, 1874-04-19

10 the Edftor Of The Chicago Tribune;
Sir: Now that tho theological sieve is se
~, clergy md laty. aud shake them up together
| Find out who il who, and Whist Is what. Dom
lot the Rev. David Swing get the sole benefit O.
Patton's patent II the meshss are the recula
ton standard, Lave all tho brathren in aud le
the Doctor put on his spectaclos and watch how
they come through, and assort aud label then
I according rs they stick OF slip. t'Beg1nning at
Chicago, comes there to the sitting Of tho minis
teEs and Elders OF ths Chicago Presbyte1y On,
+ who has ever indu1geu IN vague or ambiguons
undelstood." aud which Some twrest to thsj,
oTn destruction, let him know that
nothing 80 e1aspora.es DR.. Patton as ambiguity.
Hl3 is that Calcdonian brzin " in which there il
| ti7e. onr vague man. our suggestive man our
| nan who allows rs to SEQ his ideas grow our
man who gets glmpses Of the Divine GLORY and
kaseidoFcopio Views of truths myriad huca-
Keep away from Dr.. rettou'a srect.c!es. Shall
man look twice and bring away new view
each tlIne? Though DR.. Patton we're to look a
thousand times he would see no more and M
less than he sees now aud saw at the first H.
has adjusted the telescope Of his creed to suit
his eyes. 1t you cannot see with that ,d;,sI.
ment, 1t is tho fault Of your eyes. II yon g;ve
1t twist and profess to see further or wider
more consultations or other moons. Won viii
hurt" the instrument. It won't bear such usace.
l. niusn DC twisted By everybody. The screws
Dr. Patton's Epcctaclcs
Inen, aEat1, II 1t ever entered into YOUR sn
cret heart that the Methodist daughter NJ n
Methodist ,, Elder, the Mothcdist widow OF q
neenoo;st preacher, could possibly By any sweet
grace OF e1arity havo atonod for ..accepti ne tha
hltnation " OF The wife of 4 Unitarian or Tnlycr
sallst THAT is Or. Pat:on's labeD; il over you
gave secret tear to the memory, OF 4 thoueht
70 ttm 1he praise. Of . woEanhood like Mary Prico
Golfers ;--approach not tho thcoipcical seys fnr
you cannot get through its wires To favor IN
any manner memorial chapel to this sainthood
IS TO pronulgate "a he-esy tia: denies the Deitr
Of our blessed Lord" TAink carefully. 70
sslsine9, s,ES9 }o,r who are really to eift David
your 70 public preaching, your private talk,
II you forget, thoro are . plenty oP III who have
eoou memories, and theological tattlin9 is tic
fashion nowadays. Furthermore, ii there be one
aLnons ~ Tue thousands OF PresbJterians in Chica-
60 60 WHO ever had shadow Ct doubs that john
stuart Mil is in hell and to bo punished t,laro
eternatly With millions of other eif.cd and un-
fortunate souls Like big own Dr.. Patton viii cast
u!la our with tue cnaif. Walk over and take
your place besice Mr. Swirg,-eyerY maj, Who
ever wavers in view Of tlloss terrible eteruitics
Dr pattons verdict IS against you. It NAV be
lnckY for you that his is not your final verdict
Dld 1t ever occur to your mind tina. there cou1dbe
eomm2n ground az On Which Robert Coycr tho
ahd Noberr 1attereon, the Presbyterian. coa}d |
touch anywhere; that tie &c o5peI. "-.s rood |
a. news meant about the same thing to him, and
20 ron, and toorery soul that has '.expczieuced"
ITS poweri that the Same dorc- wings meut Laye |
horered :, over the Eng1ishmaa's anril and open |
Bible that brushed tho Americans Creed Gate
en1s1n! Danish the heresy! 6poakis not in tby |
ed-chamber, for bird Of tue a:r shall cary if
and it cannot so through the sieve.
but, lover OF CLASSIC lore. lingering o7er old
q nomors pago IN shady grove OF Andoyer and |
Princeton. have you eyer blessed the blind baTd's
version OF that fair picture Of woman's devotion, |
ana dared contrast the faithfn]uees Of Pagan
penelope with the fa1seness OF some so-calicd
Christian Princes, or the fcklencss OF gone
conjngal incompatibility
have you. ever cherished the half-ut-
tered hope that Socrates draasht OF hcm,ock
night haye released tho philosophers soul Tor a
search after truth, which would be unhindered
y domestic infeicities and undsturbed by the
snsy aud malice Of citizens? II you haze ever
hought it would ba as great q pleasure to you to
rear soae OF the wiao leasons which he NAV
ave been learning al these years Of an uncloud-
ID light, as to resd the theological treatises Of
iona at rnur Presbyterian brethren II gau csr