Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-30


have stood upon Numbering them nfter your
"But how lie this When stated to
you the convictions Of my brethren" SC. will
remind you. Among the questions put Ito you about
the message was--Iow the distinction between &C.
cupyihg the church by my invitation and occupy |
ing Il on the conditions proposed would be mani
tested. Il seemed a sdistinction without differ
ence" in practice In other words, my congrega-
ton would not know that had acknowledged them
n set Of infdels and that they were gathered OF
Methodist meeting, unless told the fact or enabled
to discover 1t in some popularity in the conduct OF
the services. asked you II / could go into the
church. You said could as any other hearer.
asked you il ! could go into The pulpit. You on
swcrcd substantially, no, not till the close Of the
services. Forbearance is evidence Of insenslbil-
ity to insut.--(II.) You say "have known your
views upon this subject for long time and
when those views" &c. You refer TO your attack
upon Universalism, suppose, which could not
persuade you to repeat in my church so that could
give a reply. told you and my congregation
both, ut the time, that could not reply to you as
your lectures we're not written and could not hear
them. But as your attack Judging from yolr
skeleton Of il and what could otherwise learn from
you) was composed Of old charges and objections,
perfectly stale to me, replied to the charges and
objections, not as yours but rs belonging to your
ilustrious predecessors in the work.-QH) You
say Eat different times told you plainly that de-
ny and reject as gigantic errors" &c. But once to
my recollection and that in Mr.. Fetons store when
you said you had never found a Universalist who
would give you direct answers to questions Lest
you repeat the same to the next Universalst you
meet, let me remind you that in presence of wit
nesscs you acknowledged you had found one Sci
gantic errors are your words and not mine
"Ilowever little this alteration it changes" re-
member.-QV) As you have informed our readers
what reject, allow me to put in the place of each
doctrine named what recere, with the difference:
Deprayi,y, but not total The Divinity Of Jesus
Christ, but not the Supreme divinity; The Holy
Ghost, but not its personality; Regeneration, but
not the "orfhodor" riep Of IL; Judgment, but not
a future general Judgment; The Resurrection, but
not of the bodies of the dead; and, will add to
your list our cardinal doctrine, Adequate punish
ment, but not endless. What we receive is what
We honestly believe we find in the Bible; and what
We reject is what we honestly believe cannot b,
found in the Bible.-(V.) different God and diff
ferent SAVIOR" &c. apprehend that. of two
Methodists. each has O conception Of God and the
Savior different from the other; yet they can joir
in worship.-(VI.) No better proof than your owl
letter is needed that you do claim the right to tel
us what we shall believe teach ''in order 10 es
cape The mdd-dog-ery Of infdel and be called
Christian" which is what say too plainly to b
called an insinua,ion. If you do not claim sale
right, why do you use it'-VH.) Twas not aware
Sir, that our "rork is to demolish what 'evangeli
cal churches are seeking TO establish have al
ways supposed, that the demolition Of what we be
lieve to be the unscrptural difference between thei
doctrines and ours is secondary, while our rork i
the establishment Of man in holiness Of life. And
moreover, think the better portion Of the EVAN
'gelical' churches are engaged in the same work
, while our controversies with them, and their con
troversies among themselves, are mainly about tn
shape and finish Of the tools and the results Of tn
labor.
-, Ill come now to notice your last DIVISION
HR s Ua "a }s Sf ses awhzq!S g1siaISn
the time withdrew the invitation, that this matte
of the message betceen us four and not 70
a he public. Up to that time you had the best G
Il reasons for saying nothing about it. But after
told you that my people expected Methodist preach
b ing in their church and that must tell them til
u truth in explanation of their disappointment, di
} you make no statements-auswer no questions pr
to you by any of your people'
S Wishing to treat you with common civlity,
subscribe myself.
Yours truly,
GEO. II. DEERE.
J. Rrattlchoro MAY o7