The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . memorialsaddressed to us by a large number of the clerical and lay deputies of tlie (ieneral Convention, now in ses-sion, and otliers, earn-estly desires that thesaid sentence should beremitted in accordancewith the said applica-tion : have th( relore de-creed, in pursuance ofour (anonical powerand discretion, as fol-lows, viz. : That the .saidHenry Onder-donk Doctor of Divini-ty, and Bishop as afore-said, be relieved fromthe said sentence of sus-pension, and that hestand l)efore the ( hurchrestored to his |)roperfunctions in th
The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . memorialsaddressed to us by a large number of the clerical and lay deputies of tlie (ieneral Convention, now in ses-sion, and otliers, earn-estly desires that thesaid sentence should beremitted in accordancewith the said applica-tion : have th( relore de-creed, in pursuance ofour (anonical powerand discretion, as fol-lows, viz. : That the .saidHenry Onder-donk Doctor of Divini-ty, and Bishop as afore-said, be relieved fromthe said sentence of sus-pension, and that hestand l)efore the ( hurchrestored to his |)roperfunctions in the ministryof the Lord JesusChrist,aceordinr^to the Canons,with lull power andliberty to exercise thesame. In witness where-of, we have hereunto setour hands, in GeneralConvention , at theChurch of St. Luke, inthe city of Philadelphia,this 21st day of October, 1856. Signed by BishopsHopkins, Otey, Kemper,McCoskry, Polk, De Laucey, WMttingham, Elliott, Lee, Cobljs, Hawks, Freeman,A. Potter, Upfold, Williams, Atkinson. Scott, Lee, H. Potter, and RT. RKV. H. U. OXDERDONK,^SIA. BISHOP OF The relief came none too soon. On the (illi of December, 1858,Bishop Henry Usti(;k Onderdonk fell asleep. The profound impression made I>y such an event, its the suspensionof the liishop of P(!nnsylvania was deepened by the circulation ofreports affecting flio character of the liishop of New York. A changein the Churchs legislation had 1)(H>n effected at th(! late Convention,giving to any three liishops the power to present a brother for trial,which had hitherto been confined to the diocesan Convention. It isevident, however, from the history of the adoption of this canon thatit w;is not enacted with any view to the case so soon to arise under itsprovisions. It had been the pur| )0se of the bishops ojjpouents to assailhis position as professor of the General Theological Seminary. The newcanon rendered this circumlocution unnecessary. Tlu-ee bisiiops pro- TROUBLES IN PENNS
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