Uriah Smith to Dudley M. Canright, 31 July 1883

Smith, Uriah 1832-1903

1883-07-31

Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

1 letter

Correspondence

English

Dear Bro. Canright: Yours of July 28 is at hand. I have shown it to Bro. Gage as you request. It is true G. I. B. has asked me to write something for the proposed Supplement, and in the presence of Brn. Littlejohn and Fargo, has urged it hard; or rather they three together have urged me to it. But I have not yet made up my mind to say anything because I do not know what I can say that will be of any particular help to htem. I told these brethren so plainly. And my reason is that Sr. W. has herself shut my mouth. In the "Special testimony to the B.C. Church", quoted in the "Sab. Advocate Extra", (both of which I suppose you have seen) she has published me as having rejected not on ly that testimony, but all the testimonies. Now if I say that I hav'nt rejected them, I thereby show that I have, for I contradict this one. But if I say that I have, that will not do them any good that I can see, but will be saying that which I have not supposed to be true. Her attack upon me seems to me most uncalled for and unjust. I told the brethren that I did not understand why she seemed so anxious and in shuch haste to publish me to the world as a disbeliever in the testimonies. She has forced me without cause, into a very embarrassing position, because if I say nothing, of couse it will be taken as a virtual acknowledgement of the correctness of the charge. But if I do say anything, I must speak my convicitions, which will not be at all satisfactory to them. I have just written a letter to Bro. Waggoner on the subject giving my position quite fully. I am going to keep a copy, and if you would like to see it, I will send it out to you to read and return. I would like to have you see some correspondence I have had with Sr. W. Are you not coming out here sometime? In haste and love, Yours, U. Smith.

Censures

Canright, Dudley Marvin 1840-1919
White, Ellen Gould Harmon 1827-1915
Waggoner, Joseph Harvey 1820-1889
Butler, George Ide 1834-1918
Littlejohn, Wolcott Hackley 1834-1916
Gage, William Claggett 1842-1907

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