The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-05
THE BISHOP
BELL|GERENT 7
Wants the Second
Congregation
To Go.
OLD QUESTION
IS REVIVED
Ills Lordship Would Compel it TO
Support the Impoverished
See Of Honolulu.
~ lSHOP WILLIS signalizes the glad
Easter time by raising his shep-
- herds crook and giving the Sec

HA Si tiiiiC uy IdlSlIS MS S1eD-
~ nerds crook and giving the Sec
ono congregation an unexpected
rap on the back of the head. The
following extract from the Diocesan
Magazine tells the story:
The Islands having become American
territory, brief explanation is due to
American churchmen coming to the ISL
anos of what must seem to them an
anomaly, viz, the existence of a Second
congregation in the Cathedral, having
rights and privileges distinct from those
OF the Cathedral Congregation proper
Although this arrangement took its pres
ent definite shape under the existing
ePiscopate, it really goes back to the
early days of the Anglican Mission. and
has its origin in the dual nationality of
the members of the Anglican Church
There existed, almost from the begin
ming, among the Anglo-Saxon members
of the Church, desire to be iridepend@
ent of the Mission. The result of this
was that instead of coalescing into ons
body and uniting with the Hawaiianss
for the supporter the clergy, the Anglo
Saxon members had already formed what
was called The Foreign Congregation"
at the end of the episcopate of Bishop
Staley, whose last act was to. grant this
Foreign Congregation" the use of the
Cathedral at certain hours, the service
stipend the congregation was responsible
The minister of this congregation re-
signing on the arrival of the present
Bishop, an opportunity presented itself
for "a discontinuance OF an anomalous
arrangement and for having only one Dr.
ganization, although q two-fold service
was needed on account of the two Ian
guages of the members of the church.
For several years nothing was heard of
the idea of a dual organization, but
presently, there being no endowments,
the demand was again made by those
who held the purse strings to be inie-
pendent of the Mission. And here II
should be said that the demand did not
come from the American element in the
conservation Tt came from the British
constituents, Its headquarters being the
British Vice Consulate. 1t was the be-
lief of the Bishop at the time that by
granting the request then made to him,
a greater evil would be averted than the
Incubus of an anomalous state of things
lin favor of which there was a good deal
TO be said) for a few years, which in The
life of the Church are as nothing.
Whether he was right, 1t is too early yet
to Judge Had the demand been refus-
ed there was danger of the church be-
ing broken up altogether. The privileges
granted to the Second Congregation were
granted only to the persons making the
request without any right OF success
sion so that in the nature of things 1t
could not last more than q generation
At the present time there are less than
ten persons remaining Of the original
grantees. Under the new condition OF
things that has now arisen, IT would be
for the welfare of the church were these
few. who have it in their power, to take
steps to put an end to an arrangement
which can find no favor on American
ha p-ha hHr action
the s. p G. the Bishop and the Cathe-
dral are now thrown on their own re-
sources, and are independent OF mission
airy support.