The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-06-03

reviewed 'hc popular idea Of He'll, and
having previously considered The prop
osi'ions sof TIE Fall Of man, Divine
wrath, Dogma Of The Devil. etc, VIC
are nsss ready to consider the merits
Or d"mcrits Of a Dogma which may be
considered the very ne plus ultra Of
the Christian theology The key stone
Of the whole structure, namely: Re-
dcmpton Of Man by Mediation |
will premise that the Christian by
pothcsis Of God, is thacthe Supreme
Beng is a corporation. or kind of
eternal partnership or alliance of three
great powers or principles. The Di
vine Firm being entitled God. |, was
this Divine firm or trinity of~powers
whose edlcts were violated by man
and which dccreed that the human
race should suffer eternal death aid
punishment. There were, therefore,
two parties At variance. The Om
nipotent "triunc God " or Father on
one side, and bis IuckIess children on
tho other Now. in such a posture Of
mundane and celestial affairs, what
would a spectator (mhich e0ery man is)
antici pate, supposIng a treaty Of peace
about to be negotiated by " Medja-
ton y He could not imagine one of
the conflicting powers to become me
dlator for that would bc no me1i1o.
ton at aW, but a voluntary compro-
mise. Yet such, christianity asserts,
acas IT,. fact One branch of the trl-
pie Deity, it is said, disguised himself
in the human form, and undertook the
rIost fantastic piece of diplomacy ever
imagined, that of mediating between
his children on earth and himsey y-'
One Mird. or one Of the three princi-
pies Of the " Godbead '-(oN Of whom
mrre equolly sinnJ ogain$D, becomes
mediator between the rebels and The
other two -Mrds, or principles, besides
McdIatlng for himsef.
Now, to suppose party to foediote
for himself is ridiculous to say the
laest. 10 "cap the climax : Of alb
surdi'v, christianity teaches that this
vauntcd Redemption Scheme will
be Of no efficacy whatever, except to
such as BELIEVE it to be fact. He
that BELlEvETu (these dogmas) shall
be saped. but he that bcllcyeM tthem)
not, shall be domneri " $50, .his-so-
called glorious manifestation OF Divine
Wisdom aud Love, is to turn out 81
most complete failure after ALL
Christcmlom does net comprise one
fourM the earth's Inhabitants and wifh
an christ'un countries not one Ia ten
Of Me popula'ion IS a nennine prachcol
=" bciicucr. - Your celebrated "Plan
of Salvation = appears THEREAFTER a
trIai Of nearl y nineteen ccntnries-has
50 far provad a most miserable abor-
ton. A nsount0in has laborcd and
brought f"rsa a mouse. " O, Man, If
Christianity be true, thy chance for
happiness is maroon indeed And You
say sir that it " QUILT 10 be true, if it
is not p" And this famous " Plan -
absurd, dishonorablc, inefficient dog
ma Of Mediation ought to be true, =
no, it ought mott rejoice that it Is not
true thank God 10 not believe
him capable Of such duplicity and ty-
rany. a
The fact Of Gel or :sf,y part of the
Divine personality, attempting to me-
diotc for man, or to Redeem or Sure
him, itself shows that man was in no
7anyer of destruction. II God had
Of Il truth sworn eternal vengeance
against his rebcIlious children, then it
would have been impossible for any
sympathy or pyetcn3cd meditation to
have come from that quarter, unless
we "i>honor God by supposing him to
be very caprlcious and unstable in his
government. DO not christians every
day assure him of their belief that he
is without variablcness, or shadow Of
turning 2" If so, how can he say he
will do anything and not execute it ?
How could he repent, or Mediate,
or treat on any terms after he has de-
rided in his own wise councils to de-
>trov his children When God WILLS
then there is no reversing