, 1876-02-10

Tio entire iiladequ1cy OF tho Advisory Coun.
ell called by Plymouth Church 10 deal With the
n,attot at issue in rendered moro appnrone By
these later Developments lin DoWon's lestot1.
Tho Council il Imposing In tho nnmbor Of
churches invited anu In tho extent Of territory
represented. Dut tic churches aso al! naInedb by
Plymouth Church, aud theIe cnn DO no doubt
that the siowa Of large majority Of tho clergy
Invited hayo boon nsccrlh!ncd TO DO favorable 10
tho cousae Of Plymouth Church boforo tho ltlst-
tatsons wcro extended. 70 mako nssutanco
doubly sure, tho Plymouth Church Commlttco'
inc'osed NTH each lottoz-1nlssfvo formal state
ment Of tho course Of the church. With FoaBonB
and arguments for It. Tho lettcr-mlssiT0 is 30
framed thas, II any unwary lologato should do
sire to invost,gnto tho snntter OF Mr.. Deocllers
guilt OF innoconco, he can bo cut short with tho
statement TINT tho Council ts called to consider
only technical points Of church pOllty.
Air. Ucecher mala visit to thia vicinity Eo-
Gently, for tho purpouo Of comforting With cor
tnin Of tho clergy md delegates invited. 1t il IL
fac. Of so1ne significance that BeVorA! of tho
,nost distinguished porsons inv'toa 70 that con.
ferenco doelsuod to. go; amt IL is quite
a,lthorltatyely stated that tho disposition
which aomo Of e!loBo who did 20 lI1nt.
fcatod to- have tho whole tsuth ftiYesti-
gatol aroneed 3Ir. l'occher's indignation. One
ok ut1r suburban cllu1uhcs invited 10 tho Council
has already 1ael.ned; in another tho invitatlon
wns aecoptou oniy atter heated debate OF on
hour and half, In which strong oppoAitton,
letl BY no1np Of tic best men of tho church. waa
loscEorr.i. aud thcro ts no DOUBT that many Of
The chnrehea invited will decline, mud tho nu1n-
bora nau,o III tho lostcrnlisaiyo will shrnl: con-
Blt.orahlY before tho Council meats. The simple
fact IL that tia Council can do nothing, and is
not e1pcotod to do au3thtngs and. Viewed IN tho
light Of such eombre aud dreadful accusations
III thoao In tho l}owen lotter. its investigation
ald itH decision uuht bo alfka lrivial.
Springfield tNhss> Hrpab',rdn.
Tho btothTon arc nnalyzlnE MF. BeocherA and
nir. HLoarmau's invited guests somewhat critic
ally, Tho way some arc taken hnu os!let1 loft is
certainly quito notlceablo, Tho only Now York
aud brooklyn mon Invited ara tho ltev. II. III.
Storra aud tho 1s0v. Lyman Abbott, who arc
nyowed BymrathExerH with Plymouth. Thol,
Uliiu bfr. Ueccl,erH uon-ln-1aW aud hls publish
ottH cousin are nn,onx tho bnttcu. hlF. Deocaer h
hiotler Ton, Ia neglected., md sher0 Ia therug-
gcAslou tint ho would bo unsafo on tho tssllns,
fato md alildlobnry a'ono OF all tho orthodox
colleges Of Now England asa luyisod to aond
representatives; AnhorHt, wlero Mr. Dceohpt
graduated al1l w,.oso he IL o Trustee mud will
iaus Aro omitted, rhaEt, hern nre homo notice.
nba atatiBtlcs. 0t ~ Congregational ohuruhet
In New Jersey nearty half, D. arc invited; while
Of 4!3 iu Massachusetts, only ~ Rre tny!tod, q!
| $50 III Connecticut, only Us; OF ITO tn Nov
| Hampshire, !; Ut l52 IN Vermont, 7, asld Of II.
In Iowa. t. Tha Council certainly ia not likely Il
! DO distinguished for tho high representative
| character Ut It's nlcrlhops. II will ho loHs nj
than NOW hppcass, sson, WHOM the itst Of dcol!na
| t,pus ts full.