Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-26

sequence of Rev. DIS reasoning. Let the
blasphemy of it rest on his shoulders, not
on mine. Imagine that on Calvary on the
first Good Friday one Of the doeS OF the
Roman soldiers approaches the
Croes. The sacred blood has
fallen in pools to the ground.
The dog laps it mp. Rev. Mr.. d. do you
zee the sscrilege? Is that the blood OF
Godf Now apply your own logic thus:
To say that dog can drink the blood OF
God Incarnate, wculd he blasphemy,
therefore this cannot be the blood Of God
Incarnate; or in other words the Son OF
Man who shed His blood on the cross OF
Calvary wss not God ask, is not an
argument based on such premises as Rev.
DIS, based on the ground of the soothing
] infidel? And ! must say that had not
expected such an argument from Chris
tian minister. am Christian and sup
posed that il was on the common ground
of Christianity that the question of Tran
substantiation was to be discussed. More
over, even if attempted to NEST my oppo-
nent on that ground of inhdelity, how
soon would be not again have shifted his
position, and Indignantly assured the pub
lie in sneeripg tones-"I would have John
MeElligott understand that ! am Chris
tian minister, etc, etc"
Now, Mr.. Editor, few words will suf-
fee to enumerate the rules by which Rev.
Mr.. d. seems to have been guided in quot
ing the Fathers aginst us-when necessary
to give the wrong reference, the wrong
chapter, the wrong book; TO give an incom-
plete text, to mutilate it, to mistranslate
even the mutilsted part; and to claim,
when necessary, that Father wrote "by
proxy" in the Sixteenth Century, when be
died in the third. When brought in pres
enee of correct text he carefully reserves
to himself three loop holes to get out.
First, he claims the right to pronounce in
fallibly on its orthodoxy, and tells rs the
text is the text of O hereto. Secondly,
when it is proved, even by his own admis-
sion, that the Father is not hereto, he
claims the right to pronounce iptallibly
upon the gsnuineness Of that Fathers
writings and tells us the Father is not a
hereto, it is true, but his works were cor
rup.ed by heretics; and of courae Rev. d. g
affirmation must stand for q proof.
And might we not suggest here that
il the Fathers were tempered with perhaps
the Scriptures also were, since they too were
received through the Catholic church {?
Perhaps this last fact accounts for the lit
Bible. Why did he not think of this brief
answer: "This is my body" is forgery of
the Romsnists. The Lord said '6gure''-
the Romanists altered the Scriptures!!!!
And now finally, word or two on e
point to which have not before alludtd
in this controversy. Rev. d. in his un.
provoked discourtssy towards me through.
out this discussion, even went so far and
repeated the assertion more than once,
that the communications Published over
my name were not my own, bat 10 use
Rev. DIS language "were dictated by
John J. Kahn" meaniug our Rt. Rev.
Bishop. Rev. Mr.. d. had no possible ex-
cuse for such an assertion; for net only was
it false, but even if it had been true, he
could have had no authority for it. MY
oaly reason for making mention here Of
this conduct of Rev. Mr.. d. is to suggest
to the public that if man who pretends to
be careful and honest in what he says,
will boldly make so false and reckless an
assertion. regarding facts and persons of
to-day, what wonder that he should mis-
represent persons and facts, and mutilate
authorities that belong TO the centuries Of
the past.
As an honest controversialist, / can, in
self-respect, no longer look upon Rev. D.
as a fOsman worthy of my steel. By q
testof his own choosing he has been shown
untrustworthy; / can not therefore afford
to waste my valuable time on such an
opponent. One word more. In one of my
communications, Mr.. Editor, ] disc!aimed
the faculty Of dropping into poetry" hap.
PLY, however, the following adaptation
from Goldsmith, drops in place so aptly here
that 1 connot furbear quoting it. Itappli-
cation will be better appreciated when my
Rev. friend shall come out in answer to this
letter, with wholesale denials, bold asser-
tions, and ungentlemsnly insinuations:-
ain arguing. too, the parson own'd his skill,
For cen though vanquishedr he could argue
still;
While words of learned length and thund'r ring
sound
Am szed the gazing rustics ranged around:
And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew
That one small head could carry all he knew"
Respectfully, &C.,
JOHN MCELLIGorT.
The above Communication was sent to
the REGISTER Office on Tuesday night.
Owing to lack of space it failed to ap-
psar.-ED.