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When I read his last article, I could hardly be lieve my own eyes ; so utterly inconsis tent is he ; so little regard he shows for truth ; and so ready and reckless he is to deny, assert and falsify anything and everything to suit his purpose. To make this clear as the noon day sun, let the reader follow me patiently through n review of hia last article. In the opening section he says, among other things, "if my friend in ists on denying this I will insist on his printing his address." Now, Rev. Fisher was present and saw with his own eyes that the address was entirely extern )ore, and hence cannot be published as delivered, not even if it had been writ ten out beforehand, which it was not. Yet notwithstanding tins fact, he i* not ashamed to insinuate to the public that the address was written, that I am with holding it for a purpose, and that, if he wished, he could expose my unfairness at once by just insisting on it* publica tion: but that, for charity's ..ike, he will give me the opportunity of sneaking ing out of it by simple silence. I ask. 1 is that the conduct of an honest, honor able and fair-minded man ? Again, uinler ths head of pr--deti nation, he charges mo with "garbled quotations.*' First, with "garbled quo tation* from Luther." From him. as it happens, 1 made no quotation* at all. Then again, he charges me with a "garbled" quotation from Kirstlin. For the sake of saving space I left out two small words which are of no account whatever to the thought of the sen tence. If Rev. Fisher thought so, why did he not quote the sentence in full and show the public how falsely 1 quote. The sentence is very brief and would have taken little space. Why, then, lid he not do so.' 1 do not wish to wrong the man, hut I can not fxmsibly see any other reason but (his one, vig, that. then, lie eoul 1 not hare thrown out to the public the wicked and false j insinuation that 1 quoted in fucb a < r i> •as tecbange Ibc SUiuor's mean ing. I.M \iS put the two ?ld# hy vide. Here is the "garbled" quotation : "That sin ners do not turn to Cod and acquire saving fuilb in in* word,csn only be at tributed to a secret will of God. snl for this man may not call God to account.'' And here is the ungsrbled quotation, with the preceding sentence included, so as to snow the connection: "It is only through His a-mighty gracious will that salvation is secured to the latter (the redeemed). That other sinners do not turn to God snd acquire saving faith in his word can only be attributed to s secret will of the same (rod, nnd for this man may not call God to account." I ask any fair minded man to compare ) the two snd see whether there is even a shade of difference in the predestine rian thought they express. According to both quotations the sinners that are lost are lost, not by rear-on of any great er wickedness on their part, but by rea son of the will of God. Did Rev. Fish er not see Ibis ? Most certainly he did, for he cannot be so in- omprehenatbly stupid. And yet he casts out to the public the insinuation that l "garbled" or left out those words lor the purpose of making a fahe impression. That, 1 must ssy, looks to me like wilful sod malicious slander' If not, let htm ex plain. Again. lu bis first article, in the Cen tre Reporter, be himself quoted Dr. 0. P. Fisher, Professor in Yale Theological Seminary, and author of a number of historical works, at authority on Luther against me. How, when 1 quote Dr. Oto. P. Fisher a* authority on Luther agaiost him, he turns up bis nose and •ays, "Who is he? Is he good Lutheran authority I How stands my charge of declamation on this matter T Let the public judge." Could anything be more glaringly inconsistent ? I confess this Lutheran pastor is to me a more inex plicable mystery than the mysteries of predestination itself. Still further.. Take another example -of Ihe way in which he perverts snd falsifies the gravest facts of history, jn his first article he made the allegation that Zwingli signed the Augsburg Con fession. When challenged by "8. M. R " for hi* proof be comes out with the statement that Zwiogii signed thn Aug* burg Itoofeeaioo because, or in virtue of the f*et that, he signed the Articles of Marburg from whiah it (the Augsburg Confessloo j is "s departure only on the Lord's Hupper." But Rev. Fisher sows, of course, that the Lord's Sup per was the one an I only great point of difference between the two great Re ormers; that around thl* raged ftU their ♦■A ' * great controversies; that thU difference mada Luther reluse the ouUtretehed hand of /.einili, and bu kept the two branohee of the Reformation apart to Mais day. Yet nolwithatanding this taot, he alleges that Zwingli aigned the Augsburg Confession by signing the Articles of Marburg. So reckless he it in bis statementa. So unrighteously he perverts and falsifies the gravest facts of history. I confess again, the man is to me an incomprehensible mystery. And I must add, if he thus perverts and falsifies these world reDOwued facta of history, what won't he do with iny ad dress. On his own quotations, I csn waste but little space. They are alto gether off the question. In fact, a per son would think that he hud selected them for an entirely different purpose. The first is altogether too obscure, and so far aa I can see any light in it at all, does not contradiot unconditional pre destination, nor is intended to do so by its author. The second tells us bow Luther was led to his predestinarisn views, but not at all what those views were which is the question at issue. And the third is without authority, being without a name, snd in as far as it refers to predestination stall is rather in favor of than against ths unconditional theory. I am rather alraid if Rev. Fisher has nothing plainer, more to the point, snd jpore conclusive, the people of Centre county will have to believe that Luther taught absolute predestine lion. I,et me put aside of his pointless and inapplicable quotations one more quotation. It it not taken from Drs. Hodge, Nevin, Scbaff, Cunningham oi any other non-Lutheran author, but it it from the highest Lutheran authority on Luther in the world, vis; from Dr. Koestlin who has made the study ol Luther a speciality all his life. In an article on Luther in Hermg'a Theolog ical Cyclopedia, vol. 8, p. 587, he says ; "He, (Luther) teaches, that with God, who absolutely determines all things, omnipotence and omniscience are a.to gether one, and so also fore knowledge and foreordination ; so that whoaoeve is lost, is lost by the same alisolute will of God ; that it shows nothing against this when scripture says, God hath no pleasure in the death of the wicked : for we must distinguish be tween God as revealed, God's word, and God as unrcvealcd . God himself, hia in scrutable will, and that we may not ask reproachfully why does not God change the will of the wicked, when he yet controls their will, for that which lie wills is right even because ho will* it, and why he wills such things with refer erence to the wicked, belongs to the mysteries of His Majesty. This, he says, is the highest degree of laith, to believe llun to be merciful who saves so few—-just who makes us damn able bv ha own will." If this is not ab solute predestination, will Rev. Fisher please tell us what is ? I challenge hint to bring me any stronger utterances from the writings of Calvin. Thi* ought to be enough on this question, of course, Rev. Fisher may deny this. For there is really no telling what ho will not deny. For his stylej.--roto be to deny everything iviid prove nothing. But 1 hereby give notice that if my quotations and reference* are again challenged, I will ask for a committee, selected partly by him and partly by me, te examine into th'-ir correctness and truth. In the matter of the NrnulcaWl Arti rlc* he think* I have made a discovery* It i* very likely that I have done no for him. Hut he ought to know letter. That the doctrine of predestination under lie* and i implied in Smslesld Article is asserted hy Ir. S hat!'of X. Y., hv the celebrated !>r. D.rner, of liermany.and hy one third of the Lutheran church ot America. Doe# Rev. Ftahrr n< t know that I'r. Wulther, the most learned Lutheran •in America, i- not only a strict predestinarian htm*clf, hut **y* also that any oth>T nc* i nn Lote-r an? I*w he not know that, ar< .rd ing to the teaching* < ' th whole Miss >uri synol. the large*!, strictest and most kernel t be Lutberanlr indoctrinated." Let him read a nunrt>er of article* in "Lebre.und Webre," r|~' former article. Thie ha* now be< omi a queali' >n of ver acity between Hev Fisher and myself, and must end in putting one or the other of us in a rather unenviable light. Now Rev. W. 11. Urob, of Boalsburg. Rev. 7.. A. Yrariek, of AaTonsburg, and Rev. H. M. Koeder, of Uenfrr- Hall, were all present and heard my addr**. and I have asked and receivedpermission of them to o*e their name* aa authority for saying that I said in my address exactly what I represent in my former article, •nd that Rev. Fisher's charge is untrue. This ought to settle that question. And now 1 have this to add, that Rev. Fish ' er's persistent attempt to fasten on n* I something which I did not say, but very distinctly disavowed, has been a source of considerable annoyance to me, and is unworthy of a gentleman, and much more, of a minister of the gospel; and further, that if this is the way in which he "sets hi.* own people right." I am sorry for bis worthy people. Then he (p*m on to say that Kahnifc etc., "defend Lather." und that Rev. Dr. Hchaff, in the 2ftth chapter of Lange's Commen tary on Matthew, "twists" those su thors. Of all the many sina which his article contains, this Is one of the worst. To charge a man like Rev. l>r. Schslf, who Is one of the moat highly honored Biblical scholar* in America, with "twisting" quotation* upon no other ground and authority than that his quo tation* do not suit the Lutheran preju dices of Rev. Fisher is a literary crime of the first water. But it is of a piece with Kev. Fisher's whole conduct in this controversy. No attempt has been made to meet my argument showing that Luther, an also tne other Reformer*. did not "clearly apprehend" the difference be tween faith "in a man or person, and faith in a doctrine," or between "sav ing faith" and "doctrinal fnith," MO I need say nothing more on that subject. But in conclusion I must tell Hey. Fisher that f own and claim the follow ing : 1. That l.uthor lacked the cool, clear, intellectual head of Zwingli, even as Zwingli lacked the richly emotional, poetic, mystic nature of Luther. 2. That Luther was wrong in refus ing the hand of Zwingli. ■'!. That Lnther denied the inspired, canonical authority of the epistle of St. James. 4. That Zwingli was more liberal than Luther. 5. That Zwingli believed in the sal viitiou of the nobler heathen, and that in this respect, Protestantisiu, "haa vi brated nearer to Zwingli." f>. That Hev. Fisher's charge, contain ad in the Centre lie/iorler, that Zwingli taught that Hereules, Socrates, etc., "died in Ms tame faith" with Abraham, etc., can not be proved ; and involves continuances which Zwingli would have repudiated and abhorred. Bellefonte, Pa. J. F. DbLonq. Long Strike Ended. PITTSBURG, January 30.— The long strike of window-glass workers is ut an •nd, and after seven months of idlenes the men will return to work as soon a* the furnaces are heated. As stated last night, the manufacturers' and worker* oonference committees reached a satis factory agreement yesterday afternoon, but they were in session again to day arranging the details of the agreement, and did not adjourn finally until late this evening. While both sides made great concessions, the terms at which work will le resumed are largely in favor of the workingmeo, who will he paid last year wages until April 1, when a standing scale will go into effect and wages therefrom will )>e governed by the ■ ord rate on glass. The scale will be subject to changes every four weeks and the agreement will last until July 1, und if found to work satisfactory will pro bably be adopted for the ensuing year. A number of factories have already started their fires, and it is expected that by February 15 all factories in the west will be in operation. By the re sumption one thousand men will be furnished employment in this city. Would it not be as well, on Ihe princi ple so ably advocates! by Gamaliel about eigbtren and a hall centuries ago, to let the dear girl* have tbeir way, and try their hands at all the masculine professions and trades, from scavenger to steamboat captain, and from clergy man to doctor * Their fitness for some of thee, or their unfitness for others, would then be a mutter of proof. For many ages ihe men of our race have surrounded woman with an atmosphere of chivalry, have done their best io keep her from rude employments. have made bcr queen ofacc-ety. mistress (and sometime* tyrant) of the household, snd a tort of idol in every way. Now that a certain section of the more ener getic members of the sex clamor for admiasion into the arena of business and challenge the stronger sex to com . bat in the fields of bodily or mental toil, bv all means let us permit their en •runcr. Hut let all such remember thai the kind of chivalry which induce a man io step aside for a lady cannot be ••xici.dcd to them in matters of •ii inc : tint they must expect in all sr. matlcrs to be treated like "any •iiin • iii ncr i'Jrd io women aa uch, If Ibo t-p L-vj|r *K out—Your kindnee* toward me i< phenomenal in three tunc*' and mtieh eatcemcd. Your plea* ant -roriie in the f turner came evi dently from the heart—there ia noother place in which uch worda.in uch a ac, cotiki come. Many thanka. When the I'eraian r.mheary wa al.out to take leave of the (irecian court, onop in olden time. they aked and received eomc tueeeage front each ot the peraon age prrwenl. When tho turn of Xeno came he aaid : "Tell your tnaater that you raw a (fray haired old man in Athena who knew enough to bold lata tongue." I'leaae aeeribe to iny admiration for Xeno and bi* teaching* my alienee touch ing your forecaat of my action in the politic* of the future. Cordially youra, Roar OR CORK 1.1 an. Rostov CONXLIVO ha* an ardent Id* mirar in Kditor Scovol, of the < nmdrn (N. ,I.)Qmritr Not long ago ha published an eeforethem unanimously agreed upon a report to be submitted to the full committee to-morrow. After the meeting, however, the chairman of the sub committee was informed that some further testimony would lie presently! on behalf of Keifer and will consequently withhold a report for the present. The members of iLesub-com mittee decline to say what is the char acter of the rejiort agreed upon by them in advance of the hearing of further testimony that is to be offered. It is understood, however that the sub-coin mittee finds that the charge against Keifer that he removed Stenographer Tyson in order to give the letters place to his nephew is true, and that it also finds that Keifer's nephew performed no service whatever in return for the salary paid him since his appoint ment. Firing the Northern Heart The better clans of Republican papers do not view with complacency the Southern outrage hunt proposed by Senators Sherman anil Hoar, and which is likely to lead to a bitter and pas sionate debate in the Senate. The New York Timet, of Sunday, has this to say : The people throughout the country ore utterly sick of the sectional issue, and nothing is so calculated to excite their disgust and aversion a* the ex hutualion of tbe "bloody shirt" and a reiteration of the cry of Southern out rages, * • • There is no repreasion that the National Government can exercise ti|>on It with a beneficial result. There is nothing that a |ioliti'°al party in the North can do about it with benefit. Crime in Virginia and Missis sippi can no more !>e dealt with by Con gress than crime on I-ong Islund or in New Jersey. • • • It is the worst kind of fatuity for Republicans in Con gress to spend their time in discussing Southern outrages and attempting to renew sectional antagonism. It will win no Democrat" and it will repel thou sands of independent and sensible Republican". The liest answer that can lie made to Sherman and Hoar, and all the "out rages" they may invent and exaggerate, can la- found in the census tables and the trade and business reports from the South, showing unexampled progress in manufactures, agriculture and mining. ru well as in educational condition* of that section of the I'nion. These Sena tors know very well that nothing nan come of the o|>er*tions of the outrag mill l-ut crimination and recrimination The legislation they purjuwe or hint at. It ha lieer, decides! by the Republi can Supreme i'ort, is c learly beyond the | scope of the Constitution. Their pur ' |-<,e is merely to excite sectional jm-sion and provoke hot dd>ate in the experta i tion of filing the Northern heart is not in an inflntnable condition on .Southern ' questions. It is much more concerned I sfiout a reduction of the taxation that is oppressing all in ten et*.— Pott. A Contingency Provided for, mb. not* rkEsitiKMUi. arc kvi<<* mi i rxasEti tr tiu ixatk. In the Senate on Friday, Mr. Hoar called up hi* bill providing for the per formance of the dutie* of President in case of the death, removal, resigna tion or inability of the President and Vice President, and in *• read thruneihU par tiet. Ask your druggist lor it. Kach bot tle is warranted. Johnston, Ho'ioway A Co., Philadelphia, and Hall A Bucket, New York, Wholesale Agents. 4-!y MRS. A. £. SEIBERT W'-uld mj Ut the Mlm of BtllelbnU kid Tklftlt; that ab* la jf epffircd to lo DRESS MAKING In the very Latest City Styles, and with Seat nets and iJitpaleh. DIALZB in S7UAK EAIB ftOG&S. Combings made to order. Pinking done on short notice. Stamping in French Oil a Specialty. I am Also Agent for the Celebrated Drees Makers' MAGIC M'ALK. Mr, A K. SEIBEHT, No. 11 Allegheny SI., 50 3m. IMlefogte. Pa. FORKS HOUSE Coburiis Centre Co., I*4*. GOOD MEALS, CLEAN liEDS. PRICES MODERATE. tor HOTEL WITHIN TWO MIX PTES' WALK TO STATION. Good Stable Aeeommr-dations Excellent Hunting ami Fishing grounds quite near this Hotel. JOS. KLKCKNER - Prop'r. BUTTS & POWERS, PRACTICAL HARNESS MAKERS, rP4*TAIRS ABOVK Pwsr•"> Apricot* 30 Al ! 1 " Pear* 3t * j 3 Cant String Ik-an* 25 ■5 " Lima " . 25 I •'5 " Corn . . 25 " Totnaloet . 2-5 3 " Pea- . . 25 1 " Good Table Pwohe* 2" 3 Uotllet CaUup . . 25 " " Pickle* . . 25 1 lb. Baking Powder . 30 I 1 lb. Pure Pepper . 25 | 5 lb*. Granulated Sugar 4** t 1 gal. Beet Table Strop all ugar)7o 1 " GJuroee Syrup • 4-5 Choice Hire , , ft# 3 pound* Sultana Puuw . 25 Lump Starch ** . 06 Corn Starch, per pound . . 08 1 pound beet Co fee . . 10 Sardine*, 3 boxee for • * 25 Scaled Herring, per box • 35 Extra booed Codfih, per box 45 ■ * Looae Valentin Haitin* - Op Seediest Rabin* • • It' French Prune* - 15 Olietii Soap . • 08 Bloater Herring, per doz . 20 2 lb* Canned Corned Beef , 27 Tapioca Flake or Pearl . 07 EVERYTHING ELSE Sold an Cheap in Pro portion. J.J We also have in connection with oar store a first-class Meat Market, And sell CHEAPER than . any other Meat Market in town. E. BROWN, JR., 4 CO. 0-l.lj BKLLEFUME, PA.