Litchfield enquirer., 1831-12-29

stranger IO the beauties Of ile moral preeepas and t0
 Ghs charm il thvUws aruHnd On a the wOrks of God. Tha. which alone deserves the name, Religion, ex-
 is,s n the brsast, holy and perpetual princplsz'l effect Of Almighty agency. producing humility
 Iy, aud beusvoIence. All other l'rsIendeds
 are spurious, or scePsical, and exist any w
 the heart. They are built on the aaad. r will be swept fsOm the earth, IO mngIe
 lu.ed fragments of superstition and ignorance, 01 lost in the darkness Of eternal night.
 Ofthese enormous schemes, one proc!aims Nn'
 sal salvation to the whole human family, dti1 atheists. Jews and Mahome,ans, nolw,hsta"di
 obstinate umbeieE persisted in iill life and prOb9 csse. Another scheme. in many respects erro"so1s and absurd, denies that the Ruler of the universe ac cRlshes his designs, agreeable to an eternal and anrhanging plan or purpose, infinitely removed from all chance ef easualiy-a truth which Scripture and reason profess to believe that sOinl. how ever good or holy he lasg be to-day, to.mOrrow my "fali from grace" ofsSy perhaps siHk nIaperitioh
 Another denes the Divinity pf ChrisA ps slsat the Rcdeemer is himself God-and thus. .saPs me bnpdN.
 ton of the everlasting Gospel, and paves the ay le in6deliiy. sNa.
 Many others ihere are, various in their eeNtiaxne and belieE-aad eaa which csnno. in justice own i".eresed fsslings pasa over in sileace ssesl within sec,-whci has recently emerged ipi1 exsl- ence, like mushseoa, wilsasi sses V --aadl receives its asurlshmsassas as i LII eiass aon a asxssp sspsr shas psi dss lls earth sAe dur 4Isaessseaaing eg Rsaa This fugitive teneep,iod. S6l hssss as phaHspm, may bseermeda compound ot tArmiaiabIss and modern herssy--a cum ming device ot ths aseh henemy-ca!cua,ed to mislead the understandng-lo console and please human m. iure, and aside the ol truth from the deprassd heart. The sentiment of this gnis faluus this phosphorescen gIeam gendered in Yale, and cal led "Tay orism" by way Of distinction, breaches ihsl glad4dings' now, ,ha, nsan is born holy. How the discovk was made believe the public has not beeHt by whom. Perhaps ano,her Book of Mormon," or "Golden Bbie," containing this long hidden revelation, has been fonnd-unless con- cevsd by its promulga,or in some midnight reverie. But be all this as i, may, the old Bible given DI vine Inspirations and written by Moses, and the Pro- phes and Evanges,s, and by St. Paul of old authen- tcay informs ueof the fall of cur first parents, and the consequent upos.acy of the whole human race--l that is conceived in sin, and shapen in iriquy
 that he has gone astray e s born, speaking
 lies; and that do not gather grapss of,horns nor figs of ths,es-,kal the Ethiopean cannot change his skin nor the leopard his spo,s Both coming into be- ing with the same shades they wear in maturity. which they cannot chspges the natural inference s appca. be to man depravi,y. es 10 iis nnlpre condition moral agent, thsl is, ks moral. 6s hnhoy ssAie, in which he is bora. md which 10 ipletis ipm Adans is in and Of Iimself hopeless, which s aA no n1fe change than 4hs Eihlppean eAn chanes ll,e naanfa coninlexica af lis ss ins pr the leopard m sssH
 Rak iaconsllsns IlA noMmon experisnes and sb- SsFsxiisn. and wlsh sht aecAs Rsioas @ Nislps sslk as shs dsIbsise 1Ahls '. ihis sissy zxalss shAs sGsAn eSs4Es isib flls tsiI ibl .naa slas fhSgns Isl gfapes. ha sltislzs
 ihat hisans lspNiains sspd larih awsst Wnssss ias stole. win 70 ascpatiag gaiIs, and witl pIainl suth rsseraed, iSto mnny n passand hsasi, ~ cer aialy aasoand heas eisher whichihs yotasies ol sehems " plsase v aaep disiins nsuishsd ss ssaeless Nj she GosSh 1Isate sb soa,ssions hsresy spreeds. where svuil is lee ei'eris6sd md less loved.
 isbsireys sslopshng s'upIdisy aad unbelisg iliai|
 men do nol Fcknowsdgs that by nalures and me di. vine constitution Of all things, sFai eebsis and opuosed to the principles "nd precsts ~ pivae Tspth, and are the legitimate otfsPring of aHbellhess asAhsy are. &.g
 Ccmmon sense ienchcs us without tie possbiIitye ef erriDg that bitter and corrupt fountain cannot send forth sweet aRd pure waters. So we have only io prove the nature and state ofa fountain to come to correct decision the nature oi the streams which issue from il, by sr n0tGro 1t is r9h most ob- vious and that the hearts and pract ces of men in general unhoy, selfish. and deprav. ed, which .he matter as rest, that such they came is.o existence, and voluntarily remain 70, and suc, they invariably go su u the wOrd unless changed by
 Power that is divine, and benefited hy aD aionemen that s iD6ne. a
 realisy ssA is ssesssasy, vis: thu. !, is n ehskss U. s& al s 4ns Y fhe nd io the tenn. Der f,hs mSi,sd 'eai zkz A5A. nApdsd by the faii aud spoesE Ea44 LII 6is si.zs to is neces. .ssyso iisibrs hsr zsd @ sz>laIazss and con. ,samsns in ,Iiis wdsld.
 sS&il it is no evi4sass sR is belter. because he embraces . paricaIss k1biicly joins " church. though this mz v 6's l,5 their fruits ye shall know ,hem,' Sl sHnes serve God and mammoth" Si
 Pure reiiRi0n excludaA N N &fgy ""s' and sordd motive, and aItSe4 i4ls slse divine government. t inspres, in iis nature, with the love of the truth, with philanthropy and patriotism. IL
 teaches humility, chari.y kindness and honesty, and
 stamps the image of Gods6n the soul-which shines n
 all the life of him who s tho subject of iS heavenly
 inAusnee But atheism. and error, and in6deIiy, are
 the path of dark ness and fear. The human mind,
 less diviney enlightened. grOpes in dense mist. and
 n the solitudes of a moral wilderness, diseOneOted
 with itsslE Man in this state reposes, stupid ol