, 1875-02-13

.ouy i,elia,e3 of thp real OBJECTIVE pre,enre Of our
nisnr I"r.l in hs Sacrament ot Ills p'essed 11oqs
OTHER CCRGE 70NoENTs.
A HtGu-cituntE wpaA> VIEWS.
70 khe Editor et Ths Catugo 1'soom:
CHICAGO, Feb. l1.-In consequence Of the result
ri tho rocent Illinois Diocesan Convention. thero
haA beci, not Iittln excitement over it, and q
good deal Of controversy. Allow mr.. aB l1'sli-
t,bnrch wo,s,al., to express brief ytu"a upon tho
subject, A. regards tho NluaHtic tcneLs ,1iB-
tinct,y and frR,lil! acknowledged by tue lteT.
Dr. nc Koycn fully indoiss tue loS. Dr, Sui
lvan'a EXPRESSED opinion in his s'tmoa non
,anlirhch i'll your Monday mornings Issue.
lrn,ed. might not enforca them upon
etlli tho fact of Ills being an acknowledged Ritu-
rllst has already been published far and nido
throughout the diocese, and in tho words Of ar
cle clergyman, ncs-Tcsidcnt OF this city. ~
conri,1cr It one o! the grnyeat blows thnt could
have befalfcn this Diocese. and not only lllinois,
hut | firmly bceye If the tlouEc OF Bishops
should confirm tho election, that It al ptcco.
,'ent will be ffauRht With serious injury 70 the
E}iscora! Church throughout tho Uuitcd States
atlafge."
for one cannot believe TINT tue election will
he confirmed, Notwithstanding Judge Oils opitl-
lon TO the contrary as expressed in last asonlngs
.'ou,.,,ni, as l cannot comprehend how tho
'.IIouse Of Bishops" aud Standing, Committees
ran consistently confirm Do koycn when they
rejected Seymour.
Dr. Seymour. judging from his several COM
muricatuns. is eyldfnty man possessed OF
remarkably tiue Christian feelings, and, Il DR.:
De Koven we're Eossefsea Of \ small portion OF
tho Aalnc. be surely cauhl not bo induced to ac-
cept rf tho popition when llc caunot but foresce
tho diBcord which lls IL certain to crentc. scr-
l!y bc1cro that. If correct expression 81 tlo
laywo,ncn and laynlen Of tho Diocese could bo
procured, it woula to fonna that more than
thrca.aiarors firmly and decidedly oppose his
coDih natiou.
For ono to whom such great ability Is univors-
ally cu,reded. it is a.Eutgo, JUDGED, tint, ul,on
tilo OCCASION OF tho recent Committee waiting
Npou him. hia remarks should havo been 80 very
comnon1lace. Although lIigl-Churchwoman,
1certaialy CELL have no sympathy With the Zig
nillcance Of prominent features IN the furniture
If his l1a1ior, such III tho port.ait Of the
aIadunna. a crl,ciix, and large candles. All np-
}a,ently harmless in themselves, canuot. how
ever, hns 10 dcprccatnd in the tout ensemble:
i cannot. fpr one. harmonixe the consistency Of
the ttlca III HI Erscop2i presbyter being sHr-
rounded with such embloDs, unIesa, na rronli
,cut citizen recensiy interviewed rcna, ke1. that
Cardnalslr. aud i'll That caao This IL sufficient
expNnatiou for H prefcronco for cellbacy, and
Of couIHe Tho best cyiAoncu OF his untitneHs
and iuesalMlity fur tho nishoptic. according 10
The Eastern Erhor, nnd ! higher authority, st.
1'4ul. who distinctly svoMs that Dishop must
ne the husband Ut one Wits.
It IL strange that prominent mernbera Of q
parish like st. Jamas' shonld nov irdorsa tho
election Of such presbyter, when. Judging fro1n
their futmcr pasturt. l'shop Clarksou. Dr.: Ry-
ltl!ca (orieinaly y atsthodist), tho Rev. Hugh
the;T r,oritit;en rcro ,,nNorrnIv Low f,furr],
.ithmin11 tt,cy nonc nf ti,nm iniorse i,is tl,ea-
logical yioHs, still they anxious for hia cleo
sion. because (as they say) he possesses great
spirituality and deviation. and they are willing 10
-annSuae. IT tbao;ocv Jrsnit for t,at INIT.
ter, IA nosaersrd Of ennalIv rfrnt sulrituaty.
There can mover be auy pence i'll this Diocese
,.narftti,,. po,,,ar, tI,a na,,nr sr,1 .cts mr..
i1nrIinaia - Nil u.a ,hn ,aras.tv nf nrsriicir,
anfticient self.ieni.I m lila nc9Rsou. n,id not
,T.t;sv hi. tano.indn,aa M nm.iton. .ni. for Tia
.,nsa ~ ~ Thrat and ,se1fara or tha Chnrch ra.
1r.in frarn arrcntinc and ,,nrehv elornte lin
snIf in tn affirmation Of yerv mnny rood Chrs-
''A'a'
HIGH CHURCH on LOW I'm RELATION TO pn. DE
KoyEH'a coSFlEMA7loS.
1ptAt Editor Of The CHICAGO Tribune;
nhleA'o' le'' - !'alasfapn ~ suas sen"
eEeilY ACCURATE ana Impartial paper ot Neohea-
tiay speaku Of tie opponents Of Or. De Koven
for tho Erscopate Of Illinois as Low Church.
yucp" Ii ia due to humorous gentlemen, both
Of t1e clergy and la,ty. who haye mort decidedly
Un,,osnd ths en-callej elcstinn. tat II shouii he
f!istincty nnderstood that thoy have mover been
lint tLs Law Ghurrh oi.mnn. IL int ".s ANAL II
1,rt ~ thix on,,o.itinn Amnnv tha thirty cier.
rymen nT tbia niocran .rrnved apntnyt IL. ia
ioyeu's norniuat;o,, far the BinhonrIc --.of whom
a fow wrra nr.,dnutaifv atHcnt from i'm 11onron.
t,nn-nnt mnra ti,n;, h.,f'r 'dozsn nnrnana
r,orid .otmn,ri,5nn t,,amxo1"ea ~ ha 10
t:hmrchnsn' II ia moi nacossarv to mention
w,nia so n n,,d rtar y. .ats,
thu 1rest bo1y ri nnr lnta I,eusrmI cmventinn
,ctsd tho exnon on Ritnalisrn ''Low Church.
Elen. AZ tlnse who bste in Illinois nppose DR..
!se hoven ior us ltitnallal.a and homanlzl1tg