Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-01-24

has attempted to solve, no, the oasc of oontcioHce /
pruppse. bu, the character oi the winter who stated
case at oasuisItv. and expressed hs own views
on some few points merely hints toward r,gh, /
decision. II is much easier to review man Than !
MS arguments but no, quHc reputable. TIC B
tori oCthe reviewer IS Case Of Casustry Solved"
bot he offers solution at all. and leaves his rea l.
ers even more in the dark than before" lie seems
To assume !, as an axiom in morals, ,ha, uespaSses
against hospitality have been committed orif
50, is unthilsani specify and publish such sins.
Had the reviewer Of me and my article by fair
reasoning shown that "lIospsliias' has misapplied
scripture and convicted him Of the sins laid TO his
ehatge his liberal censute would have come with
better grace. The split which he evlnces will
need a great amount OF meekncss 10 be Tolerated an
tree disrussfob ard the extreme severity OF bis
language should have much truth To sustain it. But
will not presume 10 guess at the eharaRr OF
stranger. NV object is no, to review the man, bu,
his argument, stated iha, the obligation to enter
tain strangers and travellers is not so binding now
as in earlier times, nor is this form of hospitality 50
necessary because when the scriptures were written
"inns were few and far between" but now, IN
Christian countries, the 'traveers home is found
on every road and at the distance OF every few
miles In proof OF this cited the instance Of Lot,
sitting at the gate of the city, to invite strangers to
4 his house Gen. chap. i9h)-ihe refusal OF hosp-
iali,y TO Christ and the apostles travelling through
Samaria duke 0; 52)-and the case OF the traveller
O, Glbeah, who ,arried in the street, although sup
/ piled with all but lodging. because, said he, NO
,naa ,ceeircM me 10 house" Judges 10. l6-2I.
! From these facts derived the rational inference
tina, inns were few and also that they did not pIo-
vide entertainment, for travellers. | inferred also,
and said From the history Of primitive customs II
appears ,hat all guests invited TO partake OF
hospitality, and that none, even in necessitous cir
cumsiances, invited themselves, presumed TO IN
ttude upon the charity OF a stranger. making him 10y
consuaint a grstuiious tavern keeper." This last
infcIei oe he Reviewer T; sses by wiott con M III
-Joes not even attempt TO show that 1t IS contrary
10 scripture or profane history, nor offer word Of
proof that il is OF the duties OF hospitality TO en-
terrain ''uncredeniialled strangers" who, without
beces ,iiy pnt themselves upon private families. But
ne proceeds TO show that inns in the early ages
were neither few spoken OF in scripture as
things "uncommon" For proof, he says "Josephs
brethren found an inn on their from Egyptto
Canaan, IGen. 4227.l Moses. ALSO on his return
from INDIAN found an inn lex aga. And there
was an inn at Bethlehem" Bot this does not prove
inns To be very common the word being found hut
FIVE times in the Bible three times in the Old and
twice only In The New Testament. But the Re
viewer himself tells US, from Zenophon, that the
inns of Cyrus H. e. stables were days journey a
part, as far "a horse could well travel Had
he read Calmei more fully, or cited him more faith
fully he would have told US what kind of inns these
were in ancient times, dud what they are now
Nothing that answers to a modern ina. The cara
vanserais were Of three kinds-one, mere naked
walls" another had attendant, subssting by
some charitable donation, or the benevolence o
passengers others are more considerable es'ao
lshmenis where families reside and take care 0
them, and furnish many necessary provisions INT
r inn a, Bethlehem is called lkafaiumau 1.-The place
= OF untying of beasts, &c. for rest. And as "th'
1t customs Of the East" says the Reviewer "com'
u down UNCHANGED from age to age Nolney gives
picture of ancien, and modern khans "Ihe lodg
inps are cells where YOU find nothing but bare walls
dust, and sometimes scorpions. The keeper Of thi
re khan gives the traveller the KEY and mat and h
,r provides himself the rest. He must therefore
at with him his bed his kitchen utensils, and even hi
e. provisions for frequently not bread is TO b
e. found in the villages" refer the Reviewer also
ID Henry, on Judges l9l3-l5. The stranger, who
at he went in he sat him down in a street of the city
of for there as no that took him into has house
ed lodging Commentary In these countries al thi
time there were no inns, public houses in which
as with u.s. travellers might have entertainment fC
money; but they carried entertainments with then
b. as this Levite here H. l9l and depended on IL
ny courtesy and hospitality Of the inhabitants Tor
~ lodging Let take occasion hence, when Ia Jou
on news TO thank God FOR this, among other convenei
}" ces al travelling. tina, there are inns to eniena
strangers, aud in which they NAV be welcome an
o. well accommodated for their money. ! Will NJ
or' "hazard the opinion" how much "A Lover OF lilo
10 n,taI,iy nav be thankful for moder; inns but han
no settled his poin, tina, the hospitabe en'er'anme
ale Of strangers and travellers is not necessary no
Is as il was in the patriarchal and apostolic age
l. have proved ihst ions were not customary aioTe'l0
'td -"common," the Reviewer thinks ] mean, bot ! d
er- not. | used the word customary, meaning that
TO Was not the custom TO provide entertainment
IN travellers al Ltans, enormously translated inr
est But we will not differ about a word, nor about Sc"
ell ton, al Tie angel messengers" by which mea
or only dpura,,vey that they took mp their lodging
cni lie si,e., an invited TO tie house Of Lot, comm
on use fth- phrase, pitching tent, Bot the solver
sa- my "Casa Of Casus,ry perpeIed to decide "h'
~ well ministers must be kuown to each other --h'
on much acauainied-how "aneel'hke 10 chafaeiei
sed to Justify such calls upon hospitality as specihs
10 r,s has information, a stranger To me "ouo ue
l"3 manthat never saw nor Le- 10 oi-an oequa"id"
"i ore 10 whom hal been introduced, or had seen
'"s s"ne public or private in'enie~-a man "ane