The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-01-19

see that they have but one course 10 pur
sue, viz that alter all lepitimate sten,
have been taken to dissuado their Rector
70 reconsider his determination and mi,
falling, to promptly, accept hIs rssj nj, ma !
tion, and bid him depart Ii peace.
We are fully assured that amonp ,bs
members Of the Vestry, and others 81 ne
large contributors to the Church, thsra
are many who would In no case quietly
allow our rights, spiritual and financial, h
the parish, TO be flched from US, The
good old ship must not be allowed at sea
without q loyal commander and crew, q.
mutlny 10 no less dangerous TO passengers
and cargo than are the perilS oil rocks and
shoals. .....' - !,
Some seem infatuated with the Cum
minis movement IS promising large results
as q Church, forgetting their iealty once
sworn to the Church OF which they are
now members. lest many weak or restiye
ones are dAzed by the blare and brag Of
the late Bishop and his followers, we
commend them 10 the following random
clippings, that at least they may stop 10
consider before taking q step that NAV
follow them with bitter regrets through
lie. This Is from the pen Of Bishop ].
o. Talbot, Of Indiana: % r
DR.. cUMdTNs AND INDIANA.
To Me Editor efMe 0Eurdtman:
My attention has Just been called TO q
statement In your columns, made by Dr..
CumminS at tho gathering In New York,
that he chad received . letter from La
Porte, Indiana, conveying the heart. ielt
congratulations Of ten Communicates Of
the Protestant Episcopal Church on the
steps which he had taken" Tie Doctor
has been imposed upon in this "fact Of
history" as well as in some others There
are several persons in La Porte who were
once communicates OF the Curch, but are
not such now. Not ono Of them has been
q communicate In tho Church for several
years; and they could not now become
communicates without readmission after
discipllne,-one Of them, at least, for
moral reasons. They have attended upon
Presbyterian worship all these years, and
are generally understood TO be commune.
cants in that body. That he has their
heartfelt congratulations" | have no
doubt.
It's 10 be hoped that the next statement
Of the Doctor that he had ain his pos-
session the names Of twenty-five clergy
men OF the Protestant Episcopal Church, y
etc, is equally destitute Of foundation.
-. J q. T.
Chicago Correspondence Of Tue Church JolE.
nal and hesIenger
MEssRs. EDTToRs:-It Is astonishing 10
loyal Church people in Chicago that some
ofour Church papers are so misled about
the Cummins movement here.
Instead OF there being two thousand
communicates at the chancel when DR..
Cummins was here, there was not two
less than the number at some
suburban churches.
The number of the confirmed was yery
much less than in parish not ten miles |
distant, and then il must be considered |
hat there has been no confirmation in
Christ Church for four years, winch would |
make the number thus II.
Dir. Cheney is beginning TO feel the de.
ection from him since his Identification
with the new sect. The Episcopalians are |
eaVing him rapidly, and in year or two
! will be an utterly changed congrega-
lion, II 1t have an existence at all. The
congregation has failed to pay the inter.
st, and the property is advertised for sale. |
Not one person has Joined the new sect
rom Trinity parish, where DR.. Cummips
,nce ministered. There has been not the
highest detection from any parish in Chi.
ago. The movement creates perhaps
ess interest hero than at any other point,
)ut here the parties are best known.
The publication Of Mr.. Cheney's letter
md his examination before the court, Is
producing aprofound impression. No one
believes that Bishop Lee, OF Delaware
md the Rev. DR.. John Cotton Smith
would present such letter to the House
II Bishops without the authority Of Mr..
cheney. Yet Mr. Cheney under oath az
irms that DR.. Smith and Bishop Lee had
10 authority. How sad spectacle has
dr. Cheney presented to the void in this
natter ALPHA.
For tho Church Journal and Messenger
A correspondent from Chicago writes
MEssRs. EDIToRs-The "lalleu Bishop"
md the gentleman OF Chicago aspiring 10
re the Bishop of the Northwest, promised
n New York great things for their move.
nent in tho West.
l have not yet met with one Church
nan who iavors the movement. All con.
lemn 1t as unwise, and worse than mis-
AXE. Instead Of aiding Mr.. Cheney To-
ally, 1t is destroying hin. Ono pfomi-
lent supporter has abandoned him, and
IIhers will follow.
The clergy Of the denominations who
lave been encouraging the schism, are
at tho Condemnation Of their
curse Of interference, and the sentiment
1 the West Ia "No new sects."
The game Of boastful "brag" OF the iu-
ure is disgusting the people.
OF The Church JOurna, aud
Messenger.
"Ths World" OF Jan. Sd, 1874, in re[er.
ing to "the Reformed Episcopal Church."
tates "that among churchas in this Do
ese which have declared their adhesion
o the new movement, the last one Is stl
N. j" etc.
Probably the church referred 10 IL st.
oaul's, Englewood, as that ia the only
Protestant Episcopal church in the place.
these are facts, concerning that parish.
It Is in union with, and pledged 10 the
Protestant Episcopal Diocesan Conyen-
ion Of New Jersey. Until that union Is
Iroken, and that pledge made void, the
rector, Wardens and Vestry could not
Ionorably or legally adhere TO "the Re.
ormed Episcopal Church" That union
Ias not been broken, nor has 1t been
poken OF, or asked for, OF. contemplated,
+ accepted:
In the last report Of the Rector TO the
bishop, the number Of communicates was
eported 10 be 1862. OF these, six indi-
iduals signed Bishop Cummins' circular,
nd some Of them were present when "the
Reformed EpisconAl Churchn pau ORGAN.