Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-29
rnE RITUALS TIC WAR.
The Reply OF "a Lady Member
Of 81. Lazarus" 80 Rev. Mr,
ROgs rs.
Another letter from d" Church
nIan" 10 the Same Gentle
man.

Editors Memphis Appeal:
For once In my life / am thankful to
De e woman ana not even "aD ugly OLD
gentienon,U for this acknowledged
weakness protects me not only from Sc
vere c4stigE.iOn and ensures me gentle
handling, Cutit prevents my even being
eater With strong fruits. 1 do not de
ire tc psolOug ME- isCu lion nor occupy
your o1sBmns with paTrytng such over
.helEIg Ihru5ts rs d. Rlgers' Artl-
lie Contains, although reducec 70 the
.trenglh or milk and water (more OF the
steIj 10 consideration of my sex, for
ghlcn tender regard I humDIy thank
am. Bul | must correct one OF his as
,zltions, by telling him that his reply
seems 10 be addressed not even To the
eeble intellect and intelligence Of q
conan. buc rather to some ignorant
( CHILD writing Of what she knows not;
aud that | not only kDov, as does also
DE-. Rogers that the Bishop and BOT DR..
WnesE. sent the letter to which be re-
-ers, for circulation here, or, more cor
recLiy. for the signatures OF tbs clergy ;
ont more than that, / know in what
manner he, D.. RJgers, became pos
ssssed Of the knowledge that such g let
or had been sent, aud how he obtained 8
reading Of II, and l shall only reply to the
athletic appeal made to my honesty by
epeatiUg what no and othe4s in Mem
oals. couVeEsant with the affair, know
% be the truth; that DR.. Wheat never
made the Slightest effort to Install him
self in Dr.. f gers deserted p~ulplt-thst,
g stated BY "Uhurchmsn," ne refused
eyeral earnest Invitations to fill 1t before
inAlly accepting it and, moreover, that
le is ~incspsbis Of perverting the truth
u Of making Interpretations. And
further repeat, that DR.. Rogers IN
manly aud -unprovoksd attacks upon
Rev, DR.. Wheat, 10 the card which APP
cared ia Sundays AgdLdache, and IL
each one previously published, (all Of
which, except the Isas, he apparently
iynurss,l deserve only the scorn and con
tsmpr of every true. hearted man End
y 10 n in this community. 1t was not
q. cssssry, 10 order 10 succeed in his new
-nterOriss, ths Dr.. Rogers shsuid en-
.e4yUr - overthrow another clergyman
la his own Church. Had he proceeded
ia his b, Less quietly, without his
weekly sensation plzcgrds, he would
ave escaped TINS ceusGre ne hiss invited.
Permit me Giso to say that the OH get OF
these psrss cutiOns and the serious Lature
Of the charges made, as Siso the position
# Dr.. Rogers Is priest in the Church,
eutitle the fgrmeT to = very different
,tyle of discussion from the fiippznt
., merry letter" method used by him.
81. Lszarus las indeed proved 6 poor
,p~eeulstiOD," since It's existence has bsen
: nfs and death struggle from the first,
and has offered sucn poor inducements
and such = sesn'y s0ppoEt that ] am sur
prised any msu snouid intrigue for them.
Bus with Is better hope did Il start into
"a to-, upfanhaf a nd r. ar rid nnIu ag
,he nucleus round which was to collect
me vest wealth that would construct the
., Monumental Cathedral" which would
immorJaIlss nos atone the dear soldiers,
5ut the man whose brain conceived the
aO6l5 project. Men Speculate for other
things tnaa god and silver. No South
.ru vOmzn IN al thi5 broad land re-
csiyea into her heart with IaOFs srdor
.uJ admiration than myself this plan of
d.. Rogers for p~erpetusting the fame of
ne glorious Boys il Grey and none
,ccvid=d larger NEED OF praise to the
man mo, III LaOse days must needs en-
counter uc little Odiuu ID making DE
tempt Bus the sequel has proved in
aOE taGeh ns was aeIusted by the Holy
Spirit Of Him who vas content with the
silsnE shade OF the forest for his Csthe-
Lrsi. l am not unmindiGl Of the sdmo-
uiliOn, Judge not, that ye be not
judged" Yet it is impossible to review
ne life Of a public n3an and not deduce
theTs roo certain conclusions.
As to the payment OF DR.. Rrgers for
his services IN st. Lazarus, l know Of
myself very little, cut have heard very
INHERENT statements from those be offers,
A. regards bis wal record, I kaO0 tOhere-
Of l speak. 1 did not say he acted an
uunlauiy psrt," but l can assert that
cUuuuct fell lar short Of the devotion
aud singIe-hesrtedness OF the man OF
God.
T. conclusion, let me cay that the pub
lie treatment Of such q controversy a.
DR.. r gers has pursued for some weeks,
> u very deiicste matter. r sspect for
the cauFch obnges the suppression Of
many facts fully understood by it's mem
o+rs; ana We have already been sub.
/ .cfsd TO TOO much outside esnsure and
rldicuie. To this the rector Of the B. V.
M. IA indebted for the silence and for
be2rance ne has hitherto enjoyed. A
gofnan-I dare n0t array myself sgaipst
>, shrewd aud keen an adversary, but /
express the hope that the "ses OF
uOturnsd, wrinkled fsces" Of "divines,
Judges, doctors and merchants" may
- De- beautihed and lighted up" by some
tniug even hotter than the presence of
/" elegant, polished ladies I" that the
trpth Sc il Issued from the lips Of the Di-
vine Master, ezemplifsd IN the life Of hts
Priest, nay be Offered to sustain the i'm
mortal man, rsIher thsn the scenic ef
5 OF the stage, to panGeF TO an IN
healthy enimOstIy, or the rsVards ex-
oec,ed through the offerings and propi-
,iation OF " u Holy Mother" DO not
fer to starviug aen husks for her pure
grain OF the Ohect.
ALADY MEMBER OF ST. LAZARUS.