The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . achablepersonal purity in abishop, was a farmore moving causein procuring the un-favorable judgmentthe court in thispitiful ease than anypossibility of partytriumph or personalrevenge. The great body of the people of the diocese of New Yorkpersistently maintained their l)ishops innocence, in which opinionsome of the l)est and wisest of the bishops of the American Churchconcurred. It is a source of consolation that the condemned bishopcould say, in the face of deatii, Of the crimes of which I have beenaccused, and for whicii 1 liavc been
The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . achablepersonal purity in abishop, was a farmore moving causein procuring the un-favorable judgmentthe court in thispitiful ease than anypossibility of partytriumph or personalrevenge. The great body of the people of the diocese of New Yorkpersistently maintained their l)ishops innocence, in which opinionsome of the l)est and wisest of the bishops of the American Churchconcurred. It is a source of consolation that the condemned bishopcould say, in the face of deatii, Of the crimes of which I have beenaccused, and for whicii 1 liavc been condcnmed, my conscience acquitsme in the siglit of God. There followed at no long interval the various cQbrts to l)ring totrial the Bishop of New Jersey. In the attempt to found two educationalinstitutions, the one, Burlington College for the sons, and the other,St. Mar3s, for the daughters, of the Church, Bishop Doane had foundhimself financially embarrassed and forced into bankruptcy. He was Dr. Brand, in hU Life of Bishop AVhittingham, n., p. RT. REV. G. W. DOAXE, , NEW JERSEY. liisnoi TROUBLES IN PENNSYLVANIA, NKW YOI!K, AND NKW .IKRSKY. 281 (louhtlcss lacking in that business oxiictitiide that is tlie result of alucrcaiitih training; l)ut no doubt of his integrity was entertained bythose to whom lie was directly responsible, and to whom his businesstransactions were fully known. There were those who choose to re-gard his misfortinics in an unfavorable ligiit, and in the diocesan Con-vention of 1840 a resolution jjroposing an investigation was a full discussion the proi)osition was unanimously rejected, theludvcr himself failing to support his motion by his vote. It was notuntil 1S.)2 tiiat the investigation refused in New Jersey was attemptidfrom without. In a communication addressed to Bishop Doane, theBishops of Virginia, Dr. Meade ; Ohio, Dr. Mcllvaine ; and Maine, , proposed, with reference to certain rumors and allega
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