The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-04-04

ro'ulu. 90 which ia added iirt 90 the
luH rradrrH holding my license
I hand also n statement Of the reel
estate owned by the corporation ~ the
Protestant Episcopal church p The
Hawaiian Islands.
Advancing to the front at the sane
tuary. hc said in conclusion.
n now declare that the See OF Homo
iulu is vacant and all jurisdiction
within the area 81 the Hawaiian ISL
an1s heretofore exercised by the au-
thority OF the Archbishop Of Canter-
bury now absolutely ceases and deter
mines by virtue Of the instrument un-
der His Grace's hand dated Jan. 81,
1902 "
when he had finished Bishop Nichols
who had called upon the diocesan reg
istrar To read the commission from
Presiding Bishop Thomas March
Clarke. under which he appeared to
take the authority. and act until the
making % other arrangements. took
over the jurisdiction, speaking as fol-
lows:
BISHOP NICHOLS ADDRESS.
Ny Right Reverend and Dear Brother:
In accordance with the resolutions of
the House of Bishops and the terms of
the commission with which | have been
empowered by the presiding Bishop, as
already duly presented here, and acting
in his behalf and his substitute quoad
hoe. ! do formally, under God, receive
at your hands the transfer of the juris-
diction and the property from the Dio-
cese of Honolulu to the Protestant
Epi, copal Church i'm the United States
of America and to "A Missionary Dis
trict OF the same constituted this first
day of April, in the year OF our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and two, by
the act of the said House of Bishops
and to be known as the Missionary
District o. Honolulu OF the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the United States
OF America.
And further, being instructed by the
Presiding Bishop as aforesaid / do this
day hereby assume authority and juris-
diction as Bishop in charge assigned
to the Missionary District OF Honolulu
now created, until such time as u
Bishop shall have been elected and
conseCrated for said Missionary Dis
trict of Honolulu, or other arrangement
shall have been made by the Senior
Bishop of the Church" And pursuant
to my ms tructions as Bishop assigned
/ shall or this day OF the erection OF
the Missionary District of Honolulu
take steps looking to the due canonical
organization of the conVocation of the
said District, and to all other require
ments for the full oI ganiZation of the
Missionary District of Honolulu, as
provided in Article VI, Sec. 3 of the
Const' tution, and Title 1, Canon 10,
Sec. Vi of the Digest of the canons of
the Protestant Episcopal Church of the
United States of America.
In fulfilling the duty end accepting
the charge this day laid upon me II Is
fitting that this unique ceremony to the
unprecedented character of which in
the Anglican Communion you have al
ready on other occasions called atten-
ton, should have some of it's features
emphasized. Though in the providence
of God the House of Bishops is TO as
with the purpose of electing a Bishop
for this See the Presiding Bishop was
unwilling that an event of so much iil-
terest should pass without having his
representative present to express his
sense of the dignity OF the event, and
the warm welcome OF the American
Church people to their brethren OF the
clergy and laity in these Islands. And
if that representative has had such an
estimate of the responsibility commit
ted to him, that he could not have I'M
dertaken it without firm reliance upon
the guidance of God, the Holy Ghost,
and upon the cooperation OF all here.
it has been with realization also of
the privilege it is to meet the clergy
and people OF the new Missionary Dis
trict and to convey to them as / do
today the CHEEKY Godspeed OF our
whole American Church, which, like