed by transfer of tho
ecclesiastical allegiance of the Anglo
American Church there to the Churcn in
the United States. that transfer has not
resulted ipso facto upon the acquisition
or the Islands by this country. 1t is a
thing to be done, and wisely done. with
due regard to the rights of all concerned
But one of the parties now chiefly on
cerned in this matter is the American
Church, and the American Church. on
Its part, Is entitled to determine the con-
ditions on which II will receive and pro-
vide for the future maintenance OF the
Church in Honolulu. The fact that the
s. +. G.. has felt itself justified In refus-
ing any further support to the Bishop
and See OF Honolulu does not ipso facto
lay the American Church under any OBJ
LEGATION to take up that burden. A nero
declaration by the Archbishop OF Canter-
bury of his readiness to abandon his
metropolitan Jurisdiction over the SEQ
OF Honolulu would not, ipso facto, re-
quire the American Church Ia assume
that Jurisdiction. There still remain the
two important entities OF the Bishop and
the See; and while the Church In the
United States has no power, no right
and. We believe. no disposition. to disre-
gard any existing right either OF the
Bishop or OF the See, II IL not less clear
that the Church In the United States has
perfect right 10 decline TO assume the
responsibilities OF jurisdiction, until any
ana all conditions which II may deem 10
be necessary 10 the permanent wen-be-
ms of the Church in Honolulu shall
have been compiled with
IN any ~ those conditions are OF a
personal character, they ought by all
means 10 DO settled privately or behind
the closed doors OF the House OF nish.
sppndence or negotiations that may ha
necessary 90 the quiet settlement Of this
Important matter may be conducted pri-
Naiely ana that the case may be- made
up on lia merits before tho General Com
Nenllnn meets, without further warfare
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