The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-30

IIli 1909. and now Only oS tue u>>'
and Divided pastor.
!. TOO. am after truth: 50 will u!
Blanchard help me by answering on
more question. Speaking CT the intro
duction OF Easter at the beginning g
the second century tbut Us I matter
fact. he is nearly Z century wrong n
positively aihrInS i; was sanctioned on!.
under the protest OF many deyou
leaders OF the church. Will ne noT
oblige Us BY naming one single >o.ltar
protestant against Easter: You vii! no
tice ne distinctly states there weT
many" shall be content il he vii
name one. giving his date.
In my supplementary information OF
Easter" omitted 10 give your reader
one typical instance OF Mr. Blanchard
adroit use cf his Encyclopedias Britain
plea. bu, as it is OF supreme importance
may refer 70 il now. IL your issues
May 9TH and again in his latest June
10th, the "searcher after truth t%!ct
over states From Enc Brit. Vol. {.
Page 6l4. | quoted ChrySostom:: ther
follows sixteen lines. Can we believe
that the frs, eight lines and the las
five lines @! that extract are not the
words OF Chrvsostom at all, bu; the com
men: of the Encyclopaedia Britannica
ChrySostom' own words begin or the
ninth line. The whole 0! time &c: anc
consist only OF twenty-five words. isola
ted and detached from their native con
text
Now. above. MIR Blanchard assures
me he tested every statement 2S 70 st
John, even though he found 1t IN the
Encyclopaedia Briscnnica. and so con
viuced is he that the reference 10 st
John was an Interpolation and not gen
uine that he rejects even the Encyclo-
paedia Britannica, and will not receive
ST. Johns evidence as 20 the scrlptIral'
ness of Easter. Such carefu! and con-
scientious writer as Mr.. Blanchard will
doubtless have examined this twenty
two worded extrac. from Chrysostom II
the original sermon or homl!y from
which The quotation is culled.
Surely no one would venture 70 write
an attack on Easter without first OF al
critically examining and testing a.! his
references. Mr.. Blanchard, IS az nor.
orable correspondent. will have no heSi.
t::cion in telling US the title OF this par.
t;cular nomilv OF ChrvsoStom' 5, and how
and why this twenty-five word quotation
is employed by ChrysoStom IN that nom
;ly. We have learnt good dea! about
Chrysos,on from Mr. Blanchard, who
informed US he was '.or the scene IN :
controversy which was settled y years
before he was born. Let aim now en-.
tighten US still further by giving the
indispensable connection OF the words.
We can prove anything and everything
from "wres:ed" texts, whether IRON
Chrvsos,om or even the Bible itself.
will no: rob Mr.. Blanchard Of his right,
rs the writer OF the original article, 10
explain fully the tnatura! setting o.
this ~ word extract. but II he cannot,
or wiil not do so, will in 4 subsequent
reply. This only viii l say, the; my
s,udv OF the whole honily. not y. lsoia-
ted words culled from IL, causes the ao'
paren:lv adverse objection 20 Easter 10
vanish away. and ChrySostom remains,
no. only as one of the worlds mos. e!o.
ouent preachers, TO which his added
name .Chrysostom' for his real name
is pain John" aears testimony, but as
q champion, defeider, and user OF ooth
Lent and Easter. Elsewhere in his writ
incs, Chrysos,om uses the sublime hs,
ure OF Christ being the true "Pascha!
Lamb" but this quotation vii! be re-
iec,ed by Mr. Blanchard IS an inter.
polatiou md not genuine when ! tel!
him it is taken from Farrar'S Life OF
Christ" Eng!ishaeu and EpiscopaiIans
are no, heard in MIR. Blanchard's court
of evidence, yet strange inconsistency
the very article in the Enc. Brit
which constitutes 81 OF Mr.. Blanchard 5
knowledge on Easter is writ,en by an
EnnIishman and Episcopalian. the late
Canon Edward Venabies, OF Lincoln
Cathedral. England.
AS MIR. Blanchard prefers Encyclo-
paeGias. even though written oy tnS,
iishmen and EpiScopalians, to the usual
Church Histories, am desirouS OF DIS
cussioc this question from his iayor!te
books, so willis, personally preferrin
ordinary ecclesiastical his.orieS, vii!
now Prove my fve-told refutat!on of bis
mrs; article from every Encyctopaeoia
70 be found on the shelves o! the Only
,wo public !ibraries-the Y. NJ. G. ~,
7 Library and the State Capitol Library
a, Charleston, West Virginia, where 1
spent q full day in encyclopaedia read-
inc, every one Of all these nine eucyclo-
paedias confirming ny arguments N
every particular, and disprorinS Mr..
Biauchard's original article in al! re-
spects, without Q single exception. 10
quote these nine encyclopedias IN iui!
would make this letter 100 lengthy:
though If you. Mr.. Editor, desire u anc
will afford me the necessary space 10
YOUR columns, will write an article 90
Easter, the greatest Biblical Apostolic
Historic Festival" based wholly and
solely on quotations from encyciopae-
dias accepted by the worlds scholars,
not using single word OF my own com
position. The Encyclopedias Britann!ca
we have nearly exhausted. Chambers
we welcome for its copious references
to Po!ycarp. also lis reference 70 the
name" ouly aspect OF the quest!on'
Chambers illusions 20 the rites con
nec.ed with Easter" are placed under
separate heading rs popular oosecV2oc'
es, y which Chambers truly say the
church sought 70 Christianize. The
American EncYclopaedic Dictionary
confirms NY standpoint throughout, and
adds St. Peter and ST. Paul rs witness
es for the observance OF Easter. John
sons Cniversa! Encyclopaedia, publish
ed in New York, calls Easter the prin.
cipal Festival OF the Christian year
The Penny Encyclopaedia says:-"Ihe
observance OF Easter is as auciecs as the
time OF the Apostles. Nicho!son,s t.n,
cyclopaedia published in Philadelphia.
remarks:-"Though the Christian
churches differed as 10 the time OF ce!e'
b-a,ing Easter, yet the. all agreed IN
showing particular respect and honor
20 this Festival The Encvclopacd!a
Americana: the New Cabinet Cyclcpae.
d:a published by Geb5ie. Philadelphia:
and .Appleton's Encyclopedias New
Norkj all. without exception. confirm
every statement OF mine on Easter.
defv Mr.. Blanchard. TO find any support
whatever for his erroneous views from
the pages OF these nine encyclopedias
nor need we add that his most offensive
epi,be,s grouped in n: next paragraph
are his OWE choice prose. not one O
.,ar, hainr statements from the page.