, 1875-03-04

peace upon any other terms than . COM
Plsts party triumph. Tho Kellogg
party arc willing 70 compromise the
General Administration for tho purpose
OF maintaining their power in the State,
and the Democrats insist upon over
throwing the State Government BY row.
olution. or keeping up the agitation and
anarchy for the purpose Of affecting the
next general election. The factious
dispositi6H shown BY both should de-
prive them alike of the sympathy Of all
patriotic cihzens.
A WoRTHY SuccEssoH 10 THE FlRsr
APOSTLES. The Episcopal Diocesan
Convention Of Illinois. on the 4th of
February, elected Rev. DR.. James De
Koven. Bishop Of Illinois. by the fol-
lowing vote: Clerical vote. 80 for De
Koven. q for Iced. Lay vote, 81 for
De Koven. % againft.
The Bishop elect was born in Middle
town. Connecticut, in 1881. He gradu-
ated at Columbia college in 1851, and at
tho General Theological Seminary in
1854 In the same year he was nude
Deacon and the following year was ad-
vanced to the Priesthood by Bishop
Ksmper. During the period Of hvs
years he was Rector Of . church in
Delafsld and tutor in ecclesiastical hiss
tory in Nashotah. In 1859 he became
Warden of Racine college. where he has
been for the past sixteen years. He is
. man of great learning. energy and
ability. whose acquaintance with his
destined work is perfect. He maintains
evangelic truth and apostolic order and
accepts the Prayer Book as it il. Hs
was supported in the contest by An
enthusiastic and admiring constituency.
We once heard wealthy contributor
to the material support of the church
strenously objecting to minister upon
the ground that the said minister ''be-
lieved in the church," his contributions
for the support Of the ministry being
based upon the hypothesis that preach
ing should only be maintained for the
purpose of restraining the ignorant
through their superstitious fears. No
clergymen of the present day has been
mora assailed in the church and out of
it than has Mr.. De Koven. he has
been assailed BY Low Churchmen,"
loose churchmen, and indifferent
ohurchmcn. as "Puseyite. . "Ritual-
list" and "Romanist, upon no other
real ground than that he ''believes in
the church" and his holy life and cons
versation is . perpetual reproach to
those ministers who regard the ministry
as only profession or vocation followed
for q livelihood.
We have nothing to say of the polemic
discussions of which Mr.. De Koven has
been made the object; We but speak of
him as we know him. During the years
of his Rectorship Of parish church,
our personal relations to him were more
intimate than With any other rerson
living. not of our family and Kindred
blood, and it has never been our good
fortune to meet with . character who
SO nearly illustrated in his daily life the
human attributes of the Divine Master,
to whose service all that he was or had
were devoted. The venerable and
sainted Bishop Kemper, then an octe-
genarian, said Of him: Il never meet
Mr.. De Koven without feeling that l am
in the presence Of holy person"
Bishop Whitehouse. his predecessor.
said of him: CDR. Do Rowan was born
to b. . bishop" Three times before
this. he has received large votes for
Bishop; first, of Massachusetts, next of
Wisconsin, and third, of Fond du Lac,
and was defeated in each previous elec-
tion solely upon the ground that he was
"too DEVOTIONAL" in other words, that
Tho believed" It was charged that he
recognized the presence of the Lord in
His holy temple. and adored the ele-
ments in the Eucharist - of His body
and blood, - the formula specifically
declares.
A clergyman moro free from can't,
pretsnsion to piety. or less bisoted. We
never met; or ono more liberal, tolerant
of the opinions. and charitable to the
faults Of others. He was all human in
his sympathies; all divine in his senti-
ments. He had no Characteristic Of the
Pharisee. the Puritan or the reciuse.
fiis nature il sympathetic, cheerful and
social in the highest degree. His first
oarelin establishing Racine College, was
to provide his boys with the most
cheerful and pleasant surroundings,
adapted to the natural demand Of every
living thing for playful recreation. He
has billiard tables. bowling alleys. gym
nasium. cricket clubs, base ball clubs,
military drill, etc.. all conducted -
proper adjuncts for the training Of
Christian gentlemen.
Whatever may be said Of Mr.. De Ko-
vans peculiarities Of religious views,
he has ever been faithful to the recog-
nized Church dogmas and NO one has
ever been made worse by his teachings
or example. We only wish III Bishops
were like him.
SchxTzMo New. = The Furnished
Cameo Medallion Photo, is made by
Moore only. Call and see them.
Dup.--At the United States Hotel, In
this city, On the 26th inst, of oonsump-
ton, Joseph Francisco. . native OF
Portugal, aQed about As years.