The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-10-25
DANIEL WEBSTER CONFESSION OF
FAITH

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p'He'c III IAe existence oI Aiihighty
'ou' VINO cFea,eu ana governs the whole
world ahl taught this 10y inc works OF
nature ahd Tue "ord o' revelation,
believe That Tod exists IN three per-
Sa. L ne ar i ieafh from revelation alone
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or ILyec o,c boIa il INV dutv 70 belize
NO, wb,, | can comnraLand or account for
Inn, what INV NaLer teaches mo
boI;ove ,bo Sc,;n,nro g ,Lo on ,,l
Naw T....,no,,, - Lo tLa n;I a,3 morI g
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beI;c,. Iesns Christ f. be- the Sen Of
G,1 tbe miracles which bo wro,cL, as.
toI1;.b in nv mind his ,ors,naI optIori,v
and ronJcr i ,roner f.r mo :, boI;ovn
,yh,,are, be o.isrtt hoIieTo tberoforo
al j,;s d.cIa-a,;ons ,s ,oII os rbo, no do
cI,r.s himself tho Son or God as whom no
d,cIor.s INV o,bor nro,os;t;an adj bo.
li.yo thcrc :. no other w,y of s,Ir,t;on
tL,n t[yonrb the merits of his o,oncmant
I boI;ove that tI,;nas mast nro.en, and r.
como aro al con,lIT ,ircsen, in tho nir3
of the Deitv: that with him ,bcre i No
succession OF time, nor Of IDEAS ,b,, .boro
fore. the relative terms past. present and
future. "a used among men. canno. with
strict rroprictv. be aprljei 10 Deity
believe in the doctrines Of fnreknowledge
and nrede@tin3tion as thus oxnounded
do not believe in those doctrine, rs imno.
.inr any fatality or necessity on mems sc.
,ions. or anv way infringing free agency.
believe in the utter inability Of any
human being to work out his own salvation
without the constant aids of the Spirit ot
all grace
believe in those great peculiarities q,
the Christian rc,irion-a resurrection from
the dead and day of Judgment
I believe ia the universal Providence 0,
God; and leave to Epicurns. and his more
unreasonable followers in modern times
the Inconsistency Of believing that God
made world which he doe. not take III,
tronhIo Of coverings
AI,lour6 have rre,, Iresnect for som,
other forms q w5r,Iin 7 believe the Con
rrocatjona] mode on the whole 70 bs pref
Gr,L1c r. arv other.
7 believe re1irion TO be matter not O
dcponstration but Of faith God REQUIRE
II, to Give credit 20 the truths which he re
voa', not because we can prove them. bu
heca1,e be dscIares,hem. When the min,
/. reasonably convinced that the Bible +
the word of God the only remaining dgt-
is 10 receive is doctrines with fail conf
. dence os their truth. aud practice then
with q rurc heart.
bolieve that the Bible !. 70 be under
: stood and received in the plain and obyi
ous meaning Of IT. ra.sarfs since I can
not persuada m7seIf that book intende,
: far the ia.,rUc,icn and conversion of m
vba's World should cover it, true mesnin,
r IN .uch mystery and doubt thar none hrI
p critics and rhiiosorher. can discover il.
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