Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-06-30

WUUtH young nan reels. ne Sacrincl
will ne less Ia the than you. Fake he
and God bless you"
The sou tell on his fathers shoulder.
and weening. would have refused the booi
bu, Mr.. Wallingford was inexurable no,
would he suffer the ceremony To be defer
red more than day-,1re ample settle.
men, he made To his son fully reconcline
| Nj r.. Benton to the match.
From the Knckerbocker.
TOLERaTIO.v'.
Do unto others as you would that others should Do
unto you"
:" He is skep,ic y says one have
nothing to do with him - Yes he is a
skepu., and ,i'eref,re ii is the duty Of all
good Christians /; nf all VIII" have the vel
fare Of,i,eir souls at heart !; Of all unchange.
able belle. ers ~ established forms and
creeds. to shnn him as they would The
pIag"" They deem him the victim Of
moral pes,iIence. and fancy that he scat
,ers disease and death wherever he goes.
Is Truth then 30 weak. and her influence
on her followers so enerva.ing?
But who is this skpp,ic! Is he honest!
: Dh yes u" "ne doubts tia, he is sincere
honest. and DESTROYS Of heing truly virlu-
"">; hui all this makes him only $" much
the more dangerous. lie is Satan in the
garb If an ang ~ lIow do you know he
Is dewitt You do no, know il; but |
will tell you why you think az y"u do;
why y"nj"dge thus l'ar<hly If your br"h-
rr. |, Is because he is not a hri-,ian ac
c"rsling To y"ur creed. And who made
SstAH4 r1.'lEf AMI ..i.a ma, JESUS IS the
CHRIST; hr b-lieses il Ia be his duty. and
feels il To- be his privilege. 10 IL G"D
with all his heart. aud ais" III love his
neiyhbnr a himself; hui I've does not be-
,ieve some other things that sou do; he
does noi subscribe to every item "f your
church ere. Il. aud .herefnre he is Ia you
hea,heni BE not u,ri,arilable. "r you
..ay disgust im a, The "ulse, with VIVA,
you deem Christianity. lie has already.
lhr",,gl, much Toll. c",nprri,rnde,l aud re-
rri,e.i the above cardinal articles 81 your
faith; speak kindly Ia him. encourage
aim. and he may in due time understand
md enblace the remaining and minor arr
lrIes.
l}u, how came you with yonr creed &
We're won educated To il! Did you take
il on the authority f y"ur teachers! All.
indeed! Then if y", had been born
Turk. il w"nl.l have been Il >in ~ ynn :"
have questioned The truth If I-lami<n. l,
Is nnw a sin Err y"n I" ak d turk :" d"nbt
he anhnrlv III his ,eat hers. IL it Is right
I" believe all that our early spiritual guides
have laugh, US. aud a lin IL dub, the in>
i'l;lhli,y of their authority. III n all those
are righl who unhesita,ingly recei the
r4ligi"n Of their fathers; then are all man
kind rish,. except sEep,ics and renega-
.up. and even The >kpp,ics are tight. u
their parenls and teachers we're skrp'i"s
before Them. Call home Your missi"na-
rir.: abnli-l, your societies t"r the CON
version nf The hea,hen! You ask hem !"
in when you invite them To e"a"ripaie
,l,psn-elves from The ,hralt'.,m ri authority
Ibis is >lavish. u" br Il sa ing. y""r>
must he living la,,h you must work "u'
Your own salvation; Others cann"i a." u
f.r YOU You may build up y""r own
faith, and breathe Into il the brea,I, "f lie
from yn,,r own soul. Y"u mus, begin by
doubling; you must he a skep,ic >kep
tic. bu. M, Il mere raviler. he earnest.
he ,ru,h.lovirg ..Serk and you shall
find: knnrk and it shall he opened unto
you.'' Aud look not a-kance on Others
who seek ,ru,h in different path from
Your own, for the castle If Truth hath ma
nv approaches: nor on those who knock
NO., A, The ra.be door with Yourself. fur !,
hath many portals; ay, and many pos
tern and pri ale entrance. by which those
whom YOU despise may chance to "h'ai"
an audience brfo G you with your crowd
shall have reached even Tie an,e-room OF
the rastle.
You teleive in certain creed and GER
Tain forms nf worship; and Il y"n believe
with all your heart. | say God speed you
on YOUR road ,n heaven! ! will never al
Temp, tn sw+rve you from wha, you deem
the patti, Of duty. by dennnr'a'i"n and
threats Of the penalties of hell-fire. be-
Iieving as sou do. i. would be FIN 70 ar'
otherwise; il would he a sin in me !" ask
you 10 belle your Conscience. ! may ~
deed ques,inn Your belief. and int"rn y"''
Of min bu, l have II" right I" condemn
you if you canno, yield yours and adopt
mine.
Have charity. dear brother! have chars
ity fpr those who differ from you. All
stoinarhs cannot digest the SAME kind "f
ttn.I all souls rannot draw nouri>hmen'
from the same spiritual ail,net All eyes
rann,a see ,l,r"ngt the same speciacle<
all souls carnot Worship through the same
r.. ...,.,t discern f:nd filrOiyuh the