, 1874-11-15

for compu1s'on e1n welt draw from me- to my owl
prejudice, false confession OF tnng which neve
time on this subject haa IAN freely and Yoluntszi
I made.
| t,,omiedome,f that permitted Father Grafton Il
| visit anu indoctr1nate A. Aforesaid: for neTe
made any arknouidsmsnsn & Of Tie sort.
II 1s NOT 1nux thst Father Grafton lectnred 1t th
Seminary {. NTH my k'.or.ed9s 1-.d consent for
knew nothina: Of his iecturng unit SOMA days alta
lrusor ~ ~ TxrE hut tho object of Tather Grafton
lecture w1s TO tnculcate "As psculiar ptssOl ~ tn
Holy Euehars." for Tie students who Tere ,E EEs,
| tho Holy Eucharist during the two evenings
II IS NOT TRUE that, in this incidental all1don
re7. ness # b. raw nc
f4as" to say that the benefit received in the Holt
Communion will ba in rrolortion to the intensity d
times 70 The recovery from bodily disease Thi,
Eemark WA made In dtt1noef OF thu assertion o.
Romantsts that sacramenta dF3eo among os !. WIN,
from notes Of Father Grafton lectures taken 1t tht
time by Of the students present. but which never
aaw or heard Of until Altar my confirmation was de-
fezted.
II Il NOT TRUE that. in this matter, there d
o1 Z
time, on which any power could be exercised
II Is NOT TRUE that Bishop Coke ohtnsned bis yer
ris,kr~ Of tie aaue In the apr1nK Of 1873. For,
thAt visitation, the moment the fact OF Father Graf
toms lectures WAS ehQ0neu btaleQ 10 n IN tefsud
too strong and clear to permit thu poss'hity If MIS-
take tbas those lectures tcere aettue7ed lc7oy my
tno.otelge Or eonse,t and dat i had k1aopn q th<'
The Bishop then aaked how such allowed to
set foot upon the Seminarygrouuds At all and ua'ed
very harsh language touching Father Grafton sayng
that ought to hAvo ''taken him by the neck ami
marched Ain od the 6emfuary-gFounds," OF words TO
that effect. It III reply to this denial Of right
that soma thngs wers said which have aisogethe
1,iaapplied Il should ba remembered that the Semi
,aary.students almost Ill college graduates; and
ats cou1se. No American college undertake. to
prevent students from ever receiving friend
- > visitor In their priva.s rooms, unle4s
such severity os exclusion would not b submitted
to for moment and ought not to be By any body of
American young men. II would ba more absurd, II
possible, 10 require OF young men preparing for the
HOY Ministry than % th9ts PFePanR n toT my other
never 1t any time bean attempted in the General Theo
logical Seminary since it, foundation to the present
day. And, when the Bishop stated that 1t waa my
duly 10 eject Father Grafton aummarily BY physical
force, ventu1ed TO remind him that the Rev. Father
Grafton uaa Presbyser Of the Church in good stsud-
ing that he second to no man, in the Church
social position, Of holiness Of nfs and that every
anhsd tie free entre4 to vts,t bis f1enda among tho
Students II in every other American seninAry with
out obtaining special permission for each special visit
This Was the only connection In which anything
sid Of Father araftons right Is PzesbJtsr Of she
Church."
would add here, that such s1temporized private
eAdngs among the students, though rzre, have not
been unprecedented Soma years Ego, the RaT. Dr..
Dreck found himself beaet BY 4 crowd Of young men
the OF 4 student whom be WIS visiting, aud
they persuaded him to relate the history OF Nashotah
though the Dean and Professors knew nothing Of It
until some days after. Still Later, similar thing TOOK
place during visit by Bshop Tozer; and On either
occasion any fault found BY the Dean OF FAotlty
though no permission had been asked or given
IT Is TRUE that have steadfa1tiy resisted the
s.r},t cf nv EO1lAAouAH maintain
the doctrine Of this Church respecting the Holy
Eucharist" This construction Of the eourse which
pursued in opposing entirely novel, despouc. and
un-Ame1can policy of diacotfn<, theoretically dis
claimed BY the beginning, reiterated BY
every stage Of our unhappy controversy the sub
ject and finally abandoned by the very colleagues
who made 1t. When, in the presence Of the Bishops
VtsitorB they signed their to declaration th1t
what they had done not intended to impeach the
Professor at the Seminary P1esbyser Of the
Church."
1t may be true that Bllhop Co1e has d<sird N op-
portunity Of stating In the Boa1d Of Trustees, and
only there" bis version Of the Grafton Incident But
he haa eeu present at al the three meetings Of the
Board held since his visitation and has given
the slightest evidence Of his desire, by word deal
1t Is left to III unpretudiced and candid persons
consider the above, together with tho sworn eyi-
denca which follows, and then say whether. in regard
my 2cts there be any foundation for Bishop Coxas
assertion, that Nothing but very extraordinary du-
plicy put any construction these facts which
good men can accept As sat1zf7ctory."
GEORGE F. StfMouB.
Sworn to bsfors me, the 9Th d45 Of November 1874.
O.P. S11TH,
Notary Public, New York County.