The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1858-10-23
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unseen age 4 the work, here represented. is to
bring thessxaeses into active. and successful, opera
ton. III other words, there are certain established
prsaciples in the human tructure-eertain relations
subsisting between the body and. spirit, and certain
influences at work, upon he system OF man by
which the desired and do Jed result Of a universal
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tering the pride and Y v of the ~depraved heart,
Heaven for mans I'd. d.
18th. Jesus Christ wSsas d mere man-simply q REL
wing, (~throlgh Mr.. BoyntoIGA"l Il has been
ID and believed that Jesus was all OF God
"a 70 a perfect man ; which thing Is false. Jesus
was-a good and great man but there was nothing
more miraculous about his conception. birth, lille,
and teachings, than any good man. Jesus never
taught people to pay divine homage To him !; he
never taught that he was the son Of God, except IN
ths sense in which other mon might DO the sons OF
saph No. 37-spirit of Elias Hicks-teaches
~ sAis the meaning Of the word Christ? 'Ts
not asrs generally supposed. the yn OF the Creatsr
Of all things Any just and perfrf being, is Christ.
The. crucitixion Of Christ, is noGlng more than the
crucitixion OF the spirit, which all have to contend
miraculous conceptian IT Christ is merely q fabulous
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h The Bible "a a. ts9sk,' = ETC., by A. w. Hoar,
medium. p. az, sage. God adopted him as his son
from his birth, as he would every individual who
should walk in the path that Christ walked In from
his birth" This book pnfports to be from 81. Paul,
and is detestable-(We warn all against all books
from " Baia M~Grsh-Boston.a)
9Th. They teach that Christ never made an atone
ment for sin. . We fluid in the " Pilgrimage of
Thomas Ps1Ae and others to the seventh circle, 7 etc.
:. TlNs lUm viii be increased, when. thou shalt see
N Jement in thyself, and not hope for it be
Cease another has it.*** When thon shalt agree
with the Bible 40 regard to the atonement, then
thou wilt find the atonement in thy works, as thou
now seest it In Christ.*x* Doing good is the atone
ment, p. 100" Christ. as / havs said, gave man a
way. by his example, to be redeemed from bis sins,
by following, in his daily life, the laws Of his being.
as Christ did but If man thinks that by Ghrist's
spilling his blood on the cross, his sins will be for.
given without following the law and gospel. Of
which Christ has set the example he has fallen
into . mistake that he should speedily rid himself
OFFS (Mhis verse Callos ! 4, should read In whom
we have redemption, 6y yJoAotcing his example, even
the forgiveness Of sins.h Hoars Bible as a Book,
p. 65, =. Through Mr.. Amber the " spirits Of the
sixth circle y sfdicule the atonement. They first
speak, OF the efforts, to extend Christianity, an
earth-then ask !" And yet what is the effect of all
this Answer, ye who rely upon the saving power
of religious faith. Answer, ye who have believed
in the redemption of the world through human
blood. Answer, We who have cherished the faith,
that the race are eleansed from its corrnptions
through the suferings and death of an indiyidn-i
who lived on the earth more than eighteen hundred
years ago." Teacher, p. 80. s
spirit Messenger" No. 2l--the Editor gives an
account Of " another visit to Hartford, in which he
says-"It may be stated as an item Of interest that
Mr.. Davis was conseemted to the work Of human
redemption, under the name of a guide aud leader,
by the light Of whose. refreshments those who now
sit in the valley and shadow Of death may be
brought forth to the Usefulness ? a new day.
Thus we see, that these 81 eerers have |. installed A.
j. Davis as the redeemer the --orld, in the place
of Jesus Christ What mo. ~hanpeful? What more
repugnant to the common I'd 5ngs Of reverence to
Gods world or to the ~ei,arac, of Christ coald
possibly be writteul It is Twin sister to infdelity.
only OF a blacker--baser hue. "REcrus.n