Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-07-09
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! EpIroRs ISTELLIGEScER: You will con-
/ fer n favor by publishing the following,
! II seems that when the Ordinance OF Sc
/ cession was FIRST promulgated among Us,
( that at least four Of our Protestant Minis
tiers we're disposed to give in their adhe-
sion TO IL. Three Of them have already
/ left, or are making arrangements to leave
under the pressure of public opinion
The fourth is temporarily absent, partially
NJ least under the same pressure. IL IS I'M
derstood, however, that he is to return. II
so, may be allowed to express the hope
that it will he for the purpose OF making
arrangements for permanent departure.
| While am not disposed TO doubt either the
4 intelligence or the piety Of the Rector OF
| ST. Mathews, am constrained TO say that
| ( regard his present position toward ms
congregation, and this community, as Ia
inevitable. If be should persist'in retain-
! ing his relation rs Rector Of st. Mathew 8,
/ must say frnnkly that the effect OF such
I a course will be either to divide or disband
the congregation. Now is it to be expect
| ed that the Union portion of his congreEa-
/ ton should sustain him, inasmuch as he IS
known TO be in earnest sympathy with
those whom they consider hostile to their
best interests A minister to be useful to
| people must be in sympathy with them
| in every possible sense. He must become
thoroughly identified with them in inter-
I est, in purpose, in effort for their temporal
rs well rs their spiritual welfare. Least OF
all, he must not pursue course which, 10
the common estimation Of the public, would
endanger themselves, their wives and chill
dreu, their prosperity and future happi-
ness In this view OF the case however much
the people of Ct. Matthews may respect their
present Rector, and his intelligence, piety,
and many estimable qualities, yet 1t must
not be disguised that the chain of SYM
pathy between him and many Of them Is
| broken, and his power of doing good in
| Wheeling is irreparably injured. This may
be his misfortune rather than his crime.
| But still it Is fact; aud in this light
chiefly wish TO view it. As TO the con-
sequence of his position, need only say
that men are often punished in this world,
and Justly, too, as severely for their mis-
| fortunes as their crimes. This seeming
Inequality can easily be reconciled upon
| the theory that the moral quality of their
actions result chiefly from their tendency
to advance the genera! good, or tue con-
I trary.
In view Of the foregoing, may as well
come TO the point At once, and suggest
/ THAI u ulGGkluR VI hhC " S'A4'SAl '''-H-
a resolution be passed requesting the Rec
tor to resign his situat.oui which, doubt
not. he would readily do, knowing it TO be
the wish of large number of his people.
would also suggest, that for the present,
! in order TO avoid any further complications
! in connection with the subject of lhy-read-
| ing, aud the odium thereto attached in the
public mind, that for the present the
| Church be entirely closed. THIS will pre-
| vent growing enlargement in tue congre-
CATION and give time to arrange judicious-
| Is for the future. And when that future
comes, it will be for the people of St.
! Mathews, as represented by their vestry,
to say whether it would not be advisable
for them TO seek the ministrhtions of 4
Western man, or, AT least, of an Eastern
man of higher latitude than Virginia, and
endowed with a more ready perception nf
the signs of the times, than usually falls
20 the lot of those who hail hmong US from
| the land of the far down East.
Az EPIscoPALIAS.