, 1875-02-15
THE SPECIAL CONVENTION.

rt,r ro- ea, ceh,,yrh1toh
A Sermon nd ropulum,
Tho Rev Dr. Cushnan, Of St. Stephens
Church, preached yesterday morning on tie ro-
cent Special Diocesan Convention, taking ~ his
taxi:
And when would hhvs known this cauae rberefors
they aGe".sh n' Dsonst =. m t"sm 'nt' ~
t1ons Of the law, ,i 10 llars 1lotlng laid to lis
charge worthy Of death or VI tondA-siofs, 11'''.,
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soou o1uol ~. -, t.ros.,no .on.arI ~, ta ,,reaa
''s e" ran. nrn,,1a,n a.. evan ~ t;at concii To
s'as s 49, aa,..rso,, ,,ot o,lv Illinois hut
no''o u"e sna' e,"s S...,. ~ 49,.
avery Dlocoao IN the 'atlu' ~ 'uo H''ten " o't'
land q part of tho living body OF Chrsst.-bronu,
comprehensive, tolerant, ono in the faith, but
aiverso il, n,ero opinions, holding iaB.
.-'o, ~. o,a.a ~ fo+,, ~ sour,
" 'no e'eoa '"1 49,,
words, bns IN nattefs no' o' iaNn
adapting herself to the variant peculta1ities oi
tho human mind. and glriug wide range to her
~. ,,nira+s,, ch,-cb ~ CbrIat or ia sha on,v
LUG universal enn'en VI on.'nS' "a 10 DIV o"'1
one OF myriad OF narrow, lntoleraht accte' all
whose ideas, whether Of faith or opinion, must
h.va Int ona vhihbo1ath ami ono bed. to whose
Lave W. oue ot I.aa a Wv III vi w.
osmenS'one "el esosS icauo4S s'"' 80 ~. n','e'
must 90 loppca OH OF htfetcaca ous A1e ner
sons, any of them or all Of thnm who arc in
good and regular atautins, eligible TO her horr
nv l. n tho r,rht of Dinceaa To ehose ;ts owr,
u'' 10 ~ ''o ~ A>'~Se'o ~ eA''s Avn S'0
DIahop .......
These really were she pfob'ohs TO DO solved
it wan question OF principles. not men. But,
anhorl,nnto to this. II was contest OF
snas 49, ,rha n;oo,g. u.o d,v,oa ,pt,
non7 'oo. 1ae D'oeos' "As ~. u,''aoa inso
two parties or schoos' VIII pof"aps
8 considerable number who we're
identified wilh neither, aud thb contest was for
st, ,,,r.,, ~ T., n. oo,,,cla shou,a 1I,;rota be
oar,,,,i..o,,a rnan ,tn snno 1,rooa ratforn, AZ
aan1th1steseu upon 'no nan'o aio"a '"..o'1a a.
men, nut 10 Or sIs Should W tsxo aud H.
troduce new MEASURES and noW uaen: 1t waH 81
we otsen SEQ ~ tie stnto, contest betwoeu the
"onts" And tho 'tns, tho majority anu the MI
nority. ..
| From tho rise OF the General Convention prop.
aralioh for tho contest had gone on on tue part
| Of tho minority they wolo well organized Or
disciplined baud. They plopohed their cand!dAte @
lnOctobef, aud to him de'efm'hea haeh'oly 70 Aa-
ItnEn n
papers, having Two ut sheir aarTlce Ihoy circulated
| i'll tllor behalf letters written ly men In high
| places. They attempted to atlr up str'fo between
city and county; they took pledgon OF clergy
mon and parishes TO stand by them and con"
illent Of HaccoHs. they Game to tho Convention
| With printed tickets in their haNda. When o0fl-
rervntiye men, who had no afiu,tes with ltitnal-
ism, and who were opposed to all ihnoyss1ons
tIem and otrerol, dropping all candidates who
| had beeu psu,od, to uqito upon hulne naW man
conditioned only that he thonld TO sound
Churctn,an, flushed with hope, tho minority TO-
ruin, aud conssrrative men wero obligoa 10 say,
"To your tents o Israel" They did nnt beioVo
that minority With such spirit were lifted
to rule, and they wero determined that, II It
pca.ed Gud. shey should not .5 1uig; 9;,.,
to la III painful state OF uncertainty. DR.. Boy
mo,lr, WHO could hayo basn easily elocted, for
bale tia nsa os h,a nanlc, and uu one WAS icaiK-
| mated to bucCH0a lIlI11 as lilo 6tantlaIu-pGAfer.
| The time for holding tie Convention approached,
aud il seemed as It tie $ection would go by do
fanlt. 1t waB then that tho mama OF DR.. De-
| koyeu. tho Wartlou OF Racine College, began to
tlud mention, and tho possibility OF his clscto,,
to Le discusaed. uo bad long boon the favor,to
cuoIcc Of some of our wiBest snl most 1u4iciollu
laymou a. Tie rlvbk mkn for tLo place there
wore mauy Of tlo clergy Who, from Intimate
kuowlcdaa vero roaily. assured of his souuduesA
in the fath. tn maks lin tha standari.Loarcr aid
to concentrated ti,oryoto unon h11 aud tlo,e serc
othsrx WHO nesnI st,il Ia imnnire' Thsy did In
aura and fouui in Dr. ia Rowan a man Of
aaiutly fa, Of renarkabIo e!ou,ience aud strength
nf mind. of r1ont aiuilnistrntiya ahIitien al
raady tried ami ur.vrn ~; 1oninrful msonntlsn,
and mower to influence men 4 nrofmt,,i sohohr.
| = zonlous m,asionary and educator. mau IN the
very yirnr Of life And health, a Western man
ty,n k,'pw mir wnys mid wnutn. NM, xno stnoj
IN thn forofront a1nong men, iust Tic man aboys
NJ, athers lihnuis va thourht tn mad. This
tin.sr ~ prnv,dnuon rnsnod ~ It wera tn noimI
=" i'm and IN sav q -iT,nn sr. tha man Wi,tt
~. .lnt tna 1,nno1innnt Wss il n,oraIy cuenior
az t,,aolngy or was i,o really worthy OF daath 81