, 1873-09-12

ontttlo him to can from all Iarliea Of The Church in
.h. country ~ The odIun should rest upon those Who
IN regard to ono Of tho points 1naas prominent In
.lo direction taken by tho ease to ',,ncfasnad doom
misunderstood It s asserted, 1elslf ot tl,e com
rlauanla, md denied by the icfolard, TINT tho
1shop had 1ursdctton and, noxt tu md Inherent In
hIa olco as jude ora,,us, Within biz diocese, of AZ
that hi canons Of rratriction or limitation rcat!ug
thcrota avo forco only to regulate tho o1etcso Of tint
;l,ontsrut,a proposition ia ninlane by tho cfonao
that tho bishop ne riatl1con In mattors Of church
government and discipline solcy and 80 far ~ tho
aan1c is conferred by constitutional or canou Inv.
Tho aArrnation OF tho 1attor proposition, however,
ovon Il established, would not necessarily oiroottAto
complainanta and Tic diocese, Tho former PROPOSE
ton z maintained On tho part OF complanan@ for tho
cumulative purposo Of abundant safety o. 70 TO-
It Ia urged by counsel for tho decndnnts that lofeets
oiossse.i oeur Whose verdict sn recos,moudotl tho
.napcnson Of Mr.. Cheney from tho exercise Of Tho
VOID and hence tat the voraiot Of tho seeon court
and tho sentence Of degradation from tho ministry
pronounced by tho Bishop upon htr. Choney in rursu
Court On which 1t Ia claimed auch verdict based.
This 10 stqnttur, even II tho preses woro cor
defects do not e1at. Tho Questions nvovoa wore Do
berately passed upon In opposition TO- tho claim Of
ons Of s
ttona havo boon dirootIy disposed Of by tho Supreme
Court Of Illinois, IN Tho csso Of sonuoi Chase ct al. :.
point Of attack upon e.thor ecclesiastical court or its
action 40 fsr ~ ss @ undersigned ,. Is ADVISED
lon muntlonod, opposing counsel eau seriously claim
offered shem tho sghteat hoPe Ihs point referred to
tnAlly composed Of i've mo1nbors, and aferwsrd, and
bctors tho trial nnd verdict reduced to four BY tho
conaccration Of ono OF tho mcmbera to tho Dshopro
OF Arkansas, became incompetent to net; that this
DFDn09itUU. IL 10 iu0utFy. 10 not sound in
lsw tho undersigned does not hesitato to declare Ia
Of ss1 n shead tho
will not bo permitted to prejudice tho interests Of
church a,c!tps inas9ash a - tho Supreme oqn1t e
hx 81 To isnd, tast when eesosisstical tribunals
invoivea procecaiss bofors thom those q ars:
diotonai authorisy, tho civil courts will recognize and
give effect to such deciaions in al cascs where propc
ty-righss involved The fact, therefore, that tho
two ecclesiastical courts referred to hhvo considered
and oyerrulo this point, Indicated, puts end TO
But II the writer horoof Ia mistaken in ri, this. and
the civil courta should go 30 far aa to pronounce
hs viii
upon tho proposition before ndicated hnt by church
law The sontenco Of degradation pronounced BY the
occcsfasoal court proeoodngs Is effective and bind
Ing by virtue Of the rowor Of government and dscip
limo inhercnt power ts valid. although irTegularly
Il was o1rectea that tns case would be brought to
hearing bsiore Judge Williams In juno 1aa on the day
fixed by tho Court for that purpose, but hiB Honor
felt constrained to grant continuance on tho sworn
application ado BY tho defendants In order to enable
ingy tho wheels Of tstIco move In this matter with
taray pace 70. substantial progresa has been
na IN 1 s =. Rs and
hoped, that success in the effort to enforce eccealasi-
cal discipline and law, aud put down robe!on in tho
Church, would 10 az speedy IL win be surs. Tho
writer feels aasured that tho na hearing before Judge
Tho Undersigned desrcs, In this connoction to riacs
On record his recognition md high appreciation Of the
valuable aud nas#Snse freely rendered
industry nave very naterlay lessonsd tho severity Of
labor that otherwise would neccRaarly havc acYolycd
upon the law officer Of tho diocese.
As tho services Of tho Committee, composed Of
" page, raisod BY tic Convention in connecton viii
sueh Committee be continued, with tho powers hereto
fore granted.
p1v,s1ox OF TIE DIOCESE.
Tho Bishop nade verbal report from The Committee
to whom Ind boen referred tho snbec OF division Of
the diocese into three ocescs, md offered the follow
Ieso'ved That this Convention expresses It's deep
division of tic Dioceae q illinois, according to the
boundary defined by tho Convention Of 1870, map Of
which was published with tho journal Of that year
WnEnrAa, The fulallment Of this through the ae-
ton Of the General Convention must depend on suita-
copate In The new diocese. and tho NJ. Rov. tito
Dlshop has submitted tho amount ot shts endowment
Tho discretion and efforts OF the districts respective
r.
facilitating of suitable endow1nonta and apy other
sneh a stsp he may e5G,
before tho noxt Diocesan Convention.
longthy discussion followed, in which tho Rows.
REYNOLDS, Gregg, Morrison, Perry Hopkins Sullivan,
Necurdy and Dresser, aB well as fr. A. j. Tying, aud
othcr IQFmen. took part.
Tho general sentiment seemed to bo against any
Tho Dishop thou said: Everything depends upon
dvlson OF dioceso in Of tho most diincult and
delicate that possibly 10 conceived III or church
relations. That deiieacy grows out Of tho relation al
ways to tho existing Episcopaey and u either hsors
eare else to that which looks like fnctious motive.
These conditions aro almost inevitable IN anticipation
ot thls etsc Of thng uor these u af
tho movement, and 10 put tho subject before the do
eeso n sue; at So as ;aE md tue
ihatit did Involve that personal need which
Which deases 10 lin lin Than anything % o. ~: III hng
at could up s vas Tng l to Sye bis Y
lie diocese. y original ldea being to divide the STATE
into two dlocetcs Tho auggcstloIa ot Pteapyter ta
desire and more, ot M inehoate. fecl'
dosh 5os II snaoS; IL wo s Ma
call tho Diocese Of Peoria there was talk about i,
than there was in line a little north Of springncld
and embracing the point aouth of TINT line. There
fore 1t led me to present it IN such way not t.
place myHolf " q line definitely across he State Il
appear to others tho best policy md hence adopted
the throe-fod idea. From the way In which it
aa might bo svsd bstee a6{
na1t General Convention and with the view to provide
the very best nppances to obtain That enaoans nt'