, 1874-03-14
How Mr.. Cheney Was Led to Gut
the Baptismal Service.
His Opinion Of His Sentence and Why
He Could Not Accept It.
He Would Have Submitted to a
Suspension.
But Not to an Order to Bo Contrite
When He Gould Not Be.
His Early Church Training,

Some time ago The Tn1AuNE published por
tions Of wllnt purportod tolbo memorial ad-
dressed, IN 1871, BY tho Rev. Charles Edward
Chouoy, thon Rector Of Christ [Epiacopal)
Church, to tho House Of Bishops Of tho lonora1
Convention Of tho Protestant Episcopal Church.
1t subsequently appeared thnt the document
quoted from, as shown to somo Of tho bishops,
aud was, perhaps, read to oil in council, but not
while sitting in regular session as o Hougo, and
Furthermore that DR.. Chonoy knew nothing Of
this paper, and had not authorized its submits
sion.
During tho proceedings in the Ohonoy oaso,
tie fact was brought out that tho Rector Of
Christ Church had. ut the request Of some Of
lis clergical friends, prepared, about the 18th
or 18th Of October, 1871, q memorial to tho Gem
oral Convention, which, howoyor, was nevor auh-
mittod to that body, mud has mover been mndo
public, though frequently rererrod to in the long
litigation which Inns boon going OH bnfore Judge
Williams.
While that document has not gone before tho
Court, got there il no reason why 1t should not
bo submitted to tho public, since it explains fully
tho yiows Mr.. Cheney entertained tllreo years
ago. nnl shows that whatever friondB ut tho East
may have wished him to do, ho himaelf had no
intention Of acknowledging what ho considered
an unjust and unlawful sentence. 1t is proper
to state tint tho publication Of this paper was
not requested by its author, or any one connect
ed with linn, and that tho copy waa secuted with
much difficulty.
THE MENoRrA1.
Tho memorial il as follows:
10 tho Ioust f Htshops and the House af Clerical and
Lay Deputies Of The Protestant Episcopal Church IN
the United Slahs " America, in General Convention
assembled:
EARLY TRAINING.
Tho undersigned. your momorialist, respect
fully represents TINT ho waa born within the paio
Of the Protestant Episcopal Church, his parents
having boon, from their youth, devoted aud zoal-
ous molnbers Of this communion; that his
early training, his religious experience, his i'll
toligont choice, hayo combined to attach hinf
with tho warmest love to tho Church in which ho
was baptized in infancy; tint. having
been, as ho then trusted, and stl be-
lioyeH, "inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost
to tako on him this Office anu mnstration,"
ho pursued his preparatory studios at two we'll
knowni institutions, both connected with tho Prot
cBtant Episcopal Churoll-Hobart College ut
Geneva, n. \. md the Theological Seminary Of
tie Dioceyo Of Virginia; that on tho >:21lshday Of
November, III tho year 1858, your memorialist
was ordaitled Deacon BY tl!e III. Rev. William
Monthcote Dc Lancey, 0; D.. in Trinity Church,
ot'Sa' S. - Wy s.rn r., ~ M S.ar 1pcf1 ~. eana
Rs1,nr, ar;loine vo,,r ~ ,namoy;a1iat Trcsvtcr Of
this Church III Christ Church, in tho City of
Rochester, in the Diocese Of Western New York
',on u tba sn1 Ion Of tho Parish Of Uhrst
% cRrch ,u' chcaSo IL Il tho ID Diocese ,oA Of r Inos s
wich church ho continued to servo without in,
corruption until tho dnto Of tho ecclesiastical
ftsho,, ~ to 11,ncaao If 1Iiinois aa
] iatoG
Tnnr monoor,a1;st IN thua r;nnta in thesa da-
tails. becauna l,e den;rcs at tho outset Of this
1I, stato,ront ~ aIn,v thot M nrofna;ro of cnriv
traininc m hins nroiI,,ceI nv eI',cntiou and ns,
influenza of eccesinsteai assoc,atiou Lave aycr
nr;atod ~ t,;s nrao,'ni ~ l,iaory n
m;tota nun;,st
n'''t's''' "s'"'~us us1., .,r, ANN, .,v,,r.r
,,;,,, ,o In. avar III mi iii fao,s tocor TIM
G;,,ra, " ~ A9 ,,in.a ra,ra.aJat;va ortinr;tv ho
,,ns ,,at,e, III. sior,,, o,s,,aai uo i; unaynrs
,'at 3r;,,, H. ,rhnia .I,,run ~ h;a rr,nnratnrv
lna1' utls .no "tio1s 1 euasu ~ mto a.;,a
y, " H. 49,, ;o"r ,ra,ai,S- is
rana,st ir;a a o,snr@I, .raa oyor brpn~t a"D,nst
s .t 10y "un -, 1,nTe
n1'r ~ ~ ,1!.ne,,aI nt,, ~ ~ ,yani of
va .t ~ 10 its ,saruh;,, ~ ;ta a,nr
'o'o W t'' "oo'.ps ~ - A''
vo,,- or;as;st ~ I1sas 1'nf foo1 II nccoasorv
t,,at IL annd sro raatc t,'o succesa;yo sto,,S
tnas ~ aouu LILLY a1no .;.;f ,'n,, In, u, q
Mncn W. hpubu. ''ots uo, % ,.'
.1... H. f., i,,,I;orno ,1,ot lii, +riuI ,roo ,,,t
au !ny ;.a .o tusi io"a a ~ thn prnt
eaapt Epseoa % ohnreh S tn tue ga caons Of Ito
i.,ao no;. ~ ',ain ~, tho em.nnr law Ia
}arthosmoSo stus nsa ' IL &c Convinced I that, could
1ose 10 ";..o wnom ~ ,a ~" rrooapsI;n.1s np'Sa,a
ns1 oetn misoe'on NJ. ,,oi,, 'Au ,,;,i, .I;n.a
atluu9a ~ toy eu;y -, VII H. ;,,;t;.tor,
woua 1so tol' snn. mot'ot ~ tha ~ tral . ma sn
noF ~ 'G u Is
~. 1aan,t ~iIss ~ a oaa +; ~" c;v;l cor,a r.
Tue 1esponaeat as opsans ~ ,;o hu wv -, t
~fa to heaoai m r;s Mh',n ,r,s w snn faoE s
E,Ju t. nnvo G beo "xnec,eI IN tha riu1 I Of nstol
" n .no nosu M III ossua e11A' Ny 'e IL sNs
ouoAe" " ocu ~nr ns,nsr spxrpxcp.
1 .os. uh hn,vosor so,ar ,orro;a1;a
opon on 'vgo ohtn cnse svus no to n
ortonoo oe .r1;r ,ttocas Ia the h. 1csircs /,
m' ~. ,,ada ~ ~ liz n,aa ,,no,
~ uom s,at ino. tn+ S P!o" IL;
~ s'.u ~ ,,n a,,,nre1.t aatann'
s1in haasou Hpv IT, ,,atNra ~ t,;n"s ta,
;. ~ @ ~ ~ lno ', ~ Chrs,;an ~
t;nm t ~ nano,. ~, n,or2iv ~ Tst Ihis nn
.ao.' ~" ~ ~ n,n,o olaariv o,,r n,omnral;s
tn3 aIIsa;4 II;; .ne -. 49,. M y 10 ,oaaIfn