The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-21
,rhc CrIrbrllcd Dc KOven CnSe.

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H. Koycn's ease is pretty near rs well
known in lhi. country ~ UulhOHls case.
The two are very different however. DE
Koyrn !, rrr,hytcr in the Episcopal
Church \ rrc.byter means ordinarily
and simply preacher and pastor.
Among Epi.copalians however he is
al.o callclaR,ctor This Reverend gen.
lleman /. rc President Of Racine College,
Wisconsin, and il rcputed To he u man Of
learning, especially ~ theologian. For
several ycar' pl,t he has been standing
candidate, either with or without his own
consent, Tor a bishopric in the Episcopal
Church. lIc has been two or three times
before yafiOus diocesan conventions for
mchaposilion. Ills friends made long
and lcllous struggle for his election as
Bishop Of Wisconsin, but the opposition
to him waa too formidable to he overcome.
Likewise last winter the convention of
Illinois elected him to the bishopric Of
that State, but he failed to run the block.
ade of the standing committees Of the VA.
tious iioccses Of tho Union and so was
again rejected. And now, at the recent
meeting Of the diocesan convention Of
Illinois, at Chicago, this unsuccessful
rtc.bylcr felt obliged to write Il let.
Ter withdrawing his acceptance Of his
election, and to regard himself as
once more without an engagement rs a
The special feature Of inlerest that at-
tachc' to the reverend De KOven Is not
in regard tO.hi. general fitness for the Of.
flee Of Bishop, for it is conceded on all
bands that he is in most respects we'll fit
Ted for such position, butt il in regard
10 the popularity Of his views touching
the Eucharist" We use the word pecu.
liarity, although that is not perhaps cx.
actIy the term applicable to the views of
pr De Koyen, since a great many people
lollhisviews more or less closely. II there
il a marked popularity about his views
just al this time II Is that he himself does
not know, or is unwilling to say just ex-
acily what he believes in regard to the
Eucharist.
The great body Of Protestanls do not
differ in regard to the nature, office &c.
Of the bread aud wine used on sucra-
mental occasions. They regard them
simply "A symbols or emblems instituted
by the Saviour to commemorate his death
his "brokcn body and shed blood" But
this Is not the view held by Catholics nor
by Episcopnlians Of the De KovCn school.
The former as Is we'll known, hold the
doctrine Of transubslantiation, that Is an
actual and physical change Of the bread
and wine into the real flesh and blood Of
Christ. Doctor De Koven says that he
does not hold this doctrine, and yet in his
speech in the general Episcopal Conven-
ton at NCwlork in 1871, he so scared the
majority Of Episcopalians, as squinting
IN that direction, that they have been shy
o' MN ever since. Apparently they
could not forget that the OSford Tracta-
'Ian', like Manning ''nnd Newman, com.
@enccd quarter Of century ago
suspicious advocacy Of the same views,
which vicw', logically carried out, landed
Them where they to-day are, In the
Catholic Church.
In his letter published last week in the
,n'cigoparr', Dr. De Koven complains
mat hi' brethren Of the Church and the
PuOIlc generally will either not under.
''ana or represent him correctly. He
Ny' That he has tried on three separate
occasions to give people a correct idea Of
a'' views Of the Eucharist" and vet he
- a0'el the necessity Of writing stilliur.
,ne' which he accordingly does, to the
p'''e'an Convention Of Illinois. His
"''cF i' published at length in the Chi.
'lso Tribune and AZ a matter Of interest
"hc Episcopal readers Of the ISrELtE.
'tScER, and the public generally, we
'an'lc' portion Of II to our columns
"iollow,
ihs holy Eucharist is the doing in the
'rn'lOle world, by Gods appointment un.
.et material forms, what Christ, our head
s"u ~. ichiel, Il ever doing in the spiritual
sotd' There il an earthly altar, and A
i iHuman priesthood, and bread and wine.
S "5. Ihti't !. really present ns priest, and
ISuelflng, and the food Of the faithful who
.eeu upon the sacrifice. One would OK.
= Py,' !hai since Christ ia in the Eucharist
,a ~ priest and offering, His human ma.
W,e oy the presence Of which In heaven