Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-03-07
From the S. G.. Herald.

effect may develope itself.
From the S. C. Herald.
| Letters on the Origin and Progress Of Pc
laeian Tieus in Nev- England, from a
distinguished New EnglaMt minister Of
the Gospel, to one IN the South.
LETTER |.
February 10, 1887.
ilY DEAR BRorHER:
Although | have never had the pleasure
Of seeing your face, have for some time
fit acquainted with YOU; having heard so
much respecting you from our mutual friend,
Mr.. NettIeton. | was therefore fully pre-
pared to rccprocatc every expression ofcon-
tidcnce contained in your kind and friendly
letter of the 1st inst. ] can assure You that
brother y. remembers with deep interest
the season which he spent under your hos
pitable roof; and that he will cherish a CRATE
tu sense of the tokens Of affection which he
received from YOU and your family. And
here permit to me say, that having been lnti-
mately acquainted with him for the last
fivc.and-twenty years, can cheerfully
subscribe 10 every word which you have
said in testimony Of his worth.
! But | must proceed TO answer your m
quiries respecting the origin and progress
of Arminiaa views in New England" |
suppose you refer 10 ihc New Haven spo-
c..;,a.ions. have had opportunity TO know
something of 'he history Of these specula-
tons but the s.ory is long, and cannot be
tod in single letter. fyou will have pa
tiencc wltb me, will attempt 10 give you a
brici' history in series O: letters, promising
to bring nv narrative within rs narrow CON-
pass as possible.
1t is true, as was stated by DR.. Porter in
his letter 10 DR.. Bcccher, That "ArmlnIan-
ism received from the hand Of Edwards its
death blow, Of which it fingered more than
halfa century in New England and died.
Our orthodoxy had settled into solid, tram
gull, scripture! state; and perhaps no body
OF ministers since the world began, have
been so united, and so manliestly blessed
Of God, as tie ministers Of New England"
Such was the s:atc Of things, when, as DR..
Por.er says, "A battery was opened IN
Connecticut, standard raised, and CAM
paign begun" (o)
The frs. indications that the New Haven
divncs we're beginning 10 adopt opinions
at variance will! those which commonly
prevailed among the orthodox, appeared
while the controversy between Woods of
Au,lovcr, and d.. Ware OF Cambridge, was
in progress; which was in 1920, '2l. Dr.
TAYLOR expressed to some Of his brethren
great dissatisfaction with the manner in
which DR.. Woods had conducted the con-
trovcrsv, and with the views which he had
advanced, particularly on the subject Of Na'
tive Depravirv. Hc WAS heard to say, that
on that subject, Dr.. Ware had tho better OF
the argument, and that Dr.. Woods had put
back the controversy with Unitarians, fifty
years. Underline impulse ofthesc feelings.
he prepared an article for the Christian
Spectator, which he submitted to the Asso-
citation Of gentlemen, by whom, in conncx.
ion with the cd.or the work was conducted.
The editor at this time, was the Rev. Ihos.
+. Davis. The Association decided that
it was not expedcnt to publish The article.
OF the character Of the piece, and the SEN
timcnts which it contained, YOU may per-
haps form some conjecture from the follow
ing circumstance. While DR.. Taylor Was
reading. one ofthe gentlemen present, CON-
posed and wrote with his pencil, this stanZa.
Immortal Edwards, whom religion halls
. Her favoritc son. Tavlort overthrew;
A Taylor now tho great mans ghost assas.
His doctrine doubts, and error vamps anew.
| am not able to fix the precise date of
this event. I am not certain whether it was
previous or su5sequcni 10 the fact which |
am about 10 relate. Ga Saturday evening
Dee. Is, 1921, Professor Goodrich Of Yale
College. in his course Of lectures to the
College students on the Assemblv's Cate
ch;sm, came 70 the doctrine Of Original Sin.
a. The South has entertained ur0ng
ri2ps O. the New England Theology; Il. onc
time, every thing was suspicious because of Uni
tnriaaism, and vet but small portion of New
England has como under :his soul destroying
influence. Oar country and the world, ores a
large debt to Dr. Woods of Andover, for his able
defence Of the truth as it is in Jesus, against
Dr. Ware. Unitarian ministers hare passed in the
South as Congrcgationalists, allied to tho Pres
bvterian Church, & been received into our South
crn PulpHs. As the history of tic Whitakcrs d
the libel suit lii the Federal District Court OF
North Carolina, "Whitaker vs.. Freeman" amply
morr. Edwards and Hopkins and Emmons all
differed from each other. with some shades OF
opinion more or less strong. And the opinions OF
no one of them have generally prevailed in New
England, unless it were the sentiments Of Ed
wards and these, in modified form. Mr.. Edi-
tor. you will oblige some Of your readers by pub
fishing The Sayarook Patform," and request
inc ''Tmo!hy" to give us the peculiorities OF
Edwards, Hopkins, Emmons, Dwight, Beccher,
and Tavlor. know that he is able to do this
service TO the Southern Church, and has leisure
fo Sovotc TO !. -