The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-01 00:00:00

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eibser;/e that the Christian dispensati
rl
ontradicted
and overturned a great Tsai:lY thin S
which were
mkiters of faith in an/ivitY• To quote one
or
- two exainples. It was' btf ire the appear-
ance of CHRIST a matter 9.f faith that the
MtssrAtt was to be a cor tquering hero, who
"CRS to establish on earth the k' ingdom of the chosen
People. It was deinonstrat Jd, after his appear-
ance, that he was to be R spiritual sovereign. It
was a matter of faith, hid ore he came, that the
ALMIGHTY had sclecte' f a particular people for
Ills grace; and as they Pam!, in the vicissitudes of
nations, once attained to considerable power, it was
a matter of faith thzl t they were highly favoured
hY Him, and before
and above all reople, and
were to receive (Ire tarth a.s their inheritance. By
the Christian (lisp'
m
he kind Father of sation GOD is announced as
all, who, instead of favouring
a Particular pew,fr., has given his own and only
1„8°11°' the ceder iption of all mankind. It was a
I,'" of faith amongst- the Jews that GOD de-
I-ggiedd in sacrifice, for that CHRIST substituted
1,,,e.:rt7 and a contrite heart. Now, the'.ie cotnpa-
ively modern matters of faith are ail:wally substi-
ilted for, and preferred to the more, ancient matters
of
by Mr. GL A DSTON-f, and his friends.
v hey' affirln that the -aratter
'ears id of faith taught 1,800
ago are superi or tr,
those taught 3,000 years
like' and yet, while. t,',,,tey affirm this, the unlady-
the scribe of the post denounces those who assert
at modern knOr.viedore in matters of faith is to be
Preferred to, anr:Ant knowledge. Such writing is a
e4::P°ll"‘ ionomnee and impudence, for the
lmPudc-tier
"netualry iffnorant of what he asserts, and
'r.tly accuses other people of ignorance.
R.4-1t these gentlemen have a curious way of
iillting out of this difficulty. They assert that the
ate and people of antiquity did not understand
interpreted
subject, and that the writings which they had
-terpreted to mean a temporal actually meant a
liliritual kingdom. To say nothing of the con-
ceited arrogance of those who, being imperfectly ac-
quainted with a language, -fiud in it a meaning
tthose wino spoke it never contemplated, what
408 e writings really ntJant is of no consequence,
t the question cor,cerns what the ancient people
'tllally believed, The dead letter was a mere
e.tO,olred mark- —the matter of faith was in the hearts
Art minds
n the people. To contend for the
vt
:71itietilg4sn.:1stian interpretation of the ancien
i
3 in fact to give up the whole questio:t at
sostie‘ , Mr. GLADSTONE and his friends asr.,ert by
contending that the moderns know more on
Ilert of faith than the ancients, ae,Ci they do in
tract entertain the very opinieu. which in words
Y deride and condemn.
butill) Ofthis fact springs, for our argument, a very
i.rPortant
con•elusie.li. Haw came Mr. GLAD-
klietNitl with the Pose
.11(1 that party, to be so
11.Tien(-letter: informed, as to the meaning of those
't .
they wming3 than the people among whom
F iriginated ? Is not that information clearly
Zone traced
eto their belief in CHRIST, which is of
'modern origin ? They are wise
an the
d"wit. The MESSIAH has appeared
kir►has established, not a temporal, but a spiritual
grtit,gm°ln. The chosen people,
.instead of being
tei.e4 into a great ruling nation, are still scat-
hided abtriad through the world, a somewhat da-
-I%anti degraded race, without n
nd° u_r. national power or
. Events, modern facts known to us,
ch could4l4,l_
not be knavvn to the ancient Jews,
Gt'licarried tile convi'otion to the minds of Mr.
nti4l) E.
.sToN and Iris friends, that the people of
lirt:l,ll,riltY we quite at sea on matters of faith.
t r they misunderstood their own writings and
thethjawr_itings of Their countrymen, and the people of
pert
age understand them correctly or not, it is
ectly clea•e that the interpretation now put on
them
is tut' result of would hay.° bee,modern events, and never
-put
a great kinduointlirnehradantyheotjleewosf re-
It-
tllt pretenders who apgpealed ind Jerusalem about
or 4nte period withCHRIST, The creed then,
ft
of
• til4 of Mr.
tilt GLAD ;TONE, is, in fact, the
C9lllPar
That modern 'knowledge, borrowed from
tittid afavely modern events, which he and a mul-
ti ft of: similar shallow word-mongers pretend to
eSPisa.
It

1,/te till be seen from a report in another part of
ter Stet, that the ease of Mr. BAINES, of Leices-
i car before hefore the LORD CHANCELLOR this
k1113("Ii''g• Mr. HILL, as in the Court of Queen's
rnovel for a writ of habeas corpus, in order
an
argument for the discharge of Mr.
CA 14
t,.4.!.) on the around that the Ecclesiastical
had no power to proceed to a final decree,li
had b g (Von the defendant for payment, until
e
eel ,
No. brought into Court. His Lordship
..1 itestion
the
tr Y granted the writ, and directed that
ir
should be argued on Tuesday next.
Cott IiAINES will not be brought up. But if the
130&,;Its,°rder the discharge of the defendant what
re 64th' beneficial result can it have while the law
tr,e,l4l4'las it is ? The same process will maim-
thateel: 411(1 the persecuting parties will take care
oter ate (toes not escape a second time from an
or through irmorance of the law.
101, •ne arrival
of the Euphrates steamer at Tau-
t'etia the 2.`ith ult., we have received letters from
ea,,t
t--x51(418. of the 11th, where the news of the
13rerv.i1° re,,
St. Jean &Acre had arrived two days
off' ll''lY. On that night the PACIIA had sent
t, I=.ourier to Cairo, to stop the expedition about
off for Syria, consisting of 7,000 fresh
ti, a train of camels, and an immense quan-
ti? of military stores. It was likewise asserted that
e ;Vlctr.ttoY had recalled IBRAIIINI PACIIA from
xn)l'a, hot without fears that he would he unable
it." retreat into Egypt, beset as his army was by the
tribes of the flaouran and Naplous. The
Porte having set a reward of several thousand
Purses upon his head, the 'Mountaineers had be-
%ire extremely anxious to get possession of it.
%le of thes•4 letters states that the P.ACHA is now
Itgd
t; -"Y to restore the fleet and make an uncondi-
tilikl ',lbmission to the Four Powers ; while
oother, asserts that his
,Highness was preparing
:41r, and would see Alexandria in flames before
.`"(liog one iota to European dictation. The
5' before the arrival of the Euphrates at Alex-
q-tl,dria With the news of the capture of St. Jean
k4',lere the VICEROY held a Levee of his Ministers
fit);Cbief Officers, naval and imiitary, of which we
tile following account in one of these letters :
Th
there, french Consul-General, M. Cochelet, was also
r the advantages.of a moderate
'l4). policy, and 'the prudence of waiting at_loeuasotna
'kith tk,wo longer for the steamer expeFted from T.
wolu.!
i~raitLge certain intelligence which the King'sp"
nri the opening of the Chambers, before. hetooke
hit 4,elecisive step.' The Pacha replied in a tond
-}c; he
had never before been heard to use t,owar.s.
I hevikhelet—" will wait no longer for
bFrannctL: e
'eaar,e' Waited too long already. France has h
"
lollow!If ',lt my embarrassment. What have gained by
*„.1401,"-Ing your arkice ! Nothing; and I have lost the
4%Re tvt'l.st of Syria. Henceforth, I will be fooled no
"Y Frabce —I will now act for myself." This was
outbrttak for the Pacha, whose prudence and
11,ery irle" scarcely- ever allow him to be betrayed oy his
;-1% temperament into a fit of scolding. However,
triri heiehelet was just as calm a. 11Iehernet Ali was warm,
tachtaiParently succeeded after all in inducing. the
Nyr,at' " wait a while" in continuation; for thoun the
eci," '4ll sailors are busy in the tops, there is no sign of
'Preparation for sailing.