, 1875-11-06
ttcsc orders na Of equal validity With tl,c,r own.

1,i-hn,-clert Int DlHl,n,,-cloct an!onE tho frat
| who Wns urged 10 anrk conrccrntion tsnm Wes-
lays hnnda. caniot vn1rh for tho ttntll Of tho
r,nrv. did not trosNmt to to HI. ] uao1 1t
| rather hs Jen d'eaprit than m argument. Nor
I nm / Rp1ions to r.1hke out tint JOHN WeRev
was ortlalned by ErAamus. fhave no caro- Oil that
iolrt. anve read tli'B royiew OF tho case. and
| cnnnut aay Tint yoGr correspondent has proved
| u negative. T,erran IL NOT m exhaustive MI
thotity, nor would American MctloatBfa ncce,,t
him ns such. lliH whne story Of tho planting of
our Chnrc', IL rejected By ma as being prouticpd
mud ,iufntr: 70 much SO that tho American eli.
tion In reviHe1 bv notes from Or. Ablo Blevens,
to correct Iis partisan blintlera He has no Aispo-
sition to CONNECT Wesloy With Eraam,,s, bccn,lae
LTD Church declined to accept tic PERSONS Wea-
wishes, while American Methotlisti did m ao
comply. Eut thls abatement OF tho caso
tlooa not provo tho negative. Ny
fricnd will SEQ from Toplady's charges
that II Naa crime for Wcsley TO receive such
EaIpably violate tho oath Of supremacy otc.
| lind Weses acknowledged thsa imposition lIn
| would haze l'oen liable to imprisonment WIN
10 many onomiaa hls acknowledgment ' "oau
| deny these charges Of Toptadg. lie loft 1t Tor
liiR preacher Thomas Oliver. to do the tenyinE.
and he doos not deny it. FofF, carefully ho
..s sa hs ,9r o s , e fs' i Il wss '. osse %s.
I without the aHklng2 It is aaked why he did not
! toll h,a brother Ch.tlca. sln,nl7 because lis
| brother waH 90 extremely 1lrgh.Chnrch that he
would havp h uitctl il to the world under
ri tiuty' Tus do not affirm to be The casr,
int that had Ao tccu thus touched by Erasml,s
| he must iiaye observed tins perfect Eitencs.
Ynu apcak Of tho difficulty Of his getting such
n favor from Erasmus, because one l'jspp can.
nnt contccrate another. such ecruplcs might
i,ayc weighed in ttle Greeks mind bal he bonn
nj home, but 10 was iu England, whose silc..os-
Fio,, 1t Ia concedod camo through insufficient
| jsuds and wlloao noucauonical tmpoaition Ia the
{ss1hh r$a rfinf, I'm nin NJ
probably dntpctod In it. And 90, being in Rome,
lie u,ay have felt jusLifod To doing ~ tho Ito-
,nans did. Dalug in England llo might hsye felt
at liberty to do as England Ind done, and by
to Wesley precisely tic same gift, whatever that
might bo, which had been transmitted at Nays
]Iead to ths "etltire living Anglican AMI Anglo
American Eplseopate"
II il has done its duty Ill awakoning our bretlren
OF the Protestant Episcopal Church to The 0ucs-
ton OF tho less or superior validity Of their Or
tlera. i am content. II will probably remain an
,1naolvod problem, riddle, ike 10 many IN his
tory that history will mover upraye1,
There iR one other point In this Interesting re-
rtuNe that Is Of moro value TO lis, and tint is,
Bshop Coke's estimate uf hss own conservation.
Of tho two Churcl,o4. It 10 trua l,o sought Il. II
IL probably t1,le Tint lla offered to snbmit 10
ordination at tho hnnds Of uishnp White. il
| such nntop could be effected. Hut it Ia also
true, Ill NV DTOtuGf lhla TO lUtG. EHAf. WHOM llkH
Sletiolst br otIlrcn grew rostlyo under his con-
cosAiors, l,s declared to them, ~ never appl!ei
10 tho Convention {l,otcn,apt Epl .copau for
Recommendation. never lntcbled that .itler
Bishop Aabury or myself should gro up our
Ep.seopsI ordination. Ny proposals secured cur
lIBeI line at all Fonts"
Bishop White etales that ono OF tho outlines
of Ur. Goke's plau ~ to tho Methodist HinlBtrrs
was their continuing under tie supenntsnd-
auco then existing" which did not involve tho
rnrttItnnt1nu ~ nNhOn Aphurv nr of tt,a
Elders whom he and Bl hop. Colo had or
daincd. OF co,irso they ropel!ed the movement,
Tor II seemed to question the validity OF their
orders and the attempt fell to the ground. Coke
bad better Episcopal ordination than the Arch
bishop Of Canterbury. How Waa this nnless ho
believed that ho had rocessed 1t from Erasu,us
md 40 iron, m. Titus atd Is.ii Dut how Is 1lIe,
lodln, and in America 10 bo recopnocta.ed2 ?
simply becauBc hn "lsaod also to DO Drit'sh
1!ssi!op when no WIS aware was not the case
uis English hIood aud feelings sought after ~
es'or se 70 thas weh he aVo"'d
That 10 believed IN btu ordination MAS seen
oven as lnto as l7g3 two .oara ucarly after Wes-
!oyA aeath When ne AM Alexander oiat!cr Vt,
ferca 10 orda'n Adam Clkrk 10 tho dcnconate mud
o'dersllp. and other "eslYan minister's which
ordela they wore WILING 10 focolse but mi'iis-
ter named kiliau, tho founder Of tho new Meth
odlsls. cohnect'on. get up auc1 az esctiemans
nsel ~ tAas .noS 1oltco W W 4ot"R1u: nlshop
Coke neVor doubted liiB equal rank with bishop
White IN tha Churoh Orthodox and Catholic,
nnd even helloYnn l,msef the superior, becauso
o. Tue potter vaslalty u hls osaalner.
nooh AItol LUZ 911eu auu !hioFttl,hte htlcmpt
70 Protestant Eplscophllzo aletbodsm, hc left
the c. un y Aal never returned. Hshop AsburS
becanc TUG recognized solo bead Of the Church,
TIL sdc4 t,tne as collaagues were elected And
consecrsted, aud I'll efforts for union at tha
seeming a1Panse OF equal Fights properly cano
to an end.
need only to rofBr to snothsr remArk. Nv
friend says complain oE his saying - tho Moth
od,sts wnre Rovessd from tho Church." and then
proceeds to show that John Wesley did not an
provo Of sucll 1orerance, and that he noyor sav-
orcd himself from tho Church. or England.
Why then did our brother say, "Tho Mothodsts
wero severed" We mover TOOK atop except
under the leAdings Of Wesley. II our welIreau
brother will go 10 \ littlo and yery common
buok, entitled tue Discipline Ut tho Methodist
Epicopal Church" he will mud, on It's flrs. page,
that several ycarB befora sonlo of thoao utter
btiaI, ft,o