American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-07-04
No. 4.-ron THE CHRISTIAN REPOSITORY.

Mr. PonrER--I was not little surprised, yesterday
evening, upon reading the Repository, find that you had
not published my piece-I my first piece and
equally surprised at the assigned Sc That you
cannot form satisfactory opinion of its object My
dear Sir, do not the following words, contained in my last
piece plainly sew my object Sc These lP and A
had gone but little length in their controversy you know
before told you they would never bring to any profitable
conclusions they would bring disgrace to the sacred
cause, which they pretended to advocate And have they
not done they have mutually given the lie to
ther in sly and Christian like they could
And il is evident to me, that they are becoming more OBJ
sinate and nveterae, and departing farther from the
truth and love Of the gospel every day. And think is
high time that Christian method should be devised to
put end to their squabble."
These words shew of my objects namely to put
end the only useless but also perncOus controversy
of p and A. because is most clearly evident by the de-
monstraon have laid before you in my last piece, and
which wish you to lay before them and the whole world
that if they occupy your whole paper exclusively
to themselves and hundred papers more, larger than
yours, that neither they any Others managing they
do, could bring any religious controversy to prota
Bile conclusion. a4
wish you to look at that demonstration again and again
conceive it to be clear and profitable demonstIa
ton as any contained in Euclds Elements of Geometry
But my dear Sir, have higher object in view, than to
shew the Of p and My great object is the Glory
of GOD-and in order to this to promote ruh-rationa
Christianitythe advancement of the Redeemers King
dom among men.
truth A zeal without knowledge is not agreeable to
God eff the blind lead the blind, they will all fall into
the ditch and dirt together There IS no knowing true
Christianity, by the zeal of its professors, making pro-
seytes-our blessed Lord said -" The Scrbes and Pha
risees compass and land to make proseyte and
when they have made him. he is two told more child OF
hell than themselves"
Is so that God is pouring out his Holy Spirit at this
tme not only all denominations OF Christians but also
on many of the heather nations, your Repository and
many other religious publications, would induce us to be-
leve This, if So is great of great JOY and thanks
giving But certainly it is not the design OF God, by this
display of his grace, confirm the various denominations
of Christians and the heather oo in their manifold errors
and sins No but in order to bring them out of them, to
the knowledge of the truth, is Jesus For, what
the Grace of God, given to human SOUL but divine ma
ture, heavenly genius, implanted therein, enabling 1T to
see and learn and love heavenly truth and heavenly good
ness And what greater blessing next to the possession
of this divine principle human being enjoy, than such
Teacher, will plan and keep both natural and divine
truth and goodness, in proper light before him And is
not this calculated for the advancement of the great
cause" for which, in the s7h number Of the Repository
you have invited Christians Of all denominations to fur
nish any matter 90
hope, my dear Sir you not at loss now to see my
object that il is not only shew the erroneous way OIL
r. and A. and multdes of Others in managing religious
controversies but ALSO have said, the close OF my
former number that hope before shall have finished, to
shew you better way You will proceed then, my oearI
Sir as you friend to TRUTH and publish my numbers
Fear not, no evil can come of the truth. i
My immediate object, in my next number, shall be re-
view of the whole controversy, commencing where II De-
an between p and j. with view to shew the erroneous
and inconcusive manner, which it has all along been
handled and, said, hope before shall nave done
to shew you better way But whether or not, shall bel
able to display truth, to your satstacto you may rest as
sured that there writer your paper, animated with
more sincere love of it, than he who calls himself
A SUBSCRIBER. |
sactory opinion Of the object Of the foregoing peces