The Delaware herald., 1854-05-17

y NC III IegaIu 10 the morality OF the sale and
rec use OF ardent spirits: awe do sayferless
D d successful contradiction from the word of
"oo that Chrlsts never did atone for the wick
ed, Neether can we believe he died for c."
1here, Gentlemen, you have the tlteological
views of an abettor of the Rum-nar,v. ood 81
one, too, who calls himselfthe chosen or select
according to the forelnowledre of God" So
iar as Sephus' view or opinion of me is con-
serned,i would not pause to hold Controversy:
tor, though but youth, -
Il am not so young
As 10 regard the frown or smile OK men !
AS tOsS or guerdon Of glorious lol: |
we slood' and stand alone, remembered or forgot"
But so far as his contracted views serve to
blnd upon the public mind fallacious and anti
cnrlstian conceptions of the purity of that NOR
ailty lnculcated by the word of God, we will
not only controvert, but will strenucusly oppose
thelr lnnuence and adoption; and not only
would we do SO with him, but with any one else
VINO would utter sentiments in the middle of
the nineteenth century, when the Light of sci
ence, literature and general intelligence is be-
coming disseminated throughout the length
and breadth of earth's donna ins--especially if
he should choose, as the medium of his commu.
nlcatlon, the journal to which was Il contribu-
tor and of which was correspondent.
"ChrIst never died to atone for the sins Of
the wicked" I! For whom, then, did he die -
He tells us that the whole needs not physician.
defy you to prove, by scriptural or logical
reasoning, the necessity of Christ's mediation.
II those who will be saved were chosen or elect
ed prior to the fall Of man. How are YOU to
harmonlZe such sentiments as you have uttered,
with the recorded expressions of Him who
spake as man never did?
IOox pon l.. II
and be ye saved,'' is the broad, COMPREHENSIVE
platform UPON which Christ stands in bis nedi-
atoral relationship to the world and while
he bids all that thirst to come and parta+e Of
the life, and receive the remission of their sins
through the efiicacious influence of the atone
ment or propltlatlon, which he has nude, he
utters expressions that will be, to the incorrig-
bly, wicked, the severest lash in the world of
Voc" q would not come unto me shat We
might have life" All Of which goes to sub
stantlate the doctrine that God has delerated TO
man the privilege of ehoSing or refusing the
use OF those means by which he is brought into
nearer relationship to God, through the media
ton, or sacrihcial interpositon of Christ
You, Sephus, protessed minister of His
Gospel--a city set upon Hill, that it NAV
be seen--a light to direct amid the dark
ness and gloom of earth's depravity ard
corruption,-and yet uttering sentiments and
advancing views which directly conflict with
the teachings of that word, of which YOU are
an ordained expounder or elucdater! Shame
shame! that you should so far forget Yourself
and the dignity Of your commissoA, as a mes
senger OF grace to condemned man. rs to utter
such words ana subscribe to such opinions as
you have.
But, again-you ill find. by referring to
ha 20 L CS
former numbers of the Herald, that never said
that he was the individual who used to take his
=" demDohn" to the nearest gropgcrv for the
purpose of getting it refilled merely drew
parallel case, leaving the reader to make such
induction from premises as he chose. Sephus
makes the induction, and comes out and tells
the world that he is the man! Very well, Mr..
Sephus, If such description is applicable TO your
particular case, we have no objection that You
should appropriate such remarks TO your indi-
vldual benefit. know that you have writhed
under some OF my expressions, but can't help
Tiny commission is, TO "cry aloud and spare
not; and l mean to fulfil lic's mission to the
very letter.
Sephus acknowledges to the world, that he is
the man who used to ride by the place where |
resided, with the "demiiohu," or "big iug."
filled to oyerflowing with Iifc's richest q boon.
according to his phraseology,) but says that it
was far "harvest times" and Tor "medicul per-
poses" Harvest must have taken considera-
bic quantity of it for "medicul perposes. :"
judging from the number of times that used
to see the "sulky" and 'ldemijohn" in close
proximity. ..-.....
lie used to buy it for "harvest times -
Wonder if it was of any practical utility to
those who were laboring in the heat of the sun
Wonder II Sephus, or those who were employ
ed by him, could accomplish any more work, in
given Time, with it, than they could have
done without it And if so, (Which do not
beiieve,) does not the danger of increasing the
temperature of the animal system augment in
exact ratio with the quantity Of exciting :tigas-
las taken into it! And further, is not the prac-
tice of drinking this exciting beverage, when
the temperature of the system is greatly in
creased by the heat of the atmosphere, and by
laborious exercise, to say the least of it, very
foolish, as well as unphilosophical And the
practice has long been discontinued by those
who have become acquainted with the philoso-
ply of mans nature, and with the constituents
entering into the composition of dihtilled and
drugged" liquors!
But they (the laborers) wanted IL, urges the
objecfor Admitting that the labornq classes
have not been, and are not now, properly in
strueted in relation to these things; and tbst
they have been unfortunate enepgh, from evil
and njudicious associations, to contraet the habit
of indulging in the use of the exciting stirns 4.
lus,--is that an excuse or an apology for setting
such temptations before them, and BY those, too,
whose duty it is to +" walk in the fear of the
Lord, denying themselves Of all ungodliness
and worldly lusts,"-that they may become. a
pattern to those by whom they are surrounded !
Certainly such as are guilty of these things are
censurable, and, at Gods Judgment bar, they
will learn that man cannot set before the COM
munity corrupt or evil example, without re-
eeiying therefor the displsasure and condemna-
tion of Heaven,
: Sephus says that his last 8 communication so
checked the wheels of the Herald that the for
mer Editor cold not drive. it aney ferther."-
With all of his ignorance, he is an egotist.--
Thinks tLat has article---that his arguments
could impede the onward march Of the great
temperance and moral reform, which is agita-
tinr the minds of fhe rnagsaS IF The ,,oo.,IaI