The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-02-19
Episcopal Diocese Of Wisconsin
Their Amin ted and InterislinR Con
ycntion Mt N leg aukcc last week.
An effort Of the Clergy to enllg Int n
tho LltsY.

At the convention held at Milwaukee
last week for the purpose of electing a
Bishop for tie diocese of Wisconsin, in
place of the lamented Armitage, the Clergy
took it upon themselves to enlighten the
lay members on the more knotty and
ve1ed questions that distract and distress
the Episcopal Theologran. The candidate.
or the Bishopric were Rev. Dr. James De
ko'en of Racine, Wis, and Dr. Hoffman
# Philadelphia. They were put in nom
nation by their respective champions
When the war of accusations began. G. S.
Rand who attended the Reform political
Convention last fall was a|so at Milwau.
kee during the FL ;-copal Convention,
says, that the Reform Convention wa.
love feast in comparison.
His report is fully sustained by the Mil
waukee press reports which show that soon
after the announcement of the nomination
of Dr.. De Koyen, be was assailed by the
opposing party as a Romanizcr. The
friends of DR.. De koven without stopping
to deny it, retorted that DR.. Hoffman ras
another.
This seemingly turned the rejecting
mind of the Laity to the possibility of
Clerical attempt to patch up the breach
made by Henry the Eighth. Ia voting
on the LIST ballot, Drs. De Ko,en and Hoff-
man had 81 votes escE: on the ID, and Sd,
DR.. De koyen received 80 and DR.. Hoffman
"a votes, but on the fourth ballot, DR.. De
koyen was declared cheated, he receiving S5
votes to DR.. Hoffman's SO. The next busi-
ness in order being the voting of the Law
members, Mr.. NJ. NJ. Strong, l.y mem
Der and an old politician, moved that the
lay members retire for consultation, that
he might tell them what be knew about
Eucharistis Alteration, Characterization
and Characterization ct al or otherwise,
but they had become belligerent and would
not be retired.
DR.. De koven had said that he held
that the presence of Christ's body and
blood is q presence outside of the soul of
the receiver and in sacramental union with
the consecrated elements" and that none
would venture to deny the personal pres
ence of Christ, not only in the elements,
but outside of the element Is and everywhere
omnipressnt."
q These doctrines were regarded as prepos-
ferrous by the my members who were
Changers, as it implicated the whole Trini-
ty in a real but invisible presence with the
potato bugs, in their raids on the potato
crops while they had religiously given one
tenth Of what remained to the church. The
vote was taken and naturally enough, only
Is parishes recorded their votes for DR.. De
Koven, six were DIVIDED, while 81 parishes
voted nay.
This vote of the lay members after three
days hearing of hair splitting Theology by
the orioles Of the church, must be taken as
an indication that in their judgment it is
quito enough to ask of Christ that he sit
@" the right hand Of God the Father, to
iaterpose special pleadings in their behalf
as they are respectively called to an account
for sins committed in the body, without
insisting that he should have real pres
ence in their household furniture or cast
of raiment.
Also this same vote of the lay members
must be taken ss the untrammeled voice Of
the real members of the Diocese, and no
true friend Of the church can eonscientiously
bring Rev. DR.. De koven's name before
the june Convention, neither should Rev.
DR.. Hoffman be brought forward again un-
less they would break the church asauder
by internal turmoil at the risk of sci. ding
a portion TO Bishop Cheney add the re-
mainder to "Rcn me-"
Personally We have given much careful
thought TO the late discussions Fro and con
concerning docsr1nal matters and are free -
admit that We felt lively interest in the
question raised y Rev. DR.. Cheney as to re.
generacy from the fact that We have reason
able doubts ss to the completeness Of onr
ern. On the ether hand We hare support
ed the Epi.cosal church in this city for
nearly twenty years, ia areraye standing,
lallow,ng u t. be the judge J, and We feel
the force Of long associations and have
about made up cur mind tina. We shall stick
&c the main body and il thsF- bscome con
vincsd that they should go back to the
Mother Church ws shall % with them and
Eel ,u- nha he