The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-02-10


The New York Examiner (Bap.ist) has re-
Gently taken Mr.. Beecher to, task pretty
sharply for appearing III course OF lectures
in Boston, under tie auspices Of Theo. Park
er's CONGREGATION II arcued that the dis
tingeishel orthodox clergyman OF Brooklyn
has in this way given countenanrc to the in
! fiael doctrines preached bv Mr. Parker To
this, serious charge Mr. Beecher makes reply,
in an article of some length, in the last Inde-
pendent 1q We have not space for the whole
but cannot avoid reproducing a few of th,.
best passages of an eloquent and happy re-
sDpnse: al;a, hGHn4 3a aH ts"' a'' " ;
If anybo iy dos right he ouqit tndbe ap-
plauded. IfMr. Parker does well he deserves
the credit of wel-ioin- Ifi the young men
Of his charge do well, they deserve all the
''lustre'l oft Or shall we take the ground
that no man who is, not OF sodna orthodox
faith is to have any 'iustrc' for practi, al vr-
tues Must nobody be co olnted ethically
/ right until he is theologitally souni2 Such
a doctrine would he monstrous! Every just
and generous iuaa in the community oughl
to rejolce, in the good conduct Of every man
without regard to his speculative or theolog
zeal aiiiaities. .7 r. 50, tsr.u .stF g.. 4. a.
Ifa man institutes temperance move.
rnent, must refuse to help him, because
being a Universalist minister, his zeal and
fidelity in that cause would ''reflect lustre'
upon him and his sect2 If a man would cs
tablsh and endow hospital, must refuse
TO co-work with him because, being Unita
rian, its success would rciioct certain lustra
upon that faith? o. 1a.. a..'7
When, in the pcstilcnce in New Orleans
/ the Sisters Of Charity did not count theil
lives dear to them, but night and day, fear
less of death end defiant Of Atigue, gave
their utmost being to the care of the misera
BILE sick, must !, Protestant, refuse adm
ration or Fellowship for fear "certain lustre
would shire upon the Roman Catholic
Caurch? "
fla Jew does no5ly he deserves the lvstr:
which right-doing ought to confer; if an athe
lit or an infi-l live vrt,,ous and act honora
bly,, he should have the '"lustre" belonging
to virtue and honor! -. .s....., ...s.
! Does the Examiner think that we do nc
care Cor orr own thcologic views? We care
a good deal. We shall yield them to n
mans dictation We shall not endorse any
mans Theology which differs f,om them
W. have enough Of he old disciple nature
Ilaf to fecl very iesirolS that folks who VII
cast out devils, should do it in our train
tf Jhay won't--'chy, then, We viii help then
70 'lo so in t'sir way! Bat, if we were T.
heip an Episcopal movement for general be
n"volence, would any man say that we en-
dorsci iIigh-church notions. i? If we wer,
aifactionar.ly and urgcntly invited to Prince
ton. II examine the senior class in theology
and rive them some tender CAUTIONS on par
tia. from Turretin and entering the life o
realities, would anyhody be So cruel as t.
say tiat we believe in high Caivanism, o
"NiS " til' nV~> VI Np'iSTtSut'
produced by that energetic SYSTEM Bishol
Hughes will never invite Us to speak in hi
new cathedral and we viii not promptly ac
cept it. Bat we aifectionately appeal to tn
Examiner whether, on such an interestin;
occurrence, he would think it his duty t
pierce us with such remarks as are now pune
turing our peace from his words. n.. .fr
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| have long been convinced that it wa
better to love men than to hate them; thai
one would he more likely to convince then
of wrong be'iefby showing cordial sym
pathy with .hcir welfare, than by nippin:
and pinching them with logic. And although
i do not disdain, but honor philosophy ap
Piled to religion, | think that the world jus
now needs the Christian heart more thar
any thing else. And, even if the only anc
greatest question were the. propagation
of the right theology, | am confident tina
right speculative views will grow up faster
and lirlner III tn, summer Of true Christian
loving, than in the rigorous winter of solid
congeaed orthodoxy, or tae clustering; Marci
OF controversy.
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