The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-19

lists, and they will be sustained by every
clergyman, Protestant or Catholic. A
Psalm of DAVID may he mysterious till we
discover the feeling that moved him To
write IL; passage Of JONI, PETER, or
PAU, may be uLintclligihle To us till we
discern the popularity or its style. We
could support this by appealing TO MAI
MoNIDEs and GoTTHEiL among the Isrnel-
ties, to ORIaEN and JEROMB among the
Christian Fathers, to any Ecumenical
Council, TO the Westminster Assembly or
the Synod OF bort.
IL is on these grounds that We exercise
the greatest particularly IVA 10 the author
ship of any passage OF Scripture we may
quote when dealing with religious sub
iects. Hence it ia that we apologize for
our error and upbaid ourselves. We have
no sufficient excuse 10 offer. IL is not
enough to say that in the haste of writing
we neglected block up the passage quoted
by us which we knew was I'm the Epstle
of JAMES. We should have looked IL up
before presenting Il to our readers; for II
We had been thus reminded il was In the
Tpistle OF JAMES, we would not have
Numbered into attributing it to PAUL.
our error, however, has been the means
of giving us AN agreeable item of knowl-
edge. We have learned through the num-
bor of letters we have received about il,
what n large proportion OF the readers of
THE Sun nrc careful and critical students
Of the Scriptures. The error was discov-
cred by multitude OF them, who imme-
iiatcly made haste to set us right. We are
oh q, Ia xyh nl Af IN
one of them.
We may Also say here that we have re-
ccivcd large number Of letters concern
ing the religions views we Enumerated In
the article, wherein the error occurred,
r, lative to the Brooklyn revival under
MOODY and SANKEY. These letters may
be divided into three clnssCs first, those
from the more Intelligent aud dovout Of
our readers. who fully support the position
taken by THE sun; secondly, those from
scoffcrs, who give us nothing to think Of;
and thirdly, those from people who disa-
gree with our wcll.,'Stahliehcd Scrptural
views. We VIII make reference to the lat
ter class only, nud 10 one individual. only
one, of that class. This individual has
taken the trouble 10 send as a very long
our views carefully, thoushtfuliv. and
wisely and had reasoned against them
Ike mrn Of intellect. judgement, amt
learning, We wOuld have pr ntcd las lott,r.
and attonntcI 90 Justify oursolve- amt fo'
tify our ground. Hut he Is - loosc-miud-
cd. cxcltuble mnn, who "o,- on nj hnlf-
cock. and writes a. l.ou-h he had not duly
studied our words aud their bearing He
takes u hundred pa -agcs OF Scripture, iso-
latc- TIA m from their context, gives them
mcauuss To cunt hiu.sDlf mixes thDm all
tog ethor. and thoa fires them of, with the
notion that they Viii hit somewhere. They
do not hit ne We could take mp all his
passage one Ly one, show him tiat they
were supplemented by others. and that
their zeal meaning and Application are
What We have iuslsteJ upou. and hold TO,
is that true religion and Righteousness are
ono and identical; that the test of true re-
| ligon IL Righteousness that a revival must
! be judged ~ ito l ghicoun fruits; that the
! conversion Of man means hi turning
from evil ways; and that any religion. re-
vival. or conversion which docs NOT result
in righteous living, 10 c'Iallatdnlsm. Ii
| any man who understands the natuf, "a
true religion, and IS able to argue correct
| ly, can cont overt the position, we should
like to see him do il without upsctting real
son, Scripture ana the voice Of rational
| authority and common s,nsc.