The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-09-18
Religion. DrlIt and Discussion.


Taking up Rabbi WIse's challenge to
any Christian clergyman or professor OF
Hebrew to write Hebrew letter, Brother
Sizing edi.orially replies that he will
write one that he will defy any Hebrew
to read.
Rev. Mr.. A,henielter, whom the Re.
formed (German) Church in Ohio were
about to try for heresy, saves them the
trouble by stepping down and out. He
conirsses that he had unconsciously ap.
preached the doctrines OF Universalism
and in some cases actually maintained
them. Having been brought to sense
Of his position, he renounces allegiance
to the old church, and states that desir-
ing to exercise his ministry "beyOrd the
scope Of bigoted dogmatism," he has ap.
piled for admission 10 the Universalist
ministry.
The COng,egationalist says: "Itis now
proposed that Certain parts Of the Bible
be printed in finer type, as being Of in.
ierior importance. But which parts?"
HoS would the Song of Solomon do, for
one.
Rev. Phillips Brooks story about
Bishop Meade and the blckwOodsman
who, hearing the bishop preach without
notes, said ale is the first OF them fine
iellers that have ever seen who could
shoot without a rest,'-was not bad, but
also not near 30 good "a it might have
been. The dignity Of The Church proba-
bly, prevented him from quoting what the
homely critics really saId,-"He's the
first Of item pe.tieo1t fe!iers ever see that
could shoot without rest"
Even the New York Obscrrsr goes for
Dr.. McCosh fer his supercilious criti.
cisms Of American preachers. And the
iaterior Of Chicago stabs him with pun,
remarkingi "Dr. McCo'h will doubtless
be more coshou3 and less McCoshous
hereafter
Not only il Prof Robertson Smith to
be tried Tor heresy, but so is Rev. Fergus
Ferguson, who has denied that the Pres
byterian Confession OF Faith truly repre-.
sents the character Of God. He balks on
the question Of limited salvation, which
he decIares"a compound Of fatalism and
tayOritism' By il, he says, the church
"lS placed in the dreadful position OF up.
holding the stupeudous hypocrisy Of
Offering salvation to multitudes OF men
Tor whom no salvation is provided" This
Hplain speaking.
Bishop Francis de Sales, who has been
asain! these 200 years and more, being
canonized about forty years after his
death, has been created doctor Of the
church b. the Pope. There are only nine.
teen percentages who have attained to this
PosthunOus diEnity,-among them are
Augustine, Basil, Athanasius, Gregory
NlIianEen, Chrysostom, and others whose
title TO honor will not be disputed BY
Christians, The present Pope degraded
the designation by giving it to Alphonsus
d LtguOri, whose ethics are deplorable,
and il practically carried out, destruc.
tive to character. This present onierral,
on the other hand, is worthy Of the first
days Of the church.
Mental arithmetic: II six sessions and
l5mPernumeraries make one presbytery;
and i've presbyteries, big and little, make
one synod; and more or less synods make
one general assembly; and all the general
assemblies taken together make pam
Presbyterian councIl-how many pam
Presbyterian councils will it require to
make pops? New examination paper
Tor Princeton leget-7he Alliance.
Col. RIG. Iugersoll offers $1,000 to the
New York obsarer to prove "that Thomas
Paine admitted the Bible to be an inspired
book, OrIha! he recanted his inGdel opln-
ions, or that he died regretting that he
had dsbelieved the Bible, or that be died
calling upon Jesus Christ in any religious
sense whlteyer." lie makes the "a ne prop.
o'ition il the 05Ierrcr will "subslantiate
that Voltalre died expressing remorse or
showing 10 any way that he was in men.
tai agony because he had attacked Cathol-
ici'm-Cr because he had denied the in.
.PirAlioR OF the Bible-or because he
had denied the divinity Of Christ" He
will deposit the gold in bank, and also a
boGd for $1,000 10 cover costs, and will
require similar bond from the 0JSaper.
hegivea the Observer 90 days to collect
and present testimony, taking like time
Glmself, aud then All0Ws 80 days more 10
The ObserreT to take rebutIipg testimony;
Me whole evidence finally to Be submitted
ioa committee Of three, one chosen BY
each party, and the third BY the other
IISo, Col. lugersolps motive l. "bscause
SantyoGr PEOPLE to stop slsndering he
Ssaa' In fact it isA fair challenge 10
put up or shut up"
David swing's Alliance grapples di.
ssctly With DR.. McCoshs notion tba. ,bs