forty thousand dollars in aid of his much-cherished ob- ject. He returned home in July, 1824, and during the next two years was busily engaged in laying the foun- dation of Kenyon College and the Theological Semina- ry at Gambier (both names being derived from prom- inent donors to the cause). In due time the college went into operation, bishop Chase assuming the presi- dency. Nut long after, however, there anise differences of opinion between him and the professors as to the ex- tent of the bishop's powers in this office. The conven- tion of the diocese sustained the professors, which led to an immediate resignation by the sturdy old man, not only as president of the college, but also as bishop of Ohio. This was in September, 1831, and the case of hid resignation of the diocese came before the General Con- vention of 1832. The House of Bishops pointedly cen- sured abandonment of the diocese under such circum- stances; but, in order that the Church should not suffer harm, the bishops united with the other House in ap- proving the election of Dr. C. P. Mcllvaine, who was consecrated bishop of Ohio, Oct. 31, 1832. Bishop Chase, we may mention here, continued his course west- ward, and was elected to the episcopate of Illinois in 1835. He visited England again, received further lib- eral donations in aid of the cause of Christian educa- tion, and founded another institution, which he called Jubilee College. For this he obtained, in 18T7, a char- ter to his mind on the point of the bishop's control in its affairs. Since those days, headed by the venerable Jackson Kemper, missionary bishop of the North-west, sent out in 1835, the Protestant Episcopal Church has not been altogether unmindful of its duty and privilege ; and all through that vast field beyond the Mississippi, even to the Pacific Ocean, there are heralds of the cross engaged in their sacred vocation. The episcopate, since 1859, has been coextensive with the boundaries of the United States; and the Church, in its complete organ- ization, has been, and is, striving to bring men to the obedience of the faith of Christ.
The venerable William White, in the fiftieth year of his episcopate, was called away to his rest, July 17, 1836. His name will ever be held in grateful memory by the Church in America, as well for the long-continued and earnest labors in its behalf which he was permitted to perform, as for the wisdom and judgment of his course on all occasions during a life extended far beyond the or- dinary limit allotted to man. Meekness and gentleness, a large-hearted liberality, a spirit of genuine toleration, a willingness to yield for peace' sake in all matters where principle was not. in his judgment, clearly in- volved— these and the like qualities fitted him admira- bly for the station he was called upon, in God's provi- dence, to fill ; and we may with reverent thankfulness trace the indications of God's goodness and mercy to his Church in America, that such a man was raised up to take large share in its early struggles and histo- ry, and to live to so great an age as to see the " little one become a thousand," and the grain of mustard- seed grow up, and become a tree, and shoot out great branches. Bishop White's biographer and intimate friend, Dr. B. Wilson, classes him among " the Low- Church divines, as they were called in England, of the established Church in that country," and the good bishop has been claimed as representing that portion of the clergy in the Protestant Episcopal Church to whom the same title has been applied. Doubtless, bishop White was not what is termed a " High-Church- man;" for, though he was on terms of great intimacy with bishop Hobart (of whom we have before spoken), and entertained for him warm affection and sincere re- spect, yet he was never willing to express his assent to all the views of bishop Hobart on the subject of the ministry, and the necessity of the apostolic succession in order to constitute a lawful ministry in the Church. He held episcopacy to be of divine origin, and therefore, of course, the best form and mode of Church govern- ment; but, in view of the condition of the Protestant
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world, he did no! consider it to be absolutely necessary, or that those who deparl from or reject il are guilty of causing and perpetuating Bchism in the body of Christ. (in th( other hand, he was nol at all a "Low-Church- man," in the sense of undervaluing episcopal organiza- tion and responsibility, or looking upon il as a matter
of litil ■ no moment This was very evident by his
idherence to the < Jhurch's waj - and i ourse in all matters where ii was needful to take a stand in re- gard! her Christian bodies. His courtesy and kind- ness of heart, and his truly charitable estimate of the views held by pious people uol connected with the Prot- estant Episcopal Church, and of the sincerity of their motives and aims, naturally led li i in to look with favor upon u hal mighl be proposed where it is usually i hough)
Christians of all names can work together for the c -