Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-06-02

Laws them aside, with this ssmark a7xis then
beiag tn. conditions Of the biblical part Of the
critters augmentation, let SEQ what can be said
Of the rcusonableness Of his opinions" This
shows on what question r. K objected to the tes-
timooy Of the Scriptures.
He says "absurdaies may be ridiculed.'' True
but he has made out no absurdities 5 vet. nor is
ke likely too. Were l silly enough to as
sert that departed spirits all lived in the moon.
possessed Of all the affections, &C., that they had
earth. he could not disprove it, much less prove
il absurd rithouf aid from the Bible.
Again, he admits that errorists have appealed
to the Scriptures. sbeccusc they the ;aapoT-
lance of their testimony" But sec his PLANTATION.
'Foiled say she ION the field OF argument they
gladly retreat among a multitude OF long dispu-
ted and still disputable tests.-thev have seen and
felt the security of such Il situa,ion.' This shows
what p. Il. thinks ofthe Scriptures. thew good
not for testimony, but hiding place, full Of am
biguIty and justification. witness OF which
thieves and robbers easily avail themselves
in any emergency, but unfit to come into court ln-
stead of saying the witness was So rai~abfe that
every one whose cause was doubtful attempted TO
bride it, he says the guilty easily secure ITS
testimony OF any time and in any cause that II IS
on ''all occasions brought into court, and when
it is dismissed from the stand worthless wit
ness, p Il. points his finger at it and says 'erce
lent ,rritings. Now if the Scriptures prorc moth
ing. what are they good for! For what ''excei-
LENT quality does my friend value them?
Bat S. u. has ssdebased,' ''brut,fied" himself!
Amazing! How! when? where? in believing the
Bible? in receiving what my Maker says, as IN
dubitable truth! If this be TO dcbase, I would
be baser still. glory III thus ''edifying" myself
bv the instructions of infinite wisdom Is this
abjuring reason? have said nothing of reading
the Bible without understanding it, l receive il
on purpose to understand II. p. X. studied his
profession with man whom suppose he consid-
cred n man Of dndoubted veracity and at the time,
his superior in knowledge. Did he, when his
preceptor told him any thing ner, reject it as
worthless and false, because he not sufficient
~ advanced in his studies to prove 1t! Or did he
! receive it on the veracty Of his tutor? Ii the
latter, do | renounce my reason when thus be-
licve what God of truth says? And that on
quest ons relating to a future state, which with
out the testimony Of the scriptures, man, how
ever powerful his intellect can explore? l repeat
the gu sfon, Ho,c does r. X. kno,c anything about
a future state? Will he say from the Bible? No, he
does not admit its testimony as the reader has al
ready Let Reason answer. NJ friend
says, the "intcllectual powers have divine an
origin the Bible - may be, but doubt wheth-
er all the trash that emanates from them has a We
~ divine origin.
4 Bat I wish tho public to understand the true
question between me and p r. In my last in
directly charged him with Infdel;ty. l now ex-
pIici,ly repeat the charge. lad he taught this
openly and alone, / should have held my peace
but when it is insiduously advanced under the
garb Of religion, it is my privilege to speak
am not disposed by any means to discuss the ev
denccs of Christianity, for consider that matte,
settled. Nor are they openly attacked; the POI
son is not given i'll its pure state, but mingled
with the childrcn's food. My only object is to de
tect it there and expose it. The proof of my
charge is already III part before the public; shall
therefore notice but one thing more at present il
its support In his last p. r. corrects me tor say
ing s.author Of the scriptures land saws 'auhors.
Now what ground does p. II. take here? Will he
saw because God did ,rrifc the Bible he is no
the author? No, he will not, for then he mus
say, on the same principle, Paul was not the au
thor of the epistles bearing his name-Washing
ton of his letters, etc, because they employed AZ
lamanuensis. No, he will say God did not dicfas
the scriptures-that the write RS did not speak "a
they were moved by the Holy Ghost,' but a.
thew were moved by human reason, i. e. the pro
auctions Of his own pen much the word o
God the writings of Luke or John. And attc
introducing the ''authors'' Of the Bible maxim.
the most blasphemous ,)retensions and utterin.
the most audacious falsehoods about their being
inspired, Sc he will turn around and say, ''erccl
lent writingsr' How reverence them!
Ihope, gentlemen, you will not feel alarmed a
bout our needing the Occupancy of the Palla
dunn for % years." these matters between m'
and p r. will probably be finally settled befor,
half that time. ] wish not to complain of Won
printer. but he will doubtless share part of tn
blow of p. X. for inaccuracies of language, &c.
So.