The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1861-01-17
pANOIA. MISSISSIPPI TrRSnAy. JANrAN Il 1861


principles n freedom Il insists fhfi ne
word II God m8si =, made ~ support eef
Tain hnman opinions NJ fffeit alI tIaims Mp
90 ouf Faith Ihai may hat ha suspected
f # fsagfHfliioH sH ihl4 f4lnt, Iei bee quote
ifam the recent rlfl # VI Barnes, t pas
shgr shleh mny wdl WTei tha liirni0u
n all thinking monl
"lbUe ifa ffoai principles ~ offn nttma
as Gpl has mada ~, which oin no,of ha
frt aala hJ auy authority pl prul,stnl
revelation II % book claiming m he ttct.
oaiion from Goi, by any liif Interpretation
dclouied .layory, or place. II ~ lhc same
hasIs ~ the relation oi husband nnl nife
parent and ch,ld, guardian abi vhrd, sucl Il
boob would not, nud could not be- received hy
The mass " mankind ns % divine rcscla
tiun
'Ihs assumption that men are capable Of
Judging beforehand what Ia 10 br expected
IN q divine revelation. Is the cockairlcr.a ID
cgg, from which IN all ages hetcsics have
bccn hniched. This /. the SPIDERS web
which men have spun ont Of their own
brains, and clinging 10 which, they have Mt.
tempted 10 swing over the yawnine abyss Of
lnhdelIly. Alas, how many have fallen IN
and been dashed to pieces. When q man
sets np the great principles Of our nature
(by which be always means hiN own precon
cciyed opinions) rs the supreme tribunal be-
fore which even the law Of God must BE-
irIcd--whcn man says "thc Bible must
teach abOlltionism or | will not receive It, -
he has already cut loose from the sheet m.
chor Of faith.
| True belief says, "speak, Lord, thy ser
want wants TO hear Abolitonism says.
Speak, Lord, but speak in ACCORDANCE with
the principles of human nature or they can.
no, be received BY the great mass Of man.
kind ~ a divine revelation" The fruit Of
such principles is just what W. might cX.
pcct. Wherever the seed of aboltioni-iu
has been sown broadcast, plentiful crop Of
inhlelIty has sprung up. In the comInuni-
ties where anti-slaycry excitement has been
most prevalent, the power Of the gospel has
invariably declined and when the tide Of
fanaticism begins to subsidc, the wrecks Of
church order and of Christian character
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mar,s [ AL son,snI .,r..s,ly c"r Tho ,rn,b
nor to the illustrious dead whose praise is
in all the churches, but who does not know
that the States IN which aboli,onism has
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They .esf 70 institute terms and test. Of
Cb,i.,;.n eom,nupion utterly at variance
.;,h N. or,,,;r Law az ,be church a. found.
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ip.,ifv this usurps.ion Of divine prcroga-
,ivs. iv nm sppeal from God. Law 10 The
dr,.,.s az fallen human nature. they would
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. memorable. because more arbitrary and un.
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