The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-13
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York given us Lord Byron, bad as he
was, had better view of morals for he
says:
mot all that heralds rake from cofined clay,
nor 1orld praise nor honeyed words OF rhyme
Oan olazon EVIL deeds nor consecrate crime"
But Byron never witnessed the effect of
wealth disgorged after life of rapacity,
nor did he ever see the adroit method by
which one Of a sacred profession can man
age such a case.
lie MUST WRITE.
Notwithstanding the risk of such brist-
ling censures as appear above, somebody
must boldly write for the press. The pub
lie demands such a voice. In the Language
of Young's satires
''Doubly dstrust, what author shall we ind
Dlscreetly daring and severely kind;
And sharply smite prevailing folly dead
This may be therefore some excuse for
the "Boeemian" to mix occasional satire
with sketches of metropolitan life, and thus
TO shoot folly as it flies, even though it start
from the pulpit. He may, however, still
claim the sentiment 80 finely uttered by
Pope:
That tends TO make one worthy man my foe"
The object of the writer is truth, and he
is glad TO get any suggestions, that will as
slst him. Even the presbyterian Clergy
man" admits that a mistake in one of my
letters was soon afterward corrected but
he still finds fault because, although the
correction was made, it was ignoring Il
again apologize for the quotatioD) the fact
that gentleman had called at the Times
Office" for the purpose of setting me right.
! reply to this that with Bohemian brevity
is essential, and the explanation was not
worth the space it would require News
papers are always crowded, and the art Of
condensing is therefore studied. Even that
critique could have been reduced consider
ably by any Bohemian and not weakened
in the least.
THOSE TITLES.
l have been censured by the 'Presby-
terrain Clergyman" for Withholding from
the metrolitan clergy ''their well earned
titleu." The question arises, what
is ga we'll earned title?n One noted
preacher was wont to sign his name s g.,
that is ''sinncr saved" Paul's title seems
to have been ''chief of Sinners" My critic,
however, evidently means D. D., doctor
of divinity" Now, if he were in the pre-.
latte church, l would admit the consistency
Of the demand; but he avows himself a
"Presbytenan." The principles of this
church are democratic, and one of it's chief
boasts is the equality of the ministry, but lie
not this broken when one man is styled a
"doctor of divinity" while another is neg
lected. l urge the critic to more consist
ency on this point. Whenever the Presby-
terrain church Cor any of the anti-prelatic
denominations) sec truth clearly, their cler-
gy will drop those D. DIS which they now
parade with such general display. They
b I'VE thus created prelacy of their own.
Why is it that such man as George HIATT,
whe has preached forty years as first ward
missionary in this city, is not made d. d.
Has he not earned it Why was jeremiah
Wood of Mayfield not made ID. D., after
nearly 5Ojyears of pastoral work2 1t is be-
cause these men labored among the poor.
Colleges give where they expect to receive.
They bestow their d. DIS on men from
whose Influence they hope patronage either
IN students or endowments, and this is the
origin of 'well earned titles" Within q
few years two clergymen, called to
churches in neighboring city
received their titles few months after the
call, and one OF these was made sd. ID, "
close on his ordination. Bevan, too, will
soon have "well earned title" The COL
leges know where to throw their bait
Turning to my critic, say, as you have
signed yourself presbyterian, strive to
MAINTAIN the purity of the system. Con-
sider that neither you nor any other man
can have any better title than that given
you by the Master, as "preacher of the Cos
pei" which is far higher than d. D. You
have an example in Albert Barnes, who de-
clined the latter because he saw its incon.
sistency. Allow me also to caution you
against being over-zealous in defense OF
Bevan. He has not asked your aid, and
will be little likely TO ask it after he shall
have read your article. When you again
write for the press, you will do well 10 have
your piece revised and corrected by some
Bohemian. With such assistance you will
steadily improve, and when you wish to
show the public how well you have pro-
crossed, just pitch into
THE HERMIT OF NEW YORK.