Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-12-06
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MIR. CODDING,S LECTURES.
Mr.. EDITOR Allow me 10 say few words
in reply to your correspondent sc. of last week.
In criticsing Mr. Coddng he takes precisely
the ground of argument that it was the main eff
fort, as understood it, of Mr. Codding to do
away. Thus to meet Mr.. Codding's view of the
atonement, we are pointed to what is said in He
brews, to what John declared and Peter uttered.
Now, as understand it, all things are either true
or false without reference to Peter, or John, or
Hebrews and as understand it, also, each in
dividual of earth holds relation in himself to
the principles OF eternal truth, and it is his dsty,
in view of the wants of his nature, to go to the
very fount of TRUTH the creator from which he
springs, instead of pinning his faith ON to the
sleeve of any one. Thus, with reference to the
atonement, let US try it one moment in the light
of reason. God is perfect, is he not? Were
not all his laws perfect from the beginning p
Were they not fully competent to carry out all
his purposes with reference to them? If SO,
where exists the necessity of any special inter-
ference TO accomplish any end ? Was it to add
to perfection or to diminish from it? Again,
were not all of Gods laws from the commence
ment fully capable of indicating themselves p
Can any man violate Gods laws without suffer-
ing the penalty of such violation and will not
every man who lives in harmony with Gods
laws, enjoy the blessing of such harmony p
Where the necessity then of special agent to
vindicate the power and majesty of laws, which,
in their very nature, coming from perfect God,
are fully equal to all power and all majesty
Now why not instead of appealing to John or
Peter, or any one else, just look at these things
in the light OF our own reason. But reason you
tell us is fallible. All, it is, is il Well, by
what authority then do you give US the sayings
of John and Peter for you have nothing but your
reason to instruct you as to their meaning, nor
have anything more than my reason to Judge of
them when you present them to me- ! know
that human reason is fallibe for there are thou
sand creeds and sects founded on the same Bible,
and, indeed, hardly two men can be found, who
will read alike and draw the same inference from
passage of scripture, simply because reason
being fallible, men must and do occupy different
degrees and points in the scale of reason and
view things differently.
What, then, was the mission of Christ Ny
reason tells me it was just as is the mission of
any other good man, to practically illustrate to
darkened minds the beauty of virtue. He illus
trated the power of Gods laws by rising above all
the ills of earth--all the prosecutions of wicked
men-and by dying in triumph on the CROSS
lie neither added to or substracted from the law,
but showed in his own person the saving power
of the law for humanity when in harmony with
| it. What the law did for him it will do for all
ofus. If we but initiate his virtues, and in this
manner put ourselves in harmony with the law,
the law will sustain US triumphant throughout
the earth, and uphold us, in victory in the arms
| of death. Every man is saviour in so far as
| he is good. Just SO far as he is filed with
Gods attributes of truth-does he go abroad a
saviour for mankind by illustrating the beauty,
power. and majesty of Gods law. Paul soGs
| saviour; Howard ioas saviour, and every man
is saviour, just SO far as he is good man and
true man. The virtues of Christ showed forth
in his going about doing good to all beneath him,
which was all of mankind. Our virtues, if we
have any, will manifest themselves in the same
way; and as he was pattern for all of mankind,
and therefore saviour for all of mankind, SO can
we be pattern for those who are within our in
fuence, and saviour to lift them at least as high
as our own plane of goodness. What is the use
of our beating all around the bush-puzzling
our minds with Trinties and Atonements, and
a thousand other distractions which never have
been and never will be understood, when the
principles of true salvation may be so readily
understood. Thus:
The end of all effort is happiness
| The Creator is truth, harmony, consequently
happiness. We are in the image of our creator.
| Our happiness must grow out of the same
causes as his does.
His truth and his harmony, from which his
happiness flows, must become ours, and then we
will be happy.
We must develope ourselves in that truth.
| How? AS the life of Christ furnishes the
highest practical illustration of harmony with
that truth take him for example.
He went about doing good.
Here, in my view, is the whole plan of saliva
ton. There is nothing in it about Trinity nor
Atonement-nor anything else which will rem
der it necessary for US to hire priest to make
confusion more COMPOUNDED, and darkness more
distinctly visible. 1t is something which we
all can take right hold of, and when we do, we
have established direct line of communication
between oursef and God and then will flow in
to our nature one unfailing stream of happiness.
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WISCONSIN School AND UNIVERSITY LANDS
Sold and money received by the Commissioners
sance May lst, l850.-Mr. Donald M. Seaver,
the Secretary of the Board, furnishes the follow
ing valuable table for the Madison Democrat
We compile the aggregates