Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-09-09

Forgot her spouse and seized upon prey;
Even my bridegroom lawyer. you see,
Threw off his teri and bounced on you and me-
word TO Gideon since you yielded mo the care
of Aunty, (she was then riding ",ail and main 10
hand'')I have enjoyed but one transient glimpse
"a she stood upon a rock with club in hand resoiV
By Apostolic blows and knocks
She is much like an freshman :" 'o"-a any
hody's customer" and Yields her Clue upon 'he
"venerabIe dead" without regard 10 TRUTH Jus'ice'
or Equity :,
Az 10 the mortal enmiy and "bnd rege"
charged upon him, Equity has only to enter his
plea mot guilty either towards Gideon on Epis-
copacy. He wishes to hold up the scales Of justice
and weigh the facts and arguments brought for
ward 10 support the claim by Divine right OF
those Lords over Gods heritage, as set up by Pa.
pis,s and Semi Papis,s. Now once for all, we
cheerfully discard any claim of authority and
all grounds for faith hope, as founded upon
this boosted chain Of personal succession. reach
ing back and winding round the neck of 'lnquisi-
tors who poured out the blood Of saints like water
upon the ground, and gIittering in tho hands of
tho Bishops who .stook the cross" 10 the Holy
wars for exterminating the lnfidels Of Palestine
and actually sacrificed ono hundred millions OF
human beings 10 tho ambition aud wicked Gods
of these successonalisis.
The "IitiIe authority upon which Equity builds
his faith,'' emanaies from no such source. 1t IS
.sbuil, upon the foundation of the Apostles and
Prophets, "Jesus Christ himself being the chief
corner stonc.'' We hope AntGideon will re-
member have employed no person 10 state the
foundation Of our faith, nor the source of our au-
,hority True John Wesley n Presbyter in
the church Of England and joined with other
presbyters, ordained DIR. Coke and sent him to
this Country q Bishop to which office ho was
consecrated we're Paul and B1rnabas, Acts 49,
aud 3--and as Timothy 'Bv the lay ing
OF tho hands Of the Presbytery," Timothy 4th
Chap. II, verso.
A. il respects tho "foar letters Of DR.. Coke
which are still extant," when Auu-Gdeon has
road the arm he will not conclude il was from anxiety
20 come INTO tho line Of succession. At The date Of
his letter to DR.. White of Philadelphia, there was
not nor mover had been Protestant Bishop on
American soil( except himself and Bishop As6ury)
nor was the English laws such that ono could be
ordained until Parliament had passed "spec ia
act'' for the purpose, in which 'act IL Is provid-
ed that mono Of said Bishops nor any Of their sue
cession Including priests) shall exercise their
Office in his sBritanic Majesty's Dominions,' Does
this sound like, ego ye into all the worldly IL
Ant-Gideon wishes 10 know without the labor OF
searching tho records, what was Bishop Coke's
object in writing to DR.. White, can tell him in
a few words 1t was q polite invitation TO the Dr.
and others Of the 'Old English church, who had
been unchurched by the Revelation, to JOIN the
then existing and prosperous Methodist Episco-
ceh Aud the
sed in tho convention Of Clergy men, under the
name OF q union.
Il is admitted that after his return to England,
tho DR.. offered 10 " return into the bosom Of the
church" and be "re. ordained by the Lords spirit
ual and temporal" as a missionary Bishop to the
South Sea Islands. This is probably the great.
est immortality ever charged upon a Methodist
Bishop. But even this is not to be taken
admission Of the invalidity Of his former and
scrip,ural ordination, but to add to the proba bill
ties Of his usefulness by supplying his exhausted
funds: and closing The mouths Of such as suppose
virtue consists il blood and ministerial qualiica-
tions 10 ordination. lie says 81 think tho repe.
ti,ion Of tho imposition Of hands for the same
office, IS justifable when important circumstan-
ces require IL"
The charge Of Pseudo Bishop comes with i'll
grace from ono who is engaged in the defence of
tho sopg tail" Look back to 27 Feb. 1864 and
500 them making q Bishop Of The Duke Of York
second son of George Ill. he is just six months
and ten days old well might be say with ST. Paul
"unto me who am less than the least OF all Saints
is this grace given" When Hatfield was sent
to Romo for "holy ORDERS" remonstrance
also sent on account Of his age, ignorance, and
vice, when the Pope read i, he said ',he King of
Eugland desires il and it he had sent ass |
would make Bishop Of him." remember be
paid his 1000 marks) with such 'copious records
before mo scarce know where 10 STOP for at
nearly every joint there is irregulari,y, fraud
murder, or buying and selling the Holy Ghost; ad
mirable SUCCESSORS Of Simon Magus.
In your invitation for the Methodist "tu return
TO their father and say, have snned, you be,ray
great ignorance Of the case, should they approach
The Protestant E. Church with such language i,
would be false The Me,hodsts never left them,
but arc their seniors both in ordin ton and or
ganization
The Methodists did no, leave the'es tablishment
in England, and hence cannot return.
If TO preach tho Gospel TO the poor 10 reform
a nation, reprove the vices of the Clergy, and 10
sacrifice ease, home, friends and life, TO spread
al thair niesa and
secutors is sin, then the Methodisis vastly
guilty. Again An,i-Gideon renews the charge
Of war of determination upon the Epscopalians,
again We deny; we are contending for "lfe lib
er,y and the pursuit Of happiness" against intol-
erence and exclusiv eness. against the sentiment
hnsn L. h