The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-15

All this time the colony was rent by =,
schism. Up at Salem was Baptist |
preacher by the name of Roger Will |
Jams, who was much in sympathy with
Mrs. Hutchinson, personally, although
noJ adopting all of her ideas. He
thought that in view of the great use
fulness of Mrs. Hutchinson as a nurse
and neighbor, she should be allowed
to speak when she chose and say what
she wished. Because if it be lie,
it will die, and if il be truth, we ought
t. know it."
Roger Williams WOULD have done
we'll to have kept a civil tongue in his
head. There was rod in pickle for
him, too and his words were duly
noted and recorded by witnesses.
Then there was Mary Dyer, wife of
William Dyer, who came to Boston in
1886, when the Hutchinson trouble
was beginning to brew. Mary Dyer is
described by John Winthrop as "a
comely person of ready tongue, some
what given to frivolity. But the years
were to subdue her.
She became much attached to Mrs.
Hutchinson, and whenever Mrs.
Hutchinson spoke in public Mrs. Dyer
was always near at hand to lend her
support. In the journal of Winthrop
/ there are various references to Mrs.
Dyer. The man was interested in her,
, but one of these references reflects
most seriously on the mental pro-
cesses of this excellent man.
When the charges of heresy were
brought against Mrs. Hutchinson, Mrs.
; Dyer stood by her boldly and was
threatened by the clergymen with sim
> liar proceedings Winthrop says Mrs.
) Dyer was so wrought upon by the ex-
=. element that Sc was taken with pre-
r mature childbirth. She was attended
| by Mrs. Hutchinson, and the child
$ being not human" was dispatched
This horrible story was related
e throughout the colony, and both
e women were regarded as being in
|. league with the devil School chill
l. Gren used to run and hide when they
v saw Mrs. Dyer coming. A little later
II the Rev. Cotton Mather was to cite
the case of Mary Dyer as precedent
O for his pet belief in witchcraft.
b Mrs. Hutchinson was found guilty
d and expelled from the church. She
n was then again tried by the Genera
l. Court, wherein all of her judges in the
v Ecclesiastic Court, also sat. After {
n long, laborious and insulting trial
&c with no one but herself to raise {
8 voice in her defense, pitted agains
v the eight clergymen, she ably defend
ed her cause and actually put them al
e to rout, an unforgivable thing, and al
error in judgment on her part.
70 There is much literature surround
e. ing the case, and one of the ministers
10 Thomas Welde, wrote a pamphlet ex
planning his part in it, quite forgetfu
r. of the fact that explanations never eS
at plain.
h. The more one reads of Welde, >th
Id greater is his admiration for Mrs
IN Hutchinson. Governor Hutchinson @
If. Massachusetts, the great-grandson G
IN Anne Hutchinson, edited the journa
Is of Winthrop, and gives a remarkabl
unprecedented account of the suffering
cd of his great maternal ancestor.
I'd Being banished from the Massachl
ne sets Bay Colony, Mrs. Hutchinso
ID found refuge in Rhode Island, wher
ed she was welcomed by Roger Williams
ne the first person l believe who LITE
d. up his voice for free speech in Anne
n lea.
,r- Mrs. Hutchinson was followed b
her own family and eighteen person
~ from Boston who sympathized wit
'e, her.
". Included in the party was Mar
nd Dyer.
ar At Providence, Mrs. Hutchinso
ey drew around her a goodly number {
as people, including Quakers and BaI
as lists, who listened to her discourse
lis with interest
Of The ministers of the Massachusett
ce Bay Colony evidently felt that the
or. had made a mistake, for they got t
he gether and delegated three of the
number to go down to Providence an
an acquaint the renegades with the new
In that if they would recant all belief
al a Covenant by Grace, they could +
ed turn. Mrs. Hutchinson met the del
CHI gates with dignity and kindness. I'll
Id conference lasted for two days, an
a the committee returned reporting IL
er matter hopeless.
ng There were several deseTtiOnS fro