New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-11-19
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The article by ]. w. McLANE in the New.
Work Observer, an extract from which was pub.
rshedin The Tribune taken from the Newark Dai.
10 Advertiser, in the name Of Committee OF a
SYNOD, who were required to report to the Synod
in Oct 1916, contains points which may be over.
looked by the careless reader, qi vital Importance
TO the main issue.
The allegation Of the writer is that the an
Inducements Of the Publishing Committee ''arc
calculated to make wrong impression on The
mind Of the reader" He cites the following no.
tice ftom the l9.h Annual Report" mutilat-
ing" it, however, by emitting all the Committee
saw Of the motives for its publication:
passages in this edition. incidentally touching point.
IN which Evangelical Christians differ, have been omitted but
not exceeding IN all about four pages IN O and entirely
essential gcat object and general bearing oil the Work.
Now wa. the burden of his proof that this announcement
il no, full and r2 Why, nborcd eiott To show that
these four pages relate to Baptism and Church Government
,bs very point. difference between good meal Five broad
eosmns ofe New ork Observer occupied TO that
what the Comee have announced tr9e ind that there
fore there is fraud on the public, Every AntiEpsccpa
feeling and Pocdobapst prejudice appealed to, and odrn
cast upon the Committee with free hand, and grand dis
covery umpeed when after all his simple showing is that
tona difference omitted modified JUS, the Commit
frankly staedo in other words his proofs Of fraud are
poot candor lie docs ard cannot cite OF oms
son that does not relate to points IN which Evangelical
Christians ditie" sectarap matters winch the Society
BY ifs constitution, is prohibited from publishing.
Blu, Mr McLano complains q deception N STATING the
amount of the omissions. The Committee state, above,
hat few passages exceeding four pages in all haze
esn are az, pnses out OF Or one one a more
ofss dise writer DAubsne, after careful reyon with
les omissions.
But the writer insists that is not SO much the quantity
Sthe quality the matter TINT constitutes the
Gospel truth? Is thought that hes nught to do with the
osS G oai s9e he s se BY F
the soul of the booktnucbed2 Is the light ol ihe s1nn,s
5 % pon wR tSal are
The writer however, caims that the statement that these
psasess . are e of s & q would
or auch; SAID IN the article and from all thas sud N i that
great S &C. .nd , SsTEE ne
which eyanseicui christians difer II Il BE- So teen the
s sad Sn sae paF Gf f
save some expense Of tHe mad money il alr Mel would
mad etd SR IN paes s
having made the msnke Of appe1dng some lz5b puge,
Think we huye been so stupid as suppose that yhe
great object and general bearing OF the work was against
with the living principle i'll the righteousness Of Christ
and that was verg Incidental to the man anu Of te TGk
ans differ. So the Pope evidently thought, when lie de-
nounced as worse book than the Bole so ruseyss
edition than the other every candid mind win IeEaid
when not magnify the things in which evangelical
C s aS S4exs 5oe BE- b Single G e
Inc great object for which the Society organized the cir.
eqOs ~ ab i made against such
men a. Knox, Minor. Alexander, McAuey and Edwards,
@ The p 1a e e SPe
confined to the Notes should have been carried to the closet
@ was bs Of the sS S u
beacon men of the dangers OF sectarinn ZEAL