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Swing On Talmage

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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
July
Year
1881
Copyright
Public Domain
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In the current issue 1 the Alllance, Prof. Swing, of Cliicujro, n i the ableat men ut Bucoeasful parcaam In Amerloa, reriews, more in soitow taan in anger, the Rev.T. DeWitl Talmage1! defensa of tbe ilii revisión ut tbe Teatament Ofoourae, he íays, no man living can be erfeetly cert:rin that Dr. Talmat ever i in the wronjr. It wou ld ill-bwome nny mie l" ntlirm ilmt the ilisiinui-lM il BrookIvn preacher bat eVeractually spoken haal ilv for we all know the miniU' learnlng and caution and profundity of bcoÜier Tal maffe. An.l yel we are almi -1 uraM Hint Itetundaraental dojtma th:tt nothtng olil honlil ti be "rcviMMl." is opon 10 a certnin doeree of distrust. Tlieri; are mauy persons who fucl that much of the Öiougbts and thiiigs of yesterday Rbonld be rcmailc or romodled or rerampad or .- idiueted or "revUod." Tnerc aw "revlsjdT' liw boota, "niUeü" reader and spellei-, reÍM-if' ecrytiiintf. Kafh decade fcarns not u littlc, and it shoul! in some ttach these Improvementstoall tliosc wliicli pnh tlieinsilvcs Into the i froin the less fortúnate past. , -olinm ineditations le;id ({CJltly kut re '" the opinión or iurmise that even brot'lier Talmage hiinself should be "ï-evised." A large éommrttee ghould be nppointed to sit npon the prweiH opy in. 1 compare it dillgently wfth all other - nnw in common ose, or hiddeu awiiv in biographj or legend, witli poner to add t ¦ luDtraci froni tbe cnirent editlon The preaant editlon Ma m hastily gotten Up to :i .leL'iie un;uitliori,el. It his nioic tlian aie necesaary; baaa rreat many bail wrds; Is not alway oonsigtenl wiiiiin Itseli; istnllof evident Interpolationa- the workof sH'cialist orhumori-i Onder the haadi of prudent and bold rertelonlsU "l'ne Trtmaia11 eaigbl be made vt-ry useful to tlus lay and generauon, tor it baa Interna! morit. The Brooklyn Preahvtery atteippted thli taak, bul roraoase eanaethe wort fcll throom, and we stil I huve "The Unrevised and L'nahrldired Talmage.'1 au evil whicli bOllld iray.

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News