Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-11 00:00:00

njury is due from a just man to his eneinis,6ll:lo
to friends—he, whO said so, was not wise, for
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not the truth—for, in no case has the justice a"
of injuring any one at all." Republic, ah• 9', the
And, to the same effect, Socrates says o!
the
judges who condemned him to death, and (It
accusers who brought him to trial,
towards those who condemned me, or against
ecc." Apol., ch. 33.
With reference to p esebbod and evil, and the it
latter and prosecuting the former, the fool.
the noble utterances of human Reason in
Socrates : "I bear no
"Evil cannot be seated among the gofi-5,(16
, mo,
' children of the Deity'), but of necessity 87 00,
this mortal nature and this region of the universe (i.e.
. fora we ought to endeavour o fly hence aut" t {his
earth to Heaven) as quickly as possible.
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consists in resembling GOD as much as 130531 aS
resenz6lance is the becoming just and hog as fij
• to
Theatetus, ch. 83.
The estimation, in which Socrates hold (38°14:
gathered from the cheerfulness with which 1)e
sented as bearing himself throughout the sr
execution, as pictured in the Dialogue oh°i
In his Apology, too, (chs. 31, 32) the follol
occur:—" What has befallen me" (viz., earl'
death) appears to be a blessing; and it is iini
think rightly if we suppose that death is an
again,- he says, "In other respects, those -
(i,e., in the world after death) are more MO
that are hers (i.e., in this world), and beg,'
henceforth immortal, if, at least, what is said
As to the future judgment, Socrates tsar!
are distinctly manifest in the 571.11, after it is'
body—as will, its natural disposition—as
which the man has acquired, in his soul,
pursuits." (Gorgias, ch. 169) and, again, (ch.
expresses his belief " that a man, who has
life justly and piously, when he dies, will go .„
the blessed, and dwell in all perfect happiness Ire°
but that he,who has lived unjustly and impi9l4Bll
a prison of punishment and justice, which'
tarns." More particularly (Pined°, ch 19),
plains his views of what was, in a few 11101
his own future state. These are his words'
not think that t should go, first of all, sot
deities who are both wise and good and
men who have departed this life bet* than
should be wrong in not grieving at death;
assured, I hope to go amongst good men, tilt
not positively assert this; that, however,
amongst gods, who are perfectly good masters,
I can positively assert this, if I can anything
So that, on this account, I am not so much'
I entertain a good hope that something torsi'
die, and that, as was said long since, it will
for the good than the evil.
These, sir, are a few out of a vast numbel
doctrines. I have culled them almost at ran
host of others. I have, in each case, tested
of the translation from which I quote. Sucb,
of the best results of a heathen man's using .E
without the Bible.

Mr. Glazebrook appealed to the testimony 0)
concerning the incompetency of Reason
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prems over all Rules of Faith. ''''''i tro.'"'e
was of his own choosing. His argument was, b",a, 0 i
sadly frail one. It has not only broken down, a-,001.
proves anything about Human Reason, its triesssef-A
that, in the case of at least one heathen man, temeetclatic
irgs of a human mind reached as high a standernaveeven'h
bright a hope of immortality, as clear a view eif. ,e fop
mindedness, and well-nigh as consoling e„1 aui r to:
future, as can be the happy portion of soy uP'e„,-,,atiteveho.
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among us. If reason was, by God's blessing, ec)-J0 be:
discover these truths, who shall deny her fitness -fbieo
supreme and sovereign judge over that Boe);tbe
only an instrument for the suggesting of veri°ll7abo 5
of manifold degrees of purity and execs:knee ? - to,
deny, after this, that Human reason id adecllate
ad iv
task, which God has allotted her, of eomperulgesad 44,,, 1
letting, adopting and appropr'ating. the higher- be r'
the lower suggestions of the Bible ? And if thiBd bell
said I not rightly at the first, that Rea Son 11l eel
appointed by God the sovereign Judge over all'i ,
Faith, yea, over all judges, save God 817r:self alone ' eshr
' I have obeyed Mr. Glazebrook's summons, to all of IS
ination of the Indian mutiny, and of the testitneeL tit
heathen, as bearing on cur subject. I hare 810:-Abiliv
as far as those topics may be connected with the inP"7 trit
of Holy Writ, or the supremacy of Human Reason,'„ll •,
both bear witness to the truth of my views, '""oielle
civilized Christians have, with the Bible in their Pnoell.„
dons deeds as atrocious as those recently perPe'a aa u'l
the semi-barbarous Indians without the Bible; 8.11 barrio!'
other hand, civilized heathens have advanced, vt',,,ite,
the
far and without the Bible, well nigh, if nor; 100 tg.
far in the discovery of moral and religious tre"" eOf vast majority of civilized Christians. pith the 9"
I hope Mr. Glazebrook will rot be angry -Ire Sepor,f
thus dealing with those allies of his, " the literary be see,
of spurious argument, If, however, he sli°u,,o„ by the
with me for calling anything connected with ~..''t be 17,
loathsome name of Sepoy, I can only beg ,!`-„,,opesiedii-
remember the sport with these termsie—which "lot's:tbert,
me to be somewhat like playing
commenced by himself, and, certainly, would 11° '
oOr
wise, have been resorted to by me. Pe.s/
I have only to say, in conclusion, Sir, that I 11,43ffed,
readers will be convinced of the supremacy c).' I, cc'
Reason over every Rule of Faith I trust inoll.i'oe• r,
may, after reading this letter and my last, Ent!i;
if:1071
duster and higher views of Human Reason siid i ''...
quiteKs fit.,;
than, perhaps, we had done formerly. lam
now to submit this point of the argument, bet ":, PI
Glezebrook and myself, to the arbitration of ,PieK.
competent men • and I do expect that Mr. Che,,,g1,,7,
will proceed to the consideration of my fourth Ps,,„ , _ ''''
in which I ask him to tell us what he meanoPi'e ftli"
Church," which, he implies, has been kept 'r
doctrinal error.—l am, Sir, yours truly, Of'
Everton, December 8, 1857. Joins DION° ,

siti°lloal
The _Daily Yews, alluding to the _ British P° ose 0
Lucknow, thinks that a short supply of food is tilemsras
danger. The general news from India it re°
decidedly cheering.
vd, 'itotichoP
The Royal Commissioners of the Patriotic -01Afebb oto
careful investigation of the eases, assert that 'oda
Cullens charge cf unfairness on religious gr°
aid
founded on imperrect or erroneous information.
The Times is of opinion that the blockade fcaraPbesad
be able to hold out until relieved by Sir Coli° goetie°
brigade. If the former little garrison made its wept
obtained provisions it is hardlylikely that the P
starve in inactivity.
adopted
The Sheffield Town Council, on WednesdsY,,
petition to Parliament in favour of a ratepaYil),Thef_stef
vote by ballot, and other measures of refiorgih Ca
e
adopted a petition praying for an inquiry o
e°
the existing commercial distress. 01,
Miss Jenny Meyer is appointed to fill Juliann, of no;
post in the Royal Theatre of &dip, at a eliar" frAulifef
thalers a year—about £GOO of our money' ipate
Wagner has, it is said, married, retired into P.reaa ae
and entirely withdrawn from her professional Ca' del Fe,
The Post says We published on Wedl3egd ill
haughty note of Prince Gortschakoff addrestalto
Boutenieff, the Russian Minister at Constaa'4aroo ve
reply to the Porte, on the subject of its elpituitivvie
and rights over the Danubian Principalities. telt te:if
assured that, when M. Boutenieff read the denPabs POP
Turkish Minister for Foreign affairs, Aali r.,2,ate060,
replied to the Russian diplomatist that the o°4 4, el
anachronism, for evidently Prince Gortschsa
writing it, fancied he was dating it after the. get'
Adrianople and before the treaty of Paris. ".lAll'
MR. SERJEANT SIRE —On Tuesday eveneVolpiag,
jeant Shee addressed a large meeting at th e ef_rj, of
Ashton. Ile had arrived at Ashton during the
in the company of Mr Charles Gibson, the.irt°foe.„sraida-
Salford. The chair was taken by Mr. R. "jiffs 06
had been the solicitor to Mr. Booth Mason, illieogw,l'os
bore, Mr. Sergeant Shoe spoke at great 11 1310`
support of parliamentary reform and of vote he
beta,
not of recent origin. As to the charge 01,, he es' aier°
nominee of the pres-nt government, and that 9 note ibgeo
contest Ashton with treasury money, there Ivet gr. lid
he
of truth in it. Knowing as he now did ti_lt! thea AO,
and Mr. Mason were before the electors, „ iasug-aso
apnear before them also ? Because, havin:lectooroooo.
address, he could not do less than meet the fit s'au
state to them his reasons for publigiing ~:parlis;eo
There had been some features in Mr. Gibsc)tive the
tary conduct, which seemed to h'm to deP— _ion' and
abilities of half their value. The learn flileo'jhden! the
detailed the course taken by Messrs. l3iglit,73;tieo ttn° ari)
Gibson, during the Russian war, and r,o been the
dispute with China, and said that it would ha. aid 700
better if they hai given their influence tarot oiletairt
government at that trying time. Ire ,fug 61.61 oily '
moment gay decidedly whether under ex!hota tot.
cos it would be right of him to disturbit_a_rmice begs
this borough; it was for the electors to an°'Lut, to yogs
The moment that he found he could not cc feetwibt
deserving
candidate for their suffrages without inakil*°l 0
opposition to one or two gentlemen pnotaate
thenre s e
putct he
toe wouldse retire.
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ot ththeel3lo7lo°
separated, without any vote being taken...anight.'
gentleman returned to Manchester the Evumu
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