The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-07-12

l will be compelled to put of until some more
season..
The last article to my surprise created quite
r ruhie, in the community, and Judging from
the answer In the last issue Of the ADVOCATE
signed y, J. Smoyer It would appear that
1 said had been taken very much
to heart, at least, the rev gentleman has be.
come very much excited and very angry, and
iu the heat OF passion calls rue near, ,cowardly,
slanderous, &C He even brands
me as an infdel. Now, ifit was some hot
headed Southerner or some equally hot-head-
cd Northerner in our National Legislative
halls thnt was hurling these hard names It
would1st be wondered at so much But for
n minister of the Gospel to lower himselr so
far 'beneath the dignity of his offlce' rs to
get in a rage and act and talk in that man
ner. why it has shocked the community.
He assails my grammar l bow to his superi.
or scholarship, never had the advantages Of
education that my rev friend has had. He is
master of different languages, at least two
the Pennsylvania German and the English
almost as we'll versed in the former as in the
latter,
like n few ideasas well as so much gram |
mar, and II l were to chose between the two, 1 |
should certainly prefer the former. Does the
eminent Divine set himselfupas as a grammati-
cal model2 God save the mark 1 was very
sorry to hear that the gentleman had got on
the rampage, he had waited until his excite |
ment had abated he would perhaps, on sober
second thought have said something more be-
coming his station, instead Of hurting harsh
expressions and severe epithets at "PinatOre.n
These things will not pass for argument, II
MIR. s. thinks so he is very much mistaken.
When a person resorts to vituperativc lang
uape IL is evident that he has exhausted
all his other intellectual resources! One part
of his article was made up in that way and the
balance by quotations from "Pinatore," the
latter, ] suppose to spin II out and give II n
little tone. Now If he really Is the sincere
christian one would suppose a man in his sta
tion to be- and he really thought had done
wrong would It not have sounded better IL he
had tried to show me the error of my way
and talked pleasantly instead of dealing in so
much abuse which was very unbecOming
true christian. But, as l said before, there is
no accounting for what man does when he is
in passion. can discuss these matters coolly
-dispassionately, and not get rutf1ed. 1should
consider it beneath the dignity of q gentleman
to so far forget myself. The rev. gentleman
in his article has not answered or argued any
thing contained in "Plnafore," but goes on to
say that l tried to make 1t appear thata cruel
war had been declared by the Evangelical
church against the NJ. L. church. He furth-
er intimaJes that l only imagined that the
article in the Sunday School Visitor wasa fling
at the NJ. L. folks. Now If had n" light to
suppose the Aid Societys cake walk was
meant, what right had he to suppose that l
meant the Evangelical lecture, did not say
so any more than the Sunday School Visitor
said the fling was intended Tor the NJ. L.
church. did not mention any names.
whence hath this man this wisdom?' "uh,
/ consistency thou best ofjewels." Now will
| deal more honestly with him than l think he
has done wlth.me did mean the Ecang, lee
! ture just as much rs he meant the NJ. Il. cake
| walk. As to his saying 1t was not meant for
| the Nj. e., only word of warning and advice
| to his own people, to whom he says what he
| pleases, (dOes not this smack a little of in
| tallibility?) That wont do. Excuse the eX-
| preston. but that's too thin. His own flock
| do not believe that he intended the cake walk
| remarks as word Of counsel for them, why
| some OF his very precious ones, his near and
| dear cOunselOrs. stuck the very paper under
| the noses of some of the members of the M. Il.
| church and wanted to know what they thought
of that, and even backed 1t up by saying that
| a cake walk was as bad as a horse race. l un-
| derstand that Mr.. Smoyer even handed copy
| OF the paper to the Pastor OF the NJ. l.. church.
! They were told the article might cause some
/ comment, and the reply was, that is what we
want; but now the position that Mr.. ). takes
appears to me to be trifing with the truth.
! 10 whom should we look for an example of
| honesty and integrity? InSider, you astonish
me. who ever heard of church waging a
| crael war against another, excepting perhaps,
| the war of MartyrdOm. Does "P inaforen talk
| or write about a cruel war or any var? Does
| he exhibit so malicious n spirit in his article
| as to lead man of straw, (why not OF Bonn
| bast), to think he was to be victimizCd? II so
! he asks pardon for if he offended he did not
mean to. He thought he only stated facts
That the NJ. +. cake walk was criticised
| that the Evangelical pulpit was desecrated,
for the former see the little monthly sheet
| edited by the Rev. B. j. s.; for the latter we
refer You to the hearers of Dissinger and Bow
| mans lectures we do not object to the lee
lures, We are always willing 10 hear some fun
-iOr Dissngcr did give 1t to the Lawy ers, and
] bowman (nTgpnblgk
brother squirm in his seat; we enjoyed it..
But we do object to lecture OF that character
being delivered in the pulpit, Bombastes to the
contrary Notwithstanding, Tor bOmbaSt Is all
| we can find in his " ellusiOn." tic has not
proven the compatibility of lectures foreign to
Biblical SUBJECTS within the sacred atmosphere
| OF the house OfGOd, Patriotism what do we
want with patriotism in time OF peace-its
out of date, its forcing the season. The only
| patriotism compatible with the pulpit Is
Christ and him crucihed. The patriotism OF
christians is in "hghting the world, the flesh
and the devil.n We are not fighting Rebei $
nOtO and is patriotism now a mOTCI subject ?
Far from it. Patriotism now is political par
tisanship. and is of n very questionable kind
The motive to this partisnnship arc often far
other than the love of country, Here it was
actuated by the love of money, to raise funds
for the sunday school, and therefore was con-
have however taken the liberty to differ, for
l believe that in general the patriotism Of to
day is OF a kind that christianity should con.
demn, because 1t is "in opposition to general
benignity.h
Did ''jinafore" say the Evangelical church
had declared war against the M. f. church
No, he only said the cake walk was criticised
Did PinaiCreh say he would slash all around
and show up the tUrmer2 We fail to see II.
" Pinafuren never asked the NJ. L. church
to enlist under intdel" cOlOrs, for If they
; would, they would not be "PinafOre'sn cOOrs
Calling II man an Intidel does not make hin
one. Ii is easy TO call bad names, to suspect
! the wrong party, but what ls the Bible rule
rhinketh no evil Observe, thou pink o.
; perfection, thou Holy servant, thou preacher
of the Gospel, and not Of patriotism, the rules
of your Bible and less Bombast.
| The rev. gentleman's whole article is a mis
? application of quotations from beginning tC
end, and, If time and space would permit,
| would pulverize IL. A little advice (althOugl
| 1t is not asked) to the indiscrete parsOn. D'
not indulge in censoriOus insinuations, ant
4 pretend it was meant for counsel for your be
, loved preach to them charity, christian har
mony, and unity. Does not the apostle Pau
a say: Though speak with tongues Of mel
anu of angels and have not charity, have be
= come as sounding brass OF a tinkling cymbal.
Does he not also say: CHARITY suilereth Ion,
Charity enyieth not, Charity Vaunteth not Il
= self; is not pulled up" doth not Dehay'
- itself unseemly, is not easily provoked, think
eth no evil.n
c Preach to them also from the words "Judg
I not that ye be not Judged" Strain at gna
- and swallow camel.h "Strive to enter II
n at the strait gate, for many say unto yOl
- shall seek to enter in and shall not be able.
, The rev. gentleman charges me with COW
= ardice because l did not sign my real name L
my communication #, indeed, the tact Of hi
s signing his real name showed anything NOR
. than courage might be induced TO folloN
his example. 1t might be that the atiXinl
of my OiCR humble name would add some ad
\ ditional force TO my communication; do no
y however consider II worth while to do so, et
II pecialy when l see how little weight an
II consideration his article receives, even wit
- so respectable signature underneath II a
h that oi B. j. SmOyer: The mOdesty Of tn
rev. gentleman, too, Is equal 20 mis- grea
= courage, as is shown by the fact that his sig
II nature is appended TO not less than three art
cles and one piece OF machine poetry in one II
l. sue OF his IL by 10 sheet.
HI 1t does not look we'll to see a person strut
ting about pouring forth nothing but word
le and sentences, like great Bombastes II
A rlOsO.
- 1t is beautiful thing to look at an ocea
wave and see II heaye and swell as II move
along It is not SO Leauuiul thing, however
to see an individual undertaking to cut
II heavy swell
The rev. gentleman dropped down IN Ou
- midst several months ago, and from the wa
ID in which he has led out II appeared to mt
and, doubt not, to others, that he was som,
&c what anxious TO provoke a recognition as
, ! sort of aggressive and belliperaut inliViduf