, 1875-02-28

HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE:
ua! Canon, IN the Inst General Convention, IT
ply to this very pastoral and to other ntterance
| Of the Bishopa on Rituahsm1 II the views q
the Bishops on taesa subjects havs an opponen
in ta,is country. that opponsnt is Dr.. b Koyen. J.
doubt that the Bishops ut least are men q
common sense " and common CONSISTENCY
They know not en1y what tho Church believe
and has said, but what they Themselves hef1aF
and have said. They know and say shae "a
Church has never received nor taught this doc
trine Of Eucharirtic elevation which Dr.: D.
Kovca teaches. They also know that they haV'
condemned, and that our Church N her las
General Convention, condemned, IN its "Canot
On Ritual" the peculiar system which VI: 20 no
as Ri:ualism. Can we, then, auppose that t. on
Bishops will Ego bac:. npon themselves IhaI
after having 20 emphaticsly warned tbs Churcf
against Ritnelis:n, and procured from the Gen
erai Convention its unequlyocal condenna'
ton, enforced IN advance by the rejection
Of Prof, Seymour IS Bishop OF the
| Church-is it for moment to be supposed tha1
they rill now turn suddenly around and place
| the raitre OF . Bishop upon the head OF the
| Chief Priest OF Etualism2 Tho supposltioa Is
|
are too well grounded in 'stbe faith once de-
| liyered to the saints, ITO Cranmer, and Ridley,
! and Jewell, and Bail, and all 81 the great Angl-
eau Doctors before the advent Of Newman
and Pusey,-too cirar-bighted aud conservative,
too firm and consistont, 10 undo the work 40 hap
| olly completed in our Inst Convention by tho
| Canon ou Ritual, to throw the Church into con-
| fusion, and to introduce even into their own
| body such an element OF dlscord as Dr. De
Koven, ''the American Apostle Of Ritnnllsm, ="
AyAF \ ~ Ia
| Of any such suicidal intentions, Or OF any such
se1f-contradiction
But we may say still further, for the relief Of
our modest friend 'sH.," that all the gentle
! men whom Le 30 reck!eEsly stigmatizes
foc olfensos which have no existence except in
his own sag1ant fxney;-that they are alL without
exception, whether clergymen or laymeu, per,
fectly willing to leaTe this whole matter, ~ we'll
OF Dr. De koyen's orthodoxy aa OF his confirms
tion to the Episcopato Of Illinois, in tho hands
of the Gishocn, to whom it properly belongs. II
Dr.. De X. can paGs tho Standing Committees.
d Bishop, declare that they regard DR.: De
Koveu as sound in the faith, ''uot liable to any
charge Tor error III doctrine, rorthy to wear the
r.ltre, safe to place over the Diocese Of illinois.
aud Il desirable accession to 1.-The College o.
tho Apostles these gentlemen will nndoubt-
edlr so receive him, nnd this vi,l be their ina!
azisw+r t. al charges OF :. fac.ious opposition"
But, until such e. decision. which it is not Tor
them to anticipate, they Wlll.undoubtcdly Regard
those who uphold Dr.. De koven against the we'll
known scnti;nonta and declarations OF the Houso
nf Bishops and the General Convention as nero
personal partisans and fact;ous disturbers Of the
peace of the Church. not only in Illinois, but i'll
the American Church generally.
Il rould 10 easy to establish this BY t1eic do
inss in the la1eSpecial Convention Of nlinois,an
especially by their violent and revolutionary RES
olutions IN regard to Prof. Seymour there pre-
scnted. But wo forbenr. Weyery willingly take
the Bishops, both al Judges Of onr orthodoxy
and Us a.bitralor5 from whose decision there is
no appeal between ourselves and thoae who
misrcpresent alike our words, our actions, and
our motives. r.
LETTER 70 BISHOP CLAnKEoN.
Tbs Hon. Isaac N. Arnold, OF this city, who.
IS { lay delegate in the recent Special Diocesan
Convention. stubbornly contested the right VI
election OF Bishop, but was ovcrruled and oyet-
come. has addressed = lengthy communication to
Bishop Garrison, Of Nebraska, formerly Rector
Of St. James Church in this city, in which the
saritor discusses tbs question: ~ Mas Dr. Da
Koyen legally elected Bishop Of Illinois? F." Ill.
Arnold eontend- for the negative, and strengthens
his position by reference to the Constitution OF
tho Diocese, which, he clairns, cannot be nulli~
lied by any cauon OF bylaw subsequently enact
ed. Ee conteuds, moreover, that the Chancel-
tiou er canon also, that divided pariah must
be counted and that, including auch vote, and
rejecting tie Illegal votes of tho Chancollors,
there uas not majority voting for DR.. De ko-
You, and, therefore, no legal election.
VIEWS OF MASSACHUSETTS cHuEcHHAN.
The following letters. written by an eminent !!
chufchman Of Cambridge, Mass, appeared in
tie Boston Globe Last week.
STE The :..itude assumed bv tbs last General Con-
Tentioa toward tic Diocese Of Illinois is which not
only for its interest inyte. but for its audacty cha
fhca3
the civil and religious liberties secured to
u By the Continental Reformation and ths American
geuius Of the Episcopal Church is novel to ttis aee
but Is old The medieval pretensions Of lilo Io-
E1an Caris, whence It Is inherited. Let briefly
rsanine 1t from the standpoint Of . Christian and
citizen entirely waiTing those questions which Lave
oecn rnaae the occasion Of this startling issle. IN
the first place, wets does the Episcopal Church, rs
rant for thus planting its foot upoa the neck Of
Diocese, organization in tsen Independent by yr-
,ef ecclesiastical unit aud not fraction whose e1-
stence as entre entity IL dependent upon union
sh TIC Gsnessd Conventon me1s!, voluntary asea-
the souzce not only Of its faith but Of the ptinc-
pies which underhe it's rolity- Where in the wiloe
iounae Of Apostolic history do npd any number Of
.rcienty to lord it eister Dtocese7 When St.
Paul ordained Timothy to he Bishop Of the churches
'p Of the churches In Crete, the other Rishops
nd Dioceses. was even St. Peter himseIf the rrnlus
H{tf pdfES. asked 1or hls consent? would 1uch |
ritual substitution Of hun4 authority for tha Divine
piscopate Of the Asceudcd Head Of the Church. at-
nnistered by the Holy Ghost, ever have been for .
aornent dreamed Of BY those through whom the
Divine Spirit made choice Of the it person-!esst Of
Il BY that great apostle Of tie liberty whcrewith |
,hrist had made the conscience aud manhood Of
lis DISCIPLES free2
And the very principles OF tho Gospel are against it,
hs principles Of faith in the Holy Spirits guidance
nd Of liberty in ou-esseutials Of ssvation ths Int
Of those features which especially distinguish
be Fo1ity ct tie Christian from that Of this 1gwiah
hursb and render the Gospel not only acceptable to
40 Gsuu1a mind, but also prove It in sympathy with
aose high instincts Of humanity which AK their ]
anons" against sel-respect where the noble aud en-
oolhg right Of seI-governuaeut il seryiIcy eur
endered-
To say that such an 1ttemp: as this or the General
onvenon is unconstitutional does but half express
true nature, unless In that term va include the
constitution, not Of the Church only yet those Of
se several Dioceses, hut that Of good will and
1uity written by the pen Of revelation. Morcovor {
1ch an act is in violation 1t that unwritten Constu
on, the Magma Charta Of humanity, given Of God I
rough the reason, authority coordinate with rev.
alton, its interpreter and the judgo between man
ID nan of e1 truth aud right. This authority ssYs
at government IL NOT instituted to exercise domino
on oTer the subject but to his rights aud pro
Ct bis interests Applying this principle to tho case
question, it says further that for te General Con-
IT fha |