New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-26

"AseStsnt Bishop" will never be thought u agsia
in ihi. country; but general division OF he Dioeeses
will take pa,e each Diocese having its own Bishop
without any division of the duties and responsibilities
of the .ce he rast has roved anything, IL has
proved that the Doceses iD tbs country are generally
| too large .
isauos conuected with them, II form into Diocese
would alone furnish field Of labor more than any one
Bishop could properly take care Of ~ uere are over
ti,y Elis opal Churc e. 10 the City Of New.foff
alone, which l. than for each Sunday 10 tnc
year Add to this the City Of Brooklyn and l uds, ana
be will be an over-wofked Bishop that does BIZ whos
duty ~ such ch,rge, to cay nothing OF tue wsste
places 10 be looked after and buih up. Ihis Diooess
| might lie caed New-Yoik.
Take the counties the east eide of the Hudson
River, including WestcLester, and north, inelacnss
erhals, tbe CoGuies Of Essex, Clinton, and frunkDa
| Call tLis the Diocese Of Troy.
IN. coun les or tue wee side Of the Hudson River,
sonth 10 the state liue west 10 the west lice of Mout
| gonery and north, incl ding Fulton and Hamilton.
| Call uis the Diocese Of Albany.
From che west line OF montgomery 70 ,ne west has
OF Ouela south ~ the State hue, Dorth including 81
| Lawrence, TO be csllrd tie Diocese OF Tues.
From &, q west line Of Ooeids 10 lie west line o' On
ondaga, north including Jeferson, south to the stass
| liue. C,ll "a II the Diocese OF Syracute. .
From tle west Inc OF On, ntagt 10 tie wes' me ot
Ontario north u Lake Ontario, south 70 the state line.
Gil ti The Diocese OF Auburn or Geneva, or esto1
| Newly ork, I'D it il now called.
From the west line OF OniaIio 20 the west line on
Gcnesee, north To Lske OD,sro, south 70 the Stale
| lire. Call tlis the Diocese of kOch-eef-
From the west line Of Geuesee, north and west by
the ke- south 10 the State Ike. Call t1is the Dio ess
| of Buffalo.
The above dvison iuto eight Doctses, with .
Bishop in EACH s aJsolut ly withil the posen wsnts
II tie Church in ills state. know that IL / noi on-
usual Tor the BhyIs oi both Dio ese' 10 con isiusie
their conventions the growth Oi the Churc aud TO
limited extent that incree is true; but to know ths
exent of that truth tk the map leying on, the lI9e
es and look over the older coultier having from -
tn la them and asgcrfAln how Auf EtlsO-
nal Churches there in each o. these oil cot tiess
and ,ix or seven think, will be tie extent OF me
uumt er in any of them-ihe average VIII badly
not exceed Vr four, aserat ing Que Gnu otltee
or four Owus; and there are tLickly ee tied connis%
like Chemubg, with pO ul iiiJD OF ,VVO ilta hans
that hes but single Episcopal Chuieh VII 10 10
boundaries aud Cuemun2 is an cd set Id tefiioryi
hat county was taken from Tioga, and Iiogs ~aS
erected iu l79l. ~
Pr vous TO the year 1900 such an organz ton a. the
Methodist E,isco,al Cburch was scarcely kuo"nin
any Of the towns in th'. State, and previous s1as
same year the III isC0yal Church in tie Ciy VI ns~'
York vas 4 ficLly-eudOwed aud strong orsablLaii ~;
from tbat period these Two o-ganza ioIs nave gone
along each their way 10 he present time; now,aN
the end of siXty year, what Is t1e difference ia the
two church organizations We q uk We are eutir,iy
rife in say in that there is not town II ], State os
what has Mehodst Church organized Ia We
think that We are equally safe in ray thai tie Epis-
coral Churc is org,nzed more than oDe-iourA
art If tue la this state. IL both oi these Or
gsuilaions have been equally fiihinl how comes ts
great di-paiy n numbers and ureiuiues, OF each, ior
here i. no market distJctiou IL thelr tcls- 81
airh or in their church government. Ii we Gil the
u,esent MethOdi,t B hJIs AfcbLisLols, ana t1s
Presii G Elieis Bishop" and tier Disiiets
" Di)crses, tie creed and govefnrent o. ,Do ~V OF,
gai izalios would be sbsiau ly tie saine, both IN
nsme and in fact, the y difference being Ia the 40
tsil of government ana mooe OF ~ofs ~. 90,
1his b,iDg true, why has tho Episeosal Chhrco
fllen iar Oehi1d tho MethVlst lauren ul'ng sue
ast rixry yeaIsl We Tint II III tie SprlicA-
ticn Of tier government, and visitation to e churches
willie the Eli copa Church has oniy divided ds apc
cese but OBJ snce its Orgalizaion IL tis h'' nov
about 80 years eiuce, the Meruociss have cobnua
cut up aud divided treir ois'rcs. un The faie nAs
long ,iuce become setto1 that their fiesiding biue
Tor Bihopf, as tiey inay b. ctlledl mus Wat eNey
ar-h VII IL his change a. least once III eaoH fu".ef
Of The ye4-, AID hOll what Is called quareit ni.ec
log that Lasts two days; al this wecng AL lit,e din-
-uirs in tie parish talked over ani healed, shs
wants If tbe Cbnrch aud new helcs Of Labor iootea
after ard prov idro Tor. ., =,
Althou. the Er;scoyal Dishcps intend to Wit the
church,s under ter charge ou.e II each year, YET
-ome of them not yisi I'd once IA two yeaH' ,as
B-hops ID b.ing 70 large that tine Is I'M TAM
g. TIM therefore lis vislts 70 The chrhes are hs es ~
ilv short in Try parishes lie adm iseFs The rlts
Of confnnafion parsses of huril ilnLeF, a.u on
meet his reA appoiutu en making the aequ 'an.s
If bat fe~ IersOris in the cOugrey tiou. ne wa~s
and unoceu led places be j. PEELED 10 pass 0y for,
btwrytr im Oltant The sersoes o. tue ehdreh may %
10 iheIn the Biz OF truly say thai he has ahey
more churctes on lis haod than be cun al Tend TO- be-
. us ta ed if The church grows IN BIZ Diocese, it
is rhtr through tie Absence or In e Oh It'd go'eibr
n.-ut, than tnIOngh lie Io-teIing care
II any Iereon IL deslrDus - know the increase OF
FDiscoI4 Churcl es in ills Sats, a. compared with
uth,r Protestant Denominations, 1t him take up
tire census OF the State, and 60 through Il
county by county, iucl ding or eAeloding the honnln
Catholic Churches tcoiding 10 LIS osn ~lr es hno
for each county ret Gown the number OF fiiseoPst
Churches ia olumn, and the number oi frotes>ns
Churches ia another ,ClumI and when you have goos
through al the counties In the Stae, loot ~ Tho
columns and tbst will show you he com Hrlye posi-
tJn of lbe Episcopal Churrh IN u Is State teter tnsn
ANYTHING can wnte. We think the experience for
The last tixty wears onCh to satisfy every lair-nhnced
men Il ~ the T. icopal Chnh In large diooeses has
pr we'd filue aud what has proved true ~ the last
Nill more Ian prove true Ill The t ne. A. populatin
becomes deuse e lbor OF tie bishops will be g'eaer,
Lut the aio o. Increase conpar,d vita otter denou-
lati0us will be lees.
The usual obj cion to dyi-on OF the Dioceses i,
that If divided hey cannot support their Bl-hoTs In
the goye nnebt OF the Churches Is II te' hrst o1sy
10 provide Hu aaiI 10 support Tor tleic DlsLosf lfs
port e the Iistols we regard high du'y, snt
ouls To be looked after when tie gIea'ei inteess 81
tie CburcL have been provided f1ri and those we
Lave 90 little couidcne Ia tie ChnF.tes that tLey
will not support those who faithfully Lb)r and watch
over their inieress, had better not accept the Office OF
Bishop; bat Whether Tie Churches mako aDlle pro-
vision :r the support Of their Birhop-, or MAKE oo
provision tat a rI If the persons selected tor Bisbore
| have 20 i health, tiey VIII lave III that Paul Ian
when lie undertook lie care Of the Churches.
Tie only rem nug question l., how can divtion
of the docess IL i State be brought abou', II
known tust the TWO MshoIs are decidedly oppsred V
it Bi-,ops generally alSays have, AID probably VI
ways ill., oppose any iaer erencr with toe bounds of
TIER dio, In nand tte div sion Is usually ac-
complshcd through tie action OF the Peers and Com
mouers. In this country can only be done tbroogn
lie persistent Efforts OF the clergy, lity apd pablie
opiuon; or IerhaIs eaisiiiye aid may be Invoked.
The purpore Of q is cVnmunicaiion IT, to st,,e fev
fae's aud make soe siIcg,fiions that may call the a.