, 1874-08-11
HENRY J. WHlTEH0USE.
Peaceful Death Of the Voner-
able Bishop.
Closing Scenes Of a Life Of III
cessant Religious
Labor.
Sketch Of Ills Early Lflc---liis
ministerial Services ut
the East.
His Election as Bishop Of This
State---Work in This
) Diocese.
Controversies with His Presbytors-~-
The 0raoraft and Cheney
Gases.
His Tolls in Behalf of tho Cathedral
---Can0ns and ChoriStcrs.
Causes Of the Difficulties in Which He
Was Entangsed.
His Great Mental Ability---Aoquaint-
nnce with Canonioal Law.
A Warm Friend and an Untlinching Op.
ponent.
His Tolls in Behalf of tho Cathedral
---Can0ns and ChDriStcrs.
Causes Of the Difficulties in Which He
Was Entang!ed.
His Great Mental Ability---Aoquaint.
ance with Canonioal Law.
A Warm Friend and an Unt'inching Op.
ponent.
Meeting of the Standing Committee
HIS MENTAL TRAITS.

HIS MENTAL TRAITS.
The venerable Bishop was n nau of no ortl-
nary ability. Tho powera which he atowed 10
his New YORK. pastorato In earlier yonrs and
which caused him to bo sought as Bishop OF
Michigan, and afterwards Of Illinois, woro
urdened and ripened by tho advancing years.
.*'Ago did not wtber him. nor custom stale luis
Infinite variety" Tho special knowledge OF the
churchmnu waa supplemented IN him by tho ae-
quircutcnea Of tho man Of tho world. With him,
general and special culture wont hand in hnnd'
The Classical nttainmonts Of his younger dags
remained over green with him.
But ba most oxtenaive requirements lay In tito
nut Hts MOST ExTENs1vE AcQu1nEMENTH
lay in tue domain Of church history and theology.
To him tho Fathers aud tho scboolnlcn wore
familiar fronde There was no occlesiastical point
which Was not known to him; no branch
OF cnuonical law Of tho Episcopal
or tho Noman Church Tint was not at 1,is fingers
ends Never WAS this rare knowledge more fully
tested than in tho Cheney trial, where he and
the learned counsel for tho prosecution, AGr.
Judd, astonial1ed tho opposition by their inti-
mate acquaintance with q subject with which fow
churchn1en oven are thoroughly familiar.
HIS noME-LIFR
WAS happy and Aerouo. uo lived IS be-
came n Dia1op, indulgtng neither In empty
osteu;ation nor a false humility. Hc livod well,
enjoying tho comforts OF lifo, which were made
wl4ere frondB wcro always welcome, and whore
they loved to liueer. Though q hard workor,
sparing himself in nothing aud knowing little
reat, Io took that caro- of himself which enabled
him to discharge Lila manifold dutioH at m nge
wllen lnoat mon arc mustered out Of the service.
TIE TROUBLES IN Ills DIOCESE,
1u view Of these requirements, Of hia genoral
ability, his unti1ng devotion to the duties Of
Ills high office. and Of manner Which, with his
intimntcs ct least, WAS gontlo, charming, aud
hgh-bted, 1t may seem strange to some TINT LIS
episcopal career should have boon distracted by
warfare; that dissatfsfaotion should for a long
time have prevailed III bis docese, and that ono
1t the great church trials OF modern days should
have involved him atd one OF his docosnuB. It
may seem strange that the two prominent leaders
of the recent dissent from tho Episcopal Church.
Bishop Cumnlina and DR.. Choney Bllonld hnye
been ut one tlme subiect to his Jurisdiction aud
Involved in conflicts With him.
But the ca,l4o Of thAao otroubes-and this Ia said
in no dsparaging souso-lny nut with The Bishop
OF Illinois hln,Hclf. Ho WIS \ man OF unyeli-
Ing -obstinaey hia enotnies callotl it,
and if persistence in what lo doemed right bo
obHiuacy, tho word is applicable. He made up
his mind to certain cottrkc. not on any i1npulso
Of thu momclt hnt occausc lie had studied fully
tho law Of the subject, and ho knew thut l,o was
right. lo had no tasto for compromises with
him tlioro wnh Gut one right and one wrong, and
wh"n he had determined on Ills course, lo fol-
lowed it u1'iIinchlngy, to hucoetsful ena-for
irou ii terrible ,poruihtonco, which hls onpo.
ueutA ragged at. A.'d yet were compelled
to yield to; 1lo pnt down oppositiou suppressed
vl,at ip dotornlnod to bo whom ho hcgap, tho
actual Bishop Of Illinois,
HIS EPISCOPAL PRIDE.
Had he beon little more pacincatory, hc
might have. lived quiotor life. a1ld yot it was
in him fn yiAIH n hnir'1 h1nhHf3 trhnro
tho Church was involved. OF tho rights OF
Henry !. Wbitohouso ha thought comparatively
litt}o; Of tl,ose Ok the B'sAop Of Illinois, ho
thought great deal, md ].e would not abate
it; ho @ knew ita rights and ita dutios,
and ho strovo faithfully. oven if
nos always m mws;a ;d g. to Gle ta @ aud per-
Bishop, differing in nano only from tho priests
who surrounded him, tho mock head OF his
clergy. lle was thoif brother. but also their Di-
1iata neri'f ri olnr passo and g'
TIt: LoSts sloREEss or Hlsnor CHAsE,
tho absopce Of tho rewly-eleeted Bishop from tho
scono Of his faturo lal,o1s, Ind undoubtedly lad
tho'r ihtnonco in tho Dioceao of Illinois. They
i.ad weakened the prarogntiyeA IT the bishop, mud
fostorod spirit Of 01aduo independence among
iie clergy. A sort Of rpligious domocraoy had
bsun created here which waB at Yaranco with tllQ
law OF tho Church.
found things saaly cut Of Joint, Tbs
wau foHtored by Ills lawful, but not nlwayH
wiRo, attempts 1T reformation, iIo had not
Wisol tho Etaco-no porsou over ualfl lliH Nolo
Episcoparl " moro Bncore1v but, having arcantet
tho loBltiali, l,o aeant to I'LL it. Ho.lHi no, ink
IN, what ho know to DO hin own, and honco tl,e
warfare. OILERS might l,nye accomplished tht
easno work Without tlllls Of thI difficulty III
mot with, but lie WIS hot man to persuade, ait
to win by loving kindness. Oboy him tlrat. and
he wan the kindeHt Of mon. Nlt cpnuser to lin,
-tlInt WaA, to the Cnrc!t,-andlie was the Rtrlct
ast Of lnel, no far aB the luteroatH Of tue Church
wero nyplvetl. It Ia doubtful wlletl.or l,o hat
any porsnlal aniulosity tn tlloHa with whnm lie
hai conflicts, They were to lin parso,,H war
ri,tg agalnBt TINT church which he had BoIeMnt,
pledged llimsulf to defend.
Tho accitBatiol,B which wore made in athol
yaar4, the onutl0s which followed him for VI
lung, but Which arc now at rust were ouinpe,,
satad for by hin RlHcero conviction that ho wnt
intho rigl,t,-lIs 'Mcns sibi conscia recli. ANT
by tho warn. aM devoted friendship which bt
enjoyed. 70 hayo boeu 10 muo! admired, 10
much lovcd. he m'st hayo been somothlng mort
than tho prosecutor, tho :" Illinois 1nqnaltor,
which his opponents calloi him. III pryate lifo,
ho was a charming companion; tho doforonco l!t
osaosed was willingly mid by thosc who worc atl
mItte1 to aslaro Of hiH ripe knowledge aud I'LL
agreeable 0ollvo,ha!lon. liz had travelled 1nuoll
llo knew many nlP:l, and ho fAYctnHtotl many By
his conversation at llomo than by hs orltoly II
the pulpit. "
Az AN ottAToR.
While Ills pelst,,al intluence WAS slctI that
those VIII loved him praised lila serm ouR with