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About Christian herald. (Portland ;) 1882-18?? | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1882)
/ 4 I -ta reefion it has done at all. Nor do songs; as well as in our plea. We we ltelieve he intended to create <lo not suppose flier»* were ever division at first. enough of the Hymn and Tune editors : '' We think it well for brethren to . D. T. S tanley , B ruce W olverton , B«X)k sold to pay tor the plates. hold their orders for new books for —Ku£«rytiling went on smoothly. ■a wegks--.when w<-' hope this — T1 le Hymnal has growji into ,ie ; matter-will Is* settled, and uniform affections of nearly all with use. . either of these publishers, except FRIDAY, JULY 2«, 1882. - Something over a year ago, , the ! that tiny are brethren, but v^e «Io ity be the result. The Hymnal Controversy. work of revising the Hymifal was feel that-BroirT ill mor«* has jnad le a A Good Thing. serious mistake -in the course he ltegun and in slue time complete«! We have so far refrained from The subjoined note we clip from saying anything on this much to be with perfect harmony. Bids for i has taken. It is. serious for two the Rescue: re- ¡reasons: (hie y«*sult will be a want lamented controversy. We desired -" Yt Tr h i’ jfeiii ii i i t in i .fni I. qq I- —A-goodkU*uig.-liaa..Leein..dQiie.._liy. __ to wait until we could la* sure of ceived, on tin* proposition khat the . of uniformity in the p'saTnmiTy in the Texas Legislature to protect having all the facts in. the case .and publication would be awarded to I our churches which i>s an important the public morals. A bill has been arrive at an impartial conclusion. the one who would pay the most matter, unless tly Fillmore book passed, taxing all persons selling. ’ shall go like the one by Bro. Hay- the Police, Gazette, Police News &nd We have reiul nearly y very, thing royalty for the missionary fund. -denbefore similar .ibustrated Journals, $500 Fi l 11 nor«' BrbsH in 1 I S ? C^ntsrny=- that has beeh sai«l on loth , sides; ...suit will I«', „..■.■ssarily, a erip- per.ann.im'in each Snffly-IrtWf an«l have reached a conclusion that alty and H. 8. Bosworth 21 cents -such paptrs are sold. This is equal se^tns as dear to us as th«* noon-«lay per copy. • The contract wasaccord- pling of our general missionary, to a prohibition, and the suppres ingly awarded to tin* latter. ?., ■ work. On the first edition of 15,- sion of that class of .literature is a sun. », of thè firm, of 000 copies of the Revised Hymnal, public blessing.-— Santa, J no, Her Jas. H. Fillmore, We feel sure we can act without partiality in the case, as we have Fillmore Bros., was one of the com- over $3,000 goes into the mission- ald. That Fs^ an Example that should be followed by every State: no earthly interest in it, never ex rnittee on revision and had personal ary fund. . W1 ìen the book has —Rescue. pect to sell a l>ook foi’ either party, charge of the c-opy in connection reach«*«! a sale of 1(10,000 copies, Good 1 Hurrah ! Three cheers] ami look only to the good of th^' with Bro. Hobbs, up to the time it $21,000 would be the result to the Why, how is this ? Away down cause in general and on the Pacific went to the hands of the printer, cause of missions, had J. H. Fillmore there in Texas they are teaching co n s t i n -fawtienlwrin-w h at. we sh al l-. Bro. Fillmore is n man whose mus- »lone \Vhat it seems to us any man the good civilized (!) people of the sav. We would not say one word ical ability we have a< haired and AT honor would have done— simply empire State that they are aiTowTng~ now, were it not that the two rival his Christian character, so far as acquiesei^e«! when another party a business which Texas will not b«>oks are being advertised exten we know, has remained unimpeach made. a better bi«l than lie for the., countenance. This is the first ban sively and our readers desire some ed. But when he failed to get the publication of the Hymnal. under which this class of literature This loss to the missionary fund ■ information on the merits of the contract for publishing. the New is placed. And if, as the Hevadd Hymnal, for some reason he con-. is serious, but it is now inevitable. question. states, this is equal to prohibition, The facts, as gleaned from both cgiv«e<l the idea of publishing one of The Trustees of the Hymnal must so much the better. We have said . - ■ —-—:--------- - i. .__ . __ sides of the. discussion, and from his own an»l sending it forth” as a either allow it to be partly crowded before, this is a giant evil, and in out, or they must make a new con- our ' own knowledge ar«* these: ■ rival book. every State in the Union a similar Tract with the publisher, reducing We have carefully read all he Seventeen years ago Bro. Alexander law should be passed, and that Campbell transferred his interest has said in the papers in justifica-. or wholly forfeiting the royalty, so right speedily. If the future genera in the Christian Hymn Book to a tion of his course, but must confess that the price can be reduced. tions are to be restrained from evil < Board of Trustees. In accordance we have seen nothing like th«* • We do not believe the Hymnal their eyes and ears and imagina with the terms of the transfer, a shadow of an excuse for causing so too high priced, considering the tions must not become so familiar new Hymn Book and subsequently grave a trouble. He says the New royalty pi^id, but something must with those things, many of which, a HyinnaJ, were published. These Hymnal contains typographical er | now be done to prevent this catas in the language of the apostle, “It were both lxjoks of nitich excellence rors. Nothing else could be ex- ti trophe. is a shame to speak of.” When an«l met a large sale, The royalty pecte«l in the first edition of any We hope to see the Trustees persons are no-longer educated for on the copyright has l>een given to l»ook, especially ^m«? with mixe«l • make a new contract with Fhe-pub- crime, criminals will decrease. the missionary society an«l has aid- words and music. He helped to lislier, by which he shall pay no Now, we have this suggestion to t t*«l lately in our general missionary read the proofs, and such errors royalty for a term of three years, make. Let the legislature of this work. We wish here to state a as have since been found are being and bi* required to publish theliook State pass a bill taxing those who fact that we have not seen in any corrected in the plates. He sats at a price as low as any similar ri sell such papers as the Police of the articles in th is controversy. the office where the l«ook was put val book is offered, and not above Gazette $500 or $1000 per annum, «Just prior to the publication of the in type had not sufficient facilities G5 cents each. This would place and it will have done much to help Hymnal, the Christian Hymn and to bring it out in proper time the Revised Hymnal in all àf*.. our . • on the cause of temperance in the Tune Book was prepared by Bro. That is of no consequence after it .churches, when th«' present Contract State. Not only so, it will make A 8. Hayden as the companion of is all in .type and-th« • plates are jtpuld be, resume«!. We want this, many reporters for our dailies care the New Christian Hymn Book. made. He says the book is too not for the purpos«* of punishing ful what and h«»w they write for The I>ook was published by the high pricCtk But in his bi«l for its Fillmore, but to s«*cure unity among Roots in Chicago in good shape ami publication, he wanted to make 2\ the churches. The entire press of the press. We believe the moral was a most excel lent work. When cents per copy more thanthe present the brotherhood deplores the action complexion of the present legisla the Hymnal first appeared, we publisher, as his bid will show. It j of Fillmore, except the Christian ture is as good as, if not better, than any former one, and we con thought it lacked considerably of does not seem in O gocxl . taste to sav •/ | Staaidard. It ,tefen<le’«| him for a fidently expect from them many reaching flu* standard of ■excellence that the publisher who made a bet while, but nearly all the causes for ter bid that he, is making too much its so <loing having J»»en removed, reforms. As we have no authority attaine«l in Brd. Haydens book. to do so# we will, therefore, ap The brethren act«*«l wisely, when on the Itook. I The pric«> -of the if WoiiM new gladly get, out of the point Bro. J. H. Hawley, of Bethel, the Hymnal appeared by awthoity Hymnal in. cloth is 90 c«*nfs pt r ■ controversy were it not for the to look alter jthis bill ami report o’f fin* Trustees, tin* royalty on the copy, of which, 21 cents royalty j many critiee+os it--must answer in early in the session. If he does not copyright to be lbr 'missionary ' goes into the missionary fund, leav self-«lvi’<;nse. It is strange to us move on this appointment, he, with work,- they uniformly I «ought the ing GO cents as tlx* price realized that Bro. Earett should have al- other good men, will surely do so for the sake of human rights «and Jlymnal, thus securing unity in our by the publisher on the l>wks at • lowe<l bis influence to go in thç db Christian principles, * CHRISTIAN HERALD. ----- — - ,V ; _____________ . . ■ “■ ** —r— '■ - ------- —j-, , - . I v V --------------- - - 2_' ■