The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-01-29

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y he Observance ~ primitive usage ana
prc,,dcut may lo Huu o., most eNvfW no
To, rolViiE Of diiutuit quest tns IA other
doc.Eus, where Su,h lim tations u Up r.
,opai authority have been unknown. hH
II is not rcasonal L. TO =, ppose tnht thy
can he Of equal force In ;h,s MISSION. II
at all applicable.
The Is shop OF Honolulu certainly
sh uld not complain If the Church IN
England or America deal W tn n u and
this mission without reference to priniI.
tive usage or precedent, snce he himself
has ever ignored both primitive usage alid
precedent In his dealings with his clergy
and people. and has refused to cecuSh 10
the existence Of the authority, on which
he now seeks to build claim to the res
ognititn by the American Church, Of
what he cons ders to be his inherent
rights"
The words force him OUT, are dis
tasteful to the b shop. Does he remem-
Der how often he has applied these words
and this act on to his Gle gy?
Inherent rights ana primitive usage are
equally applicable to the three orders of
the ministry.
The Bishop will not question the Justice
of those words. with what measure ye
mete, II shall be measured to you again"
1t is quite clear, too, that II the Bishop
of Honolulu has any power as m ssion-
airy Bishop of the Church of England,
acting under its authority, to treat for
the transfer of this mission, he, and the
Synod, can only deal with the interests
of those persons over whom the Church
# England has given him authority.
The Bishop of Honolulu states that the
Church of England does not own a foot
Of land in the Islands: legally speaking,
this is true, but 1t should not he f1rgotten
that the cathedral property and three of
the main outlying missions on the other
Islands, Were given, in Bishop Sta.eys
time, to the joint mission of the churches
III Ainerica anu hhEiahu' uhuer tle name
vi the helor'heu Catnohc Church'
which name covered potn prahches OF the
chur'n' blshop w iIiIs hau lts charter
ahehueu, the erect OF "hlch was 10
transieI 'his prope' " from the JOINT trust
10 'he Anglcah 'hurch Oh haWal, there-
ny excluding American interests. Morally
speaking the church ooth IN England and
america should nave an interest In TINS
property
me question, then, Is TINS: Are the
u shop rights IN thls mission, and MS
status as It's Is shop. OF such a natu' G
that the American church would feel 1t
incumbent upon II, under existing circum-
stances to treat with the Bishop as to
the terms OF the admission or this mis-
SION INTO the american Church, or TO re-
celNe thIs IN sslon IN It's integrity, or to
perletuate TINS see, or 10 decline placing
those VINO desire II, under the jurisdic-
tloh OF an American BishopF
can this mission be regarded as an m
dependent church. or as an ordinary do
cese' ana entitled to the rights enjoyed
by such!
we are To-Day IN dilemma. Ihe great
majority CT the people are dissatisfied
Win the Episcopal administration. AS a
1erri'oiy OF the United states they seek
aoHissioh INTO the american Church IN
uer the ADMINISTRATOR or an American
b'snoP. Inc CROWN OF the mission IN
spirituai ne ana membership mas. Tor
hVe ana twenty years. been abnorma!iy
siiiuh. II mere mas peen growth at all. 1t