The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-11-27
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Mr.. OUMET lA-I saw antiUuHepd III
| your columns sometime last week,
| that Oh snnday morning, Kew Mr.
| Byinglen wguld give d lecture ots lhe
| doctrine Of universal salvation. Az /
had never before heard axpoinded the
i principles Of That doctrine, and fell d
desire Of hearing, III order to Judge for
myself Of its MIXTURE aud ttuthfttlhess !
together with h few PERSONS, required
to The Court House, early Oh Sunday
morning, and there found Mr.. Bying
ton, faithfully awaiting The coming Of
his audience.
Luckily | do mol belong totlle Pres
bytefiap church, nor the Episeopalian,
and therefore have u right to listen to
the words Of any Minister, whatever
be his denomination, free 10 reject al
! Ter having heard, or to believe If my
reason tells mo thai The doctrine is less
absurd than that other denominations
profess 10 believe. IF a Mormon Mis-
sionary were 10 come among rs and
invite The public to come ahd he In
sttueled In the faith of brigham Young
! would 90 and listen TO ths follower
Of Smith The prophet. Should his
doctrine meet my views, | would not
be afraid TO worship publicly at the
altar Of bis God, regardless Of public
opinion or Of the indignation Of olllsf
parsons. Not that | feel in any why
inclined towards the institution If poly
gamy nor do | feel any sympathy with
the saints but when see. III au age
enlightened as this Is parsons styling
themselves +" Ministers Of God" eo0-
demning as absurd, diabolieal and in.
rernal, any system Of religion (wlioss
end Is undoubtedly the same, " The
glory Of Cody because IL does not coin
eide with theirs when hear clergy
men denounuing ether denominations
fotbiddibg Tie members Of their own
churches from hearing other preachers.
II strikes me that there must be very
little principle /, very little truth very
little good, III church where par
sou III order 10 preserve bis eohgres
CATION, must keep the faithful in
darkness and ignorance must tell
them not TO listen to any voice but bis,
less they may see true light and find
out chat they are kept in darkness aud
their faith is absurd. When a religion
is pure, their is no necessity Of uphold
ing it by ignorance and intolerance.
Let me return TO my subject as /
have just said, Mr.. Byington, was patti
emily awaiting the coming Of bis audi
enee. It came al last. The oongre.
cation was small. Mr4 Byington, pro-
oeeded at once, and after prayers and
singing began his sermon. There
was much force and argument In the
discourse. invite the public TO at
tend The next and think that had /
been opposed TO universalism, | would
have been converted by the unanser-
able arguments made use Of by the
speaker. The whole audience seemed
enchanted by bis words judging from
the attention with which his hearers
listened to him, for over an hour aud
a half. To those who feel any interest
in the propagation Of this truly chris
tian doctrine, / would suggest the idea
Of getting from the Police Jury; by
grant or rant the old Court House, rs
soon as the now one is built. II can
be converted into temple Of worship
and do much towards the reformation
Of morals. Tho building will BIO of
no use to the Parish, and will be hard |
" worth tearing down. by leaving 1t
stand, it can be- made to serve D USE
ful purpose, and will not DO ID the way |
Of any one. CosMofotdTE.
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ExraAvAaANcE In DaEss.---Tn o
city Of Belgium Extravaganza has as
sumed such alarming proportions that
the ladies themselves have been obi.
ged to combine for The purpose Of ar.
resting its disastrous progress. Itap- |
pears that extravaganoe had been for
some years source Of constraint In
families, and it was noticed no mar
riages were contracted, since the
young men, frightened at the bills
doomed up in the distance, prefsrriug
to live in ceibaoy. The mothers re-
cognized the Inconvenience Of state
of affairs encouraged by themselves,
have resolved to bring about sautary
reform, and with this Wow they have
formed a notn,nittap which neefa fnce |