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"How did the card of Dr. Thomas strike you?"
"I think the reply of Dr. Thomas in the best possible spirit. I regard
him to day as the best intellect in the Methodist denomination. He seems
to have what is generally understood as a Christian spirit. He has
always treated me with perfect fairness, and I should have said long ago
many grateful things, had I not feared I might hurt with his own people.
He seems to be by nature a perfectly fair man; and I know of no man in
the United States for whom I have a profounder respect. Of course I
don't agree with Mr. Thomas. I think in many things he is mistaken.
But I believe him to be perfectly sincere. There is one trouble about
him,--he is growing; and this fact will no doubt give great trouble to
many of his brethren. Certain Methodist hazelbrush feel a little uneasy
in the shadow of his oak."
"Are you going to make a formal reply to their sermons."
"Not unless something better is done than has been. Of course I don't
know what another Sabbath may bring forth. I am waiting. But of one
thing I feel perfectly assured; that no man in the United States, or in
the world, can account for the fact, if we are to be saved only by faith
in Christ, that Matthew forgot it, that Luke said nothing about it, and
that Mark never mentioned it except in two passages written by another
person. Until that is answered, as one grave-digger says to the other
in "Hamlet," I shall say: 'Ay, tell me that and unyoke.' In the
meantime, I wish to keep on the best terms with all parties concerned.
I cannot see why my forgiving spirit fails to gain their sincere
praise."
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