Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-05-25
M, Jsfsrson's Letter ,o Dr Bateyaosse on I4fdslay.

Iuy JetefsoHs LetteT Co DT HdieFaosse on 1htdetaa
 MONTICELLO, June 26, 1922
 Dear Sir: have received and read with thankfulness and pleasure your denunciations of the abuses of tobacco and wine. Yet, how ever sound in it's principles, expect 1t will be but a sermon to the wind. You will find 1t as dficultto inculcatet these sensitive precepts on the sensibilties of the present day, as to convince an Athanasian that there is but one God. wish success to both attempts, and am happy to learn from you, that the latter, at least, is making progress, and the mere ra- pdly in proportion as our Platunzing Chris tans make more stir and noise about 1t. The doctrines of Jesus are simple, and tend to the happiness of man.
 l.. That there is one only God, and he all perfect.
 9. That there is future state of rewards and punishments
 Q, That to love God with all thy heart, and thy neighbor as myself, is the sum of religion These art the great points on which he en- deavored to reform the religion of the Jews But compare with these the demoralizing dog mas of Calvin.
 l. That there are three Gods
 9. That good works, or the love of our neiShbor, are nothing.
 3. That faith is every thing, and the more incomprehensl5le the proposition, the more merit in it's faith.
 4. That reason in religion is of unlawful use.
 5. That God, from the beginning, elected certain individuals to be saved, and certain others to be damned; and that no crime of the former can damn them; no virtues of the lat. ter, save them.
 Now, which of these is the true and chari- table Christian? He who believes and acts on the simple doctrines of Jesus; or the impi- ous dogmatists, as Athanasus and Calvin?-- Verify say these are the false shepherds toretold, as to enter not by the door into she sheepfold, but to climb up some other way. They are mere usurpers of the Christian name teaching a counter religion made up of the dellria ot crazy imaginatons, as foreign from Christianity as is that of Mahomet Their blasphemes have driven thinking men into in fidelity, who have too hastily rejected the supposed author himself, with the horrors so falsely imputed to him. Had the doctrines ot Jesus been preached always as pure as they came from his lips, the whole civilized world would have been Christians. l rejoice that in this blessed country of free inquiry and be- lief, which has surrendered it's creed and con science to neither kings nor priests, the genu- inc doctrines ofthe only God is reviving, and l trust that there is not ayoung man now lv- LlS III tHC CHttSu otdtSo, HlO Will nOl ulS an Unitarian.
 But much fear, that when this great truth shall be re-establshed, it's votarcs will fall into the fatal error of fabricating formulas Of crceds and confessions of faith, the engines which so soon destroyed the religion of Jesus, and made of Chrstendom mere Aceldama: that they will give up morals for mysteries, and Jesus for Plato. How much wiser are the Quakers who, agreeing in the fundamental doctrines of the Gospel, do not schismati2e about mysteries, and keeping within the pale Of common sense, suffer nc speculative differ ences of opinion, any more than the feature, to impair the love oftheir brethren Be this the wisdom of Unitarians, this the holy man. tie which shall cover within it's charitable cir all who believe in one God, and love their neighbor! l conclude my sermon with sincere assurances of my friendly esteem and respect, HI: JEFFERSON.