The Hawaiian star., 1902-01-20

Bishop willis yesterday posted a
notice i'm the Anglican Cathedral To the
effect that the permission granted I'm
1885. for the second congregation 70
exist as such. was terminated This
ends the existence Of the congregation
and the license of the Rev. Alexander
Macintosh as well, as far as their re-
cognition officially are concerned, ana
leaves the members Of the second con-
gregation without a church. At the
same time the Bishop announced
change i'm the hours of the first congre-
cation service from IL to 1890 a, m. as
the starting hour. thus making ii oc-
Cupy a part of the time that has been
allotted to the second congregation.
The step taken by the bishop is that
foreshadowed in his notice inviting the
members of the second congregation to
register, with the members of the first
for the church election. In discussing
this notice, the members of the congre-
CATION decided that If the bishop turned
them out they would do without church,
worshipping at home until the Ameri-
can bishop comes.
Bishop Willis states his resignation
will take effect on April 1. His order
excludes the Rev. Macintosh from fur
ther performance of his duties as
minister. 1t dissOlves the second con-
gregatiOn, but does not take away the
members standing as members Of the
Episcopal body and they are free to
start a new church. In his sermon yes
terday the bishop discussed the situa-
ton, He said in part:
when these Islands became part of
the United States il became right and
proper that the Church in Hawaii
should conform to the use of the Church
in America Had we been an indepen-
dent branch Of the church, we should
being in that position, we could do no
more than express our readiness to do
all that was necessary to bring this
church in Hawaii into union with the
church in the United States which inn
plies the acceptance of its forms and
rules of worship. 1t is this that has
gone into effect today, and makes the
second Sunday after Epiphany, 1902, "a
day to be remembered.
1T was also a foregone conclusion
for which every one should have been
prepared, and which every true member
of the church should welcome, that
when the Anglican Church in Hawaii
became the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the Hawaiian Islands, it
should not attempt to carry with it con-
ditions which have been an impediment
to it's growth, and which belonged to
an inchOate stage of existence. 1 al
| lude to the existence of a dual organi-
/
parallel can be found in the branch of
the church to which we are now united,
and to the rules and customs of which
we have promised allegiance. AS many
! as eight years ago, all justification of a
| congregation keeping itself separate
from the cathedral organization,
! passed away as was made plain in a
pamphlet of that date, entitled, THE
Essential Need of Unity in the Cathe-
| dral Church." which commended itself
! to the conscience of those who read it
and but for the opposition of a few,
would have met with general COM
pliance.
For two years our union with the
Church in the United States has been
seen to be our manifest destiny. In
October last it became known that it
would be brought about when our synod
met in December. During all this time
| If there were any who did not welcome
the prospect of again uniting with us
: abundance of time was given them to be
! the peaceable founders of a new church
in this now widely expanded city. The
I invitation that was posted on the doors
, of the cathedral three weeks ago gave
to the cOmpunicants of the other con-
gregation an equal voice with the COM
municants of the cathedral in the elec.
ton of the lay officers for the year
There was no preference, no exclusion
all were on an equal footing"
The Bishops notice posted on the in
side of the main door of the CathedTa
was as follows;
CATHERAL CHURCH OF ST. AN
DREW.
! Know all men by these presents thar
by the authoritv of the Diocesan SYNOD
: this Catholic Church is now governed
by the statutes approved al it's last ses.
j sion, under which the permission grant
ed by the Bishop in 1885, without the