, 1874-09-28

t4ou alln acceptance. lh1 result all know. II
~ wa aurpriBo to hlmaolf anl many othors
Ihcy woro unproparod for It, md ho finally had
necn M ntlo to account for 1t only IN tho ground
tlias to feeling OF tllo 1aity was lhis; That ln-
aslnlch as Dr. Do Kovon'a mama waa NOT pre-
sen.ou, anu t4o nnno ot Dr.. Seymour Uaa not
20 prominent before tho Church aud world ut
iefgo % tic uplofder OF tho ekiremeat vfaws,
tAerotoro 1t was safe to eloct him.
ine noxt morning tho Bgnataroa Of tho clergy
anu iaitT wcro affixed to tho testimonial. This
was noi as Ind been interpreted BY sono. moroly
= u, declaration OIL his part Or tho part Of any
olher Of 9 purpose OF loyal a1ogiancs to hin,
"'lo nEond aoeept tho DlHhoprio It waB eolonn
atitt expllcl: Testimony borno by htn and othora
tl'at they hoItovod him. not n,crofy to bo frco
from FicloNSuoss OF lffc but FREQ from error In
religion. 1Io said At tho tine ho signod tho tostl-
monial TINT Ills act would bo n,isconstruod 1lo
anticipate tho charge Of Inconsistency. knowing
it"olld 10 brought Ills personal fripntlsl,ad mado
earnest inquiry rs to Tho meaning OF hiB action.
from tito pulpit OF tho Reformed Episcopal
Church Of this city, and hnd thoro been preHont-
od III charge which iuyolvod him in tho dill
Gully OF y dlroct nclf-coutradotion. For this. 80
far as tho Reformed Episcopal Church WAS con-
ccrncd. l,o cared not Ills sentiments wlth ro-
gard to itn sontimcuts were fully known, and be
therefore passed tho aubloct outisols over. A.
to tho views Of his flioudH hnd congregation. It
was different. uo owed to them M oxplsnh.
ton Of this seeming Inconsistency, aud hc
MUM tApas EllEEIkHll4 blf9 1ts 41D DHPUbEu SAo
election Of DR.. Seymour on tho ground that he
beloved him to be ono WHO held uusouna
views, and by uusound lie meant vinvs
conmony recognized as ritualistic. Ila stated
TINT bis ProjutlfceB were founded On belief, not
upon personal kporlcdgo: no had never o1-
syllable from his pon; still, tho itnprcsslon waa
OH hiB nllstd tlat Ao was rituatist. Io was
challenged to provo 1t. but was unablo to do 80;
yet, bcca1sso 1t was his honcat convction no o1'-
tfrjn 4 fr1tfN
n,ours) friends deu,ed tho charge on his boief,
aud OIL that lonial grounded bin claim aud right,
il o,horwiso qualified, to bo Bishop. Of tho do
ccse. It WAS Htronuously urgod that his church,
snannt1ip Tas uoHely akin to that OF tho lato
roboratetl BY tho sermon Of tho Rector Of araco
Church Cbr. Locko) last Sunday. Moth,
ing WAS adduccd to snow That
Or. soynorr's views regarding tho aaoramont
wcro similar to those Of Dr.. De Kovcn, who held
wiue. In vior of tie positive asaurances Of
clorgyn1cu, Wlom lo believed to bc honest and
trno, how waH hc to net i? Yield 10 lfs own pro-
JUDGES, and confirm tAclact ho had already eono,
Of voting against DR.. Seymour, by withholding
his ujgnstuFo from tho testl:ponial Certainly
not, ln tho exercise Of that Christian chariity
which bolieyoth alI things, ho appended hls
signature to it, aud there It remained, and 30
tho matter rested. His mind was still undeter-
mined ono thing aud another still camo to his
tAlD ud bEAtA Nuhk CVuilAalDkulJ oLAEoAAS4k8
on tho subject; mud WAS not yet in position
to ilnnlly determine his acttnn. II It
should 10 proved, beyond possibility Of
dispute or contradiction, that Dr.. Seymour.
though not himself officially connected with tho
CoEfratorntty Of lilo Blessed Sacrament, was in
dlroct hsrnaony aud sympathy with the vous
they ho1d, ,~-or, III other words, hold c1tromo,
rlt,lalistic yieus WHOM c( the spealcr) appeared
il tho Gonctal Convention he Bhould publicly
withdraw IiB namo from tho testimonial, mud
BtRte his reaBona for 10 doing
Anotbor ,nattsr OF inl,crcnt importance to tho
welfare Of tho Chu!cl was tue Introduction OF 4
canon on tho subject Of ritual. It was ,lno1-
pcctally presented ut very lato stage OF tho
proceedings. Nothing bad been Fnid about it.
no consultation was held. and hs Eud others note
therefore nurpriscd to lind it brought forward BY
a very prominent lay member Of tho Church. al
most at Tho hour Of adjournment. In cub
stanco it was Identical with the canon
adopted by tho l1ouss Of Diahops. and sent by
them to tho lover house In general convention
for their adoption. but In consequence OF not
obtaining tho necessary number OF clerical votes
though it obtained large ma 1oEitY tho Icy votcs
it was not concurred III, and therefore laid aside
Il was 4 resolution by mich it was proposed to
instruct tbs delegates to the General Conreu-
By tho Houec Of bishops forbidding Tho elevation
Of tl.a bread and wine in tho administration Of
tho Holy Communion in al1ch manner as to OK
pone them to the view of tho pourle ss objccts Of
atloration, or any ACT or gesture which wonid
imply such alteration, or my prayer OF ceremony
moi authorized by tito UooE Of Common Prayer.
Immediately on its presentation nnotiou WAS
made to get rid OF it by laying It on tho table. No
time was gwen for Discussion Of tho merits; We
nero complied to vote, and voted, with all tho
clergy but two. ir tho affirmative. Or. Locke
had rtnted in recent sermon that tho Inherent
merits OF tho canon were involved. and that tho
yoto to tablo might ptopn.ly DO interpreted Us
tue expression Of the opinion OF tho Con.on-
ton that no action should be taken in other
words. That the Diocese OF Illinois. by that large
ua!ia1n, or, at lcast That it had declared that it
was not ia favor ct applying any reprosslve or
restrictive policy TO the curbing Ut tho extrcnlo
ccccntriciticso of Rituallsm. This Hasnot the cass
Tho Convention had already expressed its 1nind On
1,itualisln-had grounded Or. Seynaour's claim to
tho Disbopric Of lluols on tho fact that l,o WAS
not llltaiss. This being no. he could not ho!p
agreeing With = writer in SATURDAY. TRIBUNE
who said that II tho canon Lad been brought for
ward ut al earlier stage Of tho proceedings, and
sion, d largb yolo would ilayo boon oblaiaed iu
tho Convention IN favor Of adopting something
at tho coming General Convention for tho pur-
pose Of checking tho development Of nitnalinm
iu tho Protestant Episcopal Church In this
cu1lntIy.
Tho question was doubtless vory grave and
difficult cue. Tho evil waA Que that must ho ac-
knosledgod on all hands, nnd the only difficulty
TINT rernatnca vaa to discover tho policy Of
checking that woufd be tho wiscse and most Of
fectual II nituaisn1 were only what it WAS
mauy years nGo,-an external form designed to
bt4ng about mora reyerent and orderly Worship.
they might pass it quietly BY and leave men to
doyelop Al they would IN that direction, giving
thom full liberty to amuso themselves as chill
dson a1ntlne themselves With their toys. But
NituaIism had lonE ago passed this comparative
IL inuocont standard; it Uas nor everywhere AL
expression OF doctriue-a fnll-blown lowor-a
substantial, visiblo body in Which noxious tho
ology Lad eashriuod ITSELF That which
lay at itu root was tho belief In
tho real proBenco Of tho body and
blood OF ClriEt in tho clements OF bread and
wine. Whcra must tho ronledy be applied
Tl,erc, II anywhere. Elsewhere it was compar-
atlvcly useless. Let tho Church authorities do
clare that tho doctrine OF tho real presauce, al
held by Do koyon, WAS not Within tho palo OF
doctrine allowed by tho Church formulaties. or
authorized by tho Nort! Of God, and those who
boldly and feallessly adyocatod this doctrine,
t1ndinE tueir place within the Protestant EpiA-
cot,al Church mado utterly unconKonial TO them,
would naturally grayitato to their own Hplore.
Then poaco would come, and with 1t purity
thou would come tho full o1paaaion and doyeiop-
ment Of tho Church in her tiuo organic orcor III
the representative OF tho body of Christ upon
tho earth; then. aud not till then,
would COMO tho fultllllnont OF tho glorious
promises with which tho pages OF prophecy uero
full-promiues that tl,o Church at last would
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