Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-08-11
0rThc following is the conclusion Ct the ar
Il lie commenced last week from I. X TINS IS
i so ti. conclusion of the controversy.

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so th. conclusion f,hc controversy.
F,f lie II: -hm9si j,Gtuiun,.
Tn rctn,rking on my quotation from Titus, why
z ID >. L! pass over important verse, 10 ano'h-
So Di, ~, ,.-.@r; he has voluntarily bat nn"it-
ir,rlv u!t has FOOL iaio snare. i-- X .---..=
t',s three verses together: line grace oil boJ
,,.s ayseared unto al arn, teaching q, taat de-
ut ins ungpIin.ss e. we shriai 1--we so'cffy:
ri ,tcousiy, &c. locking for tat blessed nope, and
;,l5rcus appearing oil The Great Cod, and our oa-
' ,r Jesus Christ The Grace ''hati appeared
unto al ,rer:" liz: Hit'e hah MOI appeared unto
AZ me-. :L3oaup -, tat blessed hope AMI 9{o-
g-ious aprc ring of I'D anl C:Fiet. Wha' c2Hid
ua uo7c expressive IF the appearance q 'IAfs-s :
us. n. tope j, ~',ry2' ooay tins Grace and
the "rrain Of raIsttrl seed $oeconcth tree;
CHRIS, shall be rs1naifed" IN the body, All we
shall attain 'ki ~ ledge OF the ) On OF ti'd
unto the measure oil The Stature OF the Ja,acss Oh
Ckrist.n and then witncss the gaora0a; .J5a':-
nag Of the great Coz and Christ. No, sly my
opponent tie Grace of God" means Inc L-o'S-
,eaho manifestations OF Gods good VII TO q! men,
as 1uJlisici ia tie eo;pel. Notice., says he, -
has appcarea TO all men," lf.'st aati appeared
10 al men, il cannot be the bible; ijF ny "P-
,,onen. hianseIf tells of SOC ,00J,too Fa4 ms t.
whom the Bible hlih asot appeared. Let i!.n no'
eay the Bible riu appear u..tc ali ihcn; the llu-
.su,po of the apostle is: st katt appeared >
u. reminds me, tina, the grace main appeared TO
al men, but The same apostle says: "tne OK
ccee,ing grace Of God IL YOU Thus Il Is signal
- clear that the "Iiracc'' cannot be the Bible; II
IS something anirersal something wholly Sp1F"oi''
something internal and iaUiSi5ic.
Ueipauircs whether there is "a single ndivid-
,,,I,, among all the millions Of Pdgans, who knows
,t.y thing of Christ? '.or do the antausht deaf and
.umb, know any thing Of him?" Astonishing 'g.
norance! UnearncI Ia the ''school OF Christ"
Thou errest; mot knowing the acriptWes nor Inc
porer of God.' Hath the Holy One, hath lie
who is said to be Lore, sent millions OF poor cfea-
lures into tho world, and left them to Peris6 III
utter darkness? Hath lie afflicted with doaincss,
that they should not hear the glad tilings oil ms
goodness? Hath He who SIS not wiling that any
should pcrish,-' left millions of human beings on
the brink Of newt lbe destruction, without the
..oGers of salvation?' Is such the doctrine when
He saws: smy Spirit shall be poured out upon an
Aesh:n when he says IL will put my law III their
:n,cara parts, and write it IN tier hearts: wheh
He saws: ''they shall all khOr me from the great
est to the least:'' when He says: ''ihc dnotniag
abideth IN you, and ye need not that any man
teach you;'7 and If not any man, then not any
book when He says 'thc same amounting teacheth
you all Mings?
He asks, s.wha, identity there is between" my
.inrisible principle and Jesus Christ" BY my
~inpisiblc principle | suppose he means: 1.-The
grace Of GO5,n the ''trnc Light, which arc one ::
i is HG;oa that worko;h in yon." inter from ,.
us language that his ''sivior Jesus Chfisi, IS
r;s;bIe | also infer that his Christ Is crucitiad
Christ within him, il must be another Christ
hope so: know of no risiblc and deaf Christ
have not IS learned Christ" read oil ''Chr'st
in you the hope of glory 'Chrst,' says Paul
'iiveth IN me- again: "antA Cart1 be formed u"
vou:'' again: ss,hnt Christ may dwell an yo"r
hcarts by faith:'' again: ''lf Christ be III you"
again: s'ihe spirit Of Christ which dweiieth an
YOU" Is there iIcatKy here! IS CArtst VINO
is in us ri,i6lc; and the "trne Light tarts'ose.
Let us goa little further: 'no nun hath seen uod
IL, i,,.i, mo
seen tho F.1t,icr'' Does S. u. understand TINS I!
Gle that seen me hath seen the F.H!:cr;" bat as
no man hath seen the Father, 50 no man hath
sccu Christ outwardy; they are 'nrlstoie. Is
there no identity here? Is there rtSlbie ana
dead Christ here? .
slow thenn saws nv opponent, scan it be this
universal Licht?" 'Hpw.' says Nicodemus,
.,.an these things be?' Both questions arc the
offsnrioo of ignorance After all,' says 5. u.
what is il? Is it any thing tangible TO the mind
Or is it u mere phantom Of The Imagination! -
tSay we not weiln said the Jews, "lhat thou art
n Samaritan. and hast depi?' ''Art thou greater
than our father Abraham who is dcad! aud the
prophets are dead? rtom aaheSs hou t'ySey!
NV opponent also wishes to know, how we snail
distinguish tho operations OF the spirit oil ChFist
in our hearts, from own mental feelings
answer: just as we distinguish ono seIf-erldent
truth from another; jlst we know tho light oil
n candle, from the light of the Sna "Uod, say IS
Paul, ''hath rcrealei them unto MS by his Sp'rh
<'They spiritually dIscerned 81. c'i!S 'ne
atruc light which is ''ChriSt ia u.s. and the
Christians only true guide, 'mcrc p'santom' So
also the Jews in.stooll Christ for Bcei-ebnb.
Bat l must not conceal from the reader, the
source from, which S. u. obtained his vindIctive
charges against Geo Fox; and from which he can
derive ''mach more" - concerning TINS son o
the first morning. and his coadjatoss.' ina
source is: the DENOMINATION OF Ouakefism, bt
ELISHA BArEs, an crposicd member, and an apps
tate from the principles OF Friends! Very occo&s
ing authority for my opponent! There, he VII
find the CARRIED story of the $1,000 acres, ttere
too, is tho tale of '.the alteration and titles o
Dety,' the incomplete account o! the "hay-stack
affair, the scott at tho ''nakod. signs and Tbs
false allegation that the ''writings OF these mel
are preferred to the Bible" And is ttis the de
fence which s. u. ma kes of the Calvanistic tenet
which were oppucnod? Is tsis an exhibition
his ability to .'defend" ;hcm9 Is t'is way be Wi
s'giadly open the argument2" Wiii accusation
OF ''infdelity," of '.sant and misrepresentation
of "scurri!ity and quibbiing." of .biae,g uardisn
and blasphemv will such epithetS as thes
from the mouth OF a processing -niaister Of t.
gospel, be received as decisive argument! An
clos, I would nv en- tIo