New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-12-07

mutfiat.onc IL a M Ell icai, BoGEs-EEc amer
lean Irsics Society.

For The Tribune.
lean tract society.
MEssRs EDlTuHs-ln your paper OF Nov. ~ IS
n communication headed D dubsgns dnd me @5Msr-
ican Tract Society had supposed that the Goa
mi,tpe of the Synod, who are 80 roughly hand'eo,
would reply; bu:, consideration, II wou'd oe out
of pacr for theu 10 Gotice an arncie ior "hich hc
person is willing 10 be respons bic MOI Ueins
nsmber of that Committee, aud having read ,neir
statement with the structures OF your correspondent,
and having been 40 alarmed as 10 make some iG-
ves,igstoD, judge myself capable OF throwing
somo ishi upon The merits ot The case. Allow me-
then, 10 trouble you with sume remarks am p'oV'S,
!. The writer iLaiires, what Is ;he burden 81
proof that the announcement maGe ~ The society
is not full and fair? The proof IL, that there are
actual changes III The facts O' history AID ihnt tht
author is made 10 convey sentiments that h. never
wrote. Conc, rniIg such charges Inc notices o. te
Society are silent.
either directly ~ b. implication, CHI reed the Trect
Socie,y with fraud Tuey hnve sinply spread all
1be facts before ihe public. Ide. firsI The va
rious noiicrs winch Society published IN relation
10 ih-r edition of DAubg whic'' srr AS 'oI!o~s
In th- r PERIODICAL Tor Dec pber, 1913 they gay
TIE Society will ISSUE early IN December. DAuhgnes
History Of the tireat Rsyrnaon IN three Volumes WIN me
Notes complete except that e@ en;aces uHessenii- TO tine
integrity vi the work, ufe omitted
liz viii De remembered dat, just prior 10 th,s tie
edition oi D'Aubgn. By CAM b-'i OF Ph'iadeiphla,
in which u potion oi The notes were omitted, we,
with CONNIE ndah,- zeal 80 condemned by mo Edit
or OF the N-w-Y.r> Observer, that ire publisher
was compelled TO restore even the Lain noiea. IL
was natural 10 suppose that the Sociery would gave
the correct punctuation. Ia order that the pubic
might have tue correc, adea. The mex; notice np-
pears in tho book sell, and is SIS follows:
.'In thu. edition sentences essential to the ines
Ity OF the work, omitted
Then comes the notice on page l. oil he 18th an
puat report:
few passages in Thu, edition. incidentally touching points
on which evaneelcn Christians Jer, have been ome; but
mol exceeding IN ali about l"uE pages ~ i5VV ui le! u
essential TO the great object aud general bearing o te "oih
But not hat - gwen IN all tnose hotCes ,llat
any change has been made in the tdRg0dge--or
that any Thing has been 0died-or that The tactS Of
history have been disturbed. The Committee then
placed all the change found IN the three volumes
before the public IN parallel columns, tnat every
man might Judge for h,snscli. Ii the ac!s anc HE
announcements disagree, it is not the iault OF the
Synods Committee; nor ssCuld they Dc made re-
sponsible for the strange discrepancy.
3. The writer says tie omissions relate topoinis
ON which Evangelical Christians differ e secIa-
rian matters, which the Society, by l,s Cons'tu-
ton, is prohibited from Publishing" What III they
do? Is this a reason for mu,liaina book Ii
may be, and doubtless is, good reason why ihe
Tract Society should not publish II; why they
should let it aonc, and LOOK Tor volumes requiring
no such initiation.
We have seen how the principls works in regard
10 History Does il work any better in relation TO
Doctrines? Will j. ii u0t be necessary 10 cut out
from their books the doctrines IN which oil EYau-
gelcal Christians do agree II tie doctrine OF
Election is found in q book must II not be botted
out because all Christians do rot hold 10 ~ 1t
The doctrine OF the Divine Sovereignty, or The Final
PERSEVERANCE, Of the Saints, or OF Special Grace IN
Conversion, are found in n book,H they rot To
suppressed as - sectarian matters on which Evan
gecal Christians differ, and which The Socsty, by
lis Constitution, is prohibited from publishing =!
N ia thnff no
Society will ever carly things so lar as 10 iateeie
with the doc,rual sentiments o! an author. Char-
ty would sincerely hope that this would be the
case. But men, under The deluson that they are
doing great work, and that the press IS i'll great
measure committed 10 their keeping, aud that l.
Christian literature ii needed, which shalt be ac-
ceptahle 10 all Christians, ard which all Evan
gelica denominations may unite IL circulating, Will
do suange, very strange things. The dOctrinai
sentiments OF authors have ben changed by the
Tract Socisty. Even the writings OF The immortal
Edwards have been Mutiaied by some body ~ the
employ of the rraci Society. Bat 10 The proof.
Passing by instances where history is mutila;ed,
/ shall only select sample OF the muuieuons III
doctrines. See E5wards's History OF Redemption.
Tho words III brackets omitted, though loucd
in iho orig nol, page -
Full $50 the elect OF the world by his SON.
s. saa therefore we ''A' 'ua'A o at 'ns'''S'
Here Election is omitted, aud Inc sentence, as
amended, squints towards Universal Salvation.
Agaiu, page "a:
Another great design of God the work of Redemption,
md in Earth H. e I'll elect creatures bring al elect
Heaven and Earth Il IN union one 10 another IN
God the Father.
Here more rathlessly is the doctrine OF Election
blotted out and the doct:ue o. CatrerSdl SatoG,fO
is taught, not designedly, bur most certainly and
boldly Spirit OF Edwards, Why sieepsst thou
nd what Society CONCERNING laiS
book They no'ice sign, additional improve
ments have been made Ia the language and form OF
The sub.divisions, aod table ot coatrcts pre-
pared with few tines oil ahrde ment chieil occ0-
STONED by the lapse OF lime since II was wuiten and
wholly unesse ntai 10 tho IN sgriy oil the work,
not an in,imstiun that the DOCTRINE IS altered
Muulatons 10 The doctriasl senlments are made
but concerning ,hem the Tract Society is silent
as the dead.
This is NOT all. Other books are still more
changed, as 10 tneir doctripHl complexion, and
changed according TO their inrerpreisI.on o; Sec
Iariao matters, which The S1cieIy b. It's Cons.i.u
siou is prohibited iron. publishing" II The reader
WAITS more OF confirmation, he may compare The
Socety's ediiien of Mason's Spirituai Treasury
with the genuine work. and he viii theEc find enough
10 Justify the retnark, that the lnuilduoas seIucsy
affect doc;rnai sentiments.
The writer throws the names OF the Rev. DrS
Knox, .AIiInor, Alexander, McAuiey, and Edwards
as shield between The Public and The doipgs OF The
Tract Society. They ere, 1ucesd honorable hsEf-s
and deseryedly held IN high regard; bui why omit
the name of the Rev. Mr.. Somets, wao is also Il
Member ofrte Publishing Committee, OF which the
above are constituent par,s1 Was II because he
Yves not ID. ID THIS IS unhdnd, io5 there are YET
hopes from ,he future issues Of the Colleges. Vas
il because he is Baptist This IS not proper, FOR
he is entitled 10 much influence and responsible
" 10 this matter us the other Members. Or was i,
through modesty7 oritis coincidence that
the Six Stars ihe signature OF your Correspondent
NAV stand for the for The following letters OF the al
phabet-S.o m-e-r s, and this is the only name
omitted ofthe Publishing Committee. butare these
gentlemen prepared 10 stand a shield Ii it
should be shown that the Doctsin OF Election, OF
The Divine Sovereignty. of The Final Perseverance,
of Saints and of Special Grace in Conversion, are
expunged from some of toe publications OF the SO,
cisty, will they come forward aud say that hey old
Il, or thai il was done by their direction, or that they
,ysn knew that the deed bad been perpetrated
The true policy OF the Society is to stop altering
books and either 10 restore those already altered,
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