The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-02-25
From the Chicago Post
Low Church Versus High
Church---Sermon' by
Bishop CRmmins.

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A good deal of excitement prevails
among Episcopalians in this city, at pres
ent, in regard to the feeling of some parts
oftheoaurches toward Bishop Whitehouse
and especially In connection with the
ministration here yesterday of Rev DR.
Cunamins, Assistant Bishop of Kertucky,
in opposition to the desire of Bishop
Whisehouse. The,pIain facts are these
Dr. Cummins whose salary as Assistant
Bishop of Kentucky is not Large, and is
not very promptly paid recently
an appointment from the Evangelical
Knowledge Society Ga Low Church body
of which Rev Mr.. Tying is q ,prominent
member) to lecture in it's behalf, and was
invited by Rev MIR. Cheney. Rector of
Chnist's Church, to occupy his pulpit.
Bishop ,Whitehouse, whose sFmpathies
areMot all with the Evangelical Knowl-
edge Society, hearing of this, wrote to
Bishop Cummins that he thought it would
be productive ofstrouble if he came into
thie Diocese On his mission, and while he
was welcome to occupy a pulpit as a
| Bishop, he desired that he s&vculd moi
come in the capacity of an agent of the
society. DIR. Cunamins, however, came and
delivered In CHRIST Church last night, to q
crowded audience, o powerful address,
ION the Reformation of thetGixth Cen.
tuny," in which he took strong, 'low
church grounds. He made "a strong
point on the argument against,&le use OF
the word "priest" as applied to;a Christ
ian minister, amt, 1T is understood, defends
discourse In coming into the Diocese
against the wishes of the Bishop, on the
grGrnds that hecame not as a Bishop but
asa lpresbyter, and as such is entitled to
accept the invitation of the rector to
minister in his parish /,
In the morning DR.. Cuminins preached
in Trinity Church, of which he was form
erly Rector, on the Unity of Christians
taking broad and liberal grounds, and
arguing that the prayer of Christ "may
they DE one" had been answered, although
| Christians were divided into different
sects. r4>.saf cs saar
The Standing Committee of the Church
took action previous to the arrival of DIR
Cumn,ins and ceincided with Bishop
| Whitehouse in his stand On the subject.
THERE'S no doubt that the presentdif culty
| will be referred to the House of Bishops
| for settlement. tr4 BE
| A TORCH SToRX-An old fellow who
never yielded the palm to any one in
Keeling knotty yarn, was put to his
trumps ct hearing traveller state that
once he saw brick house placed ON run
ners and drawn up hill to a favorable
location, some half rsile distant
What do you think of that, Uacle
Eithel?p said the bystanders.
'Oh, fndge!' said the old man !; "I
once saw two-story stone house, down
East, drawn by oxen three miles"
A dead silence ensued. The old man
evidently had the worst end of it, and
he saw it. Gathering his energies, he
bit off a huge quid of pigtail, by way
of gaining time for thought. "They
drawed the stone house." said the old
man, ejecting quantity of Tobacco juice
toward the fire place; 'but that wasn't
the worst of the jeb; arter they'd done
that, they went back and drawed the
cellar" adi a
The stranger gave in. s~- a1iaa