The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-09-13
ECcLEs1AsTBCAL REORGANIZATION.

We take tho following interesting article on
Ecclesiastical Reorganization from Now York cx-
change of n recent date:
Tho, Episcopal Church, the grand buswark
ciam, is about to be subjectcdto trying ordeal
which will test it's ancient character for fraternal
unity. The late WAL, ruthless Like tho scytha OF
Tme, severed the sacred associations and conamu-
nion which existed between the churchmcn, North
and South, and the great Episcopal body was dvi-
ded in obedience to the inexorablo necessities OF
tho insurrcction. But there are well grounded
hopes that, in the words of Moore, such
.'Hearts that had been long estrangcd
And friends that had grown cold,
Should meet again like parted streams,
And triumph Us OF oldl'
There arc, however, prospective obstacles to the
unity Of the Episcopal Church, which may be in
creased by lack OF charity among Northern di-
vines, who in the exercise of intense loyalty"
may not only 30 dcsrous of forgetting tho over
ruling ties of common brethren, but may seek * to to
foe Happily the Church has but few of this class
within her fold. The small number of churchmen
who, in tho language of Beecher. desired the al
inhalation of the South, have but little influence
Some of them have relations holding positions in
various Federal departments, and an odd war
tves considerably to retain their sinccnrcs under
the late administration. But the grand period OF
peace has come when loyalty must be srntnitous.
The wind and tide Of Episcopacy is against their
craft now, and they cannot work against them.
Ecclesiastical fawninSs aro at C. discount, and an
athemas arc as powerless as bulls against comets.
The great mass of chuTchmen heartily ycarn for
7uity with their brethren of the South, and those
who oppose it on any rindicive or political plea
viii or gs as hey hb1 b1
the edict Of their bishop. This feeling prevails
among churchmen everywhere. 1t is echoed in
& hsr Ters s IS aesfa
to forget and forgive the course of Southern
churchmen during the war, when the rebel picket
lines and great armies cut off all communication
with the North, thus exposing them to the prepon-
derating elements in their midst. In order to Of
feet this oblivion of the past it s determined by
many to discard everything which will revive the
circumstances which led to the brief schism in
the church.
THE TRIENNIAL EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
These facts invest the approaching trennial
convention with more than ordinary Importance.
den of ecclesiastical Legislation will fall on it's
shoulders III October, when its sessions will be held
in tho Quaker City. All church councils, during
past centuries, have been shocked by schism, and
even days when great conclaves Of prelntes had
the power to command, and the civil law to sus-
tain them in enforcing unity, they have sought to
promises. This lesson of history will not be lost
on the convention, who will have to make no doc
trinal or disciplinary compromise, but simply to
receive again their Southern brethren in the pa
rent-fod.
THE POWERS OF THE CONVENTION
The convention is composed of the House of
Bishops, which embraces the diocesan and mis-
and Of the House Of Tay and Clerical Deputies,
consisting of four 1aymen and four clergymen
from each diocese. Its powers are limited, and
it's late sessions have been principally devoted to
the progress Of the church. 1t can make no al
teration in the constitution or in the liturgy and
Offices unless they have been adopted in one con-
vention, submitted to the diocese and afterwards,
adopted by another convention-a work which
would occupy at least four years.
THE HOUSE OF BISHOPS
is composed of tho following prelates, which we
give in the order Of their consecration:
Bahop Hopkins. Vermont ... consecraed 1882
bishop y. Smith Kentucky .conseerated 1882
bishop MclvEine. Ohio. .conBecrated 1882
Bishop KeHper. Wisconsin. .consecraed 1885
Bishop McCosly :. Michigan consecrated 1886
Bishop Whittngham Maryland. consecrated 1848
Bishop Elliott Georgia. .consecrated l841
Bishop Lee. ........ Delaware 80. consecrated I84l
Bishop Johns Virginia. . .consecrated 1842
Bishop Easburn Massachusetts. consecraed 1842
Bishop Chase New Hampshire consecrated 1874