The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-07

has at last become seli-supporting, and is even
Of its own, In which, BY earnestly praying, it may
be successful The list ofits pastors numbers suCn
Henriod Flvaz, Charlier, &c Its present pastor
is the Rev. II. L. Grandhenard, devoted mission
airy, who spent several years In Africa. Mr.. Borel
himself was at one time under engagement to be-
| come the pastor OF this church. and withdrew for
reasons which 1t Is neither my business nor
finally state. eloquent sermons were preached, ana
interesting lectures delivered during the recent
meetings OF the Evangelical Alliance by the most
Deosset, Flsch Lelievre, Aslie Bovet, Reicnel and
years ago. and my sympathies and prayers, con.
ess 1t, all go with it, Let II at least have lair play
Of blessing to very MANY. Nav Goa q" continue e to
use IL as such Whether or not 1t be judcious at
the present. nnet9 pre, to divide evangelical nn
now stop to discuss, but at least let not the new
one. DAVID CHERBULIEZ,
127 East Twentyfourth street.
A Dialoctician Convicted OF Grnmmati-
cal Ignorance.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
When professed dlalectician condescends to
admonish and instruct "the representative genius
Of the American clergy" we naturally expect to
discover In his composition degree OF grammat-
ica accuracy, OF luminous explanation, Of acute
argument and OF ordinary sense that would not
irretrevaby disgrace 'Junior" collegian. was,
therefore, considerably astonished on perusing a
letter emanatng from Mr. Benjamin Paul Blood,
and recently published by you In which its author,
while censuring the ignorance Of others. commits
vehemently deprecates. He boldly asserts that
"through dtalectics alone" can the metaphysical
Notwithstanding the opinion Of st. Ambrose to the
| contrary -"NOn in dtdieCtcd cOnpldcuH Dec
sa az, Jacere pop,1ur. suuno-
Mr.. Blood next accuses the clergy of ignorance
| OF the necessary "ultimates " of their own
Methods" Now, II this gentleman will confne
we have objection to expose his absurd faliacies
but when he INDUCES In the exclusive privilege OF
/ glossary to his remarks we despair OF arriving
at az understanding Of his meaning.
"uitimates, may De word peculiar TO New Am
tionaries 20 which enjoy access
| He proceeds, and to the horror and establishment
OF those not initiated In the mysteries OF dlaectics,
produces the following elegant sentence. which we
commend to the consideration OF such persons as
which It's author adorns and instracts by his mani
fold attainmenrs. He says:-"I have read your re-
give them WHAT Si land I'D ga av ndeea have
gave y especial attention to all mention, &c"
gard OF the most elementary and obvious rules OF
| grammar displayed in this extract would not be
tolerated In cnld who had attained the age Of
| reason.
If further proof were wanting to convince the
! public that Mr.. Benjamin Paul Blood, dialectcian,
&c, instead OF knowing whereof he speaks" Is
grossly ignorant OF the English language and In
competent TO correct the errors OF others 1t would
be abundanty supplied by the following eccentri-
city,
be says that the absence Of knowledge among
the clergy lis repr0ach to them IN the eyes OF
scholars ~, even OF my order, while their conf.
dence and empty arrogance are an imposition on
those who as ignorantly, though more humbly, toll
crate and sustain them" AS ignorantly as who's
Evidently as lgnOrantly as scholars OF Mr.. BIoodS
order from which we may infer that those distin-
guished men who NUMBER our dialectician among
their members do ignorantly, though humbly. toll
crate and sustain the awful abuses Of prestcratt.
mn
YLON.
How Long Was Jesus in the Tomb.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
In answer to enquirer" whose letter appeared
in q recent issue OF the HERALD, would submit
the following, which believe will fully answer his
question:
That Christ was crucifed on Friday. 18th Nissan
april ", IS, believe universally conceded by Blbli-
cal scholars From the accounts furnished us by
the vangests-especiay that Of Mark think
there can be no doubt that the occurrence took
place on Friday TO say nothing Of the date. In
comparing these different accounts we find the
chronological order OF events related as follows:-
FRIDAY, 15rE Nissan april ~.
At daybreak the Sanhedrim convened. Jesus
cOndemned-crucided at the third hour which,
according to the jewish method OF reckoning
time, would be nine A. NJ, died at the ninth hour
three p. NJ taken down nom the cross that
evening between three and six P. NJ, and placed
in the tomb OF Joseph OF AramathRa. That he
must have been placed IN the tomb before six P.
M. is evident from the fact that the Jewish Sab
been unlawful to have entombed him after the
commencement OF the Sabbath. That sucn was
See especially ST. Marx. iiteenth chapter, where
sd the nns s os snss q Ma mat Ss aaS
'And when the even was come because
9s iosspss Of IL ae DAY
and went IN boldly unto Plate and craved the body
ses d And a IL gave IN the Say to
which was hewn out OF rock and rolled stone
unto the door OF the sepulchre." Here We have
the day OF tine week when Jesus was entombed
day before the saobath) evening -
SATURDAY, 10TH Nissan APRIL 81.
The Jewish SABBATH Christ in tomb. Tomb
SUNDAY, nth Nissan april e).
Visit OF women to tomb early In morning, say
six A. M.-probably earlier. Christ already risen.
Thus, from these accounts furnished by the
tomb out tarty.sX t9 thirty eight hours-certainly
not more than forty hours.and were II not for the
was three days and three nights in the whales
belly, SO shall the Son OF Man be three days and
three nights In the heart Of the earth'' Matthew
xii. 40)-no greater length Of time would ever have
oeen claimed or contended for That there Is a
discrepancy between the time given by the Evan
gelsts and that specified in our Lords prophecy
must be apparent to every candid and careful
reader and this discrepancy has been one OF the
strongest points used by sceptics against the au.
tnenticity and inspiration Of the Gospels. 1t is not
worth while to detail the attempts which have
been made to reconcile these two reports. they
present curious examples OF the ingenuity and
tprobaby unconscious) disengenuousness OF the
harmonlsts.
When these discrepancies exist 1t is useless to
theorize and resort to all manner OF iancies to
bring them in accordance with each other, as
such attempts have u tendency to weaken rather
than strengthen the cause OF Christianity. Were
we in possession OF all the facts In connection with
many OF the circumstances which appear TO be dis.
crepant, we would probably near their solution.
AS it Is we must be content to walt until that time
when all Will be revealed. 4. Z. p.
Ministerial and Church Movements.
EPisCoPAIIAN.
The late Episcopal Convention Of California have