, 1875-04-19
THE GREAT SCANDAL,
Tho eolcDeprecation Of pickwiokian
Sinners.


10 i'' !ne Editor IT The Chicago Tribune:
""" !eaIect 10 Ms. Boo:he.H ssif.accusatof5
p''aaeo1oR5' !" III nothing more than lair 10 re-
.ne"Ier tna' !. IL quite tho faellion for good
CHRISTIANS '. 10 tnaAe public co:fcs.ion Of their
a'nA m III tno bufeflai'vo mood, buc.perfecs
'eAse' Luz pnsaaeo'os.cal hablt OF the Catholic
Pe'A'o". We oo Nv. A"o@. "Eetaof tho l.'l-
Au.'o " '.ns 'o'4so'lo1 II accurately III Keeping
"''a NV ''1s eoutashea, We ase hot INFORMED
:, s"en ~. ~ s''e masons5 W 'ne 'ossfonal. Eue
>. sus Ha'a1''1 a'1''ofnio'u4 sasFonadeo ny an
''p.t's'' apo es''uo' ~ "''eA opasas4e oossrueta
APts'a." ~ sn1 p."so "hs'' t1aSes u
w. "''s ~ 10 "a1s " 'i9'es'shs s'hncfa'
W. m.' "po'' 'u.e,''s 'nese, tta1 'ae eoafoa.
~" .'.'' s "'os"a. I'onoa "a sne ln'.seo''Ry VI
NV non"nn ttAsal npos' VI ~ tAe equally
.A4,H, o'et'oa VI oA'eupo's "'i'aP' soHs "''
w. Sn'.o 'onA'H o. pufa1eo.'Bca' sos' aee"sa'sol''
~ s.''Ao ~ 'oo eo"'ptene.'s''c' aaa ~ Ah"sos
.oo eussesti'e' 10 oeaef4oe tue conpahct'ohs OF
Ills Language would srcceet wr,i1,in1a and ,y1cst-
,;nc. nj ,oth,n,t Jno. ti,o,, 1.nonaa .,a,.r,,,-
.,o.. .,,. ~. ,,.s - .'1e. ~,
'4'a' l"s 'uf 'Ho 1uep'caoa thas thos arc ae'
heIcd 10 DO taaen III pioAwicl'ah neIsp. IAto
lhav. Or are they not, 10 hs no takep3
Whan tia vnna chr;.tfsu ruht.;r 5n,,,,.o.
bimu,it I'm ..th, cl,tot of .i,na.. !, - y".....s,.
',a .''I'sen t't suo tn'e, ., s'"hoss or '"se'cn
hymn. IN lie 10 10 Understood ~ using tho Ian
cuaco of Itoral txuerience. or NJ 1,,e,virt,an
r,cty ? When ho ncecrilc. NJ. ,n;r,c,I cors,tt,,.
,iop as " fni of n,,or,tnc T'r w .,o,,s"o ,
epaskIng logically, Or theologicatly, or ouly
ru1akooloe,ca,ly Ia he. or Ia he mt In ho
taken 1t ,,i1 word bv the nolice. vlon' .itl,
c'oIed eyss, and c!aspod hands, and unts,i1us
Iutonatlon, hn apirtpziatos the pclitentlai
plrasoolocy Of Kiur David, WHO, wL1o
hnurine, m tbe rovced cdra nj Josno,r
"a accooas oi hs n'afae' aoa aou'tef''
accused hts mother Of concerning him iii Bin
and prayed to be "dsl,ycrcd from tlood-Suiisi-
ness Ought tho language Of DAVID 10 be- used
'no f'an aSeses s,'a ~ VIM
are ~e 10 tnuerhtana from th'H oriental phraae-
ology Ut the popular coufeRstonal AA the pub
liz ii taken into tho confidence Of tho pcnj:eilt
hsyo mt ,,,c ,,ul,c a r,rbt To kpnw7 Ara vo m
inf~r adultery ~ where tl,e pIrascolcsy used was a.
opco that Of an au,terar. ar murtter wi,era II is
quoted from tuurJerCr Or theft ,ylars i. priai-
ita;ed with sLef? o.. ara vo to iuic.
ill., noss. and b eaIs fo1th T N tho o cofot.onaI
,lcturic Of Adulicrcrs, mu,itrcrr, suu thieves,
ii lors not even include liza shsrn trausaet,ons
in real caase, or the "soit shings" he uas Geo,,
iha; It ID s,mulY tas l.urr.ca ia,kwic,,ss,n'nn,
! {esto,pcore or rcad1 o, IN autonatIc nie,y3
When the rons Thr'.tianSsay - nn,d f,H;r,.,,r
office-Aouer-nub iaI,ca I;utof. d, .uch NJ, or.
| casiou, '.depe,ving Of dan,uat,oi," il he no
uote sincere tLaa tbo hrsterIca; yonna lsar ia
| when she saws tbe )" liked to harn died" of
| moTtidcat,an when she faiioa 1t tha M
| atel;lng- nj tch? Does Tho pickv,ckisn Chria.
lian make another specles. Of those Who 70
IN into tic Temple to prxy, "Col be merciful
| to mo a sinner" or tniserAs|a offender ";-
| TharaHeee. sinners. and p,ckwic;1an s,nnrrs.-
these three. 0'''@''
Wheu "tho ]itslo boy Of 6" vas asseti by
Brother Hammond. ~ Alo you 4 great sinner.
pct?" tho llttlo bov Of 6 renlicd, Ellc! to tho
| ,1oItcbt 81 tho ertcrt cross. .one stjoner. I. Yrp
tlti" Then The o1pest c,ors, ,oun,iouer asi.ed
tue little boz Of &: tW1lat did you do that
| vas 80 wicked nv deay ?'' and tic httje boz
! 81 ro1oineI NJ forget air"! Uut lilo
e1nert rr,saS-n,,esttonar was mt mt mt hv ,Is
uneyauc elcsl oreaE IN tho cxtechism, lie turued
to u1i Iha lttIo b,ys and Girls Of &. 8. l. s. and
| i. and ssid. You seo, nv dc.r ch,iIron. tLs
jttte Iny cannot rernenher oil Of Lls s;us. but.
he iis in+siI,"cnt ansmcrs il. shn1s tiat h. fuIly
understands The p!sn Of sslvas,on, "-Brother
Hnmnlona's ,,lan at sa5vation." II tbs LttIa
boy O, 6 docs not continue to forget his s;nr.
ond doss 'a mt learn hnv To cor1fcsss
Ihn,o ~ ct;,sr nnoo1a ~ ,i'c ncc a.
led tsyn;noiorv nf the piekwionian
sinnors Il vii H. mn fan,t Of Broti,nr HAM
ciaf foat'a q, u Tho 0o ihe mans S own - sins
ors Yorco,ssn ~ ana J c IL nunnlicd With a formus
lated confess.ot, of them. wn.sh, whether il o.
| ,onotv rnrnrrrd n Dnrttis k}not1.c1,tiuoHe II
~ Iahn.s tii.tnmnor ,a tba conntnrs,nn that i,
~ sdm,. ,,.tla tnrs and r,,1s of & to Anrahnm,s
bosom in Tie tic ne4t wc1ld. and Brother Ham.
enon,l's in shIs. '''
IT Tvnai s,,or,d averh hc auf1e;enttv :. nonycrt-
ea !. to a,a,, nns of usmtunuta !. coyrnnnt-
cards. he Would confess 10 a!I tbe eius in tho
ca:a1ocne ~ srecnt ,hnte for which ho IL no. an.
io,5nrs my III H. n,oda1n conyentenccs Of neni-
toat;s,n a., ...v Ia,v9on, Far .hst wn tnaw n
The contrary. intotd. he ,cpeata {peyhaps jeads5
| .s'S
sn1 us sinna ~" og Ia"s no tstryo tbe des, es.
III wlih ths assurance a!i tho time tnst neyer
w." ). 1au nInressinr t ct'Is,ian piekwies,sn
sl,'nsr sn unins:'y nsed,
r nnsohsg ao y must ho rcnebcre3 in ,natf-
FIR a ,s nsmilcntin1 ensllcs confcssca to iov-
~ uncn'srimsjr "" trarsfer1ed tho af1oct,ons"
~ ~, ,.tant's ~. !. tn himsnif.n Tha rsrtainIv
M ~ ~ ,.ss% - h"1 =, "nnrnsa" of ao,o ,nsoni,
tno ."ca Iss Il sg lie rae eyIl effects. AZ far as
ia hons ~ ,hn ininred husband in conrernod.
ene ou ns,,oa ~ ~ ,dnItnry Hn.I W. nav 1ycl ha'
aya sn1 ,S,. Sno nrsnc"r lar
ssSu ~ sn9s VIZ srdnnniv .saas IN ~
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