Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-03-15
LETTER FROM MR. cnILDS.
Written for The Fayetteville Observer.
Popular Creeds or Confessions Of
Faith.


Popular Creeds or Confessions Of
Faith.
Mr.. N. O. WALLACE
You will please indulge me while
! lay before your numerous readers,
some Of my scattering thoughts, !
connected With the subject standing
at the head Of this article. Almost
all denominations Throughout ut Chris.
tendon, have their Greed as the
organic law Of their constitution.
Those Creeds, control the thinking Of
all the members belonging to each
incorporation. as they furnish ready
made opinions, in abundance, for the
material Of thought. Each iucor-
porated body styles itself orthodox.
consequently all the rest are hereties,
to the exten: they differ 10 opinion.
These heresies and orthodoxies have
existed from the organization Of the
church of Rome, among all the sects
down to the presen: moment, and as
a legitimate result, confusion, strife
and bloodshed, have followed in their
train. But when we come to aualise
the Creeds and find such striking
similarity throughout from the young
est daughter up to the Mystery
Babylon the Great, We are made to
wonder Why such implacable hatred
should exist. A desire for supremacy
is the only cause, We think. Among
all the systems Of theology now be.
lieved and taught throughout the
world there is conce ntration Of opin.
lion-a oneness of thought, and from
whatever premise may have been laid.
In establishing their religious fabric,
yet there is one inevitable conclu-
sion, end that is, that God has Gre
iated a hell of Immortality, and a
heaven Of endless felicity, to be the
abodes of the inhabitants Of earth.
,. The Roman Catholic believes it, who
does not?
This place Of endless pain in the
spirit land, is for the punishment OF
transgressors, but With all the light
that has ever been shed upon the
subject, not one of all the Greed
mongers, has ever been able to tell,
with any degree Of certainty, who oil
all Adams children, would be con.
. signed, finally, to that doleful region
They often speculate in relation to
!, Cain, Judas, Herod and Tom Paine
but they are still in the dark.
: would now ask my friends, in good
: humored and christian like manner
, to tell me where 10 all the range o.
: bible communication, has inspiration
: taught the existence Of such place
.. The doctrine Of endless punishment
is the grand lever belonging to each
Creed, by which men are awed into
, , the obedience Of faith, hence the
often repeated expression, "Only fol
! the devils bell, there would not be
!, half as many christians in the world
as there are" Even those who be-
tlieve in the Calvinistic Creed vii!
. often say, "you will fud out your
mistake, when it is too late" than
, which nothing could be more incon.
. sistent. Rewards and punishments
are based upon the principles of law
connected With human accountability
hence, for men to obey the precepts
of law secures TO them peace and
happiness, and sll the epjoyments te
which they are entitled; but to violate
THE acquisitions of law renders them
obnoxious to the penalty annexed
t Now, if endless punishment be the
. penalty Of any law Of the old or ne"
} testament, will any Of my friends. be.
: longing TO any one Of the Creeds,
be kind enough to my weakness, to
, take up the subject and show how
many Of the Inhabitants Of earth
] can escape. seeing that all the "world
IRE guilty before God. Rom. 81
J 19. 1t will not be expected Of me,
, 10 this connection, to give a solution
|. Of all the Creeds, with their shades
of difference and show their utter
J folly. shall. therefore, only speak
of two or three, that are the most
prevalent among US. Our Ricbland
J fiiends believe God to be an eternal
spirit, infinite 10 oil his divine per-
fections, consequently, able to save
bis children from sin, death, and
mortality, and they believe he will
do it With an mistaken confidence;
;. This is pure unsdulterated universe.
llism.) But thew believe also that