The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-01
THE CHURCH TR8NSFEBBED


lish prelate then presented him with va
rious documents, certified copies of the
/ resolutions Of the diocesan synod, the
various papers already read, a list of
the licensed clergy of the diocese and
the lay readers and an inventory Of the
church real estate and property. In
voice controlled, but none the less af-
| feCted by the act, Alfred Willis up TO
/ this moment Bishop of the diocese of
/ the Hawaiian Islands under the Angli-
/ can church declared vacant the see of
/ Hon yiulu, all Jurisdiction hereby eNpir-
| ing and the authority of the bishop abb
solutely Ceasing and returning by vir-
tue of the instruments filed and record
I ed to Canterbury. Bishop Nichols i'm
/ turn spoke as follows, receiving the pa
/ pers offered him by the bishop.
! In accordance with the resolution
! passed by The House of Bishops and as
/ substitute for the presiding bishop I
formally receive at your hands the
transfer of the jurisdiction and property
/ Of the missionary district of Hawaii
I this first day of April in the year OF our
! Lord, one thousand nine hundred anu
! one to be known hereafter as the Pro-
! testant Episcopal Church of the United
States of America and further, being
! instructed, ! hereby assume authority
and jurisdiction as bishop assigned un-
Itil the conservation of a missionary
4 bishop or such other arrangement as
may be made by the senior bishop, and,
pursuant to these Instructions | shall
/ take steps to look into the full and pro-
per organization of the congregation
/ and other affairs of this church as set
/ forth in the sections relating thereto as
drawn up by the digest of CanOnS.'
/ Turning now and again to the cOngre-
/ cation, as the phrase warranted but
speaking to the retiring prelate, Bishop
I Nichols delivered the address compiled
/ for the occasion. In part he spoke as
! follows:
In fulfilling the duty and accepting
| the responsibility of this unique cere-
mOny and unprecedented occasion, as
| you yourself have noted, / wish to say
| that although the House of Bishops will
| assemble fifteen days from hence to ap-
| point and consecrate a bishop for this
/ territory, the presiding bishop was un-
willing to let the occasion pass without
, showing his sense of the dignity of the
| event and expressing his warm welcome
! to the clergy and laity of this church.
| Neither should [ as his substitute have
unhesitatingly accepted this charge
! without a firm reliance upon Divine
guidance and the cooperation OF all
| here. / convey to you the warm well
| come Of the whole American church,
/ Which, like the nation. seems of almost
! bewildeUing extension and invokes the
question, who is sufficient for these
ntngs?
+ There is a tinge of tenderness con-
hected with the occasion, this turning
point in the history of the church, a
sentiment tuned in a minor key l feel
/ that | can appreciate your position, re-
signing after so many years of labor
. and result. Ut seems as if all the
American bishops who at various times
have been connected with the diocese
of Honolulu have been those advanced
in years. The Bishop of Minnesota had
rounded out forty years Of ministry and
Bishop kipp was a classmate of the
presiding bishop, now in his forty
eighth year of conservation For thirty
of the forty years Of the Anglican
church i'm Hawaii you have been in
charge and many are the noteworthy
acts, particularly of the last decade of
the four.
Referring to the changes in the
prayer book to the American form of
service, while they are but slight the
'mutatis mutandis' even the turn of an
accustomed phrase, a word, viii come
as wrench until custom makes the
change as welcome as the original. 1
expect, in a series of lectures to be given
during my stay, to point out the prin-
Cipal differences between the two rub
rics and the reasons for their introduc-
tion.
The note of pathos was again sound
ed to me when standing in front of the
statue of Eamehameha the other day.
the sculptor, but ii seemed to me that
read into the pose a Veritable beckon-
ing from the eighteenth century to the
twentieth, from statemen warrior or
, those southern islands armed with ms
, spear. to the soldier of Christianity,
armed with his cross. kamehameha
did beckOn to Vancouver but the ges-
ture was not answered Had II been
i'm 1894, what might il have meant Ia
the generations Of the eighteenth cen
, tury now passed away l do not Wlsh
to forget Kamehameha the Fourth and
, his beckoning, which was answered on
the translation of the prayer book into
Hawaiian aided by your efforts. ! an
, not Forgetting the laying of this corner
stone by Kamehameha the Firth and
the work of many others OF noble llne
y age nor the devoted work of Other
I I Christian bodies, Tor WhltH 'ou D'
thanked.
+ ''The mute beckoning seems almost an
, arraignment for the lost opportunities
\ of the eighteenth century An arralgh'
ment that brings no shame but makes
, us tingle with a tremor of action, 10 pt
g up and doing and lose no time IN thl'
! twentieth century to achieve tor the
, Church of God. What opportunities
I spread before us, OCeania for Chris
p as well as Commerce. We are TO galuel
f at TIE communion table shortly. rms
, fronting Of zeal for the work come,
p more from within than from without.
, am glad that the communion Nessels
4 that we shall use were the gift OF an
\ American communicate In the one
, fellowship of the sacrament lie no lines
I . of district and jurisdiction but meet
p ing place where We are led ana lllIe.
, up to the plane or prayer and acIlon,
\ His address finished, Bishop Wlllh
) moved from the chair of the presiding
, prel-.a nearest the alter To that of the
- visiting bishop and with courteous