154 LIPE AM' CORRESPONDENCE OF THE [l/^S 



Rev. Dr. White to Rev. Dr. Smitti. 



Philaueli'HIA, November 30, i7tS5. 



Dear Sir : I suppose you have not returned from the Western shore, 



from my not hearing by this day's post. . . . 



The fifth form was sent to me on Saturday, and is now working. 



The sixth is not ready. I regret, however, your not seeing them in 



proof; the less however as it is plain sailing and there can be no errors, 



unless typographical, which I shall endeavour to prevent. 



I am, yours, etc., 



Wm. White. 

 Rev. Dr. Smith. 



Rev. Dr. Wharton to Rev. Dr. White. 



New Castle, November 29, 1785. — At night. 

 Dear Sir: .... I have looked over the lessons which you have 

 retained or adopted — can see no objection to any of them, unless you 

 should deem it more proper to adopt some of the exhortations to 

 repentance I'rom the Prophets, instead of the lessons from Genesis for 

 the Lent Sundays. Perhaps the prophecy of Daniel would be no 

 improper lesson or lessons as preparatory to the completion of the 

 Christian sacrifice. Your idea of suiting the lessons to the several sea- 

 sons of the Ecclesiastical year agrees perfectly with mine. The selec- 

 tion which you have made, I think, meets this idea. I observe but 

 one lesson from Daniel, nineteenth Sunday after Trinity, cap. three. 

 Now I conceive the seventh, eighth and ninth chapters, containing the 

 prophetic history of the four great Empires and of the coming of Christ, 

 to be very interesting. As I observed before, they would suit well the 

 season of Lent, at least the ninth. chapter. As to the general calendar, 

 I apprehend the committee has power to alter it, as the Convention 

 judged proper t-o omit the Saints' days. I would be for retaining, 

 however, tlie names of a few such as Lady-day, Michaelmas, All Saints', 

 with the Apostles' days — St. Stephen and Innocents. These last three, 

 being Scripture festivals, should not be omitted — I mean a commemo- 

 ration of Scriptural persons and martyrs. All Saints' days of more 

 modern date should be expunged. No mention, I suppose, will be 

 made of fast or abstinence days. 



Yours entirely, 



C. H. Wharton. 



Rev. Dr. White to Rev. Dr. Smith. 



Philadelphia, December 6, 1785. 

 Dear Sir : My last three letters, lately written to you and which you 

 had not seen when we parted, contain so much matter for your considera- 

 tion that I ought not perhaps to burden you with more until those points 



