Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-24

\ Letter la Which the Writer said IL
Would Wait Three Days for
Answer

\ Letter Ia Which the Writer said f;e
Would Wait Three Days for an
Answer.
The following is copy Of the letter
which the Rev. DR.. Van Dyke sent to the
Rev. DR.. Talmage concerning the alleged
new evidence against DR.. TalmaSe re-
Gently published
BROOKLYN, Dec. 5, 1SsO.-7o tie Rer. I.
De Wit 7almage, ID. D.-DEAR SIR : In
your testimony before the presbytery of
Brooklyn in April, 1879. you swore en-
phatically, and in varied language, that
when you left home on the morning Of
Monday, Oct. Q, 1876, You had 10 inten
tion nor thought Of finserting into the Chris
tan at Work for Oct. 12, 1876, any valedic-
tory or announcement for the transfer Of
your editorial services from the Christian
at Work to the Adrance. You also swore
that the announcement Of the transfer of
yoHr editorial services which you did in-
sert into the issue of the CHristidn at
Work for October II, 1896, was suggested
by and grew entirely out Of the infOrma-
| tioa obtained between , and o'clock on
tie afternoon of October Q, 1876. You
a So swore that on tho morning of October
9: 1876, you Offered special prayer for
Divine direction, and that in remembrance
OF this special prayer You have always
been sure that you made no mistake
Oh that day, and when asked why You thus
prayed, you swOre that you were not cx-
pecting any particular action on your part.
You also sworc that your agreement to
become editor of the Adcaace was not COM
plcted or formally consummated until the
afternoon Of October ., 1876, (see record
of proceedings in the Talmage case. pp
$50, o55577, 55S, 5Gl, G51, GG1. GG7.) 1t has
recently come to my knowledge that 4
formal contract between you and &. II.
Howard & Co., mutually signed by you
aud them on the 4th day Of October. 1876,
contains the following words:
"The party of tine second part will cease
his editorial connection with the Christian
at Work at the end of one month from OctO.
Der 18th inst, il not before, and will in the
next ISSUE !. C., October 12, of said Christian
at Work so announce. and state that he is
now to become editor of the !Adcance,'
have also learned that on the morning
Of Monday, October Q, 1876, you met, by
previous appointment, gentleman to
whom you showed draft of valedictOry
announcement of your transfer to the Id.
rance, and that he demonstrated with you
against your avoved purpose to publish it
in the next issue Of the CHRISTIAN at Work.
These facts seem to involve you in the
guilt Of false swearing. But l an
unwilling to accept this dreadful conclu-
sion and to pursue the course such con
clusion would make obligatory upon me,
without first giving you the opportunity,
which now present, to deny the truth OF
the foregoing statements, to offer any cx-
PLANTATION ofthem which may be consistent
with your innocence, or to make any suS-
gestion by which may be relieved from
my painful obligation in the premises.
will await your answer for three days.
Yours, ETC.,
HENRY J. VAN DYKE.
No answer has yet been received, and
the committee which waited upon the
Rev. DR.. Talmagc are awaiting his writ
ten response to it's official visit to him.