Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-30
BISHOP QuINTARD's ADDRESS"


Such is the heading of the leading edi-
torial for May 26th, in the Daily Times, of
Chattanooga. OF course the secular press
of this age must take an interest in eccle-
siastical affairs, and it isquite competent to
the Times to express its views in relation
TO the doings of the Episcopal Convention
or the Bishops address. But when the
editor puts himself on the record as an
extreme partisan, in statements in no small
degree offensive to many of the partici-
pants in the Convention, and derogatory
to the Protestant Christianity of the coun-
try, we are constrained to put in word of
dissent. We notice certain points: .-5i
1. The editor declares the Bishops adj
dress to be an "unanswerahla presentation
of the true attitude of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church, If it be the ''true atti-
tude'' of that church to turn it back upon
the Protestant churches of the Reforma-
ton, with which the reformer sympathized,
and of whose ministers they spoke and
wrote with the most earnest affection, and
if its "true attitude be to turn its face to
the exclusive medievalism that has been
disturbing their church for the last thirty
years, than the Bishop must be allowed to
present the "true attitude But we can
tell the editor, whose horizon of ecclesias-
teal vision seems to be exceedingly con-
fined, that not only we, but whole dioeeses
of this church regard the Bishop as any
thing but the "true attitude They dis
allow it. They reject it. They hold it to
be false to history and false to the stand
ards of his church..
The editor takes occasion to stigmatize
as faction" those who sympathize with
"Mr. Cheney in the outrageous perse-
cution to which that devoted Christian
minister has been subjected by Bishop,
who, if the age allowed it, would no doubt
"burn the hereto" rather than infiict mere
ecclesiastical degradation. Mr.. Cheney
omitted one single toord, in the perform
ance of an office in this Church, when it
is an undisputed fact that no Bishop, Pres
byter, or Deacon in that Church can be
found who has not omitted large parts of
other services that stand on precisely the
same ground of prescription. Mr.. Cheney
omits the one aUord under stress of consci-
entious conviction in obedience to VOW
of ordination, which binds him mot to
teach anything as necessary to eternal SAL
walton but that which he may be pursuad-
ed may be proved by the Scripture"
Others make large omissions under no
stress of conscience, but on the mere score
of expediency; and yet, while the prophet
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a man an offender for q soord,n Mr.. Che
ney's Bishop, in the face of open day, in
this 10Th century, with the scorn of all
undetermined men turned full upon him,
arraigns his victim, packs his court, when
all power is virtually in his own hands,
and with remorseless tyranny pushes him
on, on, on to verdict of "degradationp'
All over the country, all over the Protest
ant Episcopal Church, the cry of "shane''
arises. Papers in the Church and out of it
hurl nantremonstrance More thau1Oo
clergymen send to Mr.. Cheney an address
of sympathy in his trial for conscience
sake! But here comes this little Chatta-
nooga editor and sneers at them all as
that faction." We should like to ask the
good people of Chattanooga if they regard
their editor as "model man ?n iirls =
8. OF course the editor Is 'idown uponn
the vestry and delegation of st. Johns
Church, Knoxville, for rot meeting In
every got and tittlef the restrictive can
ON, which seems more suited to hinder the
growth Of the Episcopal Church in Ten
nessee than to reach any other result. Let
MIN have his opinion and his ''sayu on this
subject, only it would be well next time he
writes to tell the whole truth and not con-
vey false impression by "suppressio