New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-01-11
Tho Case Of nishop ona.rdonk.

Itis we'll known that the members of that Church
are divided in opinion on Toe subject, one class
or party acquiescing in the verdict and sentence
of the Ecclesiastical Court as both just and right.
c0us, and the other ttrenuousy asserting taat
he2 are the fruit Of personal animosity and party
vndc,iveness. We shall take sides with neither
Of these parties, but shall endeavo7 to keep our
readers accurately informed OF their movements
Each Of them has an organ through which their
respective views and plans will doubtless be CON-
nunicated to the public, and to which we may
always look with confidence for authentic infor-
nation. Our readers will Of course understand
us as aIluding to The Churchmau,' the organ
OF the High Church party; and The Protestant
Churchman,' the organ Of the party which IS per
hsps best described by the term Ant-Puseyite.
The former advocates the cause Of The suspended
Bishop, and the latter sustans the verdict and
sentence which have been solemnly pronounced
against him.
Since the sentence was pronounced, there have
been various contradictory rumors IN circulation
respecting the consequences likely to result from il
and the course which tue two parties designated
wilIpsrsoe. In these circumstances we have look
ed with no little interest into the columns of the
journals above alluded to, and will now proceed
to give from each such extracts as will serve to
indicate the widely different views which are en-
tertained by the Bishops supporters on the one
hand and his opponents en- the other.
We will first give the views of The Church
man. We find in that journal for the present
week, at the head Of ito editorial columns the fol-
lowing paragraph;
RESULT OF THE COURT.
On Thursday last, after our paper was locked up
for the press the verdict OF the Court which has
been sitting in judgment On our Bishop, became
known and on the afternoon Of the day following,
the sentence was resolved upon, the Bishops who
ACQUITTED the accused voting for suspension in order
10 avert degradation. The opinion of the six Bishops
is soon TO be published, and also the whole pro
ceedings OF the trial. We look upon the decision OF
tne majority a mere party prescription, and be-
lieve will be so regarded by the Church at large
when the proceedings of the trial ghsli have been
published and read, Butthe immediate ques,ionis,
How are we to treat the sentence, how demean
ourselves in regard to III
In reply to the last question, the Editor pub
fishes Sermon preached by him to his Congre
cation on the last Sabbath, from which We pre-
sent the following extracts;
Brethren, bow to the decision OF the Court -
With my confidence in the purity Of the man un-
shaken, bow 10 the decision which suspeDds The
Bishop. With firm belief that the verdict OF this
Court, which adjudges the Bishop to be guilty, will
be reversed Of the tribunal OF GoD and by the cai
and deliberate judgment of the Church, submit 10
q result brought about in conformity with her ca
nonical provisions. Offer no resistance, make no
complaints, harbor revenge against the nsiru-
ments who have accomplished this result. Saving
to myself my own right of opinion-rny own right to
repose confidence in what man soever please-my
own right, in I'LL proper ways 10 labor in vindica-
ton and support OF one who,tGoD be praised Tor
this signal mercy is my Bishop still, and having an
eve only to the outward Court. bow TO this decis-
ion and ask you to look it fully and fairly in the
face, and reflect on your responsibility 10 COP, how
you ought TO feel, and what you ought 10 do
1t is told OF Socrates, believe, that while be was
in prison. under sentence Of death by frenzed null
ttude, his friends provided for him way of escape,
and that ne refused 10 avail himself Of il, but pre-
10 the law. l; is said OF Fenelon that he read from
the pulpit and declared his concurrence in, the SEN
tence Of the Pope who condemned his book. And
we all know the story of the martyr Laud, who wa.
condemned with the forna'itiss OF justice, BY
bigotted Purianica faction, and cheerfuly barred his
not guilty OF the crime imputed TO him, but he cub
united to his sentence il he were guilty. Fene-
Ion did not believe his book 10 be erroneous, but he
treated il as if it erroneous. Laud did not be-
isve his sentence TO be just, but he prayed or his
Judges blessed his execuliopcr, and composed his
mind. and laid his head on the block us cheeruy
a. il his sentence just and in fact far more
cheeriully than he could have done if the sentence
had been just. So in relation TO our Bishop. be-
lieve that he is mol guilty, but am willing TO con-
form 20 the sentence, as If he were guilty. sub
mil 10 the deprivation of Episcopal services long
as the deprivation lasts. And as the OBJECT Of sas
pension is 10 give time for recollection and repent
apce, shall consider my Bishop in the light of
penitenf aud shall pray that he may have grace 10
devote himself 10 the examination OF his hear; and
life, to microscopy prayers for his flock, 10 meda
on aud extended study, and 10 all other good works
which NAV qualify him for the more faithtnl and
solemn discharge of his Episcopal duties, when the
time comes for their resumption. submit 10 hear
him adiudged guilty; | submit TO see him treated
as guilty, and that all the more cheerfuly because
believe him 10 De innocent.
AZ respects my present conduct, Ii is to me
matter Of Supreme Indifference whether the verdict
of this Couri he true or false. ] prepared, Us
long as il is the will OF God, aud until HIS Proyi
dencs opens the way of relief, treat the sentence
as if il were lust and can DO this all the more
cheerfuiy, because believe IL TO be utterly UNJUST
| am prepared TO act es would if l were myself
wrOnptUlIy cOOlelnDtC, as sdutS anu lHfit heNc
ted in all ages, and the innocent and Just One
acted when He bowed to the sentence OF PLATE; and
thank God for the blessed privilege Of walking in
His steps, and being knit together in the commu-
MON of the Elect And il can do ME no HARM it can
do YOU, BY brethren, no hurm it can do OR diocese
10 harm, il all of us, head and members should bow,
as with the heart of one msu in dust and ashes, in
confession, and fasting and suPplicaon before the
throne of an offended God TO avert from us His
RI rhfaous dispeasure
It's confessed rule that the authority OF all Ec-
clesiastcal Council, considered as influencing pr-
yste Judgment should be estimated by the charac
fer oil liz individual members, the raaence under
which they assemble and pursue tseir deliberations,
the animuS apparent in their proceedings, and BY
the reception accorded TO their decision after the
grounds on which il has been made shall have been
thoroughly scrutanized. am NOT inwardly bound,
therefore, hv the decision OF this Court; | am not
bound. BY any Church principle, TO conform my
opinion to its Judgment, but am free 10 think and 10
say, as do hnk and say, that it deserves no; the
v eight Of e feather. But conceive that am
bound, and that are all bound, to pay this SEN
,spce an external obedience, and 10 cherish such
inward affections as shalt strip our obedence o; tie
appearance Of mockery and render II sincere TIT