Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-25
THE RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY
Cards From Rev. Mr.. Dryden and Pre-
aiding Elder Jones.

eAuthk EtocE oohobs
To Ire Elitor Of ne Rsglser.
SIR: In the last Issue of your paper APP
peared number of communications from
different persons in reference TO the eontro-
versy between Rev. Mr.. McElligott and
myself. And is evident to every one who
has carefully considered the facts that the
sole purpose of our Catholic friends is to
raise cloud of dust and thus try to blind
the public and give Rev. MeElligott, who
is being pushed to the wall, an opportu-
nifty to make his escape. But
would remind the public again
that the controversy is between Rev.
Nee. and myself and positively refuse TO
recognize any one else. There are several
~ before the minds Of the people, and
which ask them to remember. The first
is the invitation that gave to my antsg
onist and to others interested in the sub
ject TO meet me at the REGISTER office on
the afternoon Of the 10Th. here quote
the exact language used by me in my ar
tiels Of the 10Th, and ask the public to
take note. It is this: "Aud now in
conclusion / AJAX Rev. McEllig0tt
and all others interested in this
subject to meet me at the REGISTER
Office tomorrow between 2 and o'clock
D. m. and / sAall be glad TO verify the
quotations have made from the works Of
| Justin, Tartullian, Cyril, Eusebius, ORR
gen, Gelasins, DuPin and Others" Il
was TO examine these authors and every
one of them that We met. And when
Rev. Boutlou says it was only TO examine
one author he eonvicts himselfof falsehood.
Rev. Nee. and the coterie Of Priests with
him insisted that we examine only the
quotations from st. Justin but informed
those gentlemen that they were not
the only persons interested in this
subiaet and i declared open
ly in the presence of the as
sembled multitude that ] had come to eX
anime the authors named, and that the
public should have them all or none. Rev.
McElligott was too sick to take charge of
his own case and called Rev. BoutlOu to
conduct the examination with Prof Roe
mer Snd Rev. Ulfert. And when We had
finished the examination Of the quotations
from Justin, began to pull down and
open Nd the other authors, and a. this
iuncture ReVs Nee BoutlOu and Others
gathered up their oyercoats and hats and
retired from the building in bad order
when the investigation had only begun.
Like the wicked persons mentioned by our
Lord in the parable of the great supper,
'they all with one consent began to make
excuse" Rev. Boutlou declared that he
must take the train for Moundsgills, which
left the depot at 5:45 p. m, and the fact is
that that gentleman spent the night in the
city. This gentleman didn't care abont the
train, bat, like Rev. McE. and others, he
was very anxious to get away from the
REGIsTER Office and thus evade further
examination Of authoIs. Rev. Ulfert and
Prot. Roemer were both selected by Rev.
McElligott, and AZ have already said, i
am willing to stand by the report of Prof
Roemer, which has been given to the pub-
lie, but / regard the testimony Of Rev.
Ullert rs having no weight whatever. Rev.
Nee. knew that Mr.. Ulfert would only be
too glad Of an opportunity to serve him on
that occasion and thus remember me IN
return for the deserved csstigation which
he had justly received st my
hands. And Mr.. Ulfert says in his
article Of the 9th: ut gives me pleasure
to state that l won q wager" Now ac-
cording to this gentleman's own statement
he was anticipating just what / afterwards
stated to the public. Aud now / ask
would not any honest man in the face Of
these facts have declined to act in the Ca
pacity of Judge in this case when he knew
that he was likely to expose himself to
adverse criticism? But no, Mr.. Ulfert was
only too glad to accept, and was not satis-
fled with the Misrepresentation of the
facts, but even eondescended to make ii an
occasion of gambling He tells us that he
bet with a friend and that he won the
bet. need not say that these things are
unbecoming in a minister Of the gospel
No, / repeat, and let the public take note,
/ do not recognize the testimony of MIR.
Ulfert, because it is only thrust at me,
and the animOsity Of the man il TO he seen
upon the very face of his report. Rev.
Boutlou says there were only two quota
tons from st. Justin examined. The
Rev. gentleman is mistaken. By referring
to my lecture the public will Ind three
quotations from this Father, and in the
REGISTER of the nth, there are
two mistakes to which have
already called attention. The
paper has the S5th chapter for the 65th
ana in the third quotation Of the lecture
it has the Second Apology" for the 'First
Apology" The first / corrected in my
last reply TO Rev. Mc'Elligott, and called
attention 10 the second during the Examina- |
ton at the REGIsTER Office. And when. |
ever disputant catches at typographical
error in order to makes point he acknowl- |
edges to the public that he is hard pressed |
and displays degree Of disingenuOusness
of which no honest man would be |
guilty. Prof Roemer in his report |
states the facts "a they are. The
first quotation from Justin is taken from |
the 65th chapter of the First Apology. |
The second quotation in Prof. RDemer's
report was the third cited in my lecture,
and WAS taken from the Goth chapter of
the First Apology. The third quotation
in the report OF Prof Roemer, WAS ths sec
ond in my lecture, and was taken from the
Dialogue with Trypho." Rev. Boutlou
says we did not examine the quotation
from the 66th chapter Of the First Apology,
when everyone knows that we passed di-
rectly from the 65th to the Goth chap
the discussion arose. And wonld
inform the punllc tnat tnat gentleman
tried hard TO displace the words in the
Greek text 50 SIS TO eyade the dilemma into
which was forcing him, but he signslly
Eailed. It has been since stated by that
gentleman and Others through the l.
aims of the REGISTER that my quotati rs
rom Justin were only partial, and that
hey miNepressntsd the teaching Of that
ather. / would Just say in reply when
quoting from great number of authors, it
; impossible in q single discourse to quote
7ery much from any one, for
want of time and space. And so
n transiating q passage from the Lstin or
Sreek into the English no two persons
would choose the same words TO express
he meaning Of the author, IL often oe-
.urs that the meaning OF Latin or Greek ,
yord or phrase may he expressed by any .
me of q number Of Euglish words. And
Ho persons translating the same passage
rom the original would select different
English words snd yet each would give :
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