New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-05

hoffe, however greAt Cir fHte W uIeugbi, -
s'Iorg sncssh ." to SrS~" al IIf-rsnoel
Brave Doctor! Notops can he ceverer thsn he
oIunmug up Of this crippled sId Paral,tic .ntSGonis
70 .tsse you te eADc. the .1utirg var-asne arooof
him m the peyf,ct cor f1eBce of Imponity. Bat nor
l., NJ under.tsod oar,eyes. H,nwill " course,
By era Divine smtipoteoee precI.ey vust their vie"
Of the Divine nature jasrifss. II they supposs d.
as many &c, to he ply zeal beng, subject t" the
lsvs Of t,urs sno spsce-a sort ufoI,e Tom ayer-
they viii naturally suppose His sotvty to be maui,
p,,sissl. Bot f. ike DR.. bashnslL they supDo.e
Hun 10 ae Of . uors nature, sort 81 iu6n5e Dr.
Cfabu.1g, s.sys nt,ut upon the mott nigh strained
,r,ue they vii jest as Ia urslly suppose His activity
20 be moral 70 be fhs power not Of m1scl. bat OF ill.,
teIhetut wi. Hor stslow dodge il it, then, on
DIR. Bussrers part ~ben he fnds hiulsef han per-d
by TIE quesian OF GOas omnp1tsnce, to prseud tns.
there IL Only one view Of omnipo.nceihs physi
esl view, which IL maniiettly Irrelevant to moral
u.esl But uo~ let ne profess for the moment my
cordial scao essence ID DR. Bn,hnell. Of the
clasivsIy ncral nature Of Deity, sLd nol- HIN 10
the que,tiop ask yen, Dr. Bushnell, " How, if
God bir-.n ,s you alete, loves the rgtt ara obeys
n can BE g,v. bsinR 10 creature who ersR by pot
,i6slty shsll hate the right aud disoDey 1t Does
pot ths moral percon, tbis supreme 10y atty t. the
utterly forbid ii m to cr,Gte 'or H. osn pleasure
b.Ig wno eren jy poss,Jtl'y shall b. morally imper
fest, l. { disloysl TO tie right You place God
urder law 10 the ngbt your Pagan ancestor in old
tin rs placed nm under Law ~ Fate. lie is bonra Of
cour.e. H. nat allegiance before sill things. Ws- It,
then ,,gtt for Hin to call into existence beipg who
he foIekbsv tot ony might bat nialbly would, oia-
syOw eueb sJlegiaDcel
Bot DOW suppose sc allow DR.. Bushnell all possible
advartsg. nom bis oodge: . e. suppose We aiOs bis
choice of suiag ,rist 10 20 entirely unchsleuged:
even then the reply re makes 70 his qnesorer P-Ze
SCI grossly rsufic eL He first protes sgsiU.t the
ouesoLe,s tight TO ,roobl. him in tis way, but o.
brg'b cc0desceud. 10 reply that Gcd create, men
"cspsble OF wrong and misery because be loves per-
sobs ore thsn things, "becsuss be loves character
ard dssires the society Of beings sho Ike bimsef
shall posefs moral force, the power OF Uncaused or TO-
dtpenccli action Tlir reply would pass mu'ter ex
tlenty well provided It sincere one, rendered
il COCO faith BIT it il grossly irslncere for the Doc
tor th.tlogicsy holds sill the while that not me "a
moral forcs or force OF character, that God loves;
since If that we're the He would yer nate aud
never punish the wicked, moral force or force OF
character s If snythiIg superior to that Of the good
Wnst ire Doctor boLe,ty means TO say torD, ir hst
Geo lUyes character moral force when it !, deter
mil ed IN good and rot in evil direction. Traits ID
Say lie does not love moral force such sim,lyi for
then he wor 10 love toe devil much az toe sngel
(posIby mO-. but he loves moral force "a determined
70 virtue. And this empires his spy to bis queatioler
If oil force since the sitter Immediately re ors: IL
then God loves moral character only far 'ot1 as
il y:uuousiy Determined, how be to create
being 10 whom He clearly foresa~ according 70 your
4
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So far Dr. Buslnelrs own elect an.agorist. Bat
now Wish respectfully to take TIE doctor bytne but
ton, and renew CO my own account the question ne
bss so Intellectually djcged, even with regard to bis
o~n opponent. | ct least sm totally antoucned by
he logcs sk II Of fence. For regard God neither ~
phys ca being, yet a. moral beng, but eN'iu-
svely as a spiritual berg; and hence DO not look
upon his sction IN tie slghte-t degree either
nsU,cular voluntary, bot "a AZ ell times ngtdly
spottsueous 10 other "ords have no conception o.
Gods our ipotence bu, tina. which He infinite Owe
Plies; and IT Will be tOtsly irrelevant, Therefore,
toptactice the dodge have just exp sed, DIR.
Boshn.ll nsy be very much perpleIs', bu' he dare
Got deny in WORDS the irfints love Ct God. Now al
"inhriie" love means, TO every UnsopoistcEed mud,
love which is utterly ualm,ted al G6 Extra,
that tsy which ia backed by 81 int g-nce en-
tiely sceqrs,r to carry il out. 1t might be tru'y
love without such intelligence, but then it would be
finite love, not Infinite.
Row ask the Doctor n explain the origin Of evil,
oa this Hypothesis Of Gods Unlimited perfection, ct
Code infinite love Ii, as we boh &C mt in words at
al eyert-, Coos love be really initiate, hos came it
70 permit its creature to be lie by evil witch
iusures his eternal misery Remember, | have no
conception Of tire Divine love IL physcal quantity,
but Only a. prtusl qpsntity exercising itseif IN the
incs elevation e ~ creature in all spdsl s'ti-
butes. Ano ak you how il came about that tns
crsAtve love, Unlimited botn within and without,
backed by an intelligence equs TO all its desires and
untn eI,d coarse, by suy oedurscy The part of
its ii ated creature YET allowed that safe 10
fall under the common of evil which will not only
tteIIa ally sundsr hin from all divine felicity, bu; will
eer1 ally expose rim alec the unmitigsed divine sb
horrence, the unnitRsted aud immtganle persoHd!
adherence, mir you of hs own Cres,or who al the
While sustains him N e while be Is thu, sbhorrentl
Justly Ia NE, If you lease, DR.. BusbDei tCis trlts
cendelt blsspbsmy, Tor with this BID paeuy your
whole book ks; geek any lon'er to hide your
ref behind the dust wnch only your OWE evaive feet
Stir up.
Thus conjured, The Doctor must of course confess
that this preliminary rubbish IS but tie orusmentstiou,
or f0,arrc With ~hicr, IKE skilf1l murciac, be
seeks e. decorate bis theme The shaded diytgw Of
ms thong ut Is disclosed in its hceoule.s n my
last Letter: but another extract from his book msy
hep to comprehend toe fearful suA hst hes ooled
up there Toere is stll another point, the
OF Satan o. the devil, ard the account to be made
Of him, which Is Always ,STRCDED upon discussions
- az this nature and cApnO, well be avoided" OBJ