The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-03
SIXTH DIOCESAN SYNOD OF
THE ANGLICAN CHURCH
Bishop Willis Scores Rev. j. osborne
and Second Congregation, and
Testa Blocks a Resolution.

of the Anglican Church in Hawaii con-
vened yesterday afternoon at 4:S0
!! O'Clock to organize for business. Bishop
Alfred Willis presided and opened the
session with the following prayer:
Almighty and Everlasting God, who
hast promised through Thy Son Jesus
Christ 10 be with Thy church to the end
of the world; we beseech Thee to be pres
ent with the synod Of this diocese assem-
bIed IN Thy name. Save US in our i'm
portant work by Thy Spirit, that through
Thy blessing upon our deliberations the
Gospel of Christ may be faithfully
preached and obeyed and the order and
discipline Of Thy church maintained and
handed down unimpaired TO those who
shall ccme after US. Grant this. we be-
seech Thee. through the merits and me
diation of Jesus Christ, our Saviour.
Amen.
The session is held in the schoolroom
of the Priory The Bishop occupied a
chair upon platform. with the clerical
and laityN secretaries Immediately in
front of him. The visiting cTergymen
and the lay members in attendance up
on the Synod occupy seats at desks
which are arranged in the form of a
hollow square directly in front of the
secretaries desk.
Following are the clergy and Iaity
members attending the present session:
Clergy: Bishop Alfred Willis. Rev.
Canon v. H Kitcat, Rev. Alexander
Macintosh. Rev. F. Fitz. Rev. Kong
Yin Tet, Honolulu; Rev. 5. II. Davis,
Kona, Hawaii; Rev. c. II. Tomkins.
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Ault. Wailuku. Maui; Rev. A. b. Wey-
mouth. Rev. f. ]. H. Van Deerlin.
Laity: F.. Stiles, S. Meheula, f. w.
| Wood, Lieut.-Commander c. +. Pond,
T. Give Davies, George Davies, E. G..
Keen. w. r. Castle. Jr.. F. ]. Testa,
George W. Hayselden. L. Aseu, Chang
Kim, Henry Smith, ex-officio, treasurer
Board of Trustees.
Without any apparent desire to do so,
the Cathedral and the Second Congre-
cation members, aligned themselves on
we'll defined opposition lines, noticeable
in the nominations for laity secretary.
A name from each side was put in
nomination and the voting was a fore
gone conclusion. the Cathedral members
being largely in the majority. outvoting
the others two to one.
/ The first meeting Of the Synod was a
brief one. only the secretaries being
elected and two committees appointed.
For clerical secretary, Rev. VIM. Ault
nominated Rev. Canon Kitcat, his cleo
ton being unanimous, only clergymen
voting. For Iaity secretary. T. Give
Davies nominated w. r. Castle. Jr.,
and F. ]. Testa nominated S. Mehe-
ula, the latter receiving a majority of
votes by a show of hands.
The Bishop appointed on the Com
cat, W. r. Castle, Jr.. and L. Aseu.
On the committee on Unfinished Busi
ness, F. J. Testa and F. w. Wood.
Bishop Willis announced that there
would be no other business until the
evening session to commence at 7:S0.
He thought It good plan TO set an
hour for adjourning, suggesting
o'clock. Mr.. Give Davies stated it
would be wise to leave this to the meet
ing when it again convened for the
evening, TO decide by vote as to the
hour. to which the Bishop acquiesced. :
The meeting was then adjourned.
EVENING SESSION.
Business at the evening session was
brought TO a standstin by the opposition /!
of Synodsman Testa opposing the pas
sage of Bishop Wills resolution to
change the name of the Church of En- |
gland to that of the Protestant Epis- /
copaI Church in the United States of !
America" In the Fundamental Provi- (
sions. With the passage of this resolu- |
ton he entire Anglican church com !
muuity from Bishop Willis down to the /
lowIiest communicate would have rati- !
ffel The action of the Synod of two !
years acC and the resolution passed in .
the House of Bishops in San Francisco !
,.acap+Iy and paape would have reiGned !
over the Episcopal community in Ha-
wall But Synodsman Testa was not :
ready. The action was too sudden for !
him. and he had never yet looked into /
an American prayer book and was al
most afraid TO peer into its pages. He
arraisned Rev. Canon Ault for present
ing motion to pass the resolution. the
first appearing at the head OF this col
unn. saying that he had got the best
OF his parishioners II he had already
read the American prayer book Testa
wanted to have the resolution referred /
to a committee so that he might have
time {, investigate and study it. He
was the only Hawaiian object.nS 70 It.
and could give no further satisfactory
reason FOR opposing it's passage than
that IL was too sudden although the
synod had taken its action toward be-
ing Incorporated into the American
church two years ago. Testa's action
a debate which took more
than an hour Of useless argument on a