Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-05-31
BISHOP ou1ErABn's ADDRESS"

Of THIS age must talSe an ~ Iere5Ofh YSVVtt-
siastical affairs, and itisquite 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 partiei-
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: III
|. The editor declares the Bishops adj
dress to be an "unanswerable presentation
of the true attitude of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church, If it be the true atti-
tuden 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 medieyalisni 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 dioceses
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 tand
ards of his church.
as a. tfactioR those who synIpathise with
"Nir. Cheney fin the outrageous perse-
eution to which that devoted Christian
minister has been subjected by a Bishop,
who, if the age allowed it, would no doubt
burn the hereticr rather thaninfiiet mere
ecclesiastical degradation. Mr.. Cheney
omitted one single 7cord, in the perform
ance of an office in this Church, when it
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 aOord under stress of consci-
entiOus conviction in obedience to vow
of ordination. (which binds him mot to
teach anything as necessary to eternal sal
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
pronounces a''wo unto those who make
a man an offender for q aC0rd,'' Mr.. Che
ney's Bishop, in the face of open day, in
this 10Th century, with the seorn 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 a verdict of "degradationrl
All over the country, all over the Protest
ant Episcopal Church, the cry of "shamen
arises. Papers in the Church and out of it
urlindignant remonstrance. More than1OO
clergymen send to Mr.. Cheney an address
OF sympathy in his trial for conscience
sake! But here comes this little Chatta-
noogSs editor and sneerS nj then, oil nc
THAT faction" We should like to ask the
good people of Chattanooga if they regard
their editor as a umodel man?n
3. Of course the editor is ''down upon"
the vestry and delegation of st. Johns |
Church, Knoxville, for lot meeting in |
every ',jot and little" 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
him have his opinion and his "sayn on this !
subject, only..it would be well next time he |
writes to tell the whole truth and not con-
vey a false impression by a hsuppressiO
Veri." Why could he not have stated |
that such was thefeeling among, especial |
ly, the laity of the convention, that a way
was-opened for the admission fithe dele |
gate from st. Johns, afterau?
1, When the editor takes upon HIM to
say, ''In this diocese, with the exception |
of one or,two parishes in East Tennessee, |
the clergy and laity are in full accord with |
the Bishop we will not say he inten- |
t.onally misrepresents the notorious facts, |
but we cannot do less than say, he |
states that which everybody else, with |
amy knowledge on the subject, kuowsi
to be false. We trust he will not !
fail to understand us. a-,
5. The editor cannot get through |
his article without a fling at the |
Protestant. churches Cof sthe geountrysi
We hope Ills non Observation-Disclosures ,fifl
he has any, will enjoy it. But we should |
think they would not feel specially COM
pllmented by the sentence in which the |
editor speaks of "the distinctive features of |
the church by which it is reported from
other so-ealled Protestant religious rgani-
ZationS.n
If this twaddle means anything, it not |
only denies any Church" character to |
Methodists- and Presbyterians, but does not |
allow even their rightto be called HPro-
testant religious organizations" They |
are spurious, even in that sense He ONLY |
allows that they are ''so-cdHed, ri, G., they
are not Protestant religious orgaizationsh |
On the wholewe are disposed to recommend
TO the people Of Chattanooga the proprietyl
of placing their editor in glass case to be |
exhibited for the universal admiration of
the Christians of the 18th century.
Ifrs Nashville Union and Americdr of
Friday contains very just and fiattering
notice of the Industrial College, connect