The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-02-11
As To THE
CHURCH ROW
Rev. Mr.. MaCkin.
tosh's Paper on
the Crisis.

number of the Anglican Church Chron-
icle:
with respect to the affairs Of the
Second Congregation OF ST. Andrew s
Cathedral we can only say that there
is no need to add more fuel TO the
flame that has been klndied in this suf-
fering church. The people most con-
cerned know their own case thorough
ly and the cause OF their suiferings,
and they have laid their complaint be-
fore the church in America, their only
ecclesiastical source of appeal.
The general public have seen this
matter placed before them in very fair
terms by the local press, and their
sympathies with the oppressed are
manifest. The religious community
will be drawn together in closer bonds
by the fraternal and practical sympa-
| thy evinced by the pastors and mem
! bers of the several churches, which
will be never forgotten by the Anglican
church.
There are some new members who
are ignorant of the past history and
for their information we give the fol-
lowing facts:
We think that It may be truthfully
history there is not another case where
Bishop Of the church has closed the
doors of a church to exclude "A congre-
cation, whose only crime was its OBJ
lection to his personal rule as rector.
The body of directors have no author
lty over the services of the church.
Their duty is to guard the property,
The trustees of the Anglican church in
10 r,raIagnGEnrg nj the
mt directors, were not consulted in the
granting Of the buildings to the Sec
ond Congregation. They were chosen
mainly by that congregation which had
existed from the beginning of the mis-
sion to take care Of its own property.
The Bishop of Honolulu simply freed
the speaking people from his
own personal control. Had he not done
so, there is every reason to believe
that the Anglican church in Hawaii
would be represented today as it is in
the congregation over which he is vir-
tually the rector. From the moment
this part of the church was free, it be-
gan to be n factor in the community
and to exercise an influence beneficial
to all who come within its borders
This is the only reason for its attempt
ed dissolution.
On the minister's appeal for guild
ance to the Bishops most interested IL
Hawaiian church affairs, he was told
to do all he could to preserve the stat
us quo until April ], when Bishop VIII
, lis jurisdiction would expire. Hal
any one of the Bishops in Americ;
counseled him to obey Bishop Willis h
would have done so, even against hi
own judgment.
Bishop Willis is responsible for thu
trouble and Inconvenience which tn
members of the Second Congregation
have suffered. and he will have to an
swer for his conduct before the prope
tribunal. 1t is asserted very authori
tatively that the directors We're oppos
. ed to Bishop Willis plan of annihilat
= ing the Second Congregation, and onl
; reluctantly gave their vote for the clos
L ing of the church doors.
'' We give a little ecclesiastical law 10
the perusal of our island churchmeI
h The following appertains to Missionar
p Bishops and OF Missionaries of variou
= branches of the Anglican Communion
= Paragraph Is: las regards the with
= drawal of license your committe
, find that in some provinces the mod
of proceeding for revocation has bee
!" fixed by Canon, and the jurisdictio
thus created has been established b
consent. For these places 1t is not nee
9 essary to make any recommendation
: Where no such jurisdiction exists you
. committee recommend that the Bisho
- should in no case proceed to the revC
cation of a clergyman's license withou
. affording him the opportunity of show
. ing cause against 1t, and that if tn
Bishop shall afterwards proceed to re
woke the license, he should, if the cler
gyman desire it, state the reasons fu
, his decision to such clergyman and ais
, to the Metropolitan, who should hav
I power to sanction or disallow the rev
ocation, In cases where there is II
: Metropolitan, the Archbishop of Can
terbury should be regarded as the Met
ropolitan for this purpose. No sue
, revocation should take place except 70
grave ecclesiastical offenses."
These recommendations We're adopt
+ ed by the Lambeth Conference of lSg,
Cuban RyC.urDcltv