, 1874-11-30

4 Card from tho Key. M. III. Torbert.
70 tie Editor eftA teo Iork Times:
40 am visiting England lsye only lust ro~
ceivcd your papcr Of Oct. %. In TINT paper
aud, al sn III posseHsioa Of tho facts referred
to in way thnt no one elae Ia, I owo it to Prof.
Seymour ~ a simple acl Of jnBtice al we'll "a to
tho public a. large, to make these facts knoan
Ina lettor Written BY Dahop Coxo, Prof. Soy
moiir Ia charged with allowing tho Rev. G. @.
Graftou to come to tho Seminary in tho char-
acter Of 3 Remi-profeHHor. aud publicly indoc.
tstnata tho studenta on the subject OF tho Holy
Euehar,st.
Your article goes on to state that " seyaral let
The assertions" AftoE whell Nr. Welsh. Of
Philadephis, ia reported as having presented
convincing evidence Of tho outiro accuracy Of tho
statements o; Bishop Ooxo, ''bY reading q letter
,srtton year ago to tho Rev. DR.. Forbos,H |. O.,
mini to 10 falso.
] now proceed distinctly to subatantiato Psof.
6eYu,o,tr denial:
r, First-1At the t'me alluded to / was In tho
sonior cluss at Tho Seminary, Tae llov. Q. @.
Waited, aud whom naturally invited in return
to call upon mo, or to stay with me- any tiulc ho
might ba 10 tue city. In dong this waH sln-
ply extending courtesy ptacticed by all tue Atu-
On tho occasion retorrol to tho Reverend gan-
toman remained wita inc pagt OF two days
while htaylug in tho city. The visit was u
private ono, aud of friendship marely, ANY
other construction put on 1t Is entirely 6aaeloas.
Prof. Seymour had no moro to 10 NTH It than
tho Archbishop Of Canterbury had. In fact, ho
knsw uothlng ABOUT the Invitation bniug given
or accepted
iSeco,il--But Ibis Is not all. On 1udlnp TINT q
number OF tho students Tlshed to meet lilo Itoy,
c. @. Grafton, wont 70 Prof. Seymour, and ra-
guested tile ugo Of ono Ut tjla lecturo-rouuY.
attl, iuetcad OF boiug 'pormtttaa TO have it for
any 4lloh putposa, was absolutely rotused
Th3ra--it nas apseftoa that tho 1toy. O. O.
Grafton camo to "indootrinate the students to
h1s peculiar ylows Of tha real preaonco in the
Euchar,Bt. As to this. boyond tho statament ~
aboyo-that biz visit VIVA purely 9 frioudly ouo-
I hare only to say that no instruotion ut I'll was
gsvon ol, tia anbject, and no alluslou waB mat1e
fu tho HOLY Eucharist. ave, poshaps. Incidental
" IN \ talk about poraonAl pioty Which he AnG
with thoso who dosirod to meet him.
Fpurkh-A conversation WITH Prot. Buel haE
bceu quoted to the contrary. and ulasB-lucturt
wac produced warning aGa!nst tho falao doc
trineR recently auppoaod to hayo boen inoulcaesd
Fourteen montln Aftor this Affair, nlyseif hat
4 conversation With Prot. DMol. IN which 0x
psl,.od the nature Of my frlcId' Tlait, and nor
rectcd Lis laao imrreBaiopa. ! haked him Il
there was any improFrloty In the fact Of an,
Clergyman couiuE to n1y rooms IN tho WAY Whiol
Ind uoY explained, and Prot. uuol dietioctl,
asnnred ina IN auawer thai no ia1proFriety hat
beou committed. Ilo further addcd You tna|
tel! Mr.. Grafton what 10y pnosH!ona were.
llave this incident In HtNaentu lifa formulated
iEto a Charge against Prof. Seymour, who hat
nothing to do with It.
Tl.4 act Of conrseay In inviting my frlend, I
Presbyterian In good athutllNK III tie Church
lnAY. Id It's sJos Of aoma persons, hAy bsen