The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-04-22
SUMMARY OF OHUROH NEWS.
EPISCOPAL.

EPISCOPAL.
AcceSSionS TO the Episcopal Church.
Some of our religious contemporaries, not
in the line of the Irregular succession 70 are
greatly exercised over the prospective losses
to our ministry and communion, consequent
upon and growing out of recent ecclesiastical
trials-cant exactly decide "whether the
number will be sufficient to authorize the
forming of new and modified Episcopal
body, or whether they will be content to drop
slngly into existing denominations. Mean
while, one of our ablest secular papers, the
cleveland Herald, has gathered ui;. the fol.
lowing list OF recent clerical s'conversions tn
the Episcopal Church, and not a renarlrablv
good week for that kind of itemizine either.
CENTRAL New YORK, Oct. 19.-The stand
ing Committee signed the testimonials. re-
commencing Mr.. Charles Boyd late a Pres
vterlan licentiate, as a candidate for HOLY
Orders.
New VvcCRK, Oct. 30.-The Bishop of the
Diocese held an ordination in st. Paul's
chapel, when the Rev. DR.. Osgood was ad-
vanced to the priesthood. DIR. Osgood was
formerly distinguished preacher among the
Unitarians.
INDIANA, Dec. Bishop Talbot ordained
Professor F. V. Cummins, for many years
minister of the Presbyterian body; also Mr..
Gorrell, an active and successful preacher
among the Methodists for fifteen years.
MASSACHUSETTS, Jan. 2.-The Standing
Committee recommended Daniel s. @. M.
Porter, late Unitarian minister, to be ad-
mitted candidate for Holy Orders.
CONNECTICUT, Jan. 10.-The Standing Com
mittee recommended Elisha Whittelsey, late
minister of the Congre gationai denomina-
tion, as candidate for Holy Orders.
MINNESOTA Rev. Joseph I. Hillmar,
for several years pastor of the German Ro-
man Catholic congregations of st. Anthony
and Minneapolis, has been received into COM
munion with the Church. The application of
Mr. Jacob Totka, late a minister of the Ger
man Reformed Church, to be admitted can
didate for Holy Orders in the Church, was
received.
OMAHA, Jan. 15.-Bishop Clarkson ad-
yanced to the priesthood the Rev. Messrs
Fl. s. u. Young, j. Patterson, and j. II. Rip
pey. One of the candidates had been a
Methodist minister, and the others Presbyte-
rian laymen. Three other candidates, who
have been Methodist ministers, are about 20
be ordained to the Diaconate in Nebraska.
LONG ISLAND, Feb 5.-Bishop Littlejohn
ordained to the Diaconate Wilbur F. Watkins,
for twelve years past minister of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church.
BALT1MoRE.-R. A. Holland, late Metho-
dist peacher and associate editor of the Bal
timore Christian AdU0cGte, is now a candi-
date for holy orders Mr.. Griffith, Metho-
dist preacher, of Baltimore, is about to
receive orders in the Episcopal Church.
VmGNIA.-Mr. Charles Pearson, formerly
Methodist preacher, has been admitted as q
candidate for holy orders by the bishop.
MIssoURI-In Christ Church, st. Louis,
February ~, the bishop ordained the Rev. O.
p. jennings, M. D., to the priesthood. DIR.
Jennings was for many years Presbyterian
minister.
Of course, these and the scores of others o
whom these are a sample, are mostly sun
converted men" men of doubtful or baG
repute in their own denominations (this
however, was not discovered until after they
left, or they were hankering after a ritual
ism which they dare not indulge in their for.
mer connection. Some of them came over
because they wanted to be Bishops, and
knowing that we always reward distinguished
perverts in that way. In no case could
honesty and conscience have had anything tc
do with it! Oh no-,StGaadGrd Of he Gross.
1t having been published that the Rev
Mr.. Cheney, of Chicago, had, on Easter Sun
day, administered the rite of confirmation Il
several candidates of his congregation, tina
clergyman has corrected the report in tn,
following despatch to the Rev. S. II. Tying
Jr.:-"Admitted to communion eight person
who were ready and desirous to be con
frmed, according to Prayer-Book autho
Iity."
The Rev. W. H. Cooper, D. D., rector o
st. Michaels Church at Mount Pleasant Iowa
has withdrawn from the ministry of the Pro
testant Episcopal Church. He gave his rea
sons at length in letter to Bishop Lee, O
his diocese. They are-The illiberal char
acter of the canons of the Church, which h.
declares to be more intolerant and RESTRICTIVE,
than those of the Church of England, in whicl
he was ordained, and doctrines which are &C
cepted, and the teaching of which is allowed
by authorities of the Church, among which ar
those of Substantial agreement" with tn
Church of Rome in respect to orders, creeds
and sacrsments, of q sacrifcial priesthood
Of the real presence, of baptismal regensra
tioR, etc. The Protestant ChurchnaaR say
that ''Dr. Cooper is a man of unblemishet
character. He has been unusually earnes
and faithful in his ministerial work. He is
pnan OF uncommon intellectual power, as hi
Writings Abupdantly indicate. In all respects