, 1874-09-03
DR.. De KOvEN.
Tho Controversy as to His
Position on R1tualts1n. ,~
Documents that Have Appeared on
the Subject,
a Summary Of Them, In Wow Of tho
Doctors Candidacy for the
Bishoprio Of Illinois.

DuCLVA tttAuANAly 4VA tAAV
Bishoprio of Illinois,
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rn1MCiriLEsINq MEN 4,o,, n,,,, npu
JAMES Be KoYES. WARDEN or iiAoiNE COL
lEaE: Fob ~ 1s74. 1s74.,,, ,,,,,,,,,u,,.
TPi9'T Nm i:IjaIiSHrbTf0 HnonhTtnN ~
BLING AN EXAMINATION or "a TnEoLoutoA1. De-
rzSsE EIo By tsn KY: nXAush " buell. u. Dr.
4. TIE EuCiIAis1sTU CUNT1so3EHyY, AND THE
EriscopATE OF WISCONSIN. by tho Rev. JoHs
g. r THnEi;' Hss' LErfgns n UPON TIE CONFESSIONAL,
no JAMES DE KoYEN, u. D., wrgu 11IE 1lxso1u.
IioSs Of TUE 1,! ,iauuLIE or N4enoEAn AND 4
rofs Tlrs srsoIA1 cou1o11. tfat.p IN FEnauAur.
1874. Hy WILLIAM ADAMS. D. D.
IN tAe 1a'fof Or 4Me ,.s. e"seaqo 4rsoaae: ,.....
ON: As tne ".sconsin cnuFcn controversy
whlet SO @s'tasoa 'ho Lpiacopal onuteh so"@rus
tno oloso ol 4ast "lnIof, IL apoat 10 10 feno"oa'
though In n aomowlnt difloront FORM fn tho
oi'eese " t.'''o,s' IL iilay ~ "oil ~ toe' .ao
leaaeh on 1E 20 say
tne preson' a'aso " 'aat ulSeasssu!'. "o W "oA
think that wo can do this bcs!cr than by direct
THE MOST IMPORTANT poou''Esra
ioot ~ thaso o.. Far "a tl,o, hare ,,ot cono ,,,t
1ec5. VI 'aehc' ~ ~. 10 tuas nuso ye' oouo .a.o
our hands, d. Tg ,, poaa" list =. the Se hoea % o. sia
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OF thor Contents. 10 glfe ti1o general reaaer m
ilon of tho urcscnt Htnto of tho discussion mud.
- ;t.,o,1ho in nrt,oo,. ~ t,,a futnro H., tIoga
!. m"y W wv ous'oon u tuu iusu,o. ~. 'noa.
who wtRh to got thorough understanding OF
tho mntter-aH, for instance tho uoombors Of tho
.....,,;.,1. ,,,..ao.1, oa,,,.a,,t1o, - 1,ii,,a,
% ,s;, NV .anht % think II ndvs,t,o ] y to ~ to tto
nrir,,,1 d,ouma,tu and oxa,,,,o nj t,,o ,oof,;ro
ostsu4a. uoeou'oh,o "n" oAan''''o "'l s'o 'e""'ns
Tho last fNo. ~ of tho articles Which we have
,na s1,i,o,,.,I, ,,sr,'o,,a .,,n ,o.os. y,
mus ndc91fa, although, pefhapst tho !atoat III
publication, aoama to give us
rur pr.rr,,,op,,,,r
Of this controversy in Wisconsin. It gives tho
origin and history Of tho difficulty between DR..
bo briefly B,1mmcd I'm III tho following extracts
fr,m nr Adams, namnhlet. ''''''
In regard to the Confessional, vii! giro Attto
nnec.lota. leadtng ltitnanst from tlorda, at tho
General Convomon o. tnet ' no cue aay aha Saaa.
nit',uIisn !" AnI. ,ron nv sas,n9 "rho ohurch
vii eeplte mud enforce ier iags!ation.S he said
s'Yuu may do what you lilo; We will work tho Col.
fe,sipnal and where goes your TrotaA!ans1n hen7"
A. haahotal' no hnd experience Of the thing nr
Inonpaon tne msoea6eI ~ Ueen nn.S' ~ an nIo
1,tt ta so " i"sc cttc tiat thcrs,
Mnso ecrto ' sueots III .o eo,,rse Of Nashp
.,tnh upon which It was yery difficult 10 teach q
certain cass Of students. Tic doctrines Of the Eucha-
r!st aud Abso4on wero Of these and u general al
tho peculiar doctrines 9f tc ho1eallea " Advanced
ntusnsei snas ~ OF io'hn,anR ,1 h Pary,
n ~ any o INV mir nitnaItau % nnsuess aAa Tns
state Of matters rathcr Iturle re who, at once tho
Whole matter was made nnnlfcst by two elrcun,-
atancca,-the lrat occurring in Dr. TAomlHona cass
roon the second in regard 70 my own brother- law,
M ii u ~ LII S! ny Gra Mas m ~
n,t ~ ,chriat rafnae% ~ d. ~ m ~ grnnmd
ihas "bo lad hce, fortddcn by hs Confesgor 10 lis.
cusa that subject y aud
The Professor brought tug snbjecs before the
Faculty: hs con.vfea II interfering With tin work
40 an ~ of nsno yn,e mt oy
ccsycd thoso students, when tnaer his own pastoral
dacs for Orcrs he continued his relation OF Contesqor
to them tee they scrrc transrred Ia Aashouh, and
res1a.na herr, 59 7n1tts fron. 1faeias. AM.
Nsso.sh % qs cha1el he Iear 'i she.r W confaaians At
IL did thla sarno thins With other candidates WHO si
never been students Of Ilac!nc, under his pastoral
caro- in any way.
An appeal was mnde by tho Professor 10 tho
lala Dihilop Armitagc to arrest these proceedings
OF DR.. De Koyen but tho mattor was by tio
mems disposed Of ut the time Of that Prelato'a
dooth. It waa under thoso circumstances tllat
tho election for a now Bishop OF Wisconsin came
on, and this scen,a to Explain The great exoito- !
to bot batueon sDe De- Koven % md Tie + @ s
fees,onal that vas here Ell involved bit tho 5 wIoo $
suo''os ~ tsun, '' aa a.I., siu pls'uuty
TAs looEa1"I " fhH EuuhAAlbI,
o. L2rds suppoT, Which s tho central point In
the Honnn'zlnE tot'denclea Of .Rltun!isn. DR..
Adams shuWs this IN the latter part Of his pnm- |
phet which ia more partjcunrly derotod tn thia
mint o
lin f;rst aytico At TIM hand of orr ,,at ~ t
" n.;,;1sa ~ W. ~ H. ~ ~ nuun ~. " out ht UT
"Pf'hcipics--Not hlon,' Nae tue one which 1n- I
troduced the violent contest Of the Wisconsin |
tho contest for tho Wisconsin Tpiscopate apainst |
DR.. Do koyon. The object Of this pamphlet, |
which s rather ciro,,lar, conalating Of ouly sx
or geyon pagea is to show tho di0areuoe Jefoee,,
isis, and to point out Dr., Dc Toyon an Tia loat3nr
md representative mon Of the Ritualistic party
in Wisconsin, Signed by tho unmcs OF throo
leading Professors in Nashotal1 and three other
we'll Known nectnra nf rh,,rchau r. W;un,n";,.