The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-12-08

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fgaoe e'c ana non
81 1a M M s
change With 81 tt 8e Here pIinci.
ciple let ehst q lls 4asi6l pursuits 81
And tsd moral chang quite rs.
qdens e1a quite soroogh Did ileker happen,
ID ths taiI7 al that aliIuI ainost "a.
colligab I'D beeaHs dotIlo| kInd and obliain1
20 Ills DID thp dfunk nd csc e6au.
chez ever leloFn Ae sd hilile mofal
Gel Ilon ever eonscee3ed Outside tie Der.
YieV q ehristanilyl Did 1litad aE Inspire
the breasl aud move the feelings and change he
heart q man towards benelaetor Did man
ever fevisN bic conduct, repent 81 what he had
done and turn round and confess his fault, aud re.
pair 6 lar as possible, an injury be had done 8
fellow ereetares Aud ere these chances confined
tothe hanos The eyes and The intellect Of does
the heaflye and tbe inmost ceilings of the SOU
move CORES ponding and constitute the very IS
aolca ol these chan9
u thus extract testimony from the obiector
himself sc Dc DOT travel begend khe cope Of the
objection. And SCI IA and ID respect b christians
1ty' ws zee similar changes. Here the constituent
principles, making up. d lornIln change are
Of course such IS CORE pond to The lelation be-
tween God and man relates to zion.
Tho simple truth 81 aen that il the common
anairs of ls, change 81 arioas kinds take plnee.
These changes has peet moral feelings,
moral conduct, oecapadols intellectual puls
labo1f d dress 81 whatsoever i may chance to
be- They are changes ia tic relation Of man to
his fellow man. Re ion has respect to the red
ton 81 MAI % his God; nd SO 81 course, the
change here must affect that relation. And We
find It. to Be the case The objection then against
the doctrine 81 ton, if there be any such
objection, IS, that IS reasonable--that it is phil-
osophical--that thechauge corresponds toits prin-
ciples, OF its subject matter Ifit were merely
such q change as takes place il society, among
men Il wonld Be liable . tie same objection as
supposed change IL the feelings ct . person 70
wards benelaeter, or ID matIlmony, e T were
found to Be only such a change as q pers under-
goes ii altering lis la9or o. his apparel The OBJ
lection IS, then, aimed against the phHesophic
truth, and not against aliy error involved - the
case; and therefore f does not exist.
9Th Another very SERIOUS and much talked OF
objection to Christianity IS said, OF supposed to
lie against its INcoMPREHEssIBILITY. There are
mysterious things about It which / cannot com
prehend says the objector; the cause Of the result
IS not always seen and understood; and how then
why then can be called upon to receive and
submit to that which cannot understand The
requirements Of religion are unreasonable nnless
the scheme be graduated to M understanding.
How can man 4ecelUc scheme OF system be
does not understand
This objection, certainly presents some formidas
be appearances; but still when promise to adopt
and act upon il to the extent any other man viii,
Il seems to me am PROMISING very little. Let
sas any man doesi any man en- entertain
the objection We IRE Of the 1E n1 We
meet.
The agriculturalist does not understand the
cause Of vegetable growth; and yet he readily re-
ceiyes and acts upon the system. The mechanic
and the man Of science invariably, and without
hesitation, act upon the principle Of The attrae
ton of grayitations and yet no man knows tUhat
that IS, OF irhg or hon It operates. a hungry
man seldom fails to eat because he cannot eompre-
bend the system. And yet 30 man ever pretend
ed to know aEhg food IS necessay to health and
comfort A mariner sets out to cross the ocean
without hesitation; when al very well know that
the lives Of al on board depend upon q principle
that IS called magnetic attraction. Ia the hinder
part Of the ship re see small spindle or needle
OF iron, q few inches 10 length, which Is charged
with something we know q what; the needle Is
suspended II the middle On pivot and never fails
60 point to The north. Can any man understand (
Why the compass does not sometimes, OF always
point to the east vest or ID other dilec llons Men
rely implicitly upon information received IS they
say. By telegraph. And yet DO man Stands
4raat electricity really Is. OF how i passes along
the wire, or indeed whether anything passes asong
the wire at AL
TT { len, there be man who entertaas this OBJ
lection, against religious he cannot for tse same
reason, depend upon the at1aetion Of gfaVitatlop,
efmagnitism or cohesion. BE cannot believe there
Is power il steam engine; loI Be does not under-
stand the principle Of expansion u water BY be-
ING heated. lie cannot take medicine, plant corn,
or eat when he IS hnngry
A nd ehapafona IL anroors hnunnd e0nkV0vprrv
Or even the attempt ct caFil that the objection
docs not exist.
9th. Another objection olteBtimes urged against
(hristianity sagainst is doctrine Of REpENTA1cB
aKD PRAYER It SAYS, # God be interchangeable
Low can these things change him2
This objection IS obviously self destructive IN
Itself. infrinscally Itfails to make pf0F lion.
The objection, 10 mean anything IS against Tie
possibility Of change d relation betWeen God
and man This relation cannot Be altered, It Is
said because God IS Indianapolis This IS not Q
logical proposition; because i might be that The
change necessary ID producing hRnge of rela-
lion between the parties, wee Cd Tie part Of
man To assert that the relation cannot be
changed, IS the same as to assert that neither paI-
les can change; not that one Of the parties IS
For t might turn ont that God il his aehanes
lbIeness IS willing to confer blessings and favors
lp0n repeDtant and prayerfnl persons, when be
vii not act in the same manner towards unrepent
mt and unprayerful ones. Let il be asserted that
mans nature IS such that he cannot change from
state of nonrepentance and non-p ayerlalness to
state Of repentance and prayerialness and then.
ut not TIL then, may Gods nnchanga be
Headed / bar TO tie doctrine Of prayer and re-
len,ance.
This demurrer IS obviously conclusive. But
without the demurrer, We might proceed 70 show S
S ii former cases. that doctrine ID hand,0f re-
Ientance and prayer, IS doctrine universally re-
eiTed and acted upon IN general society, II many /
bia ton indeed against religion, that ne. ID re-