The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-01
Whitney & Marsh, Ltd.

request of the King, according to the
marriage service of the Book of Com
mon Prayer. The rejoicing was great
when ii was announced that son and
heir to the crown had been born to ting
royal pair. AS the child grew he becamf
the idol of the people. His mothef
taught him herself his morning pnf
evening prayers, and the first prfnciPfes
of the Christian faith. (Here We're shown
photos of Queen Emma, Kamehameha "
and the little prince. the last being a
CODY of the picture which is also in the
Bishop Museum, taken with the htue
dog in a garden.) 1t was the King s
great ambition to have the little Prince
sent, when old enough, to one OF the
great public schools in England, but, in
the interval some suitable provision. had
! to be made for educating the Prince of
Hawaii at home. With this c9nsidera-
ton others combined to suggest to the
King the advantages which would result
from the presence of branch of the
Church of England in Hawaii.
as early in the year 1861 that the
e ;.op of oxford, in discussion which
took place on the subject of Missionary
Bishoprics, said. THAT the King of the
Sandwich Islands was most anxious TO
see Bishop of the English Church es-
tablished in his dominions. He proposes
to make the Bishop preceptor to the
Crown Prince. He thought it best to
letter. in most excellent English beg
ging Her Majesty Queen Victoria) TO
give all assistance she could in sending
out a Bishop of the Churcf. of which she
is temporal head. The present mail has
brought me Bishop of oxford speaking)
a letter from the Bishok of California
tBishop Kip who points out the impor-
lance of making the islands a mission
airy center Further the American
Church is very anxious to unite with the
Church of England in this work. Blsh-
op Potter the father of the present
Bishop of New York, stated that the
American Church would undertake 10
supply one, or possibly two clergymen to
work with the English Bishop Thus
BEING formally and publicly announced,
the need was filled, and committee was
formed to arrange the matter. The two
venerable societies, s. p. G.. amp S. p. &.
k Immediately signified -Ekeir approval
of the movement by liberal grants in its
aid After some discussion 1t was de-
cided that Royal License was neces-
sary for the conservation of a Missionary
Bishop.
Thomas Nettleship StaIey was chosen.
He was a fellow of Queens College,
Cambridge. and tutor of st. Marks
College Chelsea. And on the 18th or
December, 1861, the conservation of Bish-
op Staley, for the newly created See OF
Honolulu. took place in Lambeth Chapel
assisted by the Bishops of London and
oxford 1t was the morning when En-
gland awoke 70 learn how vast a loss she
had sustained in the death of the Prince
Consort and when every nerve of the
country was quivering under the blow
A farewell service for the Mission party
was held in Westminster Abbey. when
the Bishop preached, and the Holy Com
munion was administered to large num-
ber chiefly the friends and supporters
of the undertaking.
The Mission party Consisting of the
Bishop of Honolulu and his family, the
Rev. George Mason, MA, and his FAINT
ly and the Rev. E. Ibbotson embarked
at Southampton for the Isthmus of Pa
nama on the 18th of August. 1862 The
had special service there. the offertory
being devoted to the fund of the Ha-
waiian Church. The first part of the
voyage terminated at Colon, or Aspin-
wall. the port on the Atlantic side OF the
Isthmus of Panama. Here services were
held in a Wesleyan Chapel kindly plac-
ed at the disposal of the Bishop. On the
18th of September the Vrty sailed from
Panama and after a vayage of fourteen
days arrived in San Francisco. Here
they Were kindly received by DR.. Kip