, 1874-09-13

! fifty mcE,LcrB c1,t OF Hlch the doposed n.inst.
!'a>a formed L church. tho Council found o}'
'.,il1. ,ncmbsr5 apparently able 10 Keep hous
i a!s'l support themselves. They adopted til
j at:ai5 i5ll: :-oEt-and-out Baptist creed, aud every
lnuy was III the usual order.
; No,f. who were NC, that re should take upn
: lis the responsibility OF haying those me1lbc.
; should not be recognized u i church: Man
churches: before them, much smaller, hare bee
recognized and that, TOO. by Il Council equal
htua!l. aud even s1nsllor, than the one III til
present Instance L do not know Of Iny pre-
/ ectibcd rules in our denomination that de.in
ho" fer or how many. churches shall be neccs
! sary to form Council. And yet tho STANDARD
with an air Of injured Innocence, socks to andor
mine the confidence Of its readers in the yalllit
Of both tho organization aud its slbse4uell
recognition, and, as though ~ awful ou,rag
we're committed Says: ''IIlo preaching ~
poit,tlncnts of this church are regularly u1l
! 1.ounced among those as Baptist churches iii th
| daily papers. Its pastor IS, according to dill,
| newspaper authority, restored AID, 80 far a
by that kind Of authority he CAL bo made So i:
| still Baptist lnsn1.te..'
! Now, allow Inc 10 say that tue "rcstored
pastor OF A1nitv thrrtl has received much faircl
| and more courteous ttoatmeut from the dali,
press of this city than has been given him either
| by the Standard or the most Of his ministerial
| brethren. The conclusions which that pApe1
| suns up AS ''res,llts" following such a luoae
i; procedure arein part the fau1t OF onr system,
| Of clerical irdep.utlcrcv, aud they i'll part
the forced conclusions derived from a par sial,
eguivoca Or frlse statement OF the case II,
for Instance. independent church las not tho
right Or power to say who shall be its minister,
then your poahtcd aoctrlne Of church sovereign
ty Is c .,.oc!1ery ard sham. Ii people must
have Pope or Bishop. or presbyterv, or Coua-
Gil, to say whether they shall form church,
and prescribe who shall and nho shall
not pseach to them. why, then throw your pet
system overheard, and not boast Of what you do
not mud cauuot practice. II We nlu5t have I
power above that vested in the Church, no had
infinitely better adopt tho Presbyterian OF Epis-
copal form of government, und uone with it.
Tho Standard spe.ks OF i due observance Of
the New Testament -ule in calling Council.
Now, would like to ses New Testament rule
for such All institution as tired and condemned
Florepce Mccarthy. challenge any man in this
city, within the Baptist fold. to dscusa publicly
with me the organization character, and record
Of thst Council, either in the light Of New Testa-
ment truth. common Justice, Or denominations!
usage If there is any Bible authority for such
Z body. and for such transactions as
were rerrctrated in that Council, produce it. Ii
there can be found precedent III The entire
Bsptist annals, show it. II We are to tako a nev
departure. as den c:lination, end tho decisions
Of that Council are to stand us tribunal OF ref
crence in the future, M authoritative standard
OF final appeal beg Of you let a fe'T of rs know
it, aud VIC will not depart.
AS to tho Standards charge Of ''locaeaess OF
procedure. outrageous III tk2lf. and practically
1ubverEiYo OF all church order aud denomina-
tional fellowship" repndiRta it with just
scoru and indignation I deny that ne did any
thing loose or outrageous. The Standard muHr
not judge others Dy itself, aud living
III glass house, should not throw etoucs.
Decausc 1t has become the papdering organ Of a
set Of men who have wandered from the old
Baptist faith. and who presume now to change
times and custolns. it should not change those
who do not ponder or WANDER with doing loose
IL
Florence Mccarthy against the injustice done
him in the late trial, have BY no means conf
mitted myself to al Endorsement Of all he has
said aud done. certainly do not indorso his
present course in assaultng DR.. Evcrts aud
other brethren in the ministry. l have not so
learned Christ. Dr.. Everts is an old, tried. and
true friend. lie has stood by me and
my church unreseryiuglv in our darkest days.
When there wero seemingly none to help
us,, Dr.. Everts and his church hayo aGan and
nas done more for the Baptist denomination in
Chicago than any other man. Aud rs d reward
,e has been more unjustly treated, moro cruelty
iradEccl, md moro wickellv malignel, than any I
,.he1 man. But his record is on high. aud God |
sill nct forget his work.
Now, say an exceedingly sorTy to see Flor !
,nce Mccarthy take this course, md I hope he !
Sll sec his error and turn from it. I should |
lar made illusions to the matter in this ar
iclo were it not for the fact that l am charged !
with indo1sing .e,erything lie may say orr do, /
imply because in lis trial / insisted On Justice
icing done, aud that he should hayc fair trial.
suppose if Lo should commit murder would |
20 charged with indorsing it. One thing is GER
ain, would, even then, insist he should have t
cir tIsa!. And, passing GU: from under the
Jurisdiction of d mong-ol ecclesiastical court to
hat Of a court of justice, where the rules Of
vldeuce are not outraged, and where witnesses
re sworn to tell the trl1tn his chances for fair
nd impartial trial would certainly be multiplied
many fold. At al1 eveuts. hardly think the
ourt would hang him If thoT failed to find him
uilty of tho crime charged in tho Indictment.
CHICAGO, Sept. Il, 1874. y. T. RAyL1S-
NEW-YEAR'S Day.
Friday the Jews OF this city celebrated the
rst day Of thoir New Year with tho customary
There were services in all tic sy1l-
gogues.
DR.. MESSING.
Among the sermons preached Was one by tho
.-v. Dr.. Messing, Rabbi Of the congregation
'ne; Sholom, which is as follows:
So tho L:rites guic:e1 all tho people. Eayiug, be
till. for the day is holy aad do not gFcyr yourselves.
--SehtE1ah, ri':., II.
Mr FRIENDS: As ono wavo follows the other,
owing down the river uudless1y. ono day drives
ho other; days join speedily to wooks and
aonths, aud at once without hardly noticing it
~ aio III tue thu VI year. laIeles5iy VIC
'ould number years. Yet, the crrreut of life
'ould drive liz through decades, If religion had
OF made 3 halt for rs, appointing days, which
least for o SHIRT time separate us from the
usy life and the stulious work OF our worldly
fairs, and which invite US to this place with the
rgent and earnest request, .'Io consider onco
ar life with carnestncss and to test our heart"
uch time Of importance, such a dag is for the
sraelitcs the just commencing New Years festi-
al Between two great periods stands the Now
car as = boundary stone, and so this evening, !
specially, represents the end of an old and the
ommenconlent of 4 new year. Like unto the
andcring pilgrim, ne have reached tho highest !
oint Of mountain, offering D wide, undisturDcd
ew to our eye. Standing on the height of the
l1aIait, By natural impulse our glances are Mt
rst directed forward: We nre anxious to learn
10 condition Of tho way which is lying before us;
Ut an impenet:ablo mist limits our view, and OBJ
:urc the hidden futuro with divine veil. There |
Q turn our eye Buddeuy backwards to tho |
asecd year Months, weeks, days, aud hours,
ass once more before our eyes; aud every day,
"a. every hour, depicts scene. and re-
iuds ,1s of another event. One hour was de- |
,ted to JOY, the other to suffering and sorrow.
mis- daT endangered US. that ono brought with j.