, 1875-08-22
10 its namo, and by its author
ty, arc ct the nature Of tho eanons and dec1eea

11y, aIo OF LQe D2suFe OF too C4pcn9 ana Qecreel
OF Church Council which are conclusive, and
| not to be called in question by the members o1
! tbs Church who have called for it. and IN then
adoption OF the Constitution OF the General Con
yention, accept and promise to abide By it. Tc
do otherwise is to enter upon course Of REBEL
ion and to attempt revolution of the system
adopted by our Church 1t i:s earliest orgAniza-
tion in this country,
Serenh-That We do not misunderstood OF
misrepresent these gentlemen is shown by that
part OF the Times editorial in which re have
thSse ttSs 9stsEensss Patient Waiting il on the
Commonwealth would permit interference. 4.
i lnpe-tnent interference ? The gleat lesson
must DO learned that the General Con-
vention ia not the integer Of tie American
Church. but the Diocese is the iategeE-" And
then it proceeds to argue upon th. political prin-
ciples OF State-Rlghts in . manner that may be-
quite natural to one sympathizing with the quon-
dam +" knights Of the Golden Circ!e," but is
certainly quite unintelliglb!e in loyal Church
man desirous Of keeping "she unity OF the
spirit IN the bond of peace"
Does tho Diocese OF Illinois intend to follow
such 1eadln82 Will it perm:s its 1lf to be ar1aYed
against the whole body Of ths church, Viii it
enter upon such course OF agitation, and en-
xSsee IN warfare that cannot. indeed. destroy
wlll undoubtedly be deeply injurious to it.
self particularly? Will it follow the ,ead
Of such agitators as-bus we will no.
believe It without stronger evidence
than this editorial presents The evidence Of ra-
action in tho Diocese in favor Of DR.. De Kogen's
denomination il no doubt as un!ounded and fai-
lacous as that alleged in favor OF Frof. Seymour,
On the ground OF his reappontmeut "a Dean OF
the Faculty Ut the New York General Theological
seminary IN which some OF the largest Dloceses
OF the Church are not represented. but OF which
the Htual'sta have managed to get possession,
and to control it, just a had happened In the
Diocese Of Illinois,
The circular aud the Times editorial tell III
that the editors Ut the Diocese-a small monthly
published At Knoxville, ILL.,. By tha Principal OF
the Young Ladies' Seminary ia that pace-rake
their VlewB OF these matters. But in the August
number Of that paper, Dr.. Cuahman, ths Chair
man OF the Standing Committee OF the Diocese
also acting as corresponding editor Of tho
Diocese, distinctly and emphatically informs
us that he does not favor the plan Of
'putting the Diocese into commission" under
the care OF the Bishop OF Another Diocese, but
desires the lmmeli election of . Bishop. DR..
Cushman is well known az one Of DR.. De kovens
war1nest friends in our late Special Convention.
No man has better opportunities for understand
ing the needs Of the Diocese for Episcopal su-
pervlsioD. aad VIC are assured tfat he and others
OF the most pronounced friends Of DR.. Do koven
will give no countsnAocs to this scheme. Neither
do Te think that the minority OF ctEgyuen and
majority Of 1aymen, who have, from the beginnng
OF this discussion Of = Bishop for Illinois. taken
the ylew OF matters indicated in this article, will
be frightened from their propriety, and change
their views nov after those vieaa have been so
emphat1cally iudorsed aad sustained by the
great body-an overwhelming majority Of tho
Church in the United States. ALL that they have
to do is to
STAND FIEM AND REMAIN LOYAL
IS they alwavs havo been. to the Church repre-
sented in General Convention, aud to it's Con-
stitutlon, md that Of their own Diocese. Thus
only can they hope to sea sound Church prlnci-
pies triumphant, the Church united. their Di-