Smyrna times., 1873-11-26
Bishop Cummins. Secession.

Bishop Cummins' Secession.
The action of Bishop Cummins in retiring
from the duties OF his Office is sil commented
Oh by the religious and secular press. We
take the following from the louisville Courier
Journal uf Kentucky:
q" In a private letter addressed to a clergy
man OF this city, Bishop CuuDmns states that
the step he has taken has cost him bitter
struggle, but that he proposes TO continue the
functions OF his episcopal othce in another di-
rectlOn, lntlnstlDg the founding of phase of
eplScopacy, tits supposed by some of his friends
based On The prayer book advocated by Bishop
White IN the last century, which will contain
| no tendency TO what theolOgians Ca ''sacer-
dOtaliSm, against which Bishop Cummips has
been very much opposed, giving as a reason
that clothing the officiating minister with the
functions OF a sacrificing priest I'D the admins
tratlOn OF the sacramentS is contrary to the
articles OF the Church.
Bishop CummiBs has repeatedly expressed
his opposition to all phases Of rItuallsln, in
sermons preached in the city and other por-
tons ofthe diocese. Some Of the churches Of
this city, it is known, have been opposed to
him because OF his structures upon surpliced
boy chOlrs, ,genuhtxions, ecclesiasliclSm, ETC.
So tar has this feeling gone OF late years that
some of the churches nave declined to avail
themselves of his episcopal VisilatloDs, and
have sent for bishops OF neighbOriBg States TO
Olhclate in the rite of confirmation. BY these
congregations the recent act OF Bishop Cum.
mius III participating in the communion ser.
vices OF a Presbyterian church in New York
city has been regarded with considerable dis,
approval, aud has rendered him more unpopu.
lar in them than ever
Rev. DIR. j. y. Norton, rector of Christ
church, said of the bishops Withdrawal: MY
candid opinion is, that it has relieved the
Church from the painful necessity of present
ing the bish0p for trial Tor breaking his conse-
Grafton VOWS DR.. Norton did not think that
any convention would be called 10 elect another
bishop in place OF Bishop Cummius'
WHAT is TIE BISHOP WHITE PRAYER BOOK?
A correspondent of the New York 7ri-
blme thus tells whatthe White prayer book is
1t is well known that the principal
points of difference between the Bishop and
the Protestant Episcopal Prayer Book are upon
the doctrines Of the Ministry, Of Baptism and
of the Lcrd's Supper. With regarI to the
, Ministry, the Prayer Book which the BIshOp
purposes to adopt accepts the very same order
of Ordaining ministers which the present PRAYER
Book Of the Episcopal Church adopts, and
which contains In its preface the doctrine OF
the three orders OF the Ministry as always ex.
listing in the Church, so that there is not the
! slightest difference III doctrine on this point
The Bishop White Prayer Book, to be sure
uses the word minister" instead OF priest, u
throughout its rubrics, but what difference Is
. that, when it adopts the same doctrlue sbou,
the office as the Episcopal Prayer Book.
Names are nothing the essential point is the
doctrine named. With regard to baptism
, there is no more divergence OF doctrine thar
III respect to the ministry. Although tbs
t Bishop White Prayer Book (as | believe, bu
am not entirely surel leaves out the word " re
generation" from the baptismai service, i
: nevertheless, in one of its Articles of Religion
: which are its formal statements of doctrine
afhrms the doctrine Of baptismal Regeneration
as clearly as the present Protestant Episcopa
= Prayer Book. So with regard to the Hol,
1 Communion. The Article of Religion on thi
Il subject declares the same doctrine in botl
books. And the services eInbody the SAM
doctrine in BOTH though The prayer book nov
a Ia use in the Episcopal Church contaius SOM
c words which the other does not.
p QUEEN VICTORIA DOES IT.
y = Another correspondent in Saturdays 7ribun
publishes an extract from The Dundee (Scot
= landl Adrertiser OF Nov. 4, showing that Queer
# Victoria, the head Of the Episcopal Church o
), England, has no hesitency 10 partaking of tn
n communion out of her own Church. The arti
. Gle relates whore the Queen and four other
of royal party partoOk of the communion il
ticle says: " DR. Robinson, being ruling eide
D OF the church, attended on Her Majesty ant
r party, the Queen handing him her token aonI
9 with the other ladies, DR.. Taylor took
. piece of the bread, broke it. handed a piec
u first to the Rev., Mr.. Cowan, This assistant fo
: the day., and then 10 the Queen out of hi
!. !. hand, aud then handed her the cup. "tosft
e 81 HITrIsG At rHE BISHOP. t.t.I
II Still another correspondent of the Tribune
d signing himself old Catholic says of tn
Bishop
d After 2S years struggling with his ordina
: tion VOWS, at last violating them by his indis
= = cretion, he has wisely concluded to supersed
!. i, his peers by not giving them chance TO tax
4 the compulsory step of dealing with him ac
y cording to the laws that bind the Church to
|, gether, and by constitution that every clergy
4, man knows and fully understands before b
i. takes those solemn vows that hold him respon
,r sible
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