The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-25

there is no difficulty whatsoever to be-
unprecedented. The universal venerstion
of all American Churchmen for the Pr
mate of al England-and, we will add
/ for the present Primate, DR.. Temples
too deep and sincere To permit any lack
of the reverent observance which is dus
to him from daughter Church of the
Church of England; and Or. Temple is
too straightforwardly practical and lust
man to allow any question of punctlo
! to interfere with the wise accomplish
ment of transfer of jurisdiction which
he knows TO be inevitable We should
say, therefore, that the whole matter Of
the consent of the Archbishop of Can
terbury to relinquish his metropolitan
jurisdiction over the See of Honolulu
might safely be left to be settled between
him and the Presiding Bishop of the
Church in the United States II he
/ Archbishop should think il needful .
make any conditions preliminary to his
surrender of Jurisdiction, they could thus
be conveyed to the American Episcopa,e
in next October and quietly settled IN
the House of Bishops before being an.
nounced to the House of Deputies,
3 In like manner, Bishop Willis ought
frankly to make known whatever claims
he may deem 1t right to insist upon as
conditions of his submitting to the jurs.
diction of the American Church, or Of RI
signing his episcopal jurisdiction over
! Honolulu. In the interest of his See It
would be wise to make his claims as
moderate as possible; but even If they
should seem to be unreasonable. we must
strenuously maintain that no power on
earth, either civil or ecclesiasticai, has
the right to compel him to abandon bis
, See or to submit to new jurisdiction
nfh her rfSa hn,, no l,.;.
| 8. We have no sufficient knowledge Of
the organization of the See of Honolulu
to enable us to judge whether there q.
any way in which it could directly req.
resent its cause and its desires to the
authorities of the Church in the United
I States: but If there is an organization
competent TO the performance OF such
duty, we conceive that justice would r.
quire that the Church in the United
States should give due consideration 10
the claims of the See so represented.
We have thus endeavored clearly ard
plainly, and without the admission u
one single element of personality, 10
state the rights which the Church In me
! United States must scrupulously respect
! in taking over the ecclesiastical iurisde-
tion of the See of Honolulu. But ther
! is another side of the matter which r.
quires to be equally well understood, ana
which we shall endeavor 10 state win
equal clearness, plainness and imprTSo'
nality.
We must reaffirm the proposition ih"t
while the permanent change of tempOi ~
sovereignty over the Sandwich lslana'
ought to be followed by transfer OF lhe
ecclesiastical allegiance of the Angie
American Church there to the Church u
the United States, that transfer mas hV'
resulted ipso facto upon the acquisition
of the Islands by this country. II Is a
thing to be done. and wisely done WIN
due regard to the rights of all concerned.
But one of the parties now chiefly ')n,
cerned in this matter is the American
Church, and the American Church O"
It's part, is entitled to determine the 'oh'
ditions on which 1t will receive ana WU'
vide for the future maintenance OF II'
Church in Honolulu The fact that '''
S. p. G.. has felt itself justified IN reius
ing any further support TO the bls".,
and See of Honolulu does not ipso Id.'
lay the American Church under any W..
legation to take up that burden. NJ
declaration by the Archbishop Of CahIs.
bury of his readiness TO abandon ~,
metropolitan jurisdiction over the -
of Honolulu would not, ipso facto, -
quire the American Church To assn .t
! that Jurisdiction. There still remain ~
two important entities of the Bishop an ..l
the See; and while the Church IN ~
United States has no power, no IisL'
and, we believe, no disposition, 10 G'S .ts
gard any existing right either Vi
Bishop or of the See, It is not less -
that the Church in the United Slalss ,ts
a perfect right to decline TO assume .-y
responsibilities of jurisdiction, unuI ' ~
and all conditions which IT may deem ,s.
be necessary to the permanent "e,t,u
ing OF the Church in Honolulu
have been complied with.
! II any OF those conditions are VI an
personal character, they ought py Wind
means to be settled privately OF T5ieb.
the closed doors of the House OF ,rro.
/ ops. we sincerely trust that any ~ ts
spondence or negotiations that ma mi,
necessary to the quiet settlement .. ~.
! important matter may be conducteL h
vately. and that the case may be u "a.
up on its merits before the Genera lore
vention meets. without further "a'''
! in pamphlets and the public press
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