Addresses At The Inauguration Of Mr Charles King As President Of Columbia College New York

Author : George Washington Doane
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334817106
Total Pages : 20 pages
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Download or read book A Letter Addressed to Charles King, Esq. LL. D., President of Columbia College, New-York, in Answer to His Defense of Bishop Doane (Classic Reprint) written by George Washington Doane and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-29 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Letter Addressed to Charles King, Esq. LL. D., President of Columbia College, New-York, in Answer to His Defense of Bishop Doane And what have these truly reverend men - upon whom you seem bent to confer martyrdom - done, to provoke this unmeasured abuse? They ventured to address a letter to Bishop Doane informing him that they had received a communication from certain members of his Church, calling upon them to perform the painful duty of inquiring into the truth of reports in relation to him, which had been in circu lation for some years past, in order to determine as to the propriety of instituting a trial according to a canon of the General Convention. From the character and number of the charges specified in the docu ments presented to them, they say they did not feel themselves at liberty to decline the call thus made upon them, unless the object of it could be attained in some other way, satisfactory to the reasonable demands of complainants in his own Diocese, and the Church at large. To relieve themselves from a distressing duty, they appeal to him in the hope that he would take prompt and effectual measures to render any further action on their part unnecessary, and, with this view, they advise and urge him to call a special Convention of his Diocese, for the purpose of a full investigation of all that had been, or might be laid to his charge. They then earnestly endeavor to impress it upon his mind, that, from the nature of those charges, and of similar reports long in circulation against him, nothing would satisfy others, or relieve himself from suspicion, but the appointment by the Convention of an impartial and intelligent Committee with In structions to make the fullest investigation of these evil reports. They felt bound, however, to say, that no mere report of a Committee de claring a belief of his innocency would suffice; and were persuaded that nothing but such an investigation as they had described and recommended, could satisfy either those whom he might deem unfriendly to him, or relieve the minds of many anxious and distressed friends. And, in conclusion, they observe that if such a course as they had pointed out should be pursued, and either a presentment made, or suffi cient reasons assigned to the contrary, they would be rejoiced to be relieved from the most trying duty that could possibly be laid upon them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.