Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-26 00:00:00

THE N ORTHERN TIMES. LIVERPOOL, THURS DAY, NOVEMBER 26 1587•

victim of hellish drink into contact with an Iron pillar, or may be a
stone wall. I must stop here, and ask that being who has unfortu-
nately experienced this illusion to fill up this taint outline. If there
be not, however, sufficient healthy vigour of mind to rise above what
perhaps may be merely the diversion of innocent flies, the repeated
shocks of this fearful disease will completely pro,trate the spirit, and
the victim suffers a terrible death.

I knew a young man who, when labouring under this dreadful
malady of drunkenness, the delirium tremens, that had a strange
delusion. Me went to the minister, the Rev. Miles Formby, at
Melling, and told him that God had sent for him, that he must die
that night. The Rev. gentleman perceiving the state of his mind
sent his coachman with him home, with instructions to his friends to
look after him. Ey some means this unfortunate victim of Alcoholic
drink was found drowned next morning, in a small pool of water very
near his own door.

The following will illustrate, to some extent, the dreadful sufferings
endured by the victims of this appalling malady. The medical
gentleman who attended the unfortunate man detailed the circum-
stance to me. The unhappy man addressing the doctor, said—l know
there is no hope for me; I must die, and it cannot matter much to
you whether I die sooner or later. You have talked to me of the
glories of Heaven and the pains of Hell ; yon have been exceedingly
kind; but oh, doctor, for Heaven itself I would not go through the
horrors of another night such as I passed last night—Hell itself
cannot be worse than what I suffered. Now, dear doctor, if you
know of anything that willi kill me at once, I entreat you to give it
me, no one will know; it will be the greatest favour ever you did a
poor soul. I told him the utter impossibility of my being guilty of so
awful a crime, but promised to send him something. I called next
morning, and was informed that he died at three o'clock, after suffer-
ing considerable agony. Drunkard, escape far thy life, flee for refuge
to total abstinence principles, lest a similar end be thy portion. Such
is the drunkard's death. How different is the death of the Christian.
I remember once seeing an aged Saiat die, and just before the spirit
took its flight he was asked if he had any doubt in the ♦alley.
Doubt, he said, with a smile on his countenance, which I shall never
forget—doubt, with Jesus with me; oh, no, and immediately expired.
Happy is the death of the Christian, while that of the drunkard is the
extreme—lnto blackness of darkness, the abode of the lost, where
there is weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth.

The following painful incident show.' that tho offspring of drunken
parents participate in the evils resulting from drunkenness, and ought
to be a sufficient warning to paren a neither to touch, taste, or handle
the cursed thing.

In a small town in Suffolk two cousins came into possession of some
property at the death of a relative. They were married, and lived on
it, and spent their time chiefly in muddling themselves with drink—
generally going to bed intoxicated ; they had four children, and every
one of them were idiots of the very worst kind.
The wife of an amiable and useful clergyman in Staffordshire was
the victim of intoxicating drinks, so much so, that she had frequently
to be carried to bed in a beastly state of intoxication. Every effort
of the distressed husband to reclaim her were unavailing, She died
of that dreadful malidy of dra akenne is, the delirium tremens, leaving
three children all idiots.

Such instances warrant the conclusion, that parents, habitually
drinking, will bring children into the world-having the human exte-
rior, bat inwardly resembling the lowest orders of creation, partaking
both of man and brute, while many, very many, moderate drinkers
are sowing in their constitutions the se ds of insanity that will gene-
rate in their offsprin:, and cause them to be cut off from friends and
home, and to inhabit the dark cells of the asylum—the sad and
dreary abode of the insane. Oct of 95 admitted into the Liverpool
Asylum in fourteen months, 50 hal become insa ,e through drunken-
ness. It connot be denied that drunkenness involves slay.ry, com-
pared with which the condition of the nsgro under the very lash, or
of the convict in the hulks, may be considered comparative freedom.
for thus the body only is enslaved, but drunkenness enslaves body,
mind, and heart. .

(To be continued (•

BOYS' CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TA'ITE AT LEWIS and
PANT'S, Ranelagh•street.

The Marquis Bpinola, a distinguished naturalist, has
died at Genoa.

DARING ESCAPE of A CONVICT.—On Tuesday morning
informs ion was received that James Whately, a convict
under sentence of six years' penal servitude, had during
the night broke out of the convict prison air Portsmouth
and got clear away Whately is a most desperate fellow;
he was committed for burglary from Worship street Police
Court, and convicted at the Central Criminal Court on the
s:h January this year, and is well known about Bunhitl-
row.

MYSTERIOUS DISAFPEARkNCE —On Friday evening last
week, a man named Chisholm, shepherd, Bl kedean, left
Kelso market for the purpose of getting home early, and
proposed to call at Lempitlaw in passing. He was last
observed at the end of the Bridge. Since then he has
neither been seen nor heard of Fears are entertained that
he may have missed his footing or fallen into the water.
The Tweed has been dragged, and search made in all
directions, but as yet without effect.—Kelso Mail.
Mr. Anderson, the agent of the Oriental Bank at Kil-
more, was "stuck up" on the night of the 26th of August,
while driving to Melbourne in a dog cart, containing about
200ozs. of gold, and bank notes to the value of £3,000.
His assailants, four in number, dragged him from the cart,
bound him to a tree with ropes, and drove off with their
booty. He remained in this position all night, and was in
a state of exhaustion when released. The perpetrators
of the outrage are still at large.—Melbourne Argus.
WRECK OFF Beecaroote—On Sunday afternoon, a small
schooner named the Pride, bound from one of the Irish
ports for Liverpool, struck on the Salthouee bank, oppo-
site South Shore, Blackpool, and it is feared she will
become a total wreck. Soon after she struck, a nteamer
went to her assistance, but was unable to get her off.
The vessel remained on the bank during Sunday, but on
that night a strong wind sprung up and drove the vessel
over the bank to wards the beach. She was expected to
go to pieces yesterday. The crew quitted the schooner
immediately she struck the bank, and fortunately suc-
ceeded in reaching the shore in safety. The vessel was
freighted with 126 tons of meal, part of which was saved
in the course of Monday, but the remainder was lost in
consequence of the gale which sprung up on Monday
night
SuICIDI FROM EXCEsSIvE GRIEF FOR THE Loss OF A
CIIiLD—On Thursday an inquiry took place on view of the
body of Mrs. Ashley, aged 3S, who committed suicide by
taking vitriol. The principle evidence was that of Mr.
John o'Beien, who lived in the same house as the deceased.
She came into the witness's room, and said, " Good bye,
Mr. and Mrs O'Brien, I have lost my precious child, and
lam going to join her in the grave"—at the same time
the pre: r woman drank the poison out of a cup. Witness
ran for a surgeon, and while he was gone, the deceased
threatened to cut his wife's throat with a large knife,
saying, "If you will not cut my throat, I will yours."
His wife was so alarmed that the fell into a fit, and had
since been in the hospital. The jury returned u verdie;
of insanity.
FRANCE AND THE SOUND Dens —The Mon iteur pub-
lishes an Imperial decree promulgating the special conven-
tion relative to the Sound Dies concluded on the 28th of
September, 1857, between France and Denmark. The
ratifications were exchanged on the 33.1 of Oct )ber.
France has to pay to Denmark, as an indemnification for
the dues formerly levied in the Sound and Belts, the sum
of 1,"19,003 rigsdale-s, in 40 half-yearly payments, with
4 per cent interest on the unpaid portion. The amount
of this decreasing interest is to be capit and added,
on the sinking fund principle, to the sum of the 40 half.
yearly payments specified, which will thus amount for each
instalment to 44 561 566 1000 rigsdalers. The first
payment is fixed for the Ist of October, 1857 ; !he second
on the let of April, 1858; and so en unto the Ist of
April 1877.
A PRESTONIAN KILLED ON THE RAILWAY AT FLEETWOOD.
—On Monday evening, soon after five o'clock, a shocking
accident occurred to a ship carpenter, as he was crossing
the timber yards near the railway station on the Preston
and Wyre Railway, at Fleetwood, by which he was almost
instantly deprived of life It appeared that after the arrival
of the train at Fleetwood, which left Preston at 3 50 p
on Monday the engine was being run cut of the station
when the engine driver, observing a man c, ossing the rails
a little in advance. sounded his whistle, and shouted to him
to get off the line It is supposed that the man, becoming
confused, was unable to get out of the way of the engine,
and was k-ocked down by one of the buffers and run over.
He was picked uo immediately, but did not survive many
minutes, We understand that the deceased has left a
widow and seve:al children, and was sixty-three years of
ego.

—A
TERRIBLE DEATH —Rec ntly, in St. John's, New
Br niwick on a dark night, a man walked off one of the
whAtvc sin th-lt ci y, when the tide was out. He groped
his way along in the mu t, ku , instead of taking a course
which would ex ' ricate him from his unpleasant predicament,
he wandered up among the piles beneath the wharf, where,
of course, he became more b.. wildcred than ever. The
rising tide made him conscious cf his ealger, and by shouts
and noise he was enabled to attract the attention of persons
psssing in the vicinity, but too late for success. As the tide
rose he climbed to the top of the piles, end through a small
aperture in the wharf, sufficient for one of his arms, he wt.s
enabled to info m them of his situation. His position
and feelings can be imagined when the water was
every moment arising around him, and he could not be
extricated. He shook hands wi:h his friends, passed
through the hole all the money and valuables he had about
his person, and just as the water was closing over him,
after giving some directions concerning his family, be We
his friends good bye, and the gurgling water beneath
annotac( cl that all was over. His body was recovered
when the tide receded.

At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Ranalagh-atxeet.
BOYS are 01.0111rD from the Agee of Sta to Twenty Tears.

REV. JOHN MACNAUGHT IN REPLY TO THE
REV. J. K. GLAZEBROOK.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.

Sir,—ln reply to the third paragraph of my first
letter to you, Mr. Glazebrook publishes two columns
in your paper of this morning. The question at issue
is, whether the text " Thy Word is Truth" is equi-
♦alent to Mr, G.'s paraphrase of it—the Bible is
infallible. Mr, G. finds great fault with me, for
considering the terms 0 Thy word," (John, 17, 17,)
synonymous with the terms, "The word of God.'►
He describes the former expression as specifically
different from the latter. Wiil Mr. Glazebrook be
so good as to tell us whose word, if not the word
of God, is referred to in John, 17, 17 ?
I have already shown that in such texts as By
the word of the Lord were the heavens made," "In
the beginning was the word, and the word was with
God, " and the word was God," the expression " the
word'' or " the word of the Lord" cannot mean the
Bible. Hence it follows, that by " God's word"
something different from the Bible is, at least
occasionally, signified in Scripture ; and, therefore,
in the text" Thy word is truth," men ought not, as
Mr. Glazebrook does, to assume that God's Nord
means the Bible, but, rather, we ought to enquire,
in each passage of Scripture, what is the true
signification of this important phrase God's
Word."

Prelisely to this effect my esteemed friend
Professor Williams says, in one of his sermons
before the University of Cambridge, " Let not the
natural metaphor, by which men call a sacred
record ' the Word of God,' ever blind us to the
fact, that no text has been found from Genesis to
Revelations, in which this holy name is made a
synonym for the entire volume of Scripture." •
* * * "Most commonly in the New
Testament, the phrase Word of God means the
Gospel of Christ, or the glad tidings of the Mes-
siah being come?" And, again, in a note to the
same sermon, the learned Professor adds, wiLh
reference to his '- having said positively that
nowhere in Holy Scripture is the term Word of
God' made an equivalent or synonym for the
Bible," " I did not make up my own mind on this
specific point until after a consideration extending
over many years."

Thus, sir, it appears, by the general testimony
of Scripture usage, and by the authority of an
accomplished and scholarly divine, who has given
his special attention to this point, that Mr. Glaze-
brook is not quite sure to be right—nay, that he is,
in all probability, wrong—when he declares that,
in John xvii. 17, Thy Word" means "the Bible."
But, sir, I will go further than this, and will
show that in this very text, which Mr. Glazebrook
has chosen as his stronghold, the term " Thy
Word" means, clearly and unmistakeably, some-
thing else than the Bible, viz., the word or teaching
which God had sent Jesus to announce to the
Apostles and to the world.

On reading, in John xvii., " Thy Word is truth,"
wo should remember that the phrase does not
occur there for the first time in John's Gospel.
Frequently has the Saviour already used, illus-
trated, and explained, this identical phrase. For
instance, only three verses above that (rioted, He
says (John xvii, 1.4)—" I have given them Thy
Word." Had Jesus given the Apostles either the
Old or the New Testament portion of the Bible ?
Manifestly not. The Old Testament they possessed
before the Lord came. The New Testament was
not written for a considerable time after the
Saviour's death. Jesus had not, in any sense,
given the Bible to the Apostles ; yet He truly says,
He had given them " Thy (i.e., God's) Word."
Hence, " Thy Word" (John xvii, 14, 17) does not
mean the Bible, but means something different
from the Bible.

As to what this great and sacred expression,
from the lips of our Master, really means, we are
not left in doubt or necessary ignorance ; for, on
remembering other kindred utterances of our Lord,
we perceive how he said (John xiv., 23, &c.) : "If
a man love me, he will keep my words ; and my
Father will love him, and we will come unto him,
and make our abode with him. He that loveth
me not, keepeth not my sayings (Loyous, i.e., words,
in the original Greek), and the word which you hear
is not mine, but the Father's, which sent me.' Thus
does Jesus Himself declare what he meant by
" Thy e , God's) Word," viz., not the Bible,
as Mr. Glazebrook erroneously asserts, but his own
teaching, or " sayings,'.' or words" (Logous, of the
Greek Testament). And, in case even this testimony
should no suffice, I may remind your readers, yet
further, that (John xii., 45, &I) Christ said, " He
that rejecteth me and iweiveth not my words
(Rhemata, in the Greek) hath one that judgeth him :
the word (Ho logos) that I have spoken, the same
shall judge him in the last day. For I have not
spoken of mysef ; but the Father, which sent me,
gave me a commandment what I should say and what
I should speak. And I know that His command-
ment is life everlasting : whatsoever I speak, there-
fore, even as the father said unto me, so I speak "
Thus clearly does our Lord inform us, if we will
only hearken to his teaching, as reported by the
Apostle John, that " Thy Word," in John xvii. 17,
is not a synonym for the Bible, but is equivalent to
the phrase, " The sayings which Thou, 0 God,
host commanded me to speak." Of these " sayings,"
or teachings, Jesus declares that they are true, or,
which is the same thing, that they aro " truth."
Surely this, which is Christ's own explanation of
the text, " Thy Word is truth," is very different
from saying, " Tha Old Testament, which the
Jews have long possessed, and the New Testament,
which some of my followers shall hereafter write,
arc, anti shall be, infallible." Christ really said,
"My Gospel doctrine, which is Thy Word, or
teaching, 0 God, is truth." He does not say any-
thing in this passage, at all events, about the Bible
or infallibility.

Thus, sir, whether we regard the general usage
of the Scriptural expression, " The Word," i. e
" the word of the Lord," or whether we listen to
the deliberate teaching of Professor Williams, or
whether we observe our Lord's own exposition of
Mr. Glazebrook's favourite text, in each case the
result, with reference to our controversy, is the
same. It appears plainly that when Jesus said,
" Thy word is Truth," He made no allusion to the
Bible, or to infallibility ; but He simply
declared that His religion, as He Himself spoke
forth its teachings, was from God and was true.
So much for Mr. Glazebrook's argument as based
on John xvii. v. 17. lam glad that his line of
thought has afforded me an opportunity of explain-
ing what is the true and scriptural signification of
a simple but important text.
I regret to find that Mr. Glazebrook still delays
to recal the grave charges of blasphemy which he
has so groundlessly alleged against me. I regret
that the reverend gentleman still helps out the
weakness of his argument by the strength of such
epithets for me as "Judas" and the like. Once
mare, for the third time, I invite Mr. Glazebrook,
candidly, in justice, and as he ♦alues his character
of a Christian and a gentleman, to reoal these terms,
and to desist from employing them or terms
similar to them. Yours, truly, sir,

JOHN MACNAUGHT

Evertor, Nov. 25th, 1857.
writing the above, I have met with
the following important corroborative testimony
extracted from a recent oharge by the Bishop of
L'andaff His Lordship writes, "that the phrase
' Word of God' in the New Testament means not
the volume of written Scripture, but the doctrine of
divine revelation taught in Holy Scripture, can
scarcely be doubted by any competent critic."

At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Rimehigh-street
1478 art CLOTBED A= the AP Of Six to TOMMY Year

TO THE RT. HON. LORD PALMERSTON, 1414

PREMIER OF ENGLAND.

MY LORD,—It is reported that you stated in Ptit.
speech lately at the Guildhall, that the atrociti.e:
committed in India are such as could only 178
committed by demons sallying forth from
lowest depths of hell; I don't clearly tinders at
what you mean. If your lordship means 'Oll
demons commit such atrocities on each other, 0
have made a sad mistake. Demons coretnilo
such atrocities on each other as the 1:11/rn,e31
'
family do; demons have far more 00,
solid common sense, and are not such fools as r 1305
There is also much more stability among de ante.
in hell, than is to be found among men nni9;ser
Beelzebub has been their iogovernor-generioa.
since they fell from their original high PO4-
My Lord, believe me, my heart is sick, anui
the
spirit is troubled within me, in consequence of
atrocities committed on my countrymen, MYl(3°4p,
trywomen, and country children in India•
pose we got possession of India by stratage7tei
not by conquest. Well, if so, how have we Irgtiss.
the poor Indians ever since we got posse:a to
Have we done our utmost to enlighten,
convince them the folly and madness of slaugdto
ing the human family ? Have we endeavour' 0
give them a right kind of education, and ha that
done our utmost to impress on their Minustres tel
they are heirs of immortality ? Havewe
them as brothers and sisters, children of the soe
sa
parents, and creatures of the same God ? liavriere
kindly endeavoured to convince them, thaet,o3o
never was but one creation, and that all the P",,-
Fe
family are productions of that creation ; or IPla,c-ad'il
done our utmost to convince them that Nve are s
Lords
and them poor mortal creatures. Now, LnYgpo9
I ask you, is it any wonder that the Indian 'aid,
should thirst for human blood, when the ecluo" of
the accomplished, and the boasted Christiansice
England, France, and Russia, should destroc eore
other? I believe, in my soul, that it will be ;00
tolerable for the people of Hindostan at the le et
day of judgment, than it will be for the Pe°l3,eoi'
England, France, and Russia, taking into ev,"rig,
deration the mighty advantages the people °Af-itll
land, France, and Russia have had compare'llso,
the advantages of the people of Hindostan• 01,
informea that the men under the con 0:111'
General Wilson bayoneted all the peoPl.e,e. i5l/
within the walls of the city of Delhi. `g-tlie
true, they conducted themselves exactlY tiaseriti
Indian Sepoy. lam told this on the atl-TlO
of a British officer, who wrote from Dellw t 0211,
blond-thirsty man says :—" These were Pc 'd
to
tineers, but residents of the city, who traste.,.'
our rule of pardon." Hear this man" pot
" Mercy to such is a mistake ; theY rl,`„oo'
human beings, but at best wild roofs
deserving only the death of dogs.' Th
seers that the people bayoneted by General IXo66ii'e
men were not rebels, but poor, innocent, incl,'+-eTti
residents of the city. I dare say the bloo,'""altiO0'
British officer is question boasts of his et-Inf-4001
and, perhaps, of his Christianity also. If th'„satia°
be a fair sample of educated men, their oil-le-ride,
is all humbug. I suppose this man is full (1113-ele:
as a vast number of others in this conntri,'oo;
suppose themselves gods, rather than por :rule °'
men. My Lord, I am disgusted with the P`"
this country. , net; "
I: is impossible to come within arm's-ie-,,e411'
many men in England, except at a general e`',„-Itl3o
when they want a vote. I was quite amused by 0110
city, at the last election. Men shook me
hand then who never did so before, and I'3-13 a'
will not again until the next election. I have';epl
a vow this very ?ay never again to vote ft.°:g he
man who will only shake me by the hand 011;,0-liill
wants a favour from me. I don't make lord
10.
distinction between a man and 3,eee
both are men, according to my noT,000)
men. Indeed, I consider it a far greater
-
to be called a man than it is to be called 11.,01101
There was no lord spoken of when ereatierl
from the hands of the Creator. DistinctlYtneo
stand me, my lord. I do not despise 113" hose
they are called lords, if they conduct thornge;iecrli;
becometh poor mortal men : I love them es br' leV
—I am, my lord, your lordship's obedient 111.11e4'
servant, A WE
Chester, Nov. 23, 1857.

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