Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-03-14
for an ,hguf, asd not speak blasphemyI ;

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nonscnse2 Meyer: !. !. IA, ~. = Z. .,l5'I ..s.i !.
AssrnsPho'i Mtrd lie Mys Christ and
ms Apostles never spoke OF Slavery. "but
q respecQM fernw., Not Just now dispnt-
ing the point, whether Christ OF his Apostles
ever uttered any thing that you'd throw
disrespect upon stealing, or selling, or ira
dlng men, let ussee how much this "respeet-
tMr ~ assumption s',I proves. 80 ..lu,.,.
The gladiatorial contests were well known
I'm the Apostles flmcs, and the wen informed
parably more 50 than the modern combat OF
tthe prize ring, Did the. Apostles con
Idemn the brutal combats ty name? Or,
they not speak OF them IN terms "rery re
PecVW The following dialogue, which
we may suppose occurred between Mr.. Van
I place this ASSUMPTION N q. somewhat con
splcuous attitude, sb'as 70 be boon in its
force. u T.
I.il -fn DIALOGUE. wv
Van Duls-Mv Young friend. let me. as
minister of tbe nure and neacefnl religion
Of the Bible. warn yJu Of The evil of Your
calling. II unnatural, crnel. brutal, wick.
led. mnrderous. always puttinp in ieonarJv
human life. - -
Dssc;iDL-Ston n ,,,oment Mr.. Van DYKE
I am No nonresistant. nor aboi;tionist. nor
am n heather nbilosonber' / believe the
Bible Whatever n f6rbids. admit Is
wrong. But. Rev. sir: Where IN tbe New
Testament Is nv calling forbidden? -
\ Yam Duke-Why-the Bible expressly
forbids murder. and Won know Won endanper
human life when Won knock a man down
DisciDls-Stop. Mr.. Van Dyke-eyerv
body knows that It Is not sin to knock n
man down under certain circumstances =
And there ;s No des;on With no 70 Lii an,,
bodv % 'nei' 70 nv u'''sn WIN, WIN Nc ~ i A' any
Dr. D,,lo-Rn., ,vo,r o.,,;no = so o,,,o,
and in v;o,at;o,, ~ tho i, ws nf ~ LA 49, ~
D;sc,a1n"'Hs " 20 ths iar NO .re ia,r' Ia IA
~, a Ian ,.~ ~ ..i;. 80 We ~ ;..aIe ia" 8mJ
lug =. a,..' ,am oaa LA .ss: oale =, i'een nn9
~ ~ s 10 cruelty. .fore ;l, y o.hns compared
iawfi JnIr raiot;nns ax;s. "A u,e ,O Uu iy \;
law -, .o ,.os .h o,h ,;ht yJ you od't ~ IL
sIIa ?efmun Ine o.nel nry ~ fGSalJ Rni' IT, a
nh;oh i,;o m n UpnIn , nsyuh y. piJSohfyn ~
pnttar vac vac sW o,'. go ~ @ J ILaH I1 nie.
10, Iii ~ yoIa,;.;on;,t ~" ~ KID 80
,o you 'om om, az aoo, ond Ioams % hn aro az q.
Uu, ~, uUi @ ou e o" ,,or wmU ar ao ny ="
~ ~ frMyo y. !" " ~, "
;aha hv oao y, @ ara .bo uor, bo.t r f i So'pe
Tnm Sana~s We @ and ''9 HoonSn a peSv n,or.a;mod al
other feelings towards each other than the
most friendly. And besides, Mr.. Van DYKE.
| tbe Apostle always refers to our calling in
| the most 6 resDectfuI fern,s''J Do Won think
yourself better than the APOSTLE WHY. he
would not have unchurched us. He compares
his own apostolical life to ours. Hear him !:
$50 fight I, not as one that beateth the air. |"
| Was not this gymnastic? And again, 81
keep my body under" Is not this clear
reference to our abstsmious habits when pre-
purius Fer che, ring !, And @v,1, SIR l,e
compares the heavenly assembly to the re-
spectacle company always gracing our COM
bats, therefore, seeing we also are com
passed about with 20 great cloud OF WIT
nesses. Is not our calling ana our COM
bats, or similar, referred 70 IN Gerry re-
spectt'a terms Ereunt Ona'es. T1
assumption toarth that Christ and ms
Apostles admitted h asycp9!ders 9I TO il tne com
munlon OF the Church; lie says; N man
was ever rejected by the Apostolic Chnrch ~,
on the ground that ne owned slaves, ms ms
assertion Is reckless, bold; II Is m9nstrous'
On the same prncip!e we may feariessly re-
tort, and de,nando OF hlm: for what sin named,
no matter how great, was any man, on tha'
ground, rejected! Where Is the record IL
all the New Testament! 5s...,. .,.-i
| Is the New Testament, MI. Van Dyke,
transcript OF the records Of Church sessions
or OF ecclesiastical proceedings OF any knt
or form? Except in the 10th chapter O
the Acts of the Apostles there is nothing o
the kind, and that had reference to ques
tion about circumcisfon. ,,1 Irs1rsJa .s0dg
4 We may adopt the very words of Mr.. Val
n,,ta in regard to any ain or sinner anf