Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-05-29
CORRECTION CORRECTED.

A CORRECTION CORRECTED.
ri Who IL Right aud Who IL Wrong.
Editors Pres and Duhosaian:
In your issue of Monday last the Rev. J
u A. Potter, speaking Of notice which ap
. pear,d in last Fridays Press and Dakotaia'
relative to Unity church Of this city, ant
the coming of ih new pastor, complains tha
u the writer of the said notice unjustitiably
couples the names of Reverend Dr.. Thoma'
:. and Professor Swing who still cling to tn
. so called orthodox churches, with those o
:. Robert Collyer and o. B. rockingham ane
!, others, open and avowed Liberals. and i'm
plies that Reverends Collyer and Frothing
, ham are in6dels of indefinite views, while
DR.. Thomas and Prof. Swing are orthodox
clergymen of very definite views.
As to the complaint which he makes, il
Nh. Potter will read only so far as the
fourth page of the pamphlet Mission for
March lot, 1873, a semi monthly published
at 65 Washington street, Chicago, he will
soon SEQ how unguarded are his statements
relating to this matter, and at the same time
he will find out how kindly and heartily
DR.. Thomas and Prot. Swing are working
hand in hand in true fellowship with Mr..
|~1,ollver and Mr.. rockingham, and other
"so-called Liberals" for the elevation Of the
standards of human brotherhood and human
truth, and Gods truth.
That no mistake shall again occur As to the
truth of the statement in the Fridays notice
listen to this, from the title page Of the Pc
riodical spoken Of:
"The Pamphlet Mission, For Freedom,
Fellowship and Character in Religion"
and this from the Correcting" written by
Robert Collyer.
eve want to make this Pamphlet Mission
Ego like a benediction among Liberal think
"ers all through the west"
And this from the Prospectus:
sit is proposed to publish a fo~rtnightly
'~'series of Liberal Religious pamphlets on
"the Unity, the Evolution, the Doctrines,
"the Bibles, and the Leaders of Religion
con the relation Of religion to science, to
devotion and conduct, and on kindred top
"ics, written by men whose word combines
"liberal thought with religious feeling"
And look at this list of eminent writers
and divines who have and are to furnish
papers for the Mission for the first six
months dating from March 1st, 1878, in the
order given.
l. Rev. Robert Collyer. 2. o. B. Froth'
ingham. 8. H. W. Thomas, D. D. 4. Rev.
NJ. j. Savage. S. Pref. David Swing. 6,
Jas, Freeman Cloupe, D. D. Z. Rev. H. NJ.
Simons 8. Rabbi Kaufman kohler. 9.
w. H. Ryder, D. D. and others to twelve in
number.
If friend Potter still thinks the writer OF
that Objectionable notice is mistaken, let him
read the first Of April and first Of May num-
bers Of the Pamphlet Mission, and let him
listen TO the way DR.. Thomas talked about
sec,ariani>m and creeds at the Centenary
church at Chicago, which. it is said, was moi
able to hold the congregations which flocksd
to hear him. This is a specimen: "ou,
pet creed! Poor thing! What a pity il
shouldd die! Save your creed whether you saw
sinners or not. Insist on a thous nd deini
lions about God, and Jesus Christ, and the
%trinit., and the bible and future punish
ment ; a v these definitions; save your
creed-b1ing it in out of the cold wind like
Il shivering lamb in March, and wrap it up
tendcrly in a warm blanket; pour down q
little warm milk Save these things if you
drive the whole sensible world to in6delity
in doing it."
AS to the charge of infdelity against Rob-
ert Coll, er, and others of like character,
laboring with him, l envy not the mind that
can conceive, or the tongue that can utter it.
And as to the claim Of orthodoxy for the
others, all I care to say, is, they are liberal
enough to suit the Liberals, and they seem
to be orthodox enough to suit friend Potter,
and SO we are all happy. The truth is,
friend Potter himself is evidently a liberal
minded Methodist-not "hyper orthodox"
as he puts it, which, when cut to the quick,
means, not exactly and severely and in all
respects orthodox. That is, not quite ortho.
dox, and that he is in full sympathy with
such spirits as DR.. Thomas and Prof. Swing
is clear, all of which is certainly greatly tc
his credit.
Now, Messrs. Editors, don't, 1 pray you,
imagine I am going to be led into a furthe,
discussion of these subjects. Fortunately,
Unity church has in the person of its pres
ent pastor, Mr.. Thorne, a champion Of true
Liberalism of ample power to successfully
protect and defend its cherished principles
among this people, and I can safely relegatt
to him those duties, even though I possessed
the willingness or the leisure to assume then
myself, and I doubt not, as the Sundays com.
and 20, no one who hears him will question
the defniteness of the theories which Lib
eralism represents.