The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-06

10 aver INIT men UTc bCnclnlnp W Eet
office, or TO say that there is any thing
wicked In a good man speaking q good
word for another good man Is a mon
strous pcryersion OF thing which In
themselves are natural and harmless.
It is still uncertain whether any
bishops will DO elected, but there Is no
uncertain sound In tho many voices
which say there ought TO be. Tho dele
gates from Europe want II bishop located
In Germany, and bishop Walden on
dorscs their demand, and shows by mn
able argument how greatly an episcopal
residence would help the work In that
continent. China likewise puts in II
claim. She asks two things from tho
conference. First, that II shall say
definitely whether man who has two
wives can be- received MS II member OF
tho NJ. l.. church, and secondly that II
shall send her a full ilcdgGd bishop-as
tho request says mot bishop for
China which means not n missionary
bishop, "but bishop in China" 1t
Is demanded, too, by large mum hers OF
tho delegates, and by multitndos out
side, that full episcopal authority be
given to Bishop Ihoburn, Of India, and
Bishop Taylor, OF Africa; that, in other
words, these men shall cease TO be
simply missionary bishops and be'giycn
coordinate jurisdiction and authority
with tho rest OF the episcopal digni.
taries. And withal-as many think
there ought 10 be ut lcnst four men
added to the episcopal force at home.
Thus there is a strong call for help in
this direction, and in case the bars arc
let down, there are plenty OF mon to
choose from. On the ilrst ballot four
years ago votes were cast for'moro than
eighty, though only five could DO
elected. And what makes tho situation
so appalling TO the would BIO prophet is
that most OF these eighty are still in the
field, with many possible reinforce.
mcnts. Wo should think, however,
that OF all tho guesses ventured that is
tho most likely TO be fulfilled which
puts tho number OF new bishops. ut
threc--if any1nnd which goes on to
say that OF these three one will be q
book agent. one Il missionary secretary
and ono pastor. OF course the book
agent Is DR.. Cranston. Tho missionary
secretarj may be either DR.. Leonard or
DR.. McCabe, and the pastor,-ah, there's
the rub. But ii current talk amongst
influential men goes for anything, it is
not unlikely that the. pastorswlio will
DO promoted is Rev. William Mast Rrod
beck, who went east from Cincinnati
six years ago, and who has made such
marvellous impression in New England
that tho New England conference,
which is full of able and deserving mon,
has sent him here as one Of the most
honored OF its delegates
Still, with DR.. S.sW. Hamilton, OF the
same conference, and Dr.. j. NJ. King,
OF New York, and DR.. Frank Bristol, OF
Chicago, and DR.. Gil. Payne, Of. Ohio,
and Dr.. J. N. Buckley, OF the Christian
4Adrocaie, and host OF other good men
and true all being urged by numerous
friends for episcopal honors,1 who: can
tell what will happen. There, is is. GER
tainly no lack Of men for the places;
the only trouble is that the places may
not DO open.
1t must be. notcdiin, closing. that the
Episcopal situation is complicated some
neutrality-suspicious. tfensa one may
say it is clouded iittle-bv the demand
OF go many that eolored bishop be
elected. Long ago, the5jAL. II church
South set up%its colofa1 members for
themselves: That is, it organized them
into church OF their own. But this
body, which has been the special friend
OF that race and has spent millions OF
dollars upon them since the war, has
felt thus far that it could best continue
its guardianship over them by keeping
them in regular fellowship with itself.
Occasionally, top, it has honored them
with some general c6nfcrc ncc office.
Thus far, however, since the death OF
the colored bishop in Liberia, it has seen
fit to keep them at arms length from
episcopal honors, and the prevailing
sentiment has been that:a long time
must elapse before its policy in this
matter could be iudiciously changed.
Still, there have always been a!iew even
among the Observation-Disclosures
held advanced views on this subject,
and recently the ranks OF these radicals
have been considerably augmented. On
the part OF the colored delegates the de-
mand fora black bishop'is by no means
unanimous, but tis. made very urgent.
~ by most OF them, and the conference
will have 10 consider it. Four years
ago the candidate OF the colorcd section
was DR.. Z. w. s. Peck. and forty
two votes wero east for him. in
this conference several men OF
that race are likely to DO brought for
ward. DR.. Peck is still possibility in
case colored bishop should be elected;
but DR.. Albert, OF New Orleans; DR..
Hasood, OF Kentucky; DIR. Hammond,
also of kentucky, and DR.. Bowen, Of
Washington, are also being canvassed
for the place, and it would perhaps be
quite safe to predict that, in the con-
tingency named, one out OF thetivc men
hero mentioned will walk Of with the
prize. The probabilities are, however,
that the mountain will labor on this SUBJ
iect, as it has done on olher!occasions,
without bringing forth anything.
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