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The Letter.
May lie Nho has lhe power, an always The +
will, when earnestly. hnmby, and deyotedlS en-,
treated support aud eomot yeu my brother, /
Shall not point 10 HE trea spres which remain 10 /
YOU in>your surviving children, and their mother,
dearer than all Of these put together. Nos
have felt too deeply how lutte power have words
that play round the head 10 reach the heart when
il ii soTey wounded, 'fhes common p'asesol
consolation are at he tongues end Of all ~ self
complacent aud satisfied, tom the pedant priest
10 the washer woman. (fhey who dont feel
cantaIk J | abiare them ALL The father 81
Lord Russell, when coadped with aceordingto
lorm by the book, repfed,d"l would pot give my
dead Tor any ether mans living" May tbs
thought cone home5toA Your bosoa, ton; bui nut
on lie same occasion. May the spirit u God
which is not The ei.iRaera6 i heated hFainS, nor
device Of afllul men TO Tighten aud csjoe lke
!, pdpIous bin, is as muchHaa existence thtr4can
ia ie,, nd understood as the mhis Perings Of your
own hea. /, or the love you bore 70 him that You
have losi-n,.r that sSsrit, which is The c0lnlo,t-
or sEAdshts iniluL ice uprnyoGr soai, and ineltne
wear heart and uno> 'anding 70 Tie only right
way witch r. that III liz etefhal! Dtdy6i ever
read Bishop Brtier's Anaiagy2 not, will
send il to you. Have you read The Book =
What say upon THIS SUBJECT moi Gnly believe,
but know 10 be true-that tie Bit.e, stud ed
with humble and CpDtrlte HedIls never 9et tdlIt
ed to- do its work, evdn with thoseswho fran i'd.
osyncfacy or .disordfed minds have conceived
thatthey were cut eli from its promises 9; life
To come
ASK and We shall receive seek and sc shall
find. knock and Il shall BE- opened unto you. =
sJuis was nv onIy support aud stay during years
Of mserssand darkness; and justa had usno7t
begun 10 despair, after more Than ten years pi
peni,ence dprayer, i please tiod Y en4e !2tne
+ 10 see the Truth; 70 hich until thep my egetlal
/ bren sealed. TOihjs vouchsaiemenl have made
our rede@B65es ny 6fOter r. orr led iedem @P
lion-the ranse84 81 sinners--of al who do moi
hug tteir ehains0hd refuse 10 come ont from the
house 81 Bondage say; that | would moi ok.
change my lltlezYArton~in the Son el David
for llfe power and glory Of The Parhian M RoI
man emptes, as described by Milton III tic temp.
aton OF our Lord and Slviour--not for als with
which The enemy tempcdthe Saviour Of man.
ihis Is the seGtet OF the change OF my Rpifiis,
witch all who kHnw me must have observed with.
~ a lew years past. After years spent ID ham
Die aud con'rte eurca1y l6at the Tremendous ST.
crillce on Mount Calvary might net have been
made IN vain f0r: me--ll,e elfiefest,oE sfnbersu
pleased God p speak hsppaec into nv heaIt-
that peace Of God which passeth All understand
ing TO them that know il not, and even To them
that do Aud although have now, as ihen, 10
feproaeh myseli wtitI1memis sFentand faculties
unemployed; although my condition has On
more than enc occasion resembed that of him
who, having one evil spi.it east out. was taken
possession Of BY seven other spirits mge wicked
than the hrstpand tie first aso yet trust, that
they, too, by the power and mercy Of God, NAV
be, II they are mol, vanished.
But where avn runniDgao! On this subject
more hereafter. Meanwhile, assure yourself Of
what is VI small value compared wlih that of
those whoare piece OF yourself; Of The unchang.
ed regard and sympathy OF veur mothers son =
All my God remember To have seen her die
to have followed her to the grave, te have won
dered thatthe continued TO rise and set and
the order OF nature 10 go.On. Ignorant Of irae
religion, but not yet an atheist, remember with
horror, my mPious expostuat.ns with God upon
this bereaVehent,-" but not yet an atheist.n-- |
Tie existence of atheism has 0een denied, bu,
was an honest one. Hume began, and Hobbies
finished me. i read Spiuoza and all the tribe !
nreiy tell by no ignoble hand. And the rery
81 who gave me Hume'S Essay upon lIu. I
man Nature" 10 read administered "Beallie upan I
Truth, "as tue anlidoe--Nenfe treacle against (
arsenic and the4essentia OF. Of bitter almonds-a I
bread and milk poultice for the bite Of the cobra
capello.
lad rerhasheda successful political leader.
! might never have been christian. Bat il
pleased God that my pride should be mortified +
friends !; thai, except in tie veins Of a maniac. /
and he too, possessed /" Of child by deaf and
dumb spirit" there shosld not run one drop Of nv
father Is blood 10 any living creature besides n.y.
seli. The Death Of Tudor finished my hnmia
ton. 4 had tried all things but the refuge Ia
Ghrisl, aud TO that, with parental stripes @as +
driven Often did / cry out with the father Of
that wretched boy. Lord 7! | heliese-help thou
mine unbeiief;" and the gracious mercy Of our
Lord 70 this >wayerfg faith, staggering ander the
force OF the hard heart OF unbelief, | humby
hoped would, in mis- good time, be extended 10 me
also.-St, Marx, wiz 1929
Throw Regelaiien aside, and / eau drive any
man BY irresistible inducton,to atheism. John !.
Marshall could 90, resist me. When sayany
man, mean man capable OF logical and con
seqaential reasoning. Deism is the refuge Of
those that startle at atheism, and can't believe
Revelation: and my - (may God have forgiy.
en- Us both, qand myself used, with Dderot& Co.,
to laugh al the deistfeal bigots who must have
nils, no. being able 10 digest meat All theism
Is derived from Reveiation-thzt of the laws con.
fessedy Our own is from the same source-so
isthe false revelation OF Mahomel; and can't
much blame the Turks for considering the Franks
and Greeks TO be idoatoFs. Every other idea
Of one God that floats in the world is derived from
The tradition Of the sons Of Noah handed down 10
their posterty.
But eRongh-and more than enongb-I can
scarcely guide my pen. | will, however, add
hat no lukewarm seeker ever became Chris.
ian; for from the days Or John The Bap;ist IN.
IL now, the kingdom Of Heaven suffere,h vio.
ence, and The violent take il by forces text
which read 500 times before had the slightest
conception Of its true application.
four brother, j. r.. Of Raanake
To II. ST. G. Tucker, Esq