, 1875-07-28
FSf;ECtIljIt ENGLAND.
Effects oT DR.. rnrikcr's Cable h1casnEe
TO plymouth Church.

Effects or Dr. rnri<or's Cable HlcasaEe
to plymouth ChltFclis
NeIc l'syk Htratd.
I.DyuoN, Jnly 10.-Sinco tho lscv. Parker, OF
tho London City Tomplo. soHt his famous cabo
message Ut "couli1enco and love- 10 Henry
Ward Doectcr, au animated discussion lias bocs
cnrrlc1 OH by tic English pnpora ~ To tho pro-
p5ieiy Of tho former gentlcman'a action, or, III
other vortts respecting tue truth OF falsohooa
Of tho charges aga!nst the pastor Vi Plymouth
Among the Noncontormist body tho division
OF opinion seems to be 30 II eat that HeElapA We
may slope eoon to 500 l. arrayed II, two it'stile
cAnips,-ouo supporting Dr. l'arkor in lia lcliof
in ljr. l;ceehcrA purity tho other embracing
Brcll Ghrtatinn-lIoarscl gentlosnun M tho 1sov.
Mr. tiIltltla,,, OF Dundee, who Expresses hts con.
vcson Of I,oechoFa guilt in sncl' terms that tho
Christian Horti refuses to publish it because Of
ta litcous slnturc. Tho controversy will el.l
i'll producing no good. Of course. 1t il, noycr-
tl,nless. interesting 80 long NJ It lasis. Tho
N0ncoH} }0rn'fss newspaper scetns TO Incline witli
characteristic charity, to q belief in Deochor'a
guilt, wl.llo tho Christian World opens its cul-
tuna to u lengthy article OIL Dcceher BY Tho Koy.
Dr. PARKER wllo, whether right or wrong llas MI
opinion Of Lila own, and expresses it iu stroug
language.
Iho Itov. Dr, rarker declares tlat, after a
careful porusa! OF tito nyidence, lie has found
Jilton's charges ''uttorIy anl trinmphantly ro.
pclicd by tho most satiHfactosy evidence"
Every English minister of his hctliaintanco ho
adds agrees with hin IN those sentiments. lie
ndInlreB the "frunk candor Of DeeclIor'a owl
denee," anl. in conclurlon, asyH: :" ! hayo folt
shht. in quoting Incidents and dates and }l,ttn;
together rccotaect!ons OF tacsH. should certainly
Woo 10 t, no III tile day whn,. haye 10 rrly
upon tiero memory fur vindioation. Tho very
sAlatioEt Iiltnn lit tho dey1lB emplhy will Ree
mo sentenced to penal aEryltude for lite OH that
unhappy day." hathcr ard GU filton that
Tie nov. Alexander Ralcish. ono Of the CO.
HiknGrs with l'arkar, addresses tt letter to tue
Times this morning., re''ldiatlny tho i1ca TINT
thny had committed tho whole Nonconformst
body to their nassago, and closes hls cotnuluul-
cation By satiag; ~ iuust onH that, after re-
tloctiRg On tho matter csaty way can Wow It, it
still does not btriko nc ~ in tho least lkely to
ba u sound Christian principle or position that
because man is to be blamed for tho lighter
tll,sgs, md l,aR, ildcad, blamed himsolf for
them without stint, ho in not to bo approached,
with any oxprosaon Of sympathy by those wo
haEieyc md who Rte uilspeakahIy thankful to
bel.tyo TINT ho las with complete hncccBa shawn
hinlscif inn0cenk Of tho heavier Charge.
Mr.. lseector iB to rnme Of lis a fricud
OF many years standing. W9 havo Haeu
him. both llero aud in his owu country,
aud in very various scenes aud circumstances.
Not only do VIC bulioyo him innocent OF tue dam
ming clnrge, but We also thtIk that those other
things what1 hnvo given us Huoll pain aro not
OF tile substance Of hia ftfo. md ti,at tle mai.
iocovored himself aud will stand III honor and
usofnncHa ~ in former tiMc."
Some Of our secular Journals Hpcaft Of DR..
nntkers Iotttr with considerable uilfaitncss;
hts method Of procedure is spoken nG NJ .ko-
nealylaul III tho pulpit" Tie Examiner says
"Nhen Pr. Parker invites English families to
identity Themselves with 10 lBreputabio per-
sou us Mr.. l5eeoller is proved to nave boon, ha
docs vBry littlo to help his brother in Christ,
while he most t'stinctly dragH .sho good namo Of
English Nonconformtty through tho dirt"
Tho Spectator sayA: "Dt. Parker must either
bo very inconsIderato person or very stupid
one, or must onsortatn ideas very much at yar~
anoe with thoEo ordinarily possessed by English
"Noneonforrnists' 1t criticiscs tho trial Us hay-
ing boon "ah long prosracted. " careful, snd Al.
Queen Caroline; hMt thinks tf,nt." aftor charge
such % that of Judge Nellson, al Eug!isA Jury
would certainly hAYo agreed on tho aoqulttal OF
tue aceghed."
dosnnlng DR.. rarker. and iuiulgeB in a Iitlo quiet
Irony. as is itn cuatunl, thus: aWo observe with
satisfaction that oceaIl telograpllB ara not
0n ed e1suSyS ta with tho r.t etnSss Of
they aro employed to praragato tho emo
tlons OF religious and political assemblies. The
notion ,thRt tiIo universal Church depended on
tho Jury III Iiton vs.. Docchor Ind not occurred
oYisIenco. which ur. Parkor told bis coi,Eroga-
tton le Ind reai1, "a an upmitjrRtod uuisauco,
Our own expectation would 10 TINT tho Church
Of Christ could survive tho extinction Of AIr. !
Deccher, and tho assumption by Dr.. 1arkor mi
others that thelr brother minBter ia indsntnea-
lle for tho spiritual voIfere Of the world a<,e1ns
to us particularly Offensive ysrioty Of urieciHl-
noas. II is 10 bo ]lopod thst We yball unt hear
much moro OF tAiB case ana At smy raie. w
think that further referencn ia thG Church ~
Christ In congestion with It u;rIt we'll ba
spared" "~' ~
Worry naturally tho voto OF a10o 600 l,y t}ta
members OF plymouth Church to the,r nastnr
has cuusod both cxctc1nent and dinrn.sim,r r0A
The Iha;ly 1iarfrdnh Think tho cnnu1or,.t,o,
have allowed their on,atinnain tI,,s innida,t ~
triurunL oypr the,r irtaIocta l., thn law. ~
nor that 10 many Ensjishmcn Layo nj1owed
themselves to Lo cnrrio1 AVN Iy ax,nno.hx ,r;tt
q Sir Roger" lichborue. aiiar Artiit1r 3,rton
The Teiegrnph admits tbia III IN mt tn En.,
rljahn,at tn ti,row ntn,,n H. H. III ~ Gn.a
mouey lro,u Tho tculcr.hbartel concrcUa.
sf0n at New York. We acc in Enriand
ITSELF at tho present daY, bnrsta nj naal,v
dlaineroste<i sympathy with an uni,annx nohi:.