, 1874-12-24
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correspondence :ctsvccM the Commits
: too OI tho Convention 1tlu the 1acy,
William Sc. llunti1agtor,.
.sptetal Dsspatch to The t'hisaeo Tfituue
DEa AfoiSEs, H.. Dec. 2J.-Tho following Is
tho full text OF the correspondence between the
Committee Of Tho late Iowa Diocesan Convention
and tho llov. William II. Huntington, briefly
mentioned. III lart us;i.,t'a dispatch:
e., TIE l:'yIrAliD:;.
Davssronr % ia bas iG~irer 81: VT have been
ap!antcl, by Tho Special Diocesan Convention .his
Hay sdlour,,rd committee 10 inform YOU Of your i
election to ,he Episcorao Of 1owu. Wc are rt,v
anri!6Hs that tlis caIl Ut our young Wcstoru
,nstakaby thc ,"Ne ef Gal; ,anl. secondly.
as .e ,tnsMi,nons voice Of The Church q Iowa, "
ths ducesc, wlc, hcliuysa las found III you just tic
lals ller1td to male 1t, BY Gods blessing, onp Of the
foscnosI .l!oeenes q the land, and Ne lray that La
cred utttca mlst entail will deter ynu from coming
among our l,lshop. Your Diytne Muster viii
a=snre YOU that uih thu clergy nl laly witt receive
sou !ntu tlelr hcarla and make abundant provision
for yonr lsnpn.os c,,ossrasnE With you in eyery
within the limits Of your jurisdiction. That 1t n,ay
please God to dlrvss, Hanctify, nnd govern you ,nto
tic c that s!lu comfortable 1oslei Of Light muy 10
truly trctelic, truly received. and truly followed,
IN Ill puccs IN this doecae. to the break,nss
duwn tile Kingdom of sin, SHtnn, and DEATH
t:l! 1T lenrth tho wll,le Of Chria!,s disrcraci
fhrer being ga'hersA iu'o .,, ono fo!d., Hha
earness prayer II Jour brethren IN ckrist, '''' '
Wl111aM q. MILLS,
T.. il. S:rMoul.,
tEuHuE tIEEN,
i. lIi:;aY SMrrn,
tETEn A, DEf.
THE DEcL1SATIoH.
HtrcTfnI 1rethrtn and Gentlemen:
All. SAINTS l:rcrunY, WORCESTER, Dec. H. 1s74-
Your letter conveying Tho Official Information or my
elcstion to to EriseoIase Of Iowa ,cschei mo OF q.
Monday. II acc,n too h1a.y with reply, II must bo
rea'emncrcd that thy .nbjcrt Inns bcc; III my MUD
kind euo'lel to selld nls immediately upoli the nd
tnlrnucnt Of thu Convention. The fact that tho
out Of prupurtion my deserts, Wills 1t touches uy
eut, mt uneu.del, trust sy Iin xl,ose Dressings
the olte to ~ltt. ya'l have invited mt. TAis
eurainsy TO- III view nf yuur urgent appeal, MS
well ~ ot Ills genial, n,iccouuo letters addressed to
by other clergyru uud laynaen of t,r toccac It
KtclnB nny right tint Tie foremost 1T tic varlo.s
sidrrationa which hayo governed my decision SHOULD
The parish of which llayc been tho necsor during
my S4ole ini!,sHr, il Withon eharch at'i has hcci.
ots b'.'!diug entsrnr,se oeRnn not in.tn with an
exlrefa lIoIa!fc III my par! tl!H would 1t through,
by, certainly with general understanding the part
of my people tliat VT pledged to ul1d by
other III this work. YOU know tlla tic tars arc not
particularly favorable to tnlertakngs Of bH nature.
I'M assrca by evidence tie f0rCc If which 1t IL
easy 10 gainsy, tint ny dernrsr Just at a moment,
wftn the money ncs;lcA tor tltc church fl nny
s t ssSsr w ssr1y Il s,n c IT,! Rossy M
haye exaggerated tho yae Of my assstnce In tin
work TINY haso in haud. hut 1t i euuslly lossihie,
lase 0varrsttnhtett your nrett Of MS 1t w6nd, In
deed, he Eptiice Of great aii to inc thus to .se
do-r*e. hsl tu ycl'roarh tnyse Wi. nylnH given
huy ono tGa sghtcs srasUn - think that my
tim hele so,lla bo severed at tl'Ie time.
It IT, hrlinse kuown tn yon that some wrc}:a ago
wrote 10 thu brhcr-clsryTIal who hhnrr!1p To lI