Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-15
Rituaiism at she opera House
for the last Anne.
About the Professional Gross
vo.ed to the bishop.
Letters from London Concern
ing the MAtter.
Mr. Rogers Is Vet Prepared 10
Answer for a breach e the
CanOnE Of the EpiscO-
pal Church.

hEAPHIh, Tenn, November 10, 1875.
Editors Memphis Appeal:
Wishing to retire, As much as possible
from the public view, (sven Ia my cwn
little sphere,) l shsll deliver my last sd-
dress this morning, in the GreenlaW
Opera House, and ask, perhaps for the
last time, space in your columns 70 set g
matter plainly before your readers, re
gardiBg which l had suffered from mic
representation.
L a stated, you may remember, some
months since that 3 -" Professional Cross
was V0tsd the Bishop Of Tennessee by
the church Of st. Mary Msgdslene, in
the city of London. Some Of TIE clergy,
Oeiog the same who, 10 connection with
the Bishop, prepared an article for me t.
sign, which was simply g retraetion OF
the above, IN Whien l should say the
abovs statement is entirely erroneous ;
the Bishop never did receive d Process
sionsI Cross, from SLMary MsgdsleBe,"
etc, though Ihad only saidii was VOTED
him.
Also, s correspondent of the APPEAL
under the a0DDg dc plume "Cssa1op0-
iits,n who quoted in his article the Verg
text from which the Bishop had breaches
in st. Mary Masdsleney caaracteriZsd ny
statement IS false.
The following from my wife and SOB,
Is & rue and full history Of the case:
LONDON. October %.
= Ay Dear Husband:
Having rested ever since / wrote to
dear sister this morning, / am almost
we'll enough to write you OF Harris sue
cess ia his visit 20 the clergy Of 81. Mary
MsgdsliDe. He called Oh several Of the
clergy who were not in, but those he die
see si testified positively that there was
a Professional Cross voted the Bishop. |
Harris will write you their names. Rev. !
Mr.. Barnes went with him to the church
and showed him q card tackled on the
Vestry door, the purpoTt OF wBich was, as
near rs ne can remember All wishing
tosuhscribe % the Professional Cross voted
Bishop QuintsTd (the B.sAop OF Tennes-
see), viii send their donations to Mr.
Dawson, No. Is Wsstboufne Park; ; 30
there can be no doubt about it."
Harris writes 0ct0ber 2S.h:
NY Dear Papa: 1 called to see Mr..
Dawson in reference to the Professional
Gross. He was very much sstOnished to
hear OF the controversy and that the
bishop was opposed to Rituslism, inss-
much as he understood him to say that
was very much pleased with their
services, and his firm impression was
the bishop ssid or iBtimased to Mr..
1.-THE i~neUmbent) That il a cross
n pastoral staf-he did not know which
voted him he would most thank
ally accept it. However, no more thsn 1
. guinea (tWepty-one shillings) had been {
towards it,
Mr.. Wood, the Canadian clergyman,
Rector Of st. John the Evangelist, Mon l
real the returns home tomorrow, vas
more astonished than Mr.. Dawson, and !
aid it was q CREST pity the bishop should I
been guilty Of such folly that lie
vas Ike aDUtser bishop who had Offeis- I
ed at st, Mary Aagdaiene, bat en- his j
eturn home prohibited the uss Of can s
Ties, UGfeTS, f0aCers, etc, ali Of which, s
Eith the glorious services OF the church, :
eemed to delight him SO much while {
leTe. He SAID Il suppose Mr.. West
the clergy admire the bishop for be- 8
Bg such q high churehman, as they be- I
him, snd voted him this Cross,
lever thinking that ne would DC 9
.shsmeG 90 acknowledge il. (AddiBg) l
myself contributed to it," [
Tins, only to prOtectB Own varscity, q
eliminating any q on earth, Z
leave the matter where the Bishop 4
Idoed Il, before the pubic, hum0iy y
that he had never heard Of its j
'eiHg voted him, and that Mr.. Dawson 2
sss mistaken in saying that the Bishop I
'romised to accept it. {
One word mere. Believing my Bishop T
I'D nearly sill his clergy would go heart 6
nd hand with ms in such services as l &
Isd inaugursted, fnoing my straight b
yTwsrd trpthfulness Tebnked, standing a
lone in the surrounding darkness, and r
bu! little to my humble abilities, ?
Tisited S555aa3iy aitars daily (iG the only q
hurehes near me, OpsReG) asking God
Jr right and guidance. He oyer E6slmed q
ne with 8 sehss Of my own insuficieney =
0 carry out this plan # corporate union 81
nth tina church of Rome" which so u
many approved but feared TO proclaim, 81
resolved 20 enter the arc though all the u
7urld should perish around me. But il Il
alike Gus to myself and the noble men i
nd women who sustained Ey family in 5
omfort, % LheiF offerings aud subseTip- IL
ions, 10 say that | have not yet joined the a
Catholic Church, that Ihsve act g
a without Submission TO her priesthood d
r any Kind Of conferences with them, q
ef0re my -TspUBcistion, and that | am e.
i'll amensbie for trtsl, and will answer 81
ny indictments that might possibly be 81
sgainst me fer = breach of caEOns G.
! the Episcopal Church.
J. ". ROGERS. IL