The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-12-17

Aprii next. The property Owned b. the
Anglican church AMI hell by ne s,'nod
trustees remains under tae control of
the trustees of the pt1"unnt church
loo The Hawaiian Islands. go Just thr
same manner as the pr troriy ~ the
hawaiian Reformed Catholic chur 10
passed into tho control u 30" Anr n
church In 1872. when | came her. as
Bishop.
There is an important matter /
should like to speak about An impress
sion has also gone abroad that the An
elican church means tho English
church or Church of England Mere
~ because the word Anglican IS used
IL is thought 20 refer 30 tn, English
church. This is misn1mer. The
whole Protestant Episcopal church.
whether 1t be In England, the United
States or other portions of the globe ls
Anglican in the same sense that ii Is
opposed to Romanism. When the King
Of the Hawaiian Islands sent an invita-
ton to Canterbury to have a Bishop of
the Church of England sent here t. es-
tablish a church, l was sent. | found
here the Hawaiian Reformed Catholic
church, founded by Bishop Staley. 1t
appeared to me that this title was mis-
leading, as ii gave the impression of
being a branch of the Roman Catholic
and not of the Church OF England.
When a charter was applied for after
my arrival the title OF the corporation
was changed to the Anglican church in
Hawaii The Hawaiian government
granted such charter AMI Anglican
church 1t has remained and will con-
tnue so until next April.
THE Anglican church in Hawaii Is
not actually part of the Church Of
England. The Church of England has
no direct jurisdiction over the Argi-
can church in these islands. How could
1t have? When the King of Hawaii
sent his invitation to Canterbury. il
was to invite ministers Of the Church
Of England TO come to this kingdom,
as 1t then was, to establish a chlrch
based on the doctrines IF the Church
Of England. England and Hawaii were
separate kingdoms and the Church of
England therefore had 10 right to ex-
ercise jurisdiction here any more tnan
1t would in the United STATES. Hawaii
was not colony such as Australia.
New Zealand or Canada. \ compare
tive case in point was that of ST. Au-
gustne when he was sent out from.
Rome to England in the Sixth century.
He was sent to n foreign country the
result being the establishment or a sep
arate church there. 1t was just the
same here.
Il was a Bishop appointed ~ the
Archbishop OF Canterbury. to whom |
look for my spiritual guidance. but the
physical features of the church were
different. The property accumulated
here was the property of ihe Anglican
church trustees. and as it passed from
the Hawaiian Reformed Catholic
church 10 the Anglican IN 1872 so will
it pass from the Anglican to the rus
tees of the Protestant Episcopal church
of the United States as Established in
Hawaii, in April. 1902. 1t is all yer.
simple. To show you how this is that
We are separate church corporation
from the Church of England. one has
but to follow the manner OF our rray-
ers. We prayed for His Majesty, King
Kamehameha ", King Kamehameha
V, King Lunalilo, King Ka'akaua
Queen Liliuokalani, the President Of
the Republic, and now the Governor of
the Territory, following the political,
changes as they took place. Were we
part of the Church Of England we
would offer our prayers for King Ed
ward VII.
My plans for the future Well, I
can hardly say that have any formed
as yet l may go back to England, but
l would just as well like t. remain here
in the Pacific, for ! have grown very
fond Of the islands. I have much work
yet to do in preparing for the coming
of the American Bishop. There is clso
the care of my personal property ami
many other things which necessarily
prevent me from saying Just what my
plans may be-"