In illustration also of the extreme
to which honored and - intelligent
teachers of the gospel of charity can
go, may be cited an address recently
delivered by Rev. William G. Starr,
I D. D., of Danville, Va., who, in dc
I livering his opinion " of Miss Abbott
from the pulpit, saw fit to enter into
a personal attack upon newspaper edi
tors. Now, this was very beautiful
, Christianity, to be sure, and doubtless
'. in the line of the Nashville journal's
recommendation to " indiscriminate
hostility." Thus the seed bears fruit.
We are still of our former opinion,
however, as to Miss Abbott's imperti
nence and impropriety, and we beg
to add, also, that we have a very
emphatic opinion of the Nashville
denominational journal's bigoted non-
sense and un-scriptural bitterness, as
well as the Rev. Mr. Starr's silly and
sensational assault upon the newspa
pers. However, nobody is hurt.
There s some satisfaction in this, even
though we regret that, in this episode
at least, some newspapers and some
j clergymen have made very considera
ble geese of themselves.
3 '
Gen. Boulanger's star has indeed
declined. Not many weeks ago his
name was on every tongue in France.
He was the popular hero. He speed
ily became, however, but "a god of
the music halls," and now he is re
lieved from his command and is put
under close arrest for complications
growing out of alleged complicity in
the sale of decorations. His career
has quickly proven him not of the
stuff of which great men are made.
ROBERT E. LEE.
A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO THE
GREAT CAPTAIN.
Hoa W. W. Corcoran E.-precses His
Admiration of the High Character
snl Ssldierly Qualities of the Noble
Dead.
The appended letter from Hon. W.
