The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-06

e- q the Bible n ere instance thsa II ID nst Inspired
book especially when you may a.d zen thousand Just
divinity Of the Bible. All Chrstsndom receives the
Hin = the word q Gsd- But What does this avail
a; cst Of word Of God soass
ism Rome believes in the Bbls out Of comes Nor
monim for they believe in the Bble out q u come:
Prssby terasn ara Methodsm, and al the othsr
sects which countlsss for they beevers in IL
each other giving ss lie 70 each others
Of the matter and desirous possible OF discriminating
all the rest but Themselves Now sir the Bible does not
60 for Mormonism and against it, for Rcmanism and
against It. for Episcopacy and against it. for Preshy-
teranism and against it, for Methodsm and against II,
and TOR Unversalm and against 1t II It does; why
then il is book Of contradictions monstrous that Of
II did not from Above IL Is OF the earth
sarthy-of man. Who is right in this natters Who be-
neyes in the Bible put It to you all TO give in
teeible answer Who is it in this world believes in the
Bibes What it to believe in the Boes nan tells me
that he believes the Bible TO be the inspired word of
God. Well what does that prove Nothing. for he
might just as well have remained dumb. then pro-
word of God ~ and then he begins tell me and find
that he Is papist, or Mormon, or Methodist, or
upiversslist, or Unitarian or swsdeneorgisa And
this IL his belief in the Bible and nothing su Ais
What now have ascert2ineds What divine insp&s1isn
isY Not at all What the Bible teachess Not at all
but only what ne thinks the Bible teaches Nov, what
he thinks the Bible teaches IL thing. but what the
Bible actually teaches quite another thing and the
that any man say with any degree Of humility upon
In my judgment it teaches this doctrine or, be-
eve the Bible goes for this icular measure butt may
be misaken-lisble for am liable, TO msnterpret the
anguarae Of the Bible, and am ready 70 be corrected
We must have assumption. Thank God for the great
Protestant doctrine of the right Of private Judgment
that every OF must give an account OF
himself, not to the Pope. not to the Pres
byterian Synod, not to the General Assembly,
not to the Legislature Congress- but must give
account of himself to God alone Therefore, II is my
privilege to lake the Bible and examine for myself and
although all the rest Of mankind dissent from me, It Is
r%riUb %oh n
ege but sacred rgat to be exercised without con.
demnsi ion and without persecution. (Appause) What
does the Bible teach? One says 1t teaches eternal
for another says it teaches just
the viz the doctrine OF universal and everlasting
salvation One says that God exists IN the Trinity while
another teaches such doctrine but the Trinity
of God One says goes for despots, in the case
of Nicholas of Russia for Nicholas believes in The Bible
only it 10 Bible interpreted TO 60 for Nicholas.
(Appause All the religious people in Russia say that
the Bible sanctions autocracy and forbds and frowns
upon democracy In England all religious people say that
the Bible gees for limited monarchy and eschews auto
cracy the hand and repubcansm upon the other
and in country Hbethat is our democratic in
hcanism. and if it does not do not care, for no
man shall be king over us. although the Bible may read
nom pui We should think Be- tempted to tar
and feather the who would go through our land,
advocating the overthrow of repubic government
and the establishment Of monarchy. (Applause Aud
yet the Bible reads, honor the kng but not only
win not honor the king, but will have no such creature
ieve in the Bible or to reject it Does the Bible go
total dsplavty and deny the doctrine Does it for
it allow taking oaths and swearing? Yes and no We
told the hand that IL does and the other
hand that it does not Does it go for keeping Fast days
little wine to be taken now and then-against teetota
ism? and then does 60 for eetoasm and against TAX
isg little wney Yes and no. And 50 snsYer the be.
it go for equality between woman and man, or does
il place women below menf Yes and no. Does 1t
upon the other side Of the Atlantic, but upon
this side it does not do any such thing And yet It is the
book Why believe the book2 does it so for tenn
pie worship stated occasions does sweep away
all those places and make it in spirit and IA trnthY 1t
for the and for the other just according to the
the potter mouids the clay in his hands l. is entirely
plaster. Ia a warrior, he goes with his max
ing spirit TO the Bible and cuing its pages he picks
out here and there what he thinks ustes him in being
warrior Suppose peaceful man looks the book,
be finds in his favor, and so nerprets it, human
Bible and makes it all out to his own satisfaction. Again
Every aboltonist with whom am acquainted believes
that the Bible, whether in the Old or New Testament
sganst the accursed law of slavery and the accused
slave OF country And we have these various
interpretations, and they without end VINO is to
this, that the other view is the correct one? Let
us come to the practical part of il Hero is
the question Of slavery How sna we settle the ques
Bible and hailed upon both sides who
make Ingenious arguments and throw texts al each
others heads al the year through to and dsrove
the right Of slavery How shall settle t Never by
the Bible for that book never yet settled any question
never and in the nature OF things settle any
thing. The thing is always settled beforehand. What
b,ra 20 10 60 a. tbo Rbla "A ali ia se.tia h;nv
The NJ .veyv ia svstsm naloable IN ths shne
VI Afoiy - y ', VIZ "uo's
Wofio D@t US ook a. the Eysen as ~ Is anu We can set
tie pom its own merts and slavery works well for
who slavery, then DO not what any book
IN tho universe savs will 0o for IL Tnpra Ia the ouas
- - 80 2 bnan+e 10 n ~ ha ssttlaS hr .nfas1
~ VI .ap,,I ~ W O 49,. ~ sPfIa.
ng 10 the Bioef Never You may nnu texts upon luis
apd the other side OF the questionand how wilt you ret
tie God has not shut us up this dreadful necessty
of citation Of words written we knoy not by
~ , in ,he saaS hafnra =. "a a;s,,or,a a.
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oey. Sow ne tnAt tne solows pressAss .ne hneuung
Of oood restrans men from CRIME ana Dement'S society,"
WIN go ior me gaiows-l Con are what DOCK says
10 ne cUnnay NoN asregaras war IS y gooo LOT our
ns''pa ana oeesg mahsna anu therefore am IA favor
upon the other hand, It initiates against the
prog1eis of the human race AID against human liberty,
a sgast NJ anu 50 every snng 70 20 setea upon It's