Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-07-17
CHICAGO.
connauratiOn-TroubIs in the Churches.

| CHICAGO, July l6.-Banister' 8 ware
house, Lake House and about twenty
other buildings in Fond du Lac, Wis,
were burned yesterday afternoon.
| During the progress of the fire several
| firemen were more or less injured.
Loss, twenty-five to thirty thousand
dollars.
This morning, at the close of service
at Christ Church, Geo. w. Thompson,
one of the Vestrymen of the church,
at the request of the church Wardens,
read to the congregation the follow
ing correspondence:
| To Mr.. E B. Phillips and Mr.. Albert
Crane, Wardens of Christ Church, Chi
cago:
1 hereby give you notice of
my intention to hold en- Episcopal
visitation of Christ Church, Chicago,
on Sunday, August 13, being the tenth
Sunday after Trinity, at the usual hour
of morning service, for the purpose of
examining the state of my church,
| administering the apostolic right of
confirmation, ministering the Word
and administering the sacrament of
the Lords Supper to the people COM
mitted to my charge (Tit. 1, canon 13,
page 9 digeSt); and, inSOmuch as the
parish of Christ Church is now
without a rector, it becomes the duty
of the church-wardens to give public
notice of my intention to visit the
church and the parishioners individu-
ally, as opportunity may occur, and
also to the congregation on the first
occasion of the public worship after
the receipt of this notice. Tit. l,
canon u, digest.)
l am informed that there are
number ready for confirmation, who
have been admitted to the HOLY Com
muniOn, on the condition of the rubrie
that they are ready and anxious to
be confirmed. beg you also that
the assistance of some minister of the
church in good standing to have all
who may desire confirmation proper
ly prepared for the same in which L,
as your bishop, viii eneerfully
assist you by the indication
of suitable minister of this
church. You will also please deliver
to me list of candidates for confir-
nation on the morning Of the day of
visiting, and see that provision is
made for the celebration Of the Holy
Communion.
Given under my hand this Sth day
of July, a. ID. 1871.
HENRY ]. WHITEHOUSE,
Bishop of Illinois.
The reply of the warden to the
above is as follows:
To Right Reverend Henry J. Whitehouse,
ID. D., l.. L. D., Bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal Church OF Illinois.
Right Reverend Sir-YOur note of
4 rnd half IaN
upon Saturday night, and you will
pardon the suggestion that this
| is not the first time we have
had occasion to regret that communi-
cations intended to be official, have
been transmitted to ourselves and our
rector at such hours as, If acted on at
once, would have precluded that de-
liberation to which all such commu-
nications are entitled. You notify US
as Wsrdens OF the parish of Christ
Church OfyOur intention to hold an
| Episcopal visitation of that parish on
August Is, and ask us to give notice
OF this, your intention. Under the
canons, the citation of which is nec-
essary, no such notice to us as yours
purp0rts to be, nor any such notice as
that we are requested to give, would
| be required or justified, unless this
parish is without a rector, which is
asserted in your letter to be the case,
| in which we assure you with entire
respect you are mistaken, the parish
OF Christ Church, Chicago, did long
since settle over it as Rector Rev. DR..
Charles Cheney; and the relation be-
| tween his parish and that clergyman
| has not been dissolved. He is still In
the diocese Of his ministrations, and
all of his good work among US is still
going on, and the control between
| the parish and its rector remains
in full force. or the knowledge of
these facts on your part, your note
giVes;satistaotOry proof, as you remark,
| that you are informed that q number
are ready for confirmation, and have
been admitted to the Holy Com
munion according to the Fubric, infor-
nation which, truthful in itself, must
have been accompanied by that of
The further fact that those so ready for
the right, and were admitted to
the other, AMI were ready and
admitted by the rector Of Christ
/ Church il is unnecessary to state that
as the Rev. Mr.. Cheney is the rector
of this parish, so is no a minister OF
the Church in good standing. His
| standing in the estimation of the Mas
ter, so far as we may be permitted in
all humility to speak, Judging from
the blessings which seem to crown his
| labors, is as good as his position in the
Protestant Episcopal Church.