Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-20
Jones, presiding elder of the M. E.
Church. Professor W. A. Myers, of New

Jones, presiding elder Of the NJ. E
Church, Professor W. A. Myers, Of New
York city, etc were among those piesent.
Rev. d. came with bulky basket fall
of books of all sizes and was prepared to
answer questions de omni re scribih ct
quibusddm dliis. But l wished to have
two texts verified, and had not the least
with to spend more than few minutes in
their discussion. Unfortunately, found
il rather difficult task to hold my rev.
erepd opponent to the point.
The first text Of St. Justin is from his
r irst Apologize, chap Go I admitted the
correctness of the translation given in the
REGISTER Of the 17tb, taking exception
only to The word bishop" which Is not
in the text.
called the attention Of the Rev. d. to
his announcement that he would cite
'some of the early Fathers of the Church
ON the nature and end of the Holy Sacra
ment," and / made him notice that the
words he had chosen to quote did not tell
ms ANYTHING Of the nature or end of the
Holy Sacrament. The following chapter,
i. e. &c, gave US very explicit teaching OF
the Church on the nature of that euchsris-
tic bread. Why did net Rev. ID. continue
a quotation so we'll begun? Why did he
not tell US something more of the Euchar-
lied brt ad and wine and water, when
st. Justin explained it so fully, telling
Us that cit is not common food nor common
drink but is the flesh and
blood of Jesus Christ incarnate." This text
Of St. Justin was fully 10 the point. Why
did Rev. d. stop his quotation SO ahort?
Does he not know that an incomplete quo
tation is frequently al incorrect one? St
Justin tells US that the eucbarized bread
aud wine sis the flesh and the blood Of
Jesus Christ" Rev. D. however, continues
his quotation with this commentary: Now
st Justin tells us that after conservation
the bread and wine were unchanged. 1t is
evident that the father regarded them rs
eDblems Of Christ's body and shed blood"
Is this honest?
The first text was an incomplete cita-
ton; the second text adduced by Rev. ID.
il misquotation, and for the correctness
of this assertion appeal To the gentlemen
who read the Latin aud Greek text with
me. Rev D. had taken his text from
Elliott's ROmdnism But Elliotts Roman
ism, in quoting the Latin translation, mu-
tilated the sentence of st. Justin, leaving
out the subject. st. Justin, in the very
translation which Rev. d. brought with
him (COxe's Ante-Nicene Fathers, says
Dial. with Tryphon c. Az that 1.-THE ohla-
ton of fine meal was a figure of the Eu-
charistic bread =" Eiliott's RO-
mani M and Rev. D. after him, makes St.
Justin say that "ths bread of the Eucba-
rist was a fgnre which Christ commanded
to be made in remembrance of his pas
sion"
Now, l expected fair discussion of
these two simple quototions, and wished
only to compare my texts with Rev. DIS
texts. Rev. D., however, chose to bring
no text of St Justin who wrote in Greek,
and came with bssketful of trauslations,
and secondhand references When con-
frOnted with the original Greek, he
egregiously failed to verify his citations,
aud therefore to fulfill his promise
Rev A RpTrTI or