The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-10
Mistrllanrous.
A Remarkable Letter from Henry Ward
E Deecher.
WORKING WITH ERRORIsTs.

(From the New York independently
WORKING WITH ERRORISTS.
Last week we made a partial confes-
sion Of our Faith. This week we make a
partial confession Of our Practice. And
we now print the entire first part Of the
article from The n. Y. Examiner, the
last part Of which it was more conven-
lent to dispose of first -
TIE FRATERNITY" AND MIR. BEECuER
In the congregation ministered to by Theo.
dore Parker, ut the Music Hall in Boston, known
"a the Twenty y-eighth Congregational socie
~, there is a literary association styled the
fraternity" Said Fraternity has got up a
series Of I" fraternity Lectures an ayowed OBJ
lect OF which, If a ewspaperannouncemcnt may
be credited, WAS to give to the " idens" of Mr.
Parker freer scope than the Lyccum platform
allows: But whether that was the purpose or
not, it is manifest that the effect would be, sc
far as any impression was made on the public
70 give increased popularity to the man and his
church. Ii the lectures prove, as has been
claimed, the most successful! course Of the sea.
son," they will reflect certain luster upon the
wenty eighth Congregational society'' and
upon the man whose nfidelity is its pervading
spirit. Such an effect, we should suppose
would be derrecated-at least, would not be
even eonstruetively aided-by q sincere friend
oievangelical religion. But the Iastor of the
fiymerfh church in Brooklyn has appeared up
On Mr.. farkcr's platform, to lend to it his pop
nlarify. Mr.. Beeeher has asserted his right to
do IN all things what is right in his own eyes
and We are not disposed, even if we were able
to abridge his liberty. But it is utterly incom.
prehensible by us, how he rcconciles with his
love for the Gospel such open aid and comfort
to ITS bittcrcst enemies. To appear with Mr.
Parker, contemporaneously or successfully, up.
on a platform, which represents neither him MOI
his ideas" is one thing; to assist in giving
fctaf to an infidel enterprise is very different
thing-and that is what every Fraternity lee.
t,irer, and every purchaser Of Fraternity tick.
.,et has done. -
Of course we believe in newspapers,
sand in editors. Yet, even an editor may
: be mistaken. and newspaper may fall
into mis- statements And The Examin
er has IN this instance been misled by a
TOO conhdlng trust in religious or secu-
lar newspapers. p
1t is true that the fraternity course
was'under the supervision of members
Of the Twenty eighth Congregational SO
clety Of Boston, but it is not true that i,
was got up for tile sake of giving Mr.
Parker's "'ideas' a freer scope than the
lyceum platform allows''---if by ideas
The Examiner means Mr.. Parker's char
acter,silc religious views. On the con
irary, 1t was known that Mr.. Parker was
preparing four historical discourscs, on
washington. john Adams, Jefferson, and
I'VE believe } Franklin. But such was
the III iodor in Boston Of Mr.. Parker's
reiIg'ous notions that studious care had
been exercised to keep him from Boston
Lecture platforms. though history, art. or
bellies lettrcs were his theme, lest the in
huence OF anything that was good in him
should 9 reflect a luster" upon that part