Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-27
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paragraph, the necessary continuation oil
the 65th, was demanded by me to show
what wanted then to prove, viz, that
Rev. DIS first quotation, although
about correct, as far as il
went, was incomplete, since his
bis point was to quote st. Justin on the
nature and end Of the Sacrament, the
nature of which was so beautifully express
ed in the sentences following his quotation.
Whilst the debate lasted, never once al
luded to the third quotation of st. Justin
by Rev. Dryden. This third quotation, /
full well knew, was part OF a sentence OF
the Goth paragraph of the First Apology,
although located by Rev. ID. in the SEC
ond" Apology (see REGISTER April 17th).
| This mislocation, we are now indirectly
informed by Rev. d. was an2ther typo
graphical error, viz an error of the printer
who mistook words not figures. To that mis-
take Rev ID. called attention." he says,
during the examination at the REGISTER
office" / take his word for it; but, With
due respect, l beg to say that he did not
call my attention to it. If he
called anybody's attention to it, dur
ing the debate, it must have
been in whisper that did not reach my
ears. l beg to add that am fully aware
that he called Prof Roemer's attention to
it, and gave that gentleman a copy Of the
REGISTER of the 18th, with pencil correc-
tions Of the mistakes; this happened in
your Office, it is true, but after p. m. and
not during the debate. Perhaps, however,
this is what Rev. d. means by the ''exam-
nation at the REGISTER Office"
Rev. d. also informs the public that
tried hard to displace the words in the
Greek text so as to eyade the dilemma into
which he was forcing me, but / sigually
failed. am not conscious OF having tried
to displace any word in the Greek text;
therefore / am not conscious that failed.
I read the Greek text Just as it was,
and there and then L submitted my
literal translation of it to the judg-
ment of the Greek scholars present.
The same translation ] have humbly sub
mitted to the public in the REGISTER of
April Oath. Who is the Greek scholar
who will say that my translation is not
literally correct and fully borne by the
Greek text, the beauty and emphasis OF
which, however, il is impossible for me to
transfer into Eoglisb? | wanted to evade
dilemma, says Rev. d is this possible?
Well, Well! never heard that dilemma,
likely owing to the heat Of tho debate; but
declare / will be glad to see it in print
from the pen of the Rev. dialectiCian. !
pledge myself to break both horns Of that
bull unless it is IN Irish one.
Have l succeeded to vindicate my per-
sonal veracity, impeached by Rev. Dry
den? The public is the judge. But l
bag to add some remarks on DIR. + lott,
hose rTan is so loudly sung by Rev. D.
Rev. Elliott. is Rev. Dryden's trusted
guide, and Rev. Dryden gives to the public
the latin quotation of st. Justin rs it APP
pears in Eliott's Romanism. Shades OF
Qnintiiian forgive me, but here it is:
Figmd fit pHnis EuchmiStiGe in recoria-
tiOneia PASSIONS fdcerG prdecipH" Rev. ID,
who has succeeded to translate such sen
tence is certainly able to teach latin to
anybody. Now, that the public may COM
pare, sutjoin the Latin translation, given
| in the Bsnedictiue edition of the Greek
text Of st. Justin, submitted by Father
McEl6got: "Simiiae quOqUe OJIGtiO fgurd
erat pants EUckGriStide quem DORinus Noster
Jesus CkriStiS m rGeOrddtioRem PASSIONS
feri prdccepH" Ia English: ALSO the
oSlatiou of fue -four was a figure
of the bread of the Eucharist, which
Our Lord Jesus Christ commanded
to be made in remembrance Of his Passion. "
From the above two Latin quotations 1t is
plain: LIST, That DR.. Elliott chose to begin
his quotation at the word .fgurd and thus
left ont the subject Of the sentence. I'd,
Thst the same DR.. who "Onca acted "a
professor of languages in Madison college"
translated the word pdRis which in the
text is clearly a gsnitive, by the nominal
tive, thus supplying subject to his head
less quotation. 81, That the same DR.. IL
fully reported by Rev. d., dropped the
QUEEN DomiaHs etc, thus producing to the
world that wonderful latin sentence, quot
ed above, which / challenge any latin
scholar To translate.
All this assuredly will help us very lit
tie 10 remember "Dr. Elliott's standing as
scholar" even though he was the Presi-
dent of the Iowa Wesleyan Unjver-
sitv, Editor of tho Western Christian
Advocate, etc. For DR., Elliott's sake
let us hope that we are again in the pres
ence of one Of Mr.. DIS typographical mis-
takes. Rev. D., however, concludes by
boldly saying, "the necessary presumption
is that his Or. E.'s) Latin text differed at
this point from that presented by Rev.
Nee and examined by Prof. Roemer."
This presumption !, for one, cannot ac-
cept, and therefor, is not necessary one.
Nv conviction is that either DR.. Elliott,
like Mr.. Dryden, blindly followed blind
guide, or that he was guilty of wilful
forgery of text with intent 10 deceive the
readers of his Romanism. This ia hard
thing to say, ! know, bat will stand by
it. / therefore hereby publicly promise
10 pay fifty dollars to any charitable
institution pointed out TO ne hy any
one who will produce Greek copy Of
st. Justin's works which can bear such
translation of the passage quoted by Rev.
d. in Al Dial. With Trypho. Besides,
will give the same amount $50 00) for the
same purpose, to anyone who will show
nue. q latin edition mot an extract of a
supposed edition. of the same works of ST.
Justin, from which Q scholar like Dr.. FL
lott could have possibly taken his quota
ton IN good faith. 90 as far as to make
the same offer, to anyone who can produce
even an English translation of said works,
made by known scholar, and containing
the sentence quoted by Rev. Dryden. by
an ESglish translation OF st. Justin's
works, do not mean an extract, but q
full translation of the works Of that
Father; (Coxe's for instaDcel. By known
scholar, I mean a man who will be de-
clared so by a jury of FIVE scholars, two of
| them to be chosen by Mr.. D., two to be
chosen by he, the fifth to be appointed if
necessary by the other four. The above Of
fers remain standing for whole year.
Respectfully,
| A. BoUTLoU,
Rector of Moundsyille.
Il