Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-04-10
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March -, 1901.
Nh, EDTroK i-In your paper Of the 10th inst
loss and recovery Of . five dollar bill found in
the grave yard. The Rev. y. Belts sets out with
the assertion, to set in the light of truth. what
he calls & false SANDER. If il is q false SANDER
it is made SO BY his p~araphrasing an unex-
planned proposition as he calls it. an insinuation
which he says IS true; and sets up in defence Of
attention TO one or two of his mis-represents-
tons. Hesays the funeral ofAbigal Hummason
was late in November; truth says 1t was the
tEenty-third day Of November; ne say more
than q month after tn at rs the children were in
the grave yard, near the place of Mrs. Humma-
sons grave. ? daughter Of Adison Rogers found
. five dollar bill and carried it home 10 her faith
er. &c. What he intended should be understood
By more than o month can be as well under
stood by the reader as I could explain ii. Now.
sir, the truth is. the five dollar bull was found on
months after the funeral Of Mrs. Hommason,
and more than seventy yards from the grave Of
Mrs. HummRson. andwhen the snow was tramp
Cd s0En Ihs day bs sIGE: IL Sg5ylDg an I'D II. li SiX
was new, clean and dry and looked none the
worse for wear; the snow was about two feet
deep, and the procession of the Workman fu-
neral did not 60 within thirty yards Of the Hum
Now If the Rev. x. Belts has convinced the
public that he lest q five dollar bill, and that
that bill he had lost on the twenty. third day of
November. somewhere within two miles Of the
grave yard. had Hithstood the rains. mud. snow
and freezing Of Noyembsr. December. January.
and blown up and lodged on the dirt st the
Workman grave on the fourth day Of February.
new, clean aud dry. never having been wet or
soiled. then I must confess. his misrepresenta-
tstions to have wrought a miracle; also, that
greenbacks are nearly as durable as gold. Now
sir, / do not intend to employ my pen IN pursu-
ing any person Fho attempts TO Uash his hands
of crime by charging 1t upon others, and use
f2lsehoods and Observation-Disclosures controvert
the truth and charging me with being driven
to extremes to resist the truth. or sustain q bad
cause, when he himself Is the guilty party re-
sorting to extremes 10 resist the truth and sus-
tain his own acts l will therefore bid him fare
and 9Th verse. add thou not unto his words
Ieasthe reproVe thee and thou be found a liar"
The understanding Of truth is not to be OBJ
tanned By curious speculation or mis-representa-
ton; but By regarding the truth which Is sure and
mRketh the simple Wisei nothing must be sd-
ded to 1t under the pretence of Instability, NOR
atty. authority Of sayings or the reasoning of
philosophers; in this manner talsehoods Of va
riOus kinds are introduced and supported. But
they who palm their ingenious mis.representa-
tiQns upon community, IS equal authority with
the truth. will be found liars Of the worst kind.
and may expedite be severely punished for their
presumption. This csntion is worthy of notice
by those who profess 70 be moral and religious
teachers. Prophets should also be cautious
what meaning they put upon unexplained prop
~ositiens. lest BY their inference they convert
friepdShip INTO disrespect. and feproseh on
themselves. and so be found guilty Of what they
are charging on Others.
Thus eioseth the answer to the second spistls
Of the Rev. 4. BsttI. MN. SANFORD.