The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-16

"When Doctors Disagree, Who shall
Decide Rr .


Decide 2"
THE Reverend JOHN CHAMBERS has, we fear.
fallen from grace. Some time since we referred
to the presentation made to him by certain
members Of his congregatlon of eleven pieces of
silver. On that occasion he made some remarks,
which we take from the Sunday Mercury and
which we understand were correctly reported
for that paper;-
his brethren, aud he had felt this deeply and one
case be would refer to whore an advantage had
betn taken of him during his absence from the city
IN the summer OF 1884 Previous to his tlKing ms
usual summer jaunt, he had looked around him, rs
was his Gus ON, TO see what provision he oou,d make
to supply MS pulpit during his absence. He called
upon the Rev. JAMES ELLA man he had
hOpored and owed, lac lied upon hun as brother
one portion of the Sabbath, and ior Thic1 paid
nun ten dollars IN adUdncT and $50 great was
hm hiT c3Dndenee 3o IN him, that osor ne aiSS OF
TO him for the other portion OF the day,
which Brother NELL did, and 1rOthor
and consternanon on having had de ivered TO him
at Bed ord the eport OF q sermon delivered at the
views contrary TO those he had held and ex-
pressed. he believed that sermon was rushed
through the press ana hurried through The mails,
and gratuItou.ly circulated with malicious intent.
He had looked upon NEILLs conduct as the un-
klndest act that had ever been perpetrated upon
him during his MN stry. lie had never In his
ter in some respects If he had worn false tace, bur
he was no sneak, and he despised them "
We have received copy of the sermon which
gave such offense to the righteous "War Horse"
OF all its contents there is but one paragraph
relating to national affairs; and in that para
graph we are at a loss to find anything at which
any exception could be taken. 1t merely states:
"War is sometimes necessary to accomplish the
DIVINE purposes and men engaged in it are serving
their generation by the will God, fully as
when in The most solemn duties OF the secret cioset
Think you that JOSHUA the Command der. In. Culef
OF the lUrces of Irae was serving mis- generation
by the will of God less, while with drawn sword, at
the head OF mis- army, ne was pursuing the Amae-
kites across the plain, than NOSES, and AARON and
hUR praying on tntn mountain TOPS tor his SUGGEST
No; they were all ENGAGED IN the same dIvinely
sanctioned WORK. Was WAsHINGToN not serving
his generation as fully, and perfect accordance
with the will Of God, when he was leading
his yeomanry to victory over the well disciplined
armies OF Great Britain, and buying with blood
this rich Inheritance for and Tor our children "a
when at Valley Forge, with sheathed sword, he
knet in the woods to pray for the Divine blessing
on his welI-meant eAortsg What ne was to this
nation DAVID was TO the Jewish-its deliverer and
best ruler. And think you that the men who have
sacrificed as comfortable homes ours, and
out TO day on the march, or IN the battle line with
GRANT and SHERMAN, and ofhers, to suppress this
uDIiphteous Rebellion, and redeem our land from
the lou stans OF slavery, are serving their gene
ration less by he will of God while in this great
work than we Who s to-day s,t in our quiet homes
are struggling TO perpetuate the best system OF
ernmen ever bestOU cd upon people, and to restore
that banner, the stars and Stripes the last and
most glorious emblem of disenthralment and eleva
ton to every portion OF the revOte1 states; and
this work, our cnlldren and our chldrens children
will initiate our example laying that they served
their own generauOn, and every lture generation
to the end OF time, as none but our revolutionary
faith, rs ever did"
1t was merely au expression of the broad
est loyalty, for declaration of sympathy with
the nation, and not with traitors, that offended
the reverend Gentleman. That the congregation
was well pleased is attested by the fact that
number of its leading members requested the
address for publication.
Now in regard to the 'ten dollar hire" one
word. We are authorized to state that Mr.
CHAMBERS never gave Mr.. NELL one cent for
his services. Mr.. NELL is blessed with this
worlds goods to such an extent as to be entirely
beyond the need of accepting from any one
compensation for his labor. He is a rich man,
ald one who has lavished his wealth on a good
cause. Throughout the entire war he has aided
the families OF soldiers and acted like patriotic
citizen, while Mr.. CHAMBERS was b)wing to
treason and tacitly consenting to the destruction
of the nation. On a matter of veracity we
should undoubtedly believe MIR. NELL, and rs
he has denied the receipt OF any money, we feel
authorized in requiring from MIR. CHAMBERS an
explanation OF what appears to us to be want
OF veIacity.