Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1853-07-21

Wright made faint effort 10 clear his
God of Nature from the charge of whole
sale murder" and said he ''denied that
the God of Nature ever did send an earth
quake to kill any body-earthquak were
natural omens, and if men had not got in
the way of it they would not have been
+ killed." sc.
We replied TO him. that his natural
omens" were the natural actions of his
God of Nature! and when his God of Ma
iure knew that his s.natural omen" would
pass along that way he gave the innocent
inha bltants of the city. who had never
sinned against him, no notice Of his in
tention. but came upon them suddenly
and overwhe med them in ruin. Where
as the God of the Bible. when about to
destroy the wicked inhabitants of Canaan.
who had planted themselves on land
which the Most High had given to the
children of Israel when he divided the
earth among the inhabitants, gave them
/ forty gears notice of his determination
/ TO put Ioreal into the land he had given
| them; and confirmed the truth of his pur
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works he performed for Israel in Egypt
and in the wilderness: so that the God of
the Bible was better than his God of Ma
;ure. and could not be conde emned by the
law specified.
Mr.. Wright said, "the God of the Bi-
BILE commanded Abraham TO butcher his
son." aud added-''I have been asked il
& ~ .l,I
1t? No! would cut the throat of such a
God" Mr.. Wight uttered this with
terri Die emphasis.
We replied. that when our friend Wright
was follower of Jesus he was a peace
mdn, but now he seems changed TO War
man: that then he was a non-re resiste
mdn-would not use violence If d man
was to injure his family in any way; but
now he is for blood; yes, if only com.
manded--not compelled--tO kill his child
ne would .cut the thrOat of such God!'
We denied that God commanded Abra
ham to 'butcher his son., and when
Abraham put forth his hand to take the
knife God commanded him not to do it.
We affirmed that Mr.. Wright's God of
Nature hal not only commanded, but
compelled tender mothers TO kill and eat
their children, as III cases of siege and
famine in cities. We called upon friend
Wright TO cut the throat of his God, for
he was a far worse God than the God OF
the Bible, even il the former were as bad
as he had charged. Besides, his God of
Nature gives no revelation of reasons for
his murterous conduct; while the God
of the BILE does Inform us of another
life and the reasons of the evils OF this.
Mr.. Wright maintained that the Col
of Nature took men to a better state or
condition when they die. He had how
ever only one proof to offer on this point,
viz: The caterpillar turns TO butterfly,
ergo. man at death is transformed III
like manner.
This wonderful illustration we have
heard urged so many times. in seeming
triumph, that we thought best to show
it's fallacy, and remarked that i'll the case
of the caterpillar life never was eTtlnct:
penetrate his habitation and txtinguisli
life and see if butterfly appears: ne0er.
And the terhy-where is It's trans
formation al death? there 1T lies upon the
earth, and returns to dust. This marvel
lous Illustration of what the God of Ma
:ure does with man at death is evapora-
ted, and proves nothing of his hereafter.
No, the God of Nature gives not one ray
of light on that period beyond this life.
Mr.. Wright had spoken in the most
unmerciful manner of the Levitical priest
hood and its Institutions, calling them
"a contemptibLe foolery;" and then pro-
ceeded to make some criticisms on the
teaching of Jesus. To show how faulty
Jesus was, he quoted Mat. D: II. rs
''Ye have heard that it was said by them
of old time, thou shalt not commit
adultery: but | say unto you. that who
Soevel loOketh OH a woman TO lust after
ier hath committed adultery with her al
ready in his heart" THAT is. said Mr.
Wright, "ifa man desires a woman for
wife, he has committed adultery accord
ing to Jesus!'
We must say We were shocked at such
glaring perversion Of words; and at sdch
an attempt to pour contempt on Jesus
the Life Giver. In reply, we first read
an extract from Lord Bolingbroke, which
DIR. McCuIloh has quoted in his Proofs
of Credibility of Scripture Writer'S" vol.
/, page 240. DR.. McCulloh says
Lord Boingbroke, however inimical
to the theory of the divine constitution
of Christianity. has not hesitated to rem
der the clearest testimony to its excellent
morality. as the following extracts from
his writings will abundantly show. Aud
his observation on the subject of theolo-
gical teaching. not only is credible to his
discernment, but does justice to the act
ual merits of Christianity, which most
Other deists have endea vored to confound
with false teachings of men,"