Smyrna times., 1868-03-04
NJ l S G ANEOUS
TRIAL OF THE REV. MIR. TYXe.

The general interest excited bv tb;o ooo,
throughout the Episcopal community nrovo,
thac more was involved than appears on tbf
surface 10 an Indifferent observer the ones
tlon at issue seems very trivial. "Tt is n loor
case, said one of the counsel The vonnn
man who sat among the dignitaries. the ccnta1
OF attraction, was charged with no private Woo
no social crime, no offense against the laws ~
I4 I4e iand or the customs of respectable neonle
lie was w not accused of infdety or heresvT or
unDeheI n OF any grade. Yet here were doctors
ol DIVINITY, with clergy of lesser rank: and
mere were eminent counsel, proceedings oc.
cordlng to the solemn usages of secnlar corrto
ds II the matter concerned the most momcntn' ~
Gus interests OF men. The charge is briefly
stated Ihe Rev. Stephen II. Tynp. ir was
accused OF violating the section of a canon of
the Church, which provides: "Tbat No ,o;niS -
:, ter belonging to the Church shall ofic;ate
:, either by preaching, reading PRAYERS mr.
:, otherwise, IN the parish or within the n9ro-
{. GnlaI G cure OF another clergyman, unless he
{. nave received express permission for that
6. purpose from the minister of the parish or
= cure, or, in his absence, from the cbnrob
:, wardens and vestryman or trustees of the
n congregation, or a majority of them.' Mr.
lying had preached, on the morning and oven.
ing OF the l4th of July. 1867, in the Civ of
New Brunswick, in the Diocese of New JerSov
which city then constituted the pastoral caro-
OF Drs Stu66s and Boggs (symboiic names an.
parently) lie had not only preached, but read
prayers and - offciated, without anv of the
PermlSsions above named-in fact disregard
ing written request to refrain from his pur
pose. Ills trespass was even graver than this
Tor he had not conformed strictly to the Provar'
Book he had read hymn from a Method;st
Manual, and he had, instead of the usual rohe
worn suit of black cloth. These. however
were Incidental enormities The real offense
charged was preaching in another clergvman'S
parish when he was not wanted.
The points made by the counsel were few
but they Were strongly pushed and amplv ex'
panded. Twenty finely printed newspaper
columns do not contain all that was said. The
prosecutors take their stand on the printed or
dInanee' which was ,legible and intelligible to
everybody who could read. The ordinance was
no new thing, but very old thing framed for
purpose, and for this purpose precisely. to
keep the sheep within the sound of the shep-
nerds voice, and to protect them from the mis-
Leading voices of other shepherds. What is
the use of ordinances if they are not to be
keptY Mr.. Tying had neglected these ordinan-
ces which, as minister of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, he had sworn to respect
lie had wiituy violated them. Having a large
parish OF his own, to which he seemed to have
been less faithful than he should have been.
he had gone into his brothers vineyard in ex,
press disregard of written note, and tried to
tamper with his vine stocks An excited and
exciting speaker, proud of his eloouence. he |
:" intruded upon the domain of another clergy |
" man, to interfere with his people," He has |
subjected himself to the penalties for misde-
under Canon 3. "When the reverend
+" defendant became an officer in the Church, |
" he swore to obey the articles of bis wsr," !