, 1874-07-27
HALL1pAY's OPINION OF THE ANGELS

QAurch, AnQ 1lrs. AlorHe lAutupt " AAs. At1o1i
aro remarkable pair Of belfovore. Tho former
would not bolioyo Docohor guilty ovon though
M angol from Heaven should toll him 80.
Gabrlo1 aud nil tho heavenly hoat might toatify
before tho Investigating Commietoo that Mr.
I}eochor had brokon tho sovonth Commandment.
but Mr. Halliduy would only say that ho didn't
believe 1t. Ho would coacude, OF courao, that
| f}abs.s1 bad ontorod into tho conspiracy
| against tho Rev. Houry Ward Doechar, bo-
Ing Jealous OF hia trumpot tongue. Mr.
| Halliday does, iudood, ma1o short work of
tho whole caHo. 1n bis, yiew, If ho is correctly
reported, It Is moro probable that tho scraphim
and o,iorublm should lio than That tho pa1tor OF
Plymouth Church should bo guilty; TINT tho
spirita tllat hoyos about tho great wlito throne
should speak untruths than that Henry Watd
Doechcr should yield to tho moat lmpelious IT
human passions. In other words, Dcccher can
not sin! Surely there :was an oversight In not
putting Halliday Oh the Investigating oonarait-
too. =. :: :. ::
Mira. Morse Is Mr.. HalliLays equal. sto would
"aa Boon think of accusing the Virgin Mary OF
adultery as Elizabeth Ti!tou." Mrs. Morse il Mrs.
Tiltouu mother, and wo pazs By this opinion Of.
hers without com,nont. l. mother Ia always oxcra-
able for believing in her daughters purity. Wo
have not 80 much patience with tho Rev. Er.
Halliday. Wo think tl.at a!l mon afo capable Of
sin. No man should bo condemned without sur
fciout evidonoe. But no man, arraignel as Mr..
Bceclaor las boon Oh charges Of nuch gravity aa
those made against him, should DO acquitted On
tho ground that sln ia not snppoaabo In his case.
There Ia no nan but may fall. Bcoehor may
fall. There is no a p,ior1 reaHon why ho
Should not fall. uo has. Ill tho tompta-
tions that othnr men arc subject to.
His opportunities aro not fowcr than those Of
otheru They arc evon moro humorous. Whether
his solf-restraiut in greater than that Of otei
men cannot bc assumed. IT iB tho very quoBtiou
At Issue.
} No do not believe that pure lifo and doc
} trinnl beliefs hive nny necosaary connection.
man nay load pure, lifo, as Marcus Aurcllul
( did, uecause Of Lis innate noblences or because
! on tho whole, It is tho happicst life to load
But it has boon often remarked that mn acct
, tentat connection Is frequently created between
:. dogmr and morality. Dogma is some
. timoa mado the baAis of morality. 4
/ man may 10 taught not to commi
crime, boca,so God forb1ds 1t and Furnishes 1t Ii
9 tho next world. In such casas 1t las not bccl
= unfroauontly observed that when tho beliof i,
y eternal punishment goes whom the ground 0
: the morality, in other worda, is removed, th
i moral principle ia very apt to 60. too. Taught, 4
! most people nro In thoir carly youth, to bas
t their morality on tho foar Of otornal punish
0 mont, when tho belief in eternal nunishmon
l. COOS overheard, tAoro is no baafs for moralit
II loft un1oas It llns been supplemented with eom
o other baais. AIr. Doooler had evidently lost th
s traditional ono. Whether l,o had adopted IN
II other with sufficient lrmnosa to mako 1t tue rul
ID OF action ia also tho question now at issue.
O On a par with Mr. ualtidays fulaomo adula
0 tlon Of Bccchor aud his asporaion Of tho a,
l. gols is tho position Of M Eastarn Journal, whc
1t acquits him "on gouoral principles" 1t IL
l. difficult thing to destroy a powerful man Ill
10 nocclaor,-- fact, he can only DO DESTROYED I
et himself. It Is difficult, especially when IN III
20 ruin le pulls down, samHon-liho. tho pillara I
to Plymouth Church, tho Christian Ui!,on, and
ID goodly portion Of Brooklyn society. peouniar
III and social considerations Of tho create
D. magnitude are involved IN his acdultta
III Tho plutocracy and arietocracy Of Dloo
as Ign arc largely conceruod In shielding hil
I'd Tho Christian i. Union proprictors do n
ut wish ther business rnincd. Tho aocie
p In Which Deeolor moyel. the wiyeH and daag
I'd tcsa IL, which ho may possibly have aeon too fr
H. quantity, nra jnatly anxious for hia oxculpatio
II. Wo do not blanc thoso who aro iutel ostod In
1t. verdict OF not guilty for protesting Ills inocon
II, and fighting his battle. Only lot them not p1
ry claim hs moro than Papal infallibillty. L
of them not place him, as Halliday does, q lit
co higher tLan the angels.
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ng Tho request Of tho Now York Board OF Unj
Hi writors tint there 10 provided force OF 100 Il,
lot 10 act rs tlso patrol In Chicago has not be
H. understood by tho people Of thin city. Wo ha
TO, Fire Inslrauco Patrol Which ia of groat gorv