FAST DAY SERMON REVIEWED. 3 



The reporter for the Transcript remarked, finally, that 

 the Eev. Mr. Huntington "closed his sermon with an 

 earnest appeal to his hearers to live and speak the truth at 

 all times, and under all circumstances. To do thia, the 

 springs from within must be pure,' and the heart must be 

 consecrated to God. The sermon was listened to with great 

 attention and pleasure ; and we can only give a mere sketch 

 of a few of its leading ideas," &c. 



The above extracts contain the substance of the personal 

 allusions made by the correspondent of the Transcript, 

 who evidently intended to compliment the Reverend Mr. 

 Huntington at the expense of the author of the " History 

 of the Hen Fever" but who forgot the very recommenda- 

 tions he had so zealously quoted on the subject of lying, out 

 of "malice," or for "amusement." For, it subsequently 

 turned out that Mr. Huntington did not use the language 

 attributed to him by this very zealous, but clearly lying 

 and very stupid correspondent of the Boston Evening 

 Transcript ! 



A rumor became current, immediately, that the author 

 of the " History of the Hen Fevei- " had in some way 

 contrived to influence the speaker thus to allude in his 

 sermon to his new and popular publication, for purposes of 

 self-interest; and Mr. Burnham felt constrained, in self- 

 defence, on the Monday succeeding the delivery of thia 

 curious discourse, to issue the following card, which ap- 

 peared in the Boston Daily Times of April 9th, 1855. 



^ A»E]\IAL.. 



George P. Burnham, Esq., the successful author of the, 

 •' History of the Hen Fever," requests us to deny, un- 



