The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-11

a certain contribution to a fund ar
ranged by the committee.
A resolution was presented by w
r. Castle Jr., that the statutes of the
Cathedral Church be adopted as prin:-
ed. Bishop Willis interposed a mo-
tion that the letter of T. Give Davies
and the statements made with refer
eEce thereto, were perfectly satisfac-
tory to the synod. The motion was
passed at the night session. An ad-
journment was taken at o'clock to
7:45 p. m.
The entire evening session was TAX
en- UP with the reading of the statutes
and amending and passing them. A
new portion relates to the ceremony
of the ''enthronement" of the new
American bishop. A correction from
His Lordship'' to an American form
of title was suggested as being more
suitable.
On motion of Mr.. Testa the follow
ing committee was appointed by Rev.
Canon Kitcat to prepare an address
to the bishop. as follows: DR.. Wey-
mouth, Rev. Kong Yin Tet, T. Give
Davies. F. w. Wood and s. Meheula
!
O'Clock this afternoon, when the synod
will conclude its work.
BISHOPS MONDAY ADDRESS.
The address of Bishop Willis at
Monday evenings meeting of the Synod
was briefly summarized in this paper
yesterday. Interest in it is SO great,
/ however, that the, Advertise publishes
| it in full as follows:
/ An important matter-very important
! still remains to be laid before this synod.
At the general convention in San Fran
cisco, in answer to the inquiry how 1t
was proposed to give effect to the reso-
lutions Of the diocesan synod in Novem-
ber. 1899, ] submitted the draft of a. reso-
luton which I Undertook to lay before
the synod and to ask for its adoption
1t was on the assurance then given by
me Of what would be done here that the
series OF resolutions touching this do
cese We're adopted by the house of bish-
ops The course th8t l marked out in
my answer has been followed, and the
resolutions drafts of which 1 lad before
you by which the Anglican Church III
Hawaii accepts the unqualified spiritual
Jurisdiction of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the United States of America,
have been unanimously adopted. So far
have accomplished the important
work that lay before this synod When
the approval of the civil authorities has
been given 10 the proposed Amended
Charter of Incorporation" the Anglican
Church in Hawaii will have become the
Protestant Episcopal Church in the Ha-
wa!ian Islands," subject TO the constItu-
ton. canons, rules and regulations of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in the Unit
ed States of America, of which the pres
ent diocese of Honolulu will become
missionary district on April l. 1902.
But before the session closes and
members of the synod are scattered, it
will be the wisdom of the synod to take
soundings of the course which the Prot
estant Episcopal Church in the Hawaiian
Islands, now about to be launched, viii ,
have to take at the beginning of her voy-
age, lest perchance there should be sunk
en- rocks in those unsurveyed seas men
acing its safety. .
This synod has been most punctilious
and exact in the regulations laid down
for internal discipline. Henceforth no I
treasurer of any board or society appoint
ed to or acting under the synod is to be
allowed to purchase a sheet of blotting
paper or a packet of envelopes without 7
taking a receipted bill for the same, to ,
he submitted TO an auditor. That is well. ;
Let me warn you TO be on your guard
lest you should presently discover that
whilst you were diligently engaged
in straining out the gnats of possible :
expenditure of twenty-five cents without I
a voucher. you were swallowing the f
camel of a pledged expenditure Of S1,500 =
even memorandum to be deposited with |
the treasurer of the board of directors.
The position that cOnfronts you is s
most serious one involving the credit of J.
this branch of the church in the eyes of :
the whole Protestant Episcopal Church
in the United States of America.
1 hold in my hand the evidence of the S
sunken rocks toward which you are I
about to direct your course a demonstra- Z
ton of the camel you seem ready to t
H1r,vus /.
the memorial carried for presentation to :,
both houses Of the general convention by
4 member of this synod but without any D
authority from il, in which a guarantee u
Of large expenditure has been given to II
the church in the United States. IN the c1
name of members Of this church. but @;
)f which the representatives of the 7,
church here in synod assembled have re- -
,eived no information whatever. You
nave been sticklers for close adherence ! II
% parliamentary procedure in little mat W
ers VIII you be Indifferent to that n
.ourse OF procedure in great matters? +
5 ii in accordance with parliamentary
'ractice that one member of a represen- d-
ative assembly should. without its au- E
hority, be the delegate of caucus OF n,
he constituents OF that assembly into =
which others who are not constituents ~
re admitted, and involve the assembly W
n which he sits in pledges OF eXpendi- h'
ure for the fulfiIlment OF which that as ~
embly viii be held responsible? be
As stated In my opening address, I as
old the acceptance by a member of this ~
ynod Of the office of delegate OF men, ! r
-, or aIsti.us'n's rI'ii ol tng AnslicLn f
he first principles OF constitutional gov
rnment. which | have labored to esiab- m
sh In this diocese. On two OF the occa- iii
IONS which l was defendant in a case II
sfore the Supreme Court, the generally Ter
-cived opinion was that there would in
ave been no case at all except for the a,
iosyncracies OF the perverse and obsti- -
ate disposition of the bishop. There
nat the mater fo- which was con- m
ending was whether the authority OF tn
his synod. on the lines laid down at
amheth. was to be paramount over all 20