The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1864-04-07
Petersburg March 22i, 1864


could make ore wifal miStatgmeut. w.
d rare PrQyidente therefore, t6et ere q
Che most honest of mcr, m enc Of tae mSsi
simple Of points, out Of scarce two csiuunc
of space should have misstai ed every si86i5
assertion to Which be bns attempted to s.
ply. If prove this, aed you admit it, aid
/ take yosr camF witbcOt firing q gun, y.u
opght net TO shut me % 80 the space tlat
thas much wiring viii require, but give 6 e
al would have had if your Eeasoiiats
had held, l can then 90 on to ether ~
dustriouo arguments. Ard surely the who's
subject had better be discussed, if'itia p
receive attention from Che p'eseat asses
Div,
l. IL tha frat place, I cid nctstate ~
''the system Of beneficiary eJuea5on, -
pursued, has brougit injo lhe ministry rs
tka wrong cless Of feeble end disappoiDt.r
men But | said, that 'Nsheu auea q eye
ten becomes s'ereotypei "ud NATION wlde, 50
might be expected to induce tbe' gfoag
class" eCd "that shat might have bsel
inferred from reason, hes actually ts&ee
place" }he former means tbet enc tbirS
CT cur ministers since 1919 are any thing bH
the right masocial. Che latter means thss
the plan bg'ai to have resoits that b'.ue
10 aTong material. rhas you mean thy
former arpeers from TIC fearful sweep
g. !rom "iho character Of the PFeabytef
liea ministry" 90 an said TO impuga ~
t6eir 'ayerage iufeTioyip; the fayorise
employment With scioo" OK assert rg the
dsgeneracy Of the arescD';' 10Y bafa'iDa
SO greatly ard q, 600 believe 50 urj2silg'
''clasa cf ue.;' arc, measuring # 'te
years in which NJ have needed and rel
ceiyed holp, that ae E&ve been ;hus bring
ing into our mih;str, for Nary years is-
the wrong Gloss" Wherens yOu are aimjng
AL the time at e5out FIVE inches Of pfiat in
which say, ard [ quote nearly t6e Whole
Of il: In the earlier stages Of The thing Is
is net likely 10 be an undue Incentive" end
"thongh these Z e, eyea ye) are tbs ear
lier siage5, wh.cd, as we have already limited
are tbs uore Innocent and though noble
men have been raised mp in some instances
by the plan, tho charge is tdAt particularly
over the North It hss alreody adulterated
the church, and brought into it {. e., Of
courae 10 the degree ard as Che stsge.Gl
rea3y wen,io4e1) ytbiUg but that uoble
mo.er;a', s." But what the Board hes
doua in helping men who arc rsslly the ont
birth Of en- earlier sy stem, is rot 70 be an
argument addressed to cur saGse Of per-
sonal respect, when it cones Q Peypstuat5ng
plan, 1ajch these mgn Themselves caunct
denv begins 10 sbale tri}eaces q gAat nigh
be Sgec,ed f,on its eoasinred 45aials
pc. 20 y0nf cand0r Of miod
whether [ msy rot denonnce tbe feirDess of
any such polemic; and beg TO know wheth-
er On argumenlum nd invidiam ABOVE ell
others, ought TO be directed s2ainat style
Of assertion, that have not even so mach
as Imagined.
2 Ia the second place. did not state,
"t6at the number Of candidates aader The
care Of the Board Of Education who have
dropped off altogether is astonishingy
great" | said, Il desired to have the
statistics Of tho old Board, to show how
many had entered upon their funds how
may wera dead, how many we're preaching,
and how many, therefore, bad dropped eff
together and that this last sum vas as
tcnish'y great,
Whg, IN the crowded condition Ct your
columns, do yoa not take up my poinS jast
as [ moka III say dropped off alto
gether;' and state sum thes would show
wlh The exactness Of arithmetic jnst what
mean. What We want to hear is, how many
Of the benef:iaries Of toe church servo Is
this moment in the gospel ministry. You
90 eff upoa q peth that holds only to the
result OF h0v many drop eff from the Board
And You even smile at me- for supposipg
that they would drop off from the Board, if
they are tempted By its aid; when al the
time { said rot Que word stout the Board
bu6 only that in the aggrega whole, vast
numbers have dropped off. Now have they
not dobe it2 What 10 the use of polsmie
that does not respond 10 my pOint2 And
if striking at wrong path you have even
there discovered overwhelming statistics,
and that, in the face Of smother most sin-
guler mistake, ought it net to make you
Kind 30 my whole logic af,erNard, sad 10
Weld, 9ijh tie fcaDknesa that | knoT Eou
possess, to NY leading ayerment, that the
droppiugs Of Of certain class from cur
service have beyond calculation beepas-
toDisboelyfgrea,.
3 10 tie third place did rot state t6at
"the whole idea Of beneficiary education for
the ministry would be uprooted in every
form" ! replied to Dr.. Wilson. spoke
Of ''thc scheme' as he propounded Tito me-;
and called it the ''Plaa Of beneficiary edu-
ca.ion by the Assembly as such = The over
ture that vent up from the Valley, wrote
word for word, and you knew H.; and that
overture advocates bursaries, end am more
in favor Of parochial schooling than You are
yourself. | am IN favor of ell forms Of &C.
clesisstical education. Can yOn cay as
much? AS to all forms OF Universities be-
ing beneficiary" the same may be said Of
coal-yards. You draw your breath ''bslog
cost" There ia no form Of human exist
ence that does not lean in many important
predicaments upon the beneiactions OF the
past. But to coupore all that with 500 q
year, or 1920 q year, given by general
fund TO help on the feet Of the INDECENT to
an Influential profession, is at least to keep
ont OF view the fact, that one is acorld S
piGa, and the other very much rejected !;
that one is held cut in colleges all over this
planet, and men stand up for it, and COM
pete, winning that advantage in honorable
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