Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-07-25

managed 10 let the negro escape 20 Canada. No doubt
Captain Pllsbary thinks he has done very smart
thing No doubt he believes The people uc the South
have suspicion Of bis guilt No .loub. he lln,.rs
himself that he has conrivcd the matter, that he
may connne 10 visit the ports of the South md Ia
supply Boston with cargo OF fugitive slaves. Per.
hap5 he is right.
THE REV INFlDELS, THEODORE PARKER
AND HENRY WARD BEECHER.
We have been looking over an Old file oC the In.
vestigntor, an nfclel paper in Boston, Of more
than twenty Years standing. 1t is openly and fanai-
caliy aheistc, aud was ea,abished and sustained 10
propagate and spread at!essui, but incidentally like
al inhcel papers, It espouses the Of all the
other isns. II lie broadly sgrariau, aud would have
lands the common property Of all. II s,lstains wo.
mans rights and ridicules Christian marriage. OF
course, it is an outright abolition paper, and indeed,
il directly or indirectly cu.u,enances and encourages
all the superslIi:G;;s and infdetcs Of the day. Il
has many pets among the infdcl clergy Of Eow Eng.
land, tat none such especial avorite, as Parker
Bcecher The notOri.y which these two men haze
attained, and the poca! power which they wirld,
showsth the Investigator, writing some Years since
had sagacltyt 10 turcsce that they were destined TO
become powerful instruments in the spread oi ..s!c-
t. aud i's Kindred isins. 1t ia the high school or uni
versiy ol Black RepublicanisE. They are q: TIL.
time the most ntiuen nj men Among :he isms OF the
North the only d-riuc: party opposed To- the Demo.
crazy. Greeley and Seward ar. quit. cu.t in the
shade by tarm Gar.Ison's infiri PeudemoniuIn
where ;i.cy aud their Ana3Ons and negrors send
forth their blasphrmous Gnat!ene., is more prolific OF
mischief than the office OF the Tribune, or the dc-k
of the New York Senator lis opinions end It's sayings
are more Important than those OF Seward or Sumner,
or Fremont, for il las Parker lately said in speech
leads the politicians. Judge Butler, too, has shown
that Sumner mere puppet or tool in their hands.
1t is strange, but certainly true. that niLey well
as the other isns finds its sblest aud most efficient
champions among the clergy Of New England.
We Gull from the Investigator the following ex-
tracts from the sermons of Parker pd the papers Of
Beecher:
IL do not believe there ever miracle or ever
will be; every where I find aw-the constant mode
Of the operation of the infinite God. | do not De.
!ieve in the miracles Of the Old Testament or the
New Testament do not believe That the Old les.
lament was Gods first word uor the New Testament
his last. The scriptures arc no fnali;yto me. Inspi-
ratiou is n perpetual fact. Prophets and Apostles lid
not monvpol;se the Father He inspires lnen to-day
much heretofore In nature also Gods SpoGk4 for
ever. Are not these En~ors new works Of Cod Are
not the fossils underneath our feet hundreds OF miles
thick, old words Of God spoken millions of years be-
fore Moses lived! 10 no; believe the miraculous
origin of the Hebrew church, or the Buddhist church,
or the Christian church, the miraculous character
of Je.u. take not the Bible for my master, nor
vet the Church. nor even Jesus of Nazareth for III!
master. feel not at all bound to believe what III,
church says is true, what any writer i'll the Old
New Testament declared true"
Speaking of Christ, he goes to say: die is uy
bes, historic ideal OF human greatness, not wthou;
,,rors no. without the s:G.us ot hs time, and, pro-
suine Of course, 10: without -iiis.' Tho lnrasiga-
tor is delighted with this, and says: "Conadered AS
preaching tits about the most LIBERAL independent and
humane in sentiment OF any thing that co'ues within
our know 30 OF pulpit productions
The extract from B.ecLers paper is Of piece with
his preference of Sltsrpcs Eifes to the Bible. Hi-
heart is with his theme, be gloas over the picture Of
uprising nfde.ity which be paints; "hls wsii is fH-
ther 10 his thought" "Wa believe that n great
change is preparing in religious opinion Of which
many OF our best men know almost nothing 10
;k0ss who are thrown into the currents of LIFE II Is
eviden. that mems minds are in unu'Gal working.
Gnd hG, the very foundations ri religious belief are
rotten and shaking. Among all the earnest minded
Young men who are at this moment leading in thought
and action in America, we venture to say that onr-
fhs ere skeptcal even of the great historical facts
Of Chri.tiani,v What ia told ss Christian doctrine
by the Churches is not even considered by them
And, Furthermore, there 10 among them general i'll
concealed di.trust o: the clerical body aclasa and
an utter Disgust with the very aspect Of modern
Christianity and pl Church worship. This skep;c-
ism is not hppant little is said about it, II is not
pecunrity alone of the radicals and fanatics; many
,r th.,n ur. men Of calm and even balance OF mind
and b.loug to no class of u'raisis. Ii is not worldly
and selfish. The doubters lead in the brarest aud
scEd,oyinr enterprises of the day IL is not an un'
belief 70 bs laughed hOorl at, or hnted down.
II ia cnln, abiding earnest, sorrowful. Not much Of
il ia known alone, but il unGere: Ecw al :he strong
est external movements. There arc humane gliinPse-
of il, You see it in the daily diminishing influences ot
the uuIpt md the increasing influence OF the press;
in the lessrning number of strong aud orgna. minds
who take holi of theology, ami the tone OF the men
who are leading Ancricun thought Il speaks il
those arrange Jns;ngs IL. new revelations l:i in tho
occas,uai dununca;iou of tho o!d."-Beechc: keeps
bad company. He draws we know. tcue picture
of HE party a.d sonpauon'-bu; not Of the wI;1.e
North.