The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-09-14
BISHOP WHITEHOUSE AND CHRIST
CHURCH.

a long and interesting correspondence
has taken place between Bishop White.
house and the Wardens of Christ Churcl
Chicago, in relation to the right of con.
firmation at Christ Church. Last Sunday
was the time set for the Bishops vista
thin, and what transpired may be of suffi-
cicnt interest to the readers of the TELE-
GRAPH to justify its publication. We
take the following from the Chicago Post
Of Monday:
AS was anticipated, the announcement
that Bishop hitehouse had elected to ad
minister the rite of confirmation at Christ
Church, yesterday, and that lie would not
recognize Mr.. Cheney as minister of the
Protestant Episcopal Church; and the
further fact that the Wardens, Veatry
and congregation sustained Mr.. Cheney
unanimously, and the candidates declined
to be confirmed unless presented by him,
caused an immense number of people to
witness whatever proceedings might take
place within the sacred edifice. Every
seat was occupied long before the time
for the commencement Of divine service,
leading to the chancel were occupied.
Or course the greatest curiosity existed
among many, while with others anxiety
was the predominant feeling. Many un-
able to gain admittance to the church
awaited outside such intelligence as
might be given them from within. But
disappointment, SO far as the audience
was concerned, was the fate of all outside
the vestry-room, and many left at the
conclusion of the sermon with the i'm
preston that the Bishop had not visited
the church
Such, however, was not the case. Short
! y before half-past ten o'clock Bishop
Whltehouse arrived at the church, riding
IN Mr.. Cranes carriage, and accom- panied
by Rev. DR.. Kelly and Mr.. Crane The
Bishop was conducted to the vestry-r0om.
Here he was met by the Rev Mr.. Cheney,
who extended his hand and said, Good
morning, Bishop" The latter refusing to
grasp Mr. Cheney's hand, replied: 81
cannot recognize you in those robes"
After the conversation occurred which is
narrated below, the Bishop left the
church aud drove away.
THE wARDEN's STATEMENT.
! This Bishop, with Rev. DR.. Kelly, came
about 1890, a. m. to the vestry room, &C
companied by Mr.. Albert Crane, the
Junior Warden, who had met him at the
door of the church
Mr.. Phillips, the Senior Warden, was
waiting with Mr.. Cheney, who was In
his surplice, bands and scarf, to receive
the Bishop in the vestry-room.
n,, ho
stepped forward, and, extending lis
hand, said: "Good morning, Bishop"
The Bishop refused to return Mr..
Cheney's salutation, and said ''I cannot
recognize you in any way in that garb."
He then turned to the Wardens and on
their assurance, in reply to his question,
that Mr.. Cheney was the Srector Of Christ
Church, he demanded whether they
claimed that he was presbyter of the
diocese Of Illinois. They replied that
they did not regard this the time or
place for any discussion of that subject.
They then told the Bishop that they
should in no way oppose his officiating,
taking the whole Or "a part of the service,
as he pleased that he could direct the
services, Mr.. Cheney taking any part, or
none, but that Mr. Cheney must not be
excluded from the chancel of his own
church.
Whereupon the Bishop read the follow.
ing, which he had prepared before leav-
ing home:
"As Bishop of Illinois, by the grace OF
God, [ have come to this parish of Christ
Church, under my lawful jurisdiction, to
exercise my right and fulfill my duty OF
| xyIa of S11o e
given by me, and publicly given by the
authority of the Wardens
81 find myself INSTRUCTED in the fulfill.
ment ofmy duties in manner which
neither personal respect nor official pro-
priety allows me to disregard, and
which have no adequate means of re-
: moving. am met by the arbitrary die
, tation on the part of the officers of the
church that must acknowledge, and re-
ceive as worthy and competent to stand
at her altar, minister degraded, after
trial by his peers, from his office in the
church of God.
"This insult and hindrance are imposed
upon me after my remonstrauce against
its unlawful force and characterization to
my episcopal authority.
ut is also done in the face of warning
as to its effect on the administration of
the corporate trust, and involves in that
relation an overt purpose to separate this
parish from it's lawful and inalienable
connection with the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the United States and from
the diocese Of Illinois, of which am the
acknowledged spiritual head
"For this malfeasance in trust, in addi-
ton to the moral and ecclesiastical delin
; quency, and the violation Of official dc
corum, you, as Wardens, are responsible,
and in my official character as Bishop of
the diocese | hereby enter my solemn