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ed. others imperfectly expressed, and 9TH
ers still badly penned all which would
cost US much more labor than the prepa-
ton of new articles.
We are sorry to disappoint any who
write for publication. Let young writer's
not be discouraged. They should perse-
we're in the exercise Of committing their
thoughts to paper, whether they at pres
eut very frequently offer them to the pub
Usher or not. Let some friend who can
be confded in, and who is capable ofjudg-
ing, be consulted as to the merits of your
productions
Account of the revival in Bristol, next
week.
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they could possibly devise or obtain
against the truth of the Sacred writings
and that he would devote an hour after
each lecture, to reply publicly to those
questions and objections Moreover that
any gentleman who mi ght wish to speak
or TO advance his objections rira roce
should have perfect liberty so to do. Ac-
cordingly, the Rev Doctor Maclay's
Church in Mulbery-street was obtained,
(the Chatham-street Chapel having been
required for some special meetings of its
own congregational and these lectures or
rather discussions commenced on Tues
day, Jan. 5th, ndcontinued seven nights,
during which time the numbers of letters
containing numerous objections, many the
most powerful ever advanced against the
Scriptures, taken from the works Of Hume,
Paine, Voltaire, Gibbon, &c. were sent to
the Doctor. All these he regularly and
systematically answered, to the perfect sat
isfaction of the public. These letters
with the answers to the questions therein
contained will he published in their prop
cr place. This order Of the discussion
terminated on Friday, January 22d, in
consequence Of the Doctor having been
twice publicly challenged in the papers
by Mr. G. Vale, teacher Of Astronomy
and Navigation,
This third and last order Of these dis
cussions commenced in the same place on
the following Tuesday, (Mr Amos Bel
den was appointed Moderator by the wish
ofboth parties) and lasted six nights, when
it ended after the closest and most ener-
geic combat for every inch of ground,
Tin other words, for every letter. during
the whole discussion Upon which the
following resolution was regularly pro-
posed, seconded and carried without sim
gle dissenting Voice.
Resolved "That the thanks of this
meeting be presented to DR. Sleigh, for the
able and efficient manner in which he has
defended christianity, and incontroverti-
! bly, proved the truth Of the Sacred Scrip
lures, and for the important benefits that
must result from the same to the moral
interests Of this community"
(Signcd) AMOS BELDEN, Moderator.
Ncw-York, February 18th, 1886.
[Among those who appreciate this reso-
luton are Brownlee Nc Garter, Maclays
Bangs, De Witt, Proudft, Waugh and
numerous others Of high theological stand
ng.l
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THE TELEGRAPH.
A p r | l. p
We are indebted to brother Graves, Of
ludlow, for the following extract Of

Ludlow, for the following extract Of a
LETTER FROM BROTHER BRowN
Calcutta Oct 26, 1886.
My dear brother Graves:
rejoice to hear Of the zeal with
which you are carrying forward the vari-
Gus enterprises Of benevolcnce in Amcri-
ca, especially in the department Of Home
Missions and schools in the Western states
The public mind a lso appears to be rapid
ly awaking to the awful guilt and danger
Of slavery Before left America. saw
so many evils in it that I thought it very
bad country; now look upon it as the
Paradise Of the world. There is certain
Iyno other country like it. Itcxhibits a
grand experiment, which is to convince
the world whether true religion can exist
without the shackIes Of law, the protection
of lordships, and the services Of a lcgaliz-
ed hireling priesthood.
| believe that through the blessings of
God S grace, the experiment will succeed
gloriously and although infdelity and
popery may for time raise their naughty
heads unrebuked, yet believe that if true
religion ever has existed upon the earth,
it is to be found in America, and that it will
flourish there in its purify till every spe
cies Of vice and iniquity shall sink away
abashed before the omnipotent and urap-
peasablc rcbukes of enlightened con-
science. This is the right string to pull
upon. You might frame ever so many
laws for making people better and enforce
them BY all the terrorS Of an inquisition,
and it would do nothing at all towards af
fecting a moral renovation but bring it
home upon the conscience that such and
such a practice is an a1cfuL sin in TIE sight
of Col, aud there is no resisting it. Wick
ed men may for time make a mock of it,
but the irrepressible consciousness Of
wrong is gn1wjng within aQd without
there is a constantly increasing public
sentiment, growing purer and hOller from
day to day, and uttering louder and louder
its fearless rebukes.t
have unconsciousl y wandered almost
to the end of my sheet without telling YOU
any thing about our own prospects. We
are in a dark land Generations NAV
pass before these countries shall rise up to
the privileges of America. But there is
a wide field for us to labor in; an open
door and every encouragement. True,
the native mind is not in a state to feel the
truth as people do in our country; but still
the grace of God has visible and perma-
nent effect, even upon these sunken minds.
Let US then labor without fainting, believ-
ing that in due time there will be har-
vest, and glorious one, though perhaps
we may never live to reap it.
The Lord bless you, my dear brother.
in all your labors, and preserve you to his
heavenly kingdom.
This from your unworthy brother in
the bonds of the gospel.
NATHAN BROWN,
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To CORRESPONDENTS.

Brother Carpenters query would have
been attended to sooner, but we have been
and are yet, waiting to get hands on GER
tain facts, now out Of reach.
sDalcth' is under consideration.
We have several communications on
hand that contain many good thoughts
but some of them arc Improperly arranc-
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then. We look in vain for the formation
of public sentiment against llcentlouS-
ness on heather grodnd, when the church
herself refuses to lend her influence to
form such sentiment at home y when
will the church be consistent 0 when
will she see the necessity, the absolute ne
cessity, oftaking as bold stand against
lewdness, as against intemperance2 We
are much comforted in the belief, and it is
almost the only comfort we have on this
subject that the day is coming when the
churches must and 1oiH come up to this
work. Then, what minister, what male
professor will not be ashamed that he stood
aloof from this sharpest conflict with the
kingdom of darkness, till females, timid
females led the way, and by their example,
did what they could to inspire the bosoms
ofthe bold soldiers OF the cross with cour-
age to face the enemy And if in the mil
lennium there is any one thing for which
the church will blush, it will be at the
recollection that there was time, when IL
direct attack upon giant vice, the mel
retired from the field Of battle, and left the
contest TO be waged for more than an en-
tire year, by weak and defenceless females
Advocate of Moral Reform.
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From the Protestan! Findieat0r.
CHALLENGE.

The Roman Prelate and Priests OF
Montreal, Messrs Conroy, Quarter, and
Schneider, of New York-Messrs Fen
wick and Byrne of Boston-Mr Hughes
Of Philadelphia--the Arch Prelate of
Baltimore, and his subordinate Priests
and Cardinal England of Charleston, with
all other Roman Priests, and every Nun,
from Baffin's bay to the gulf of Mexico,
are hereby challenged to meet an investi-
CATION of the truth Of Maria Monks
awful Disclosures" before an impar
tial assembly, over which shall preside
screen gentlemen; three to be selected bv
the Roman Priests, three by the Execu-
tive Committee of the New York Protes-
tant Association, and the seventh as Chair
man, TO be chosen by the six.
An eligible place in New York shall
be appointed, and the regulations for the
decorum and order of the meetings, with
al the other arrangements, shall be made
by the above gentlemen.
no All communications upon this
subject from any ofthe Roman Priests OF
Nuns, either individually OF as delegates
for their superiors addressed to the Cor.
responding Secretary of the Neso YORK
Protestant Association, No. I42 Nassau
street, New York, will be promptly an.
swered
Withhold not good from them to whom
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*Our readers will doubtless recollect
that brother Brown was an immediate alb
olitionist while he edited the Telegraph.
1t was during his controversy with the
former Jesuitical editor of the Vermont
Chronicle, that our attention was first call
ed to, and fixed upon, the doctrine of i'm
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POPERY.

and illustrations Of the RomiSh doctrins
concerning purgatory are extracted from
the Pittsburgh Herald Nothing can be
more incontrovertibe than the fact, that
If the Romish purgatory be a reality then
Roman Priests, are as Paul describes
them; "covetous, without natural affection,
and fierce - 2 Timothy 3; Is; and if it
be, as It self-evidenuy is, only a Popish
Lying wonder" then Peters prediction is
fulfilled in them Through covetousness
with feigned words do they make mer-
chandisc" Of the silly sheep fceced ten
thousand times before. 2 Peter 2: l-3.
From tho Protestant indicator
Every Papist processes to believe chat
there is a purgatory. The torment suf-
fered there IS great, according to some ;
as great while it lasts as the, torment of
he'll. The priest processes to have the
power Of delivering the poor soul, by say
ing few masses. A man dies and goes
thcte. The man was a member Of his
flock, who never did him any harm, who
paid all his dues &C.; but now he is in pur-
gatory. His wife believing that the priest
has power 10 deliver him, applies for the
necessary assistance. The priest replies
Yes, l have the power, but before | exer-
else it, glrc me the money She has it
not. He pictures to her Imagination all
the horrors Of his suferings In fancy
she sees him writhe; she hears him groan;
and yetthe cold calculating Pague refuses
to do-any thing to allay her suferings till
hn hor If tho lon4riNS -,
purgatory be true, the priest is a monster
If false, he receives the money knowing il
to be false, he is a villain "
"A few years ago in a ncighboring
county, Papist in INDECENT circumstan,
ces died. After his burial, his wife went
to the priest, and made inquiry about the
probable state of her deceased husband
She was informed that he was in purga
tory! The priest Immediately urged her
to have him released from h is pitiabIe
condition, and offered his services for the
accomplishment Of the desirable object
She informed himthat' the only property
she possessed was a horse and COW, and
that she had family to support She
made an offer Of the horse, if the prizes
would perform the' benevolent Office. -
Poor deluded creature! "He told her h
would try, perhaps he could succeed Eor
the proposed offer, But after some time
he returned, and told the sorrowing wild
ow, that he could not release him for tn
proposed amount, and insisted that she
should give the COW also. The woman
after long struggle between the prospects
Other poor children and suffering hus
band, concluded to consider the matter q
few days. In the meantime, she conclud
Ell that it would be better for her HUSBAND
to suffer little longer in purgatory, as h
was partly released by the prayers Of tn
priest, than that her children should SUI
fer
May God in his infinite mercy, CONVEX
these poor deluded people, and bring
them into the liberty Of the gospel Of hi
Son |"
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ORIGIN OF THE New YORK Discus
SION,

This Discussion, which has produced
in this civ such an unparalleled excite
ment about the Scriptures, and which was
conducted for twenty-eight evenings in
the presence ofthousands, arose out Of the
following circumstance.
DR. Sleigh, professor of anatomy and
surgery, &c. &c. while delivering, last
October, course of lectures on pbysiolo-
gy and the laws of life in the Franklin In
stitute in Philadel phia, took occasion to
observe that the laws of nature, so far
from initiating against the truth of the
Scriptures, as In6dels generally suppose
they do, powerfully corroborate them;-
and that it is only. a superficial knowledge
of nature which leads any man to imagine
that her laws contradict the Bible Afew
other observations similar TO the above, ap-
peared quite sufficient to excite the spirit
and arouse the pride Of the In6dels Of
Philadelphia who hold meetings every
Sunday in Military Hall to reVile the I-lv-
ing God.
Accordingly they invited the Doctor to
deliver his Lectures in a place where
they would have an opportunity Of reply
ing to them; orin plain English to pub
lie debate The Doctor acceded. A
large room was taken for the purpose
regulations were entered into between the
parties-Moderators were chosen-and
on the 18th day of October, 1885, the
Discussion commenced. Mr. Garfield
editor of the Temple e Reason, Mr. Bur
raj member Of the bar, and Mr. Purser
OF New York, appeared on the platform
as the champions of lnhdelIty DIR
Sleigh as the advocate and defender ofthe
Scriptures. The debate was carried on
for six nights, and terminated in a man
ner the following resolution sufficiently
explains.
CHRISTIANITY VICToRIOUs.-At an
over-crowded meeting held on the 3Oth
inst. in the Temperance Hail. Northern
Exchange, the following resolution was
carried unanimously, and with enthusiasts
tic applause:
: Resolved, That after six nights public
: discussion between DR. Slei gh in defence
} of Divine Revelation, and the Reprcsen,
tatives Of the New York and Phlladel,
} phia Free Inquirers,' in support of Inf
deity, it has been satisfactorllyproved that
genuine Christianity is Of divine origin
, and that the attacks made by Infdcls on
5 the Sacred Scriptures, are as frivolous as
they are unsupported by reason and com.
t mon sense, and destructive to the best in
| terests humankind. "-[Ncm. Con-
The reverse was then put, and not :
e.; single hand was held up to support It
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mission freely TO partake. NN
RAp1x
Not Young, but Pope, in his I,r;,..
sal Praycr-LED. TEL.
Norris.
% Called by whatever name Soc.,..
may be, no one ought to join it. vj,h,.,
first reading, or hearing read, its ~Cor>f.,.
tion,' and from that learning is ~ob,e,~
and its measures too.
~ 1t is always proper and right !,
one to pause, when he finds himself il
darkness or feels himself in danger \,
matter whether the danger threaten him.
self or others, h" should pause un,iI he
obtains light and safety, nd,hcu ho shovN
60 forward. While maintaining his
pause, however, he should not be idle
1.-The be in Darkness let him call Ion ncl.
arlth his eyes 0pcn If he be in duncc-
let him inquire for safety, ready whcnv,.
er it is pointed out to him, TO % forward
or backward, to the right or to me lcf A.
the case may require He mus: T..
pause in id!eness.
! Whv does orr hr,t},,., r..,,.o, u,1..
not tell Us he is in darkness, nor does ..>
manifest constituencies ,r .}unror H..
. h. com to fbo EMP tJ,.bn ra..,b.3 o.
cool A.. tL,ro w., ,.,,uo 3u,,,.o,1.
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tina, has broken .n4 Ground to- dust >hc.-
parents or their friends. anl is re37ljr-
after and now getting hold or ,hru., y.
the wounds healed? Arc the tears vi.1i
from the eyes cfthc WIFE, the mother t..
child. the widow and ORPHAN, the hro.bpr
sister or friend? |, the ,.nn Of orier ,..~.
11vand rornovr1 / ,}o r,;so, 1,lon
and lai1 out @: reach! l. hell robbed q:
its victims? Are the nc:> broken ana j..
sttoyed that have been used in catching
the victims? Have tn makers Of ;!!c rn<
! abandoned their vile ,rnn}ovn,cn,? Ills
our brother done all be can afford to d.
all that duty 1cnuirc>-;lIl that nature @n3
reason dictate-aIl that God demands. T.,
remedy this Eodv and soul running ,>E
Ifhe has not, why docs he pause? How
long will he remain Idle, Will" such 4
work and such motives are before hin.
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single hand was neIu up 10 support t.
(SiCncd) r. II CLOSE, =
john STEEL, &
JNo MARTIN,
F. D. w. WARD, S
THos. BRowN,
i

This discussion in Philadelphia had
not actually terminated, ere the Infdels of
New York invited the Doctor to this city,
to meet them before the public. There
fore, as soon as the above Discussion had
ended, the Doctor came off to this city
The Infdcls assembling in Tammanv
Hail. under the name Of Moral Philan-
thropists,' appointed two gentlemen as
their representatives or delegates, whose
appointment was communicated to the
Doctor, by the following document:
New York, Nov. 4th, 1885. The un-
dersigned, as Trustees Of the Society of
Moral Philanthropists do hereby nomin-
ate and appoint Mr. Benjamin Often, and
Mr. G.. II. Purser to be their delegates to
confer with DR. w. w. Sleigh, relative to
any Theological Discussion, and to make
such arrangements with him on behalf OF
this Society, as they may deem proper
for conducting the same.
| (Signcd) THos. WOODWARD, Chairman.
JOHN WOODS, Secretary
Jon DITCHETT, Treasurer.
Accordingly the New York discussion
commenced IN the Euterpian Hall, Broad
way, on Thursday evening Nov 18th
1885, and was carried on for fifteen nights
in the presence Of thousands; when such
was the interest excited that it became ne
cessary to have the police in regular at
tendance each evening. Mr. Often with
drew after the fifth nights debate, on the
plea that the Doctor turned his arguments
into ridicule, C) was not fair, and would
not reply to some Of his objections, till he
Uhe Doctor thought proper The meet
ings were about this time removed to
Chatham street Chapel, and Mr. Purser
continued the debate for the remainder OF
the fifteen nights. At the expiration OF
this time, he declined proceeding any long
er in a very friendly letter addressed to
the Doctor, in which he assured him that
the resolution he had come to, Of not con-
tinuing the discussion, did not proceed
from any personal feelings towards the
Doctor, but from a determination he had
now made of separating himself for erer,
as a public advocate, from Tammany
Hall :; and concluded with expressions OF
high admiration for the Doctors abilities,
&c, (Sicned G. H. Purser) This alb
rupt and unexpected termination Of the
discussion with the immediate and regu-
larly nominated representatives ofthe In
fidels of Tammany Hall, deprived the
Doctor ofthe opportunity of going into the
internal evidences of the authenticity of
the Sacred Scriptures The Doctor was
therefore induced by the advice of his
friends, and with the wish Of the public to
deliver regular course of lectures on the
internal evidences Of the Bible, and pub
lIc notice was g ven that at these lectures
a full opportunity would be furnished to
all Infdels and Sceptics to impugn any
statements made by the Doctor, in his lec-
lures, and that they might send to him in
writing all questions they deemed most
calculated to expose the fallacy of the
Scriptures, and the strongest objections
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No. 3O.....VoL.I VII,

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which by their all-wise and benrf~so,,
Creator have been pronounced good W..
OF the fruit of which he hath given US w. r,'
mission freely to portake. QD ''
RAply
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Withhold not good from them to whom
II is due, when il is in the power of thine
hand 10 do it.-Sotom0n. -
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