The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-04-19
For the Ddilv Record.

MR.. EDfTOR:-We noticed 10 tue oa'"t
days Issue Of the RECORD very lengthy
and labored article written BY sorne one over
the sigusture of. Moorhead, name, which,
judging from the tone Of his effdsion, and
defined by the aid Of the trays OF light De
has 40 recently thrown upon lexicography,
would signify an overflow Of bile, and not
much heart We laid aside the paper, with
pity in our heart for the man who could
6nd no higher, or more enuobling employ
meut, than that OF traduciug aud defaming
bic fellow beings. We should have passed
It BY without further thought or comment,
but for the uuwsarying attempts OF Others
like.uioded, who manitestly take pleasure
10 adding fuel to the fame, and we feel u
duty that we owe the public as we'll as our
selves, 10 say few words 10 defence Of
the Right So be IL known, that on the
evening of March 2sth A. D. 1872, We, as
members Of the n. E. Church, thankfully
received the donation 90 freely bestowed oy
the generous hearted public, for the benefit
Of our pastor, the Rev. Mr.. Scho6eld, aud he
1t further known that the same was receiv-
ed by him, together With q list Of the names
OF oil the donors, with the amount given by
each attached, and without one word Of
Comment upon the manner 10 which It was
% be applied. We are free to confess that
we have had our misgivioes Of not being
able 10 our present weakened condition, to
raise The whole Of the salary agreed upon
ct the commencement of the present confer
ence year, while the church was still In full
strength, financially, as we'll as numeri-
calIy, but we confidently affirm that not
single member Of the church will on account
Of said donation, consider himself 10 the
least degree absolved from doing bis ,choie
duty in giving to the extent of his ability
10 order II poesibls to raise the full amount,
and we consider the donation will be an ex.
ira benefit, whether we succeeded 10 raising
the salary or not, for should we fail, it will
be through no moral delinquency on our
part. What II the cards of invitation were
not, through oversight. as judiciously word
ed as they might have been-lbe best OF us
are liable to err st times-and. we ask, in
the usms Of humanity, what good was ex-
pscted 10 result, BY striving 60 hard to put
upon It such an uojust construction; but we
sincerely hope, and honestly believe, that
every candid, rigbt.minded person, will
view the whole thing in its true light uo:.
witbstandiny the false light 10 which II has
been SO prominently and maliciously pa
raded.
We are happy 10 the thought that each
one who contributed his mite, with the TO-.
tent of doing gosd1hereby. was made hap
pier by the act. as was evident from the
general good will that prevailed tbroup boat
the entire evening. 1t is in view of the
good that was designed, and actually at
tained that we regret the ungentlemanly
and malignant attempt to bring r-proscb
and condemnation upon the whole affair In
imitation of Satan OF old who appeared ss
an angel Of light 10 order to accomplish bis
fiendiah designs, even 60, from beneath the
mantle Of justice be sends forth upon the
church bis venomous slur, which is as false
as 1t Is libelous.
In "dsduiug" the word ''dona,iou" be
says "There ssems to be, 10 the minds Of
some OF the residents of this place lack Of
knowledge AMI consequent psucity OF under.
standing upon the full meaning Of the word, {"
DC. Let me ask, how could the card of in
vitation bear tslsshood upon ito very face,
when we were 10 darkness as to the true
meaning Of the terms we used. What q
pity this great luminary was not risen 10
time to throw some trays of light" upon
our pathway before the fatal error was com.
mitted Also, how can It be averYsd that
we attempted to "hoodwink the public"
&C., when it was through ignorance we
used the wrong words 10 expressing our iu-
vitation? Does II not all 90 to show per.
sistent and malignant desire to s,igmatlzs
the church! Had be contributed even
dime, 10 the aforesaid ''donation," and had
1t been misappiied, then We could 6nd II iu
our heart to frame some excuse for bin, but
% It is We can only pity the soul that has
become the fountain Of 90 much bitterness
And dow, In closing, we woul suggest q
balm to heai the wound bis mopnanjmous