The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-01-19

LIE ONDERDONK ExcIrRMENT.--The war
amongst the partizans of the Bishop and the oppo-
site party WAKES very hot The religious papers
save the mark-are full of articles on the recent
trial, in which the writer's apsear TO struggle only
Tor The pre-emlnenee lin magniy and bitterness
The Churehman the organ of the Bishops party
does not say much ejltoraily about the matter.
II states that the - Standing Committee" have
not yet hnally determined as to their course of
action. They had meeting Friday last, and
we shall probably know, ina day or two, the re-
suit OF their consultation The Protestant Church
man has savage review of DE-. Seebury's ser
mon, IN whicht the sage " man OF the world" who
retails philosophy in The Mirror, gets a toerable
energetic cdslgaiion, considering the pious hande
by which il is administered.
But one OF the most significant articles is the
following, which we find in the Episcopal Recorder,
Of Philadelphia, the organ of the Low Church
party -;
BnHoP d. I. OSpERDswK's suspzNsioS.-The Church
IN this country has recently been called pass through
an experience ot humiliation which is unpat alelsd la
her history. and calculated TO make every Epi,copsiisn
hang down ma head in sorrow and shame Another oil
our Bishops has fallen into deep Disgrace aud our W.
Bishoprcks-the I" Key stoaep and the Empiren do
cesssnays witnessed strange sight as their chief Off
GERS nave been one after another seized by the iron grasp
OF the law and hurled from the the Apostles into
the depths u ntamy and degradation.
Alas what lesson do these transactions teach us con.
cernrg the instability Of human ortue transit
tory nature OF all earthly greatness few months ago.
aud these seated in by far the most spsn
di2 and commanding positions which were ever occu
pied by eccesiastics In this country Their dioceses
were in wealth in power in territory and
tanned the two great cities OF the Union mael-
sroms OF American life, the vortises If commerce.
fashion and worldly splendor and recent infences
'nus 70 prevail destined to become the Scyla and Ca
rybds Of the Church sthee brothers in
once In ccnsanguny and appears in charac.
ter moved along their dangerous path, every head
prepared to do them homage and thousand hands were
ready to scatter flowers in their way for Epscopaans
looked upon them as the Successors of the Apostles
and by other denominations they regarded the
leading representatives Of Church which confess
sedy entitled to respect But, behold them
In quick succession falling from their giddy height let
neither the Church nor the world look upon them with
too unqualified adherence. They are men like our
selves OF the dust prone evil lac sparks
to fly upwards and, although consigned ndalbe dis
grace yet entitled to our sympahies and prayers let not
in the sunshine forget them now that the shadows Of the
evening are hie ky gathering around them LII them be
often though. Of where ministers Of the Gospe
always most needed to be remembered, at throne Of
grace sni let Christians recoect that If they had done
their duty IN this respect perhaps these mighty would
not havefa'n But in mercy to Them let the work
OF personal repentance and reformation be Murdered by
holding out from any quarter the hope Of future
ton
And may not the Church gather important instruction
from such events as these1 Is she herself in part
nnme ior what mas aken pace3 Have not these Bishops
iaiien victims to the worldly auremenis by which she
allowed their office to be encircled1 Cut off from the
protecting influences OF parish and great degree also
Of domestic life, and driven from their homes for two
thirds Of the by the necessities of their extensive
spheres Of Iabor surrounded by all the unsaDc,ifed
fuences that invest itnerant exposed to fiery
temptations OF every Kind whatever could minister to
pride ambition, aelfdependance convivality intempe
rauceheset indeed by all the lower forms OF sensual
vaccinations they were certainly assailed by perils to
which diocese Of primitive extent and ordinary pastoral
revenue could not have exposed them.
It is pretty evident, think, that the Episcopal
church is in tolerable state Of fermentation.
The investigation into the management of the
Theological Seminary is proceeding, and 1t is ex-
pected that some singular developments will be the
result. In very short time, from all appearances,
we may expect to see the Puseyire controversy
raging, in all its fury, in this country