New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-18

t.J E,uc, in ther sane al eoDe- tsst they really
DO share The Divine sifrba;s Of absollte O,gins'oo,
CT uDitiivei poser: bat shat does THE prove Ooly
that s.bse - sill paramount to resson With shsp
oily tat tss pIide Of beng Ike God, knossg good
sSd evil, It'll D}es humility from t'eir bo'on or
| conrse, 70 ~pg men remain children in understand
ing e., 90 iOrg they oonfoaoi the moral realm m
u.n TIRE r.,m OF ,pp-.avees or phenomena, sI'h the
| ipnitnsl REALM he realm Of substance or realities,
trey must male these ,es,uons jo-isnents. Bat TO
think of cur ohosn Mater. IL i1ssl" dong their
jccurd best 70. 10 sbse ani - f. the serpsnthiss 81
,erse, bat to r.nser i more oesr snd poignant To
tbiLk, short OF p"rties; doctors getting down
/ upon h,tr bellies sl-n. Sod sonc ~ Iupne, or a.
uo't unsuIa-irz. a. al events never once cree.
tbIoegh i've hundred didsctic octave psses Tnis IA
VIA. hsye right TO complain II.
But DR.. Bd.hren no: only defines; h. goes on TO
illustrate tis definition. Thus - hnd tast powers
ARE cspsbe of don lie stiou, 10 do OF Rot TO DO,
&" God, J,r c1arJe, ~ cr,GsrHy, max n siHEiEg
things can act only in one way, VIZ, a. their AZ
"ieErmines." I wish hsi room n q1Ots more
lrgey, bit refer the resier n psge 10. The OBJ
yoar inltrerce from the words have ~. tilted j.,
that DR.. Bushnell having previously derrd nlan in
| h.I;e by giving bin, mora Y. uues1sed or und--
/ rived energy, pcrrr of ABSOLUTE o'igiusiou. nov
| proceeds TO Iehisr DEFY Eat4 by mssoe even he
| creative power moa. God, according - this stu
p.udous s:.' msrt e Dr. B5shn.n does nat create
py virtue Of inGlie love tbs; IL, love 50 eNPsc
tive. bsIt 5oI .raffrg its osn eli les a.
10 rerder II imp'ss.be ;0r Han not - create: far
from il. He creates ny virtue Ct purely finite Iowa,
the I've q Hmfrlf, or OF exercising HIS Own soyer
eisn pleasure; trd creation consequently turns out
rgi3'y neral Get on Cots part, 81 act o! pare Will,
from which re might have abstaine5, hsd lie p'epei;
tie in kir1 precise y, though superior N DO
gree, I display in taking p;Ccb of nES, ar De-
ching 10 take II; With guarantee OF peImsaence
either beyond cur SHALLOW and pre'umptuous per-
suasion tb.t one viliu act will never be followed by
another / s.y "shallov AID presumptaou5' ad-
yiedy for clearly il the universe were crested by An
act Of will on Gods part, an arbitrary sud irre'pon-
sible act of His good pleasure simi n irresponsible
.ct mcy, ard doubtless WILL ore day destroy it, and
90 "psy The devil" with us and our cAculstions IL
is exactly 81 have .sid: DR.. Bushnell has no con-
cepton OF any higher life than the moral (~hch
nevertheless the Scriptures make convertible with
Death 60 ths, he even imsgi0es himself eIating the
DiyiIe name BY m,kng Him psytaker Of tha, lie.
But row what ,hall We cay Of DR.. Bushnel's defni-
ton Of humsr freedom Wss ever before 30 original,
or for tbst mat er sbors ipal, defoiton OF human
free dom conceived az WHICH w tOn'trt,
positively. in the ability to sin,' and, negatively,
Gin the ability not TO SIN According TO Dr. B1'hoel,
human freedom in is positive aspect is nothing more
Tran power 20 Elm and this power, too all the while
| DyiIely cree,ed or comm uniosted, think Of that,
Master Brook - and IN its negative aspect power to
refrain from SHINING 1t seems Incredible yet there it
stands in ur me achabe b sck ard white. One Ofthe
clevere,tmen IN New Egg .nd Standing deservedy high
|
| over uron his own chosen theme, under no mali5n
prsurs Of any sort, publishes il as bis lesurey con-
yction that man truest freedom or lie that which
! ollie. him with God, being derived from God, ard
which i. indeed precisely parallel With the Divine free
dom or life in cfe,.De is moral consulting positivey
"a the ability TO sin and negatively in the ability not
to sin II ,uch are the fruits of learning il such
.p.alsbs nonsense .s this be tn, lawful disatOn Of
learned brains, It bsbOovss unlesrned men to take
ttsrt, ard guard inyiolate their ignorance.
lean easily fancy my reader stopping mo here with
remembrance Of this tenor. II Gods ability or free
dom be a. DR.. Bnsbnell argues ofa moral quality; IL
i. con,,ft TO use the technics of the New-H.ven d.
vines in power Of contrary chocs;" or to use Dr.
BushrelIs language in the freedom or ability 10 Do
or not do hing: then clearly it is q finite pOiss.
zion, and Ike all finite po,:e,sions scap.be ofgrowth
and decay, ia capable OF cultivation, is capable in
,hoIt OF b.iIg different 81 time aud place, from
what il at another and place. Nov, would you
h.ye NE believe tina, Dr. Bushne conte nplses, with
out revolving, consequences like these applied 10 tie
Divine perfectionl
Ny r,adSr las yet to make DR.. Bdshnsls acquant-
ance LIE opposes lin dautted by mere philosophic
absurdiy. The only contradiction Dr. j. discerns is
logical ne YER phloeophic. The end Of his journey is
1 -. /. go =, - h.
gip. let bis logical premises be midnight, and he
will ignore the dawn aod ,sOn down the noOnt de sum-
Or give him midday for starting point and he robust
uIfnchiDg logic incontinsuty winks the darkness gu!
Of sight Thus beginning with the Ne~ Haven dIyni-
IT, he is utterly Incapable Of ,eeng anything bat It, 1t
sthe concentrated of dypepsia IL seems TO me,
this ,ort Of intellect. feel that oil our physical
psngs in that Ire come or ginsy from some ints nor
c.ultry ana bAdhood of the intellect, sons venom
Gus sense Of mee rc:ocinstiye ssl in tbs spiritual
realm, les3rg men always to blink the sincere and
loving bssr IN their soecuia,lons ard abandon then-
selves lrs,es al to the sbo-y and hatulsnt inspirations
of the t.sd. But however this nay be, let 4. pro-
csed to the neEt astounding p,sgraah where welsa'n
that these 80 called 'p3wsrs"-God be ng the 'hesd
OF the c'cs, remember, aud man it, bulk or BODY
are perfected only by schooling OF tesr oon'eHt'"
page g.. What does the resder think Of God Is
moral being o. God being under l,w, and becoming
perfected "by ,oAoOl.ng Of tn consent OF
couise The ,der rsNO,n and denies that any humia
beng sIy ,tr-,s Of theoogc fod weather, c1nd ever
male tueh Larboc THIS, and hope 10 nde out toe
gaze IL safety. Let the reader listen, thea to far
tntr esLto Of this moot remarkable performance, say
psees III and ll2, in which the author has been
speaking OF the idea Of right 6spg necessary to d'-
e1plus N, and mako Us moral beitg,, ard af,erwSrd