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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 4 5 6 AS C( *.•?!■ € 6 ( •^^ PIETY," AS ILLUSTIl^ATEO BY FACTS m TBB LHTES Or THE REVEREND DAVID INGLIS, JAMES WALEEB, Alh> CVBiR r • 1.' "CHRISTIAN PERSONS.'* " By their fruits ye shall know them." i 4 '| FOR SALE BY ALL BOOKSELLERS Hi CANADA. 1863. PRICE 10 CENTS. ,.;: ■itrjff-ii.'WjeA^ . y PREFACE. As at present a most impudent attempt is being made, under the guise of religious zeal, to create, if possible, a dis- turbance in Knox's Church, by an ex-Deacon — to wit, Mr. James Walker — aided and abetted by the Revs. David Inglis and Dr. Ormiston — it is only befitting that the Christian public should have an opportunity of judging, from docu- mentary evidence, the appreciation which these brethren recently had of one another — and how much sentiment can be modified by the skedaddling of Deacons to the Central House and of Walker's Elders to McNab Street Presbyterian Church. It is. supposed that ex-Deacon Walker feared joining McNab Street, as he no doubt concluded, from recent devel- opements in the Assize Courts, that the corps of fighting Deacons was already complete there, and he might have been summaiily ejected in consequence of the language he had dared to use towards the parson. The correspondence was caused by a conversation held by the Rev. David Inglis with his friend, the Rev. Duncan McRuar, on his Fast day — " Thursday last." It is probably regretted that Dr. Jennings did not reply, and take the part it was intended he should play ; but he believed in the Scriptural precept, " If thy brother trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone " — and therefore he sent on the letter to Mr. James Walker, and referred the Rev. David Inglis to him as " reliable authority," and as it clearly was a pubhc matter already. "PIETY." 1 REV. D. INGLIS TO REV. JOHN JENNINGSi Hamilton, October 19th, 1861. The Rev. John Jennings, D. D. Rev. and Dear Sir, — On Thursday last, the Rev. Duncan MoRuar, of Ayr, informed me that, in a conversation which you had with him some weeks ago, you had stated and mentioned that Mrs. Gale and Mrs. Inglis' were the persons mentioned by Mr. Guinness, in a printed correspondenos between that gentleman and the Rev. Dr. Irvine, as having informed Mr. Guinness that " Dr. Irvine was not a Christian ;" also, that in another conversation which you had with Mr. McRuar, a few weeks ago, you had stated to him that, in an interview which you had recently hftd with Mr. Guinness, this statement had been made by you, and Mr. Guinness had denied it. That you had stated to Mr. Guinness that you had frequently asserted it as a fact, which you had on good authority, and asked if you were at liberty, on Mr. Guinness' authority, to deny it — and that to this he readily assented. Also, that you then wrote to Mr. James Walker, of this city, who was your informant, and that he had sent to you three questions to be put to Mr. Guinness, but that, at the time of your last in- terview with Mr. McRuar, you had not received Mr. Guinness' answers to these questions. I have Mr. McRuar's authority for making use of what he told me. I have since been informed by another clergyman of our church that you had been active in circulating the statement on Mr. James Walker's authority. I do not for a moment think you are capable of having circulated the untruth — knowing it to be untrue. I am ignorant of the amount of evi- dence which induced you to believe and circulate this report; but you certainly have done so without any effort to ascertain the truth, by having both sides of the question. I have to ^.cknowledge the promptness with which you contradicted to Mr. McRuar, on Mr. Guinness' authority, what you had formerly asserted on that of Mr. James Walker. I have known that such a rumor was in circulation, but, until now, I have never been able to hear of any one who had expressed belief in it, or who had given any reliable authority for it. I have now, on behalf of these ladies, to ask, as a simple act of justice, that you will inform me of the whole facts in this matter. Hoping to hear from you at your earliest convenience, I am. Rev. and Dear Sir, Very truly yours. T» A trm T\rn T tq JAMES WALKER TO REV. DAVID INGLIS. Hamilton, 12th Noyember, 1861. Rev. Sir, — The Rev. Dr. Jennings having kindly forwarded to me a letter, addressed by you to him, dated 19th October, and you having called on me on the 4th inst., for a verbal explanation, I think it better on reflec- tion, and friends in whom I have confidence think so too ; in order to prevent misconception in a matter that you have taken up in such a formal manner, to place my answer to your letter on record. I may b« permitted to remark that, considering me " reliable authority," yon might have applied to me direct, on any matter where you considered yourself aggrieved, and I should have atfbrded to you, and them, any satisfaction in my power. I observe from your letter that you derive your information from " the Rev. Duncan MoRuar, of Ayr," and am not therefore surprised that it should contain more than the truth, " though you have Mr. McRuar's au- thority for making use of what he told you." * You assume to ask " on behalf of these ladies, as a simple act of justice, that you be informed of the whole facts in this matter." I am led to con- trast your zeal in their behalf with your tardiness in replying to the corres- pondence headed " The Rev. David Inglis' letter," and which I forwarded to you herewith, and which I had caused to be published in the public papers, in order to get justice, in April last, for my minister, f * It appears that this was the employment of the Rey. David Inglis and Duncan McRuar on the Fast Day at Ayr. The Rev. Dancan McRuar considered his Fast Day " as sacred as the Sabbath," and for this reason could not attend a service held on that evening in the church of his brother Minister in the village, where many Ministers were present. IHie evening was spent in more congenial occupation, and it must have been delightful to find such brotherly love abound- ing, where the term of "A whining hypocrite," so shortly before was the most appropriate term so often used by the Rev. Duncan McRuar to designate his now "dear brother." tTHE REV. DAVID INGLIS' LETTER. From the Spectator of ith ]\Iay. [copy.] Hamilton, 34th April, 1861. Rev. and Dear Sib.— In the Semi-Weekly Spectator of this day, appears a letter signed "David Inglis," dated 22nd inst., in which thiere occurs the followiiig paragraph, " I never characterized Mr. Mclndoe's letter as vile,, and if my recommendation to commit the letters to the flames be held as implying this, let it be remembered that this applies to Dr. Irvine's. As you were one of the Committee who bad the letteis in question under consideration, I will feel obliged if you will, by return of post, inform rae in what light you looked upon my leUers in reply to tho&o of Mi. Mclndoe. I am, Rev. and Dear Sir, Yours very faithfully, R. IRVmE. To theRevd's. M. Y. Stark, George Smellie, James Middlemiss, Thomas J. Hodgskin, and George Cheyne, composing the Committee. EXTRACTED FROM >EPLIE8. DiTNDAB, 26th April, 1861. " I have no rememberance of anything having been found fault with by the Committee or myself, in regard to the substance or terras of your part 6t the correspondence." (Signed,) M. Y. STARK. Elosa, 2Sth April, 1861. " So far as I can remember, there was nothing in any of your replies which called for animad- version on th» port 6f any member of the Committee, nor anything cnaracterized in any way in the It appears from what the Rev. Duncan MoRuar told you, " that in a oonTersation which Dr. Jennings had with Mr. McEuar some months ago, Dr. J. had stated, and maintained, that Mrs. Gale and Mrs. Inglis wore the persons mentioned by Mr. Guinness in a (printed) correspondence between that gentleman and the Rev. Dr. Irvine as, having informed Mr. Guinness that ' Dr. Irvine was not a Christian ;' that Dr. J. had frequently asserted it as a fact which, he had on good authority, that Mr. James Walker, of this city, was his informant." Allow me to say that, living in the midst of the discussion that arose, and taking part in it (as will be scon by reference to the " H. Grattan Guinness' Cforrespondence," which I also forward * to you herewith) I was frequently asked *' how could a total stranger enter the city and act the part therein brought to public view, unless with the knowledge, if not with the approbation of the household in which he and Mrs. Guinness, for the time being, were guests ;" and, after the publication of the correspondence, did he not continue to receive every token of your confidence, as well as substantial assistance from yourself and people, so as to confirm in the public mind that he had, by evading us and reflecting on our Minister, earned for himself an increased claim to your esteem ? And this opinion was confirmed in the public mind by your previously written and spoken sentiments of hostility toward Dr. Irvine, even dating these feelings back to the time of your first coming to the city — ^your statement in Presbytery, on the 9th April, and there reported, being, " When I came to Hamilton I determined to be respectful, but not to be on any intimate terms with Dr. Irvine." I may now state that I heard the subject of the Guinness state- ments generally discussed, and in common with many others, concurred in the opinion of home influence ; and, in answer of Dr. Jennings, did state that I supposed that the ladies in question were among the " Christian persons ; " f and I think up to this time, if the subject is revived, as it has been by your letter, the prevailing opinion will be found unaltered. As to fi If, Committee's Report. Fron this it is reasonable lo infer there w.is nothing objectionable iii them. Such is my own impression, in referunce to them, and such I think must have been the impresssion of the other members of the Committee, as there was not, to the best of my recollection, anything to the contrary intimated by any of them when the correspondenco was under consideration." (Signed,) JAMBS JNIIDDLEMISS. .■.■•.s;nai.lan, 26th, April, 2861. "1 can assure you that I have not the slightest remembrance jf anything in them unbecoming the character of a Christian minister or a Cliristiau gentleman." (Signed,) THOS. J. HODGSKIN. GiLLiAD Cottage, Saltiieet, 1st May, 1861. " In reply to your request, in what light I looked upon your letters in reply to those of Mr. Mclndoe, I beg leave to state that I considered them as characterized by great forbearance, and manifested a Christian spirit." (Signed,) GEO. CHEYNE; Fergus, 'i6th April, 1861. " In your replies 1 did not think there was anything at all objectionable, and I am sure they were characterized by a very remarkable and undeserved amount of forbearaucc. (Signed,) G. SMELLIE. • See appendix. t It appears Guinness, before he left the country, stated that Mrs. Isaac Buchanan, of Aughmar House, was one of the " Christian persona in town." the " three questions I put to Dn Jennings," as stated on Mr. McBuar's authority, your letter was the first I heard or know of them. Allow mo now to say, that 1 accepted your statemont as to your non- interference in the arrangements for supplying our city pulpits by Mr. Guinness from the 6th to 10th May, alleging " that you introduced him to the Rev. Dr. Ormiston, and to no other Minister — that other Ministers called on him and made their own appointments." I learn on good authority that this is not in accordance with fact, as you did writo a note on Saturday 4th of May, proposing to Mr. Guinness, to a Minister in the city, to preach on the following Wednesday evening — the time of the weekly service in Knox's Church. Yours faithfully, JAMES WALKER. REV. DAVID INGLIS TO JAMES WALKER. Hamilton, Nov. 13th, 1861. Mr. James Walker. Sir, — Yours of yesterday has just como to hand. I understand from what you say in the first paragraph that this letter is the result of reflec- tion and consultation with " friends in whom you have confidence.'' The last part of this statement sufficiently accounts for the change in tone and temper which you display in it, as comparoi! with the spirit manifested by you in our conversation on the 4th inst,, to which you refer; but it docs not satisfactorily account for the very marked difference in the result to which you have come. Our conversation ended in you authorizing me to express your regret to Mrs. Gale and Mrs. Inglis ; but this letter is received by them and myself as a formal withdrawal of that expression. A large portion of your letter is taken up with violent attacks upon myself and others, in which you wander very far from the subject of my letter to Dr. Jennings, to which yours professes to be an answer. I have a word or two to say in reference to these matters which are foreign to the proper subject of this correspondence. You devote a paragraph to Mr. McRuar, in which yon cast an imputa- tion upon his truthfulness, which, if done at all, should have been done to himself,* and not to me. I am bound, however, to say that his state- ment stands uncontradicted except in a single unimportant particular, which you make the subject of a separate paragraph in another part of your letter. At the very outset of our interview on the 4th inst., I stated to you that Dr. Jennings had informed me that the questions given to him to be put to Mr. Guinness, and \vhich he had put, were not sent by you. Why you mention the subject again, as though no such statement had been made to you I cannot conceive. You contrast my zeal in behalf of Mrs. Gale and Mrs. Inglis with my tardiness in replying to the correspondence headed, " Rev. David Inglis' letter." This attempt to evade the question might be passed without no- tice ; but it may be worth while to ask what is there in that correspon- * This is simply absurd. Mr McRuar might never have made the statement. • There is only Mr. Inglis' letter for it As a trader, it is the business of the retailer to return counterfeits to the wholesale dealer, and on the next suitable occasion aocountg could be balanced. ta- to ;e- ar, of ted my lent, liler Lsiou donco for mo to roplv to ? Any ono of ordinary understanding rcadinj^ my letter of the 22na April, from which a Hingle scntonec i.s quoted in Dr. Irvine's letter to Messrs. Stark, Smcllie, &c., &o., must see at once that my statement was a denial of a statement made by Dr. Irvine in a previous communication to the Spectator (but which was not made on the floor of the Presbytery), to the effect that I had characteiized Mr. Mclndoe's letters as vile, and that, so far as the recommendation to commit the letter to the flames is concerned, it could not be held by Dr. Irvine as implying that I regarded Mr. Mclndoe's letters as vile, as Dr. Irvine's ovm letters were in- cluded with Mr. Mclndoe's in the recommendation.* Had the corres- pondence been to the effect that Dr. Irvine's statement was true, and that I had characterized Mr. Mclndoe's letters as vile — then it had been well to publish it in the public papers in order to get justice for your Min- ister, and I might have felt it necessary to reply — but as the correspon- dence stands it needs no answer from me. J • Within one week from this date the Rev. David Inglis planned and carried out a burning business in another case. A Minister who had spoicen improperly in Presbytery on the 10th of April last, subsequently withdrew the statement, but on a letter being addressed to him, detailing the facts of the case, and asking a reply, saying if all the statements were as he considered they were made, he replied in a most insulting letter. A memorial to the Presbytery wiis forthwith drawn and transmitted, and at Oalt, on the l7th, (a week after) it was Iieard. Mr. Inglis acted as r!erk, (Mr. Middle- miss having left) and be was forced to admit he had been an adviser in the case. The memorialist was asked what he required, and his desire was at once acceded to, namely, that the Minister should withdraw his expression in Presbytery, and his letter, and that it should bo recorded in the Minutes. This was considered most reasonable, but the Rev. Davi(^ Inglis proposed the burning process, as before. To this tlie memorialist objected, but v'^aid he would consent to the Presbytery doing as they pleased if it were admitted his letter was "unexceptionable." This was responded to by a burst of " Certainly ; " but mark the result. The Presbytery met next at Montreal, and there, in the absence of the memorialist, the Rev. David Inglis resisted the introduction of this statement into the finding, and in the hurry of dissolution of the Presbytery, never to meet again, he suc- ceeded in perpetrating his design, and some day soon we may hear that because these letters are recorded as burned, it was because they were both vile. The c'erk, however, has been notified, for the information of " all whom it may con- cern," that they will not be burned. It is only justice to the christian character of the Minister in question to say, that he asked for an interview with Dr. Irvine, and made an apology for what he had said of him in the letter — and this unasked or unrequested — and, it is believed, deeply regrets the advice he took. t Mr. Inglis speaks truly here. Dr. Irvine used the word " considered," not •* characterised." 'j''h<> latter is counterfeit ; Mr. Inglis coined it. Mr. Inglis dared not have quoted the passage correctly. Dr. Irvine, in Presbytery, on the 10th April, in replying to the Rev. Duncan McRuar's personal attack, (as can be verified) said : — " I may allude to the part acted by Mr. Inglis in the case. It " will be remembered," &c , &c. ; "and he ' considered ' these letters so vile that " they ought not to pollute the records of tlie Court by being allowed to remain "among them, and it was at his recommendation, as Moderator, that the Clerk of "the Court was directed to commit them to the flames, yet the rev. gentleman, on "the Sabbnth but one following, took the author of these letters and placed him ''in the pulpit of McNab Street Church to minister to his congregation." Mr. Inglis states what is false if he asserts that these identical words were not spoken by Dr. Irvine, in Presbytery, on the occasion in question ; and he never dared, though present, to utter one word in reply to them. He was silent — and then, when none of the five Members of Committee were present, he raises a false issue — substitutes the word " characterised " for " considered," and has met the castigation he deserved in the letters from the Rev. Messrs. Smellie, Oheyne, Stark, Hodgkin, and Middlemiss. 8 Tn another part of your letter ymi say that I have " spoVon and written Hcntimcnts of hoHtility toward Dr. [rvinc, even dating thcHC feelings back to your first eomin;; to this City — your statenifnt in l*rcHbytory, on the J)th April, and there reported, boiui It is with extreme regret that I feel called upon, in vindication of mj own character, to malte known to the public what must stamp Mr. Quinness with ignominy, and that is, that the subject of his attack upon the Rer. Dr. Irrine was not forced upon him on Saturday, the 11th inst., but was a gratuitous pro- ceeding, volunteered at a much earlier date, and of which the conversation on Saturday was merely a result. On Wednesday evening, the 8th instwtt, on our way to Church, I informed Mr. Guinness that the Minister and congregation of Knox's Church had arranged to have no service on that, their usual oreaing, but would join with us instead, and that I had arranged with Dr. Irvine to conduct the devotional exercises. He appeared quite startled and annoyed— Mked if I had really invited Dr. Irvine — said that he had heard a great many thtngs of that man— that friends in whose testimony he bad perfect confidence luMl Mtared him that Dr. Irvine was not a Christian — that, therefore, he could not preach in his Church, aiM felt quite distressed that I had asked him to ttSUMnj part in the service. On my remonstrating with him ot»,tbe absurdity and injustice of the position he assumed, be said : — ''It will be sotfioA mockery for that man to offer prayer if he is not a Christian, and I have fi|U confidence in the judgment of the friends who spoke to me regarding him." I need not tell you that I was horiWfd to bear a young man— a stranger in the city — manifestly treated with every . ,. /r^. *i THOMAS PULLAR. %: I -^> ""■■""T7 : - . .r- -'ji rr; ioifli M. and X