Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-10-31

1t was undoubtedly intended by Bis.
hop Potter, of Pennsylvania, in his attack
upon Bishop Ho pkins of Vermont, to ad
vance the interest Of true religion-but
how he thinks to accomplish this BY such
means, We fail to see. We fail to see
anything in the conduct Of Bishop Po.' er
and the clergy who join him in his pro-
test, that savors at all Of religion still
our stand point may not be proper one
for observation, but we venture to say
that very many will agree with US in this
opinion.
Both Bishops are men Of eminent adj.
lily and high standing in the church, and
an alteration Of this character is not a
matter Of small import, and when one Of
these Reverend gentlemen charges upon
the other "conduct unworthy Of any ser
want of Jesus Christ and that the same
challenges bis indignant reprobation,'
we think he degrades the character of all
clergymen aud furnishes no small amount
Of sustenanee for infidelity and the many
isms Of the day; aud . public protest
signed by himself and clergy, does not
look to ss like . desire on his part to
correct what be seems to regard a. an
error Of brother, but merely to give
himself notariety, and PROBABLY political
notariety, and thereby arrogating to him.
self the position Of the true Dicipulus,
and stig natisiue his equal in every par
ticular As Decipu|um.
Bishop Hopkins seems to have done
nothing since January 1861, Of which
Bishop Potter plains-bu. new light
seems lately to have dawned upon the
Bishop Of Pennsylvania, and he does not
see things now as on former OCCASIONS
We think, to be in keeping with the tenor
Of his protest the Bishop and his clergy
should daily repeat
''Lord. mind Bish op Hopkins deserts,
He drinks, an swears, an plays at csrtes,
Act has sac monte takin arts,
Wi gritc an s,na'
Frae Gods ain priest The peoples hearts
He steals ava.
Yet Am here a chosen sample.
To show thy grace IL great and ample;
I'm here pillar in thy temple,
Strong as Il rock,
guide, bucker, an example
To a thy flock"
Bishop Hopkins in his reply to the pro-
test Of the Bishop Of Pennsylvania mani.
tests considerable warmth of feeling, yet
at no time seems to be unmindful Of bis
position aud calling, but having mind
conscious to itself Of right, answers the
intermeddling Bishop like true man aud
tells him substanially-
"-What'er
may have been am, doth rest between
Heaven and my self. l shall not choose a NOR tai
To be my mediator"
And this is as full and complete an an.
swer as any clergyman should receive
whsn he is found in,ermeddling with that
which does not concern him.
Ii religion is to be judged Of by the
acts and conduct Of those who profess to
be the chosen expounders thereof, it is
difficult to come to any definite conclu
sion thereon, for We have Bishop ranging
with and denouncing Bishop, Arch Bis
bop aud Bishop 50 far forgetting their
calling as to be found mingling in the
cess pools of politics, and loudly applaud
ed by corrupt politicians for their condu
the clergy generally denounciug tho
Bible aud God, unless the tex, Of the one
and the character OF the other viii square
itself TO their standard.
In 1857 when fnsH,ial ruin swept
over the country We heard much Of unions
prayer meetings-that is the union of
different denominations Of christians-but
in 1923 when the country is shaken
to its very centre, the most that IS desired
Of man is that he becomes fighting
machine, and little is heard Of prayer
meetings, but much is said about the
blood.thirsty aud fighting propensity of
this clergyman or that minister of the
Gospel, and many seem to think that they
can only serve their master by slsying
some one or inducing some one to Undue
his hands in the blood Of fellow mortal.
Had We no other standard by which to
judge religion and morality than the
world as it moves 20 day, We should be
forced to the conclusion that they are but
two garments worn BY mankind and
changed as the fashion Of dress changes.
The Great Eastern-The Great Eas.
tern has been seized, under an admiralty
warrant, by the owners of the ship Jane,
which vessel she ran down off the Irish
coast. The Cunnard Company has pro-
posed to purchase the Great Eastern to
convey Goals to various ports for their
vessels. A general meeting Of share.
holders was held at London recently
The proposition was referred to com
mittea with instructions To rennrt in ten