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If there be no further discussion,
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we shall now vote on that resolution
calling for the expulsion
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of Brother Abraham Hewlett
from his ministry.
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Those in favor will let it be known by
raising their right hands and saying aye.
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- Aye.
- Aye.
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Those opposed will raise their right hands
and signify by saying nay.
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- Nay.
- Nay.
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Three. The "Ayes" have it,
the motion is carried.
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The minutes of these proceedings
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will be sent to the
Board of Commissioners in Boston,
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and the congregations
will be duly circularized.
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Abraham Hewlett...
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it is the judgment of this meeting...
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...that your continued presence
in these islands
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is an embarrassment to the church.
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And it is our decision
that you leave here and live elsewhere.
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It is not within your jurisdiction
to advise me any further.
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I shall live where I wish.
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You will receive
no sustenance from us!
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What sustenance?
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Those yearly barrels of trash
and cast-off junk
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sent to us by the Boston Missionary Board
and disguised as Christian charity?
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My wife has brought me
several thousand acres of prime land.
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I shall work for myself,
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earn my own wage,
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and provide for my family here
on these islands for as long as I choose.
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You love Hawaiians as potential converts,
but you despise them as people.
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Having come
to the opposite conclusion,
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I gladly depart from a Ministry
in which love has no place.