Smyrna times., 1860-11-29


connected with the conference! al did nm
40 say" "W. II. B. informs US, that III
DOCK depository lSCO distinct from the societ,
because one WasCO u commercial enterpris
ana Inc other purely benevolent institution
"haC the society UGS ii as, and "W. III. b.
e confeSses what we have hitherto repeated. tim
= the Depository is not SPpcratc but merely dis
c tHct from the society, just az my hand is dis
. tlnel from myself yet part Of myself; and. a
the society is purely benevolent institution
= the Book store is commercial in no sense in
G compatible with the purest benevolence, which
e i"Ceeu Is the truth IN the case. AS to the ust
r oI Tue prom accruing from the Depository, fol
the special qualification of"W. H. b." we re-
aver that these all go to the tract cause, no
one 'arthing is devoted to any private purpose
The whole enterprise is consecratcd 10 God
, ana Methodism. Why seek to deStroy it!
as to the proof touching the suppressed p!avs
OF HAakspcare, we say that, SO far as it is de-
signed 10 establish his assertion it is no proof
""atePer. Cne act never establishes or con-
s'NuleS ha6lt And yet upon this isolated
iHs:ahce ne would Indicate TO the public what
Is tEe character Of this Depository. HQcs this
simple Inc dent Justify the conclusion thar
:" t"ia Book store will supply anything in the
HooF line, at least down to the supprassrd
plays o. Shakspcarc!' What is this but To-
pear iaISe witness against his neirhbor :"
no complete worHs OF Sha keprare, incIudInr
'he plays alluded 70, were offered for sa e at the
rooms oi tno Depository as the prirctc proper
. ~ y ne G%c"t, but neUer US any part Of the
stocG o! the Depository. THIS we ha 20 received
iron the mouth of the agent himself This
W. H. b. who knows 50 much, must have
Known also What "cat's Dq,ry'' do tbrsn
men, Nv. MCCombe'' ana ~ Cnpuinoham >,
consent to be. circumstances evolve charac.
yer. The tA;T'y pieces Of silver did not make
lucas trait'r, they only proved him to be one
y ii.i" urchin was once rcprovcd for his nm
C!ta"Ilness, and asked why he was SO dlrtv.-
llis answer "as, Can't say, sir, bot the B bic
says man was made out Uf the dust of Tho
ground, and 'spose its the dir, WORKING ont "
Here, we take Ii, is the solution to this prob.
lem. In their attempts to inure the reputa-
ton of this Depository by proving that the
suppressed plays of Shakespeare were sold
there' they sell themselves to pLav a 1arf
which for the honor of Christ's Ministry,
ought TO have been suppreSSed' also.
word IN regard to the literature to be sold
oy the tract society. "W II. D."apDeaIs for
PROOF OF his position to the "action'' of the
u'heFaI Conference. BY it lie saws the ON.
Jccls and means of operating have been defined
and sPcc!iied, both with respect 10 tho parrnt
ana Auxiliary society" The Constitutions or
ooth are before me. In that of the Parent so.
e+cty 'here IS not single article or clause re-
el[lCt'hg the AuXIlurIcs 10 The e1c{uSite cir.
culat.oha OF our own publications. Article IN
touchInT tais subject reads thus: Each An.
nuai Conference Of the Methodist Eoisconal
Church may lOIn confe renee tract SOCIETY
auxiliary to this, with power 10 adopt spch
measures as in the judgment of sa id conference
are best calculated to promote the objects Of
this ASSOCIATION" Here we have dIstinr,lv
stated that conference auxiliarcs have "now.
CT TO exercise their own Judgment" as to
'Ae "measures" to De adopted. This is dis
cret'ohary. In the Constitution Of auxi,iary
societies "drawn up" by the BODY 10 whnse ac.
ton :" w. II. b." appeals for proof. not swim.
oie Is 10 DC iound sustaining his position The ,
second article, the only one on the subioct
reads thus: "ThC object Of this society shnli
DC I" promote the purposes Of the Parent tract
society, by obtaining funds for it, and circu-
atIng tracts aud volumes within the bounds Of ,
Inc conference" Here then we have the =
0ojccta and means OF operating specif both ,
win respect TO the Parent and Auxiliaries. .
ma IN neither is there found the slightest !
ground tor the assertion that "the only tracts =
md volumes an auxiliary can lawfully clrcu. +,
ate are those published by the Methodist =
Episcopal church." THIS ia gratuitous.
Optics sharp hath he, ween, =
Who secs what is not 10 be seen"
The vanity and egotsm OF "W. III. Bare so
characteristic IN one passage we can not with
lo'd II: But 10 have shown in what re- r
poets the working OF this society is uncons,l- a
utIonal on another arena, and before those e
6e TO argue the questlon--if they could not P
eiend the society, II IS not worth my while 10 Il
pen THIS question with your correspondent " Il
" no would have guessed this of so " crare II
ma Cenerable a senior" The " areua'' alIu. Ii
ed TO was the floor of st. Paul's church. Wi p
)el What his wonderful and cherished ola. b
latOrlal achievements were there, results NAV IL
etter determine. Not jostle has been pro. a
uced by them in the progress and "workinu II
i that society" Each successive conference Il
rom that time has endorsed its operations a
'erlly. we think w. II. b." aeeded another ia
tP The omission, we opine, was moro Sc. o.
Ious one than that of the heel. We claim NOT c.
nVulnerabIlty. But let him remember if
Achilles was slain it was while in the temple
his god, aud not until he had slain old Hec. a
Or, and dragged his body three times in tr. h.
mph around the Trojan walls. ii
OLD FRIEND. "