The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-11
AN ADDRESS
BY Bishop Willis on the Matter OF
a Guarantee Made Towards the
Stipend of a (new) Bishop

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-
Der, 1899, submitted the draft of a reso-
luton which l undertook to lay before
the synod, and to ask for Its adoption
1t was on the assurance then given by
series of resolutions touching this do
cese were adopted by the house of bish-
ops. The course that 1 marked out In
my answer has been followed, and the
resolutions. drafts of which / laid before
you, by which the Anglican Church Ill
Hawaii accepts the unqualified spiritual
jurisdiction of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the United States of America,
have been unanimously adopted. So far
we have accomplished the important
work that lay before this synod. When
the approval of the civil authorities has
been given to the proposed amended
Charter of Incorporation" the Anglican
Church In Hawaii will have become 1.-THE
Protestant Episcopal Church in the Ha-
waiian Islands," subject to the consttu-
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 1, 1902.
But before the session closes and
members of the synod are scattered, 1t
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, will
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
| 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 packet of envelopes without
taking a receipted bill for the same, to
be 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 SO diligently engaged
in straining out the gnats of "a possible
expenditure of twenty-five cents without
| a voucher, you were swallowing the
camel of a pledged expenditure of 81 500
a year, without any promissory note, or
even a memorandum to be deposited with
the treasurer of the board of directors.
mi
most serious one, involving the credit of
this branch of the church In the eyes of
the whole Protestant Episcopal Church
| in the United States of America
/ hold In my hand the evidence of the
sunken rocks toward which you are
about to direct your course, demonstra-
ton of the camel you seem ready to
swallow. That evidence is, contained In
the memorial carried for presentation to
both houses Of the general convention by
member of this synod, but without any
authority from it, In which guarantee
of large expenditure has been given to
the church in the United States, In the
name of members Of this church, but
of which the representatives of the
church here In synod assembled have re-
ceived no information whatever. You
Ehaye been sticklers for close adherence
1toFparliamentary procedure In little mat.
ters viii you be indifferent to tina,
q course of procedure in great matters,
Is 1t in accordance with parliamentar,
practice that one member of a represen
tative assembly should, without Its au
thority, be the delegate of caucus O
the constituents of that assembly, int
which Others who are not constituent
are admitted, and involve the ASSEMBLY
In which he sits In pledges OF expendi
ture for the fulfillment of which that as
sembly will be held responsible?
AS / stated In my opening address.
hold the acceptance by member of thi
synod of the office of delegate of mem
bers or attendants Of the ANGELICA
Church of Hawaii to be subversive {
the first principles of constitutional go,
eminent, which / have laboredsto estal
lish In this diocese. On two of the occi
sions on which was defendant In a ca.
before the Supreme Court, the general
received opinion was that there wou
have been no case at all except for Il
!. ldiosyncracies of the perYerAe and obsi
nate disposition of the bishop. The
We're few who understood at tho tin
that the matter for which j was co
tending was whether the authority
this synod on the lines laid down
Lambeth, was to be paramount over
members of the Anglican Church In II
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