, 1875-06-18
BROOKE HERFORD'S SERMON

TO ths Editor of The Chicago Tribune:
CHuncn or THE MESSIAH, Cu1cAao, juno IT,
Mr. Coopora courteous loster, protesting to set
mo Fight about tlo recent action Of tho "no-
formed Episcopallan Council, puzzles mo.
should DO really Obliged for his correction II
could tell what 1t is; but / must confoss l can.
not.
maae, in tho aormoa to whicl, Ut. Cooper re-
fcrs, two statcmcn.H. 1ho first was that tho
Council
took ths old Thtrtyn,no Articles and Just sintcrcd
thern ulf-scforlnel them about Inch aud austcr:
fully mcnaol up hat venerable old peco of heooaeI
patchwork With fome yrEy thin cloth Of their own,
underasand TINT aTr. Cooper doos not I'm.
rMgn t'le y; main faot in this statenent though ho
haps II is not and am aosry 10 griove meu
whou 1aapoct SO sincerely AZ do so1ue Of tho
leaders Of this movement. But Mr. Cooper must
kindly allow for the foengs. Of an English Nom
conformlat, Tho fact Is, hayo seen too mud.
OF wliat misorable auare those ansiqlatcd
Articles Of thu English Goyernment- Church alo
to numbers who hsve not the courage to break
away from thons. az Bishop Cheney and Ills fe
lows hayo done. 50 could not help feeling
llttlo Impatient to 300 body OF mou WHO lad
bravelJ struggled ont Of theso entanglemcuta
going grAsely'to work agatu to roplata eyo1y
mesh oxcopt thoHo In which their own feat hap
pened TO laye lr1ppod
Dut thon. did they replace those old meshcs ,
Ilat il whera Eathor that yonr correspondent
thinka 1 atn In error. But what ID tho error !
NY SECOND gtptempnt was:
And then when they had got their revised creed
Lust hn!ahed up will compronge reaolutIon whhh
clearly for tho creed nor yet stoud iasy
:. We'll. look nt the faets. Tho Council aeem 10
tRTe. got pretty uaaptuousIy through their al-
'tathtidns Of tho Articiea. Ihan bishop Cum
.Haiu4 uaTod, "Tlrt tho Connull ADOPT tio A4ti-
elea as tho ARTICLES Of llclgion Of tho ilefolme
EplscoPat Church Thus wns tho logical &c.
llenco or tho alterations, and If carried would
have pes9?, HBtandlnE clearly for tho cteed." But
how was IL rooevolf atn quite willing to taho
alr: Cooper's asoftcned version, inrtead OF tho
full aud lively !lnlbuNB report which lies boforo
straightforward proposition sbolt thcse amended
Attialos, 'the fact Wus olclted, ssy4 Ar. Coop.
er, that thero Wero four dHtuut and diffesont
oplolons In tho houao With regard to them"
ths Articles sacaad ensed tSe ~ aeerp:sa S:vst Ill
asss s sfssiSs tse4 nc IT,
s. IT, sv I1ties. s5ns sn I'D stss # s
fsangtucal Alliance, substitute TOR tho who'll Ct
e%s sssopt asSl Tssh is ssS bsa4 les
ths count1 ecetned Oh nc paint nt being BROKEN rr.
A. In vew tt et 10 Amon'aod tsalt, aprsarsa bo"sd
Il mnBs own that tt dnps still appear to pao tint
tue couae't leYiag elaborated t!,e!r ffYysted
,Grasd. wore half uffald to do anything wftn IT,"
-,.ot "affatl ~, the scpsa Of moral eowarlicc,
no ono is likely 10 chhrso tsipm win Tilt. but
in tb6 seuse thaf rhcy tfsur rbp began. ID rcaiuo
what adopting" ,.aat uraoa lnoant,-sul aouso
Of them did mt ha,f ilke tac lualneus
1Iowoyer, tLo roll qlsstion Is, What did they
do will, it i sAid ,s,eY 'san anot t1r will
Compromise resolution which neitl,ur stood clear.
" for tho creed, yot Alood fairly for llhesy"
roprennntjnR tf,u faett." Let us see! 10 tho
laW and thS teytiuonYl Eiofo II tito yory word
rIea. vnci, Lo astualIs "otIa,aI ~ co,p.romisv %
rssolution n,
WuxnrA,. Thu Church Ina ia lis Declaration of
rtinriries rrocls.nfa ii jeef in {hs aost1tnrs II
gr.ee sutstsati.y ~ ,,sy ress .st tof;h il tha Ts.
fy-n!ne articles; therefore, "a. ~.
Atsossa ~ I'll !4se q ~ gouAei tha ths Ar't-
ill., &C. sss.a Il u Ia I'D a9e 9I ers
innxn - I'M s9f,o 4ncs III 1saes 'p' s'Tst s'DsAS
NtsoisSd, That tho foregoing preamble and resolu.
Iqa 10 printed Il ptes4ftry noto 70 he Astsies Of
HelIr5dfI.