The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-05-03

science OF speculation ana the master OF all
logic and OF language. You win not go astray Mr..
Editor. IN sending to thor destination tins solemn
charge on the one part and this goodly comfort on
stantiate what allege and hope 20 DO 80. oon
Whore Did NV. c." Get His Protestant
'sClipPingss"
To THE EDrroR or tn. HERALD
In your religious correspondence "w. c." lately
gave some clippings" from Protestant doc
trinal literature, In view OF Protestants, 'as-
founding ignorance" or their own doctrines, on
which ask leave to make the following observA-
tlons:-
Fyrst-Many Professionals are very ill-informed on
matters or doctrine, no doubt so, also are many
Roman Catholics. But class for class, Pedestrians
are as Wen informed on religious questions ~
lyeoo,sd-To be OF much value the Clippings"
should indicate whence they come. some OF them
are not unfamiliar TO those OF US who have dipped
to be very suspicious OF Clippings" out Of their
connection. 10 know, for example, at what
tended the mass and purgatory would show how
much right the Clipping" mas 20 represent the
doctrines OF the German reformer.
TaIrd-S0nie idea OF the men who FURNISH the
doctrinai statements would also throw light on
the points Vt issue. Take an example. Bishop
reader turn to AIiDone's "Dlctlonxry o. Authors"
and he VIII ind the Bishop shus described :-"He
was eminent ror his learning. str0ng Armenian
ism ana weak Pr0lestanttslnn "rnere 10 no
doubt as to the place where Bishop Montague dc.
sired to go and TO carry with him the King and
the Church Of England-tO the bosom OF the church
OF Rome" Hallam describes MIN as sJustly reck-
oned the CHIEF OF the Romanlzng facuonn Now,
II some one quoted to us tine views Of Dr. Manning,
lew years before his secession from the English
Church, as representing Prote ntIsm, he would
be as honest and rational In bringing
tnis dtgnttary OF The seventeenth century,
who gave 70 Rome everything but his
personal adhesion. He was Blsu0p OF Nor
wien rh0rndike IL q iavorite OF the English
therefore, What Stilingneet u quoted from one
cannot gather rom the 'CiippiDgs,b but we pre-
sumo It to be the Bishop OF Worcester died l69y)
OF his works Bickersteth says:-"All Bishop still
lngneet's works against Popery are valuable" We
infer therefore, there u some explanation Of ms
represents MIN just as the 'clipped" sentences
from the Confession oil Augsburg and from the
"Book or Common Prayer" represent Protestant
doctrine.
with quotations, please let us have opportunity to
examine the context, not that great questions
OF this kind are to be determined BY hu-
man authority, or even human author
ity to be determined Dy .sClippings;n but there
win then pc substantial Contribution to
clear thinking. Controversalsts cannot be
trusted In Clippings Let me commend to 'W.
C.' the verdict OF DIsrael on Aeglln, another OF
the sciipped', dlvlnes, ana almost the only other
much known, for Barr and Dan0erry are not giants
In the world OF letters -Hegln. In his history Of
the Puritans and Presby terlans, blackens them for
lighting himself with horrors at which the painter
himself must have started" We must know the
attitude OF men before We can judge Of their rep
resentatlve character. ]. T.