The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-06
What company? Ephesians,
my lord, from the Old church"


my lord, from the Old church
When Shakespeare spoke these words
acters in King Henry ". he did SO
in a tongue not foreign to any of his
hearers.
The meeting of the Hawaiian Con-
gregation of the Episcopal church, held
in the Sunday school room last night,
was no doubt interesting to those who
understood Hawaiian. But there were
some present, even among the Hawai-
ians who did not clearly understand
the meaning of the remarks made by
Brothers Testa and Motley.
AS is usual in such gatherings there
was lot of talk but no one seemed
to say much, and as the remarks were
almost exclusively in Hawaiian it may
% Ii hat the meeting became an ex-
ecutive session Immediately after the
gong sounded.
The attendance was fairly good and
representative of the congregation for
it was graced by the Queen and the
wife of the Hawaiian delegate to
Washington, Mr.. Kuhio, who sat with
her Neither the Bishop nor Mr.. Fitz
was present. There were others pres
ent not so we'll known but more active
in the discussions which followed.
James H. Boyd was unanimously
chosen chairman and Mr.. Meheula
secretary. This feature in the prelim
inaries was subsequent to prayer
asked by Mr. Meheula.
The chair then stated the object of
the gathering to be the discussion of f,
the letter to the committee that had
waited upon Bishop Restarick relative |
to the resignation of Mr. Fitz, now |
in charge of the Hawaiian Congrega- |
ton.
This letter was then read and as it |
has already been published there is :
no use doing it over again merely to :
jar the sensibilities of Mr.. Motley. The
chair called on the members 70 speak
their minds and presently the spirit |
was seen to twitch in Charlie Notley's
arm; in a moment he was on his feet.
As near as could be gathered he was
giving Bishop Restarick fits and if the
said he didn't want Fitz. Several times
Mr.. Motley shook the index finger of
his right hand though he studiously
kept his left hand behind his back.
the Home Rule leader rather tired his
hearers.
Once or twice he apparently made
up his mind to sit down and give
Brother Testa a show. but he no soon
er reached the conclusion than he
famed the air with his arms, caught !
his equilibrium and went at it again.
He was a stand-patter, all right. until
a cenversazione inaugurated- on the
other side OF the house reminded him i
that it was time to stop. The low and ]
almost breathless manner in which his !
closing words We're uttered indicated
a knowledge of the customs of church !
orators and suggested a firstly to (
fourthly era. Motley never really took
the count until eighteen minutes after :
eight {
Then Deacon Testa moved I'D toward
the elect but chairman Boyd was the
first to claim attention. He presented :
The appearance and manner of an ora 9
tor. addressing questions to the con- 7
sregaton and promptly handing out
-eply. When he had finished. he did
not speak long. Mr.. Testa took the
ioor.
His piece was longer than Boyd's and.
more interesting. He got the
,rowd going once when he related a
tory and one lady, evidently on the
ide of the Bishop. put her fingers TO
Ter lips and invited the speaker to
'kulikuli'' But he would not He ),
urned to and once said lulu and p
eft it to the imagination of the report
rs at to whether or not he referred to '
7itz Then he spoke of the newspapers, :
which seemed to be his long suit, for
he older members of the congregation u