The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-04-09

Ckrist not q writer ssFlF
: Ole 6fiAe nost1ssnhrksble faet6 ih-the
history Of Christ ID, tbdt heaIeft no writings
behind hlms and the a0nlyEfeoord there isDof
bic writing anything 10 Ia Increase where
e'hs stopped down and sxi,hahis16Dger wtote
uPoa the ground, sWhst he wrote then and
there no one knowsi perhaps the most plau-
'sible conjecture i, that he wrote .thie answer
to the Question; whether The woman taken IN
the act oi adultery should be stOnedY aHe
t6SS u wfikOG, sin AMONG yoa; lei hid. tsst st
Ia stone at her."-Ifearef, dfd thfs stfahSge
fact ever fseGsto you; that the sfeutest5Fs.
fdfmef7that ever lhsd14 4professedly The idiI
vine teSehef sent Of GSd To- reveal his trtitii
TO the worid--and who now soi1msnes ahe
Eeredehce; the respscta nadfhe most pfSIound
admirations of gtbe enlightened world, and
who isielaimed, ,as The fsadthor and finishef',
Of great system otiaith,and practice. has
left tshipd him pofseptsnce ,of, bis writing.
aba those apkppwp sharrcters written With
his sfuger ip thefsssd constitute the sun to,
tai Sfsll his wrItiags ofwhieh there u any
account! 49,.
Is there, or, has there ever been, since
the Invention ot Letters, or even rude hierc::
glyPhics any such thing ,asra system 81: Re.
igiop, whose founder did no. tsAe iisSSs.I special
pains to reduce his teaehings t6 writing, and
thus give them the most exact and perman.
ent formt d3eb9A sb osstedq'A nsaaE"E.e3
hTRs Bfahinids have itheiP Vsda., thsit
Podranas, tiisir Rd%syan snd ,hsir Laws
Institutes u Menu, andt6sse are all9wiittsn
aud preserved with the Utmost icurs.a The
Chinese nave their boo rs or Fohi. ,hsir Ioun.
der. as opened and 7expounded by theirgrea,
Confocus. The Persid6s hase their Zsndc
vesta attribnted 'toF thHir leader Zoroaster
containing the doctrine and laws oftheir re.
ligion. The Jews hudstheir sacred books
and Moses and the, prophets, aud David and
Solomon, put their teachings dini writing
thai they might be. preserysd.J a,li ~ 5tugi
81 Pluto and Pythagofas, Cicero, ,dad,D Demos
themes, wrote muchan Mahomet wrote sth'
Koran and gave il TO the faiihf6l ,asIsthei
guide. The writings Of Swedenhorgp wers
voluminous; and in our; days, even the Nor
mon impostor wrote his book Of Mormon
But here comes one who. claims that create
than Solomon is in his own person, and on
nouncing himselfas a.herald Of . new dis
pensation from God, Shieh is to Ssaast Nose
and The prophets in the shade. and prevail
over all other systems. .ialid sdBdGe odf en Il
tire race, yet this great teacher wrote nsve
awofd save only The ekafstyers II :ttiIs sun
witch the neat breath Of ~ina hight Obli,
efdte.. WHO can account for this strang
prefecture. will il comport with the ide,
that he was an inpostot!H Did ever an i'm
post6r pursue course iike this. Nsser.z 2
And II setmsito ds tliat in the simple Tao
FtosShich we ullude, ftefe lis the impress O
truth, add proof thnt dis mission was ait hi
vinc. He stands out before US as 6heIwh
knows that ihiss, mission Is from God, an
lthat il can stand upon It's meritsa So cont
dent is be dits power i that he IL 4conten
to breuth il out in Gods DIR, and leaveitt
live by its own Inherent and seIf.perpetual
ling Immortality, or not live at ALL And
he goes 'about doing good, nowe teaehiag i
!: tile synagogue aud ateinple, now talking n
HIS dsiGipies as he sits on Olivet, OF byeth
sea of Gulilce, and now dropfing aw5fdsd
he walks by the wuys-And there is nc
manifested the SligBtsst apprehension tha
whathe says will .bc lost He writesit III
on stone or parchmsht. Nay, he writes
not Mt all. He seeRsohly to eiseit lodge
msnt in the heaftsy Of the few disciples III,
followed iiim--to make them comprehend I
| and feel its power, and love Il; and i ailiin
TO Leave II thers to produce ils fraita .andl,
be writers lti alli--Aud on these hearts h
dldimpress himself; and they, fyf Tie ldv
they bore him, wrote The meagre Sketch y
lhaye Of his life and teachings. :, .,ia s1,l 4,
II 50 80 a, Ia Yfgs