, 1873-11-02

How q Presbyterian Journal Goes
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va Ao"ooAo uAfc Aot 4UlEotten ta1 ridiculous
lotter Of Bishop Tozor to Bishop pottor in rela-
tion to tho eommuning Of tho Dean Of Cantor-
bury with hts brethren Of tho Evangelical ALI.
anco in DR.. Adams Cprosbyteran) church. The
| etaid Now York Obse,uer grows facotous at thu
oxponso OF tho Bishop. It Bays:
twas supposed by many TINT this lotter VIVA
hoax. There werc some good roasonB for thiuk-
ing 30. Fow remembered of such a man as
Tozer. And IT WAS quito unlikely TINT In zanzi-
was q live Bishop, or had boon. But mora than
this botter reason for thinking it o honx was
tho honest conviction Of ovory sano American
raader Of tho morning newspapers, that thore
could not DO gano man 30 foolish % to write
such lottar. Here wero threo good reaaons
for believing that tho Tozer letter was hoax,
and that somebody had put q libel on I" 113 Weat
Twenty-third street' by dating such letter at
that number.
Yet Tozor is living fact man, not much.
but stu Tozor Ia; and Tozor vas for stan1oy
found him, crimson robeB and all, in Zapzibar
and this is the Why he describes linn:
:" 1n great tall house with q certain grandeur
all stooplos, situated on shangani Point, Dsl1on
Tozor, hs disciples, hia choristors, aud his hook
have found excellent quarters. Tho BiBhop,
who .lf styles hmHoif i Missionary Bishop Of Con-
knew. I bo1ievo ho ia called tho fighting par
Bon'-a plagiaristio appollation whoa bestowed
on him. since Or. Livingstone frat received 1t
from tho Duke D Of Wellington. bishop, Tozer,
nowevor a'9,' ia -; sld to have fought m ineoont
punished him at q boxing-match, offered to
punish his companions ono after another In tho
same Way, which offor WAS rofuso1. Thia foat
Of pugliisn by Bishop Tozer converted thoso
wolves into lambs, mud WON for him tho title OF
Bishop, aud tho happy sinoouro lie holds.
"The bishop In his crimson robo, and with his
eaoordotal title, Missionary Bishop Of Central
Africa (why ho ahould DO 80. named cannot
N1rn1 1yynt Eda fnnr rjtn $t,n 1n4.
priesthood, and is consequently ineffablY happy,
But this High Church Ivory High Church In
dood) prelate, in hia crimson robe of office. and
in the queercat Of all hoad dreaaos, seen atalkug
through tho Htroots Of Zanzibar, or haggliug
over the price OF g tin-pot ut tinkers stall, ia
tho most ridiculous sight haYo seen anywloro
outside Of . clown show. I, US q wllito man,
soIsmnly protest against tho abaurdty."
Ills appropriate place, having lost his
turning up in the City OF New York thia
blessed autumn, is appalled, by being told
TINT the Dean OF Canterbury las ottlciated with
ministers Of various denominations in COM
lnunion service in Presbyterian church II It
is awful: Can tho hoavens stand nnd such
thugs bo? Not the horrors Of tho slaye-trado
in Lis late biahopric Ind 30 narrowed his
righteous soul. He could tear himself away
from tho naked negroes dying in ain, and como,
without Bighiug, to tho Goapel-lightol ghotoo OF
Now York, where his labors arc "a needloss aa
coals in Zanzibsr. Eyon In the darkest depths
Of savage Africa, where human victims bleed TO
appeaso tho gods when chieftain dies, the
direst heathonism had no power to rouse tho
Bympathies Of Tozor's heart. He turns l1s
back upon them oil, md comes to the United
States, whero he is suddenly and fcsrfu|iv oon-
frontod with tho awful spectacle Of Christians Of
various denominations comnluning together with
tho Dean Of Canterbury in tho midst Of thom!l!
Tozor was not much against tho heathen but
a In will rat onA 7Nm
Potter at him, and to tickle tho Bishop lie will
cali him Il My Lord y and +" Your Lorlship." Il
Tozor knows anything, ho knows It is as great an
importinence to address Q gentleman by q title
omit tho one Which WAS his right. To address
an American Citizen ~ II NY Lord +" is therefore,
all ineult, and shows that 1ozer either thought
to aatter Bishop Potter by It's improper uae, or
IN hiB ignorance, Which ia the more probable,
did not know any better.
Tozers distress in the matter would compel
our pity II hiB CRY were not 80 ridiculous. TO
iauch at the miaeriea OF others is not nn1iable,
LIS horoes o1olaim, "Who whiio relating 's such
grief can restrain his tears ~ And wo In our
woakneBe Bay, "Who can read poor Tozor's
tribulations and keep from 1aughing7" We
cannot
Tozcr comes among us whom heaven and earth
arc moved by tue jestic Of the great,
aud wiae, aud good mon, out Of all lands,
Christians from many climes, and OF many
colora and races, one III Christ, raised by the
power Of the Holy Ghost above all tho little
diatinotions Of sect aud party, gathering about
the tnblo Of their common Lord and Master,
whose blood was shed for their salvation. Tozor
is apmbfounded: That we're enough to over
whelln Tozor. But worse than all, ALIAS that |
his eyea SEQ it aud Ills ears hear tho Dean Of
Canterbury is in the midst Of them, rejoicing in
the liberty of tho Gospel, actually communing |
With Adams. and 6toughton, and Harrison, and |
sha wills es e. oH asa9af AnYs YRa1e @ sa as
fore the power of truth, and this learned Baptist
divine, who ia ono OF tho eruate men engaged |
In revising tic translation Of tho Bible, DR..
Angus has learned that the Bible is on the side |
Jcsus, mud ho comee with hiH friends the Pres !
bytorians, and with tho converted IIindoo and
holy mon Of all namos, aud thoro tloy are ono
fsay thg t.he children ef GGa at Their elder
tho Dean is thcro too.
Now, says Tozor, this thing will mover do. I |
will write letter about it to the Archbishop Of
Canterbury and to Bishop Pottor. know chat
be very apt to lot the matter severely alone, Al
the boat why to dispose Of it; for ho knows
that no canon law Of his Church eau touch tho
Dean Of oanterburyi but I will address him
aud stir him up to make noise about it, and
aond tho Doan home III disgrace uudor tllo cen-
sure Of tho Right Roy. Dlahop Potter. So thought
Tozor and 10 wrote Tozor, and tho papers print
Tozor, and we ronembercd readiug about him in
stanley's book. and wo thought it would amuao
our readers to see how Toxer dIsportod himself
what timo ho WAS Lord Bishop Of tho happy
land OF Zanzibar. Poor Tozerl Tho first time
you opened your mouth among us you put your
foot in it. You hayo mistaken your latitude
and longitude both. Yon aro in Now York. Tho
Alliance has beon hero. It Ia tho
year 1878. 6uoh nonsense IN you preach to MY |
Lord DiAhop Potter" died ont long ago, aud tho
Evangelical Alliance celebrated its funeral. Go
buck 10 Znnzibar. II you could go baok to the
tontl, century it wonl ho woll but rs you call
not, do go to Zanzibar It Ii very dark tlero,
and yiewA like yours look best III The dark.
MARK Twain on the Sandwich ISL
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London Standards:
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