The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1861-06-20
love God and their neighbor then viii all

.,ent renreseuts God as violating those moral
nrecepts and principles that he has enloined
r,on his creatures. Matt. v. 43-iS; Rom.
nj. FL. Itrepresents him as acting upon
contrary principle TO that taught ~ these
testimonies. That he viii hate eternally
and torment his enemies. and so lar from
Overcoming evil with good" viii perPei-
uate it forever.
10. The doctrine of endless punishment
represents the character OF God III hgh'
repuisive to all the better feelings oil the
human heart. God is described as beng
of infinite love, wisdom. and unbounded
perfection. The doctrine OF endless torment
draws dark veil over these characteristics,
and attributes to him the baser passions 'ha'
affect the children of men, -
IL The doctrine Of ceaseless suffering
| damns many of the best moral men, and
saves some Of the worst. Such men IS DR..
| Franklin, the elder Adams. DR. Rush, the
| b. ave and heroic Gen. Green. men whose
names adorn the declaration ofindependence'
and who took an active part IN our revoiu-
Itionary struggle: these men, who made no
| outward professions Of religion, are subjects
lof these torments While others whose only
claim is a loud profession and outward show,
are subjects of salvation.
These are but mere outlines Of the points
made in our negative argument which were
presented at length in the discussion, with
testimonies and illustrations fully sustaining
our propositions. No attention was paid to
these incontrovertible positions, as will be
seen BY reference to the review OF Elder
! Hobbs.
Mr.. Hobbs article abounds in such wllful
!. paryersions, and Interpretations oil our
| argument that it would require more space
-. &. II,
them. We shall trust the matter with the
candid and discriminating reader. who will
not fail TO discover the want OF lar and
manly statement of the argument He Will
not fail to see the bitter aud sectarian spirit
in " Which it was written.
Had the writer stopped with his professed
review OF the Debate, we might have mao
more charity for him; but when he attempts to
make capital out OF the fact that the Metho-
dist Church was opened for their occupancy
the evening following the close OF the DIS
cussion, he betrays the weakness OF his
cause, and would seek to bolster it up on the
ground Gifts popularity. What pity Mr.
Hobbs hal not lived in the days OF Baal's
prophets! He would no doubt have been
on the side of the false prophets, and against
Elijah because he was in the minority
, Suppose he had lived in the days of Luther
, he would no doubt have been on the side oil
: Rome and the Pope! For the Whole Church
was Roman and Popish. Or in later era
t Of the world. when philosopher discovered
: the movements OF the heavenly bodies. he
, would have been among those who would
. have condemned him. because his theory
was opposed by the masses!
Upon the assumption that the popularity
r of sentiment is proof of its truth, our good
: brother would find it a hard matter to prove
o his own Church sound in its religious dog
E mas. Who that is conversant with the past
v history rof the Methodist Church is not
/ familiar with the fact that the most bitter
< opposition it has had to contend with In the
e west has been waged againstit by the Church
: of which Mr.. Hobbs is an Elder Read the
b following extract from Elder Pritchard IN
e his debate with Rev. Williamson Terrell, Of
: the Methodist Church, and you have fair
r specimen of the character OF the opposition
: limited at: Eyes, every circuit rider, If he
2 hardly sense enough to pcda1e Moch berries,
claims to be successor of the Apostles, and
l with all the spiritual pride of Roman
Priest, ar-ogantly and unblushingly tells
: the world that baptism is not raid, unless
it is administers by one Of their holy or
DER
3 We do not allude to these things in spirit
: of retaliation. but simply to remind our good
brother that those who olive in glass houses,
$ should not throw stones"
We are willing however to trust the issue
, Of the discussion with those who heard it,
Our prayer is that whatever Of truth may
have been presented on either sde will be
sanc,ifed to the good Of the Sc who were
present B. f. Foster.
HALL RICHMOND LODGE, Ne. 196, F. & AMI
! JUNE II, 1861.
At stated meeting of this Lodge. held
this day in their Hall, the following pream-
Bile and resolutions were unanimo usly
adopted:
WHEREAS, in the inscrutable Providence
of the Great Master of the Universe, we
are called upon 10 sustain the bereavement
OF our highly esteemed and worthy Brother,
VIM. +. Spinning; who has been taken from
amongs, US, in the prime Of his life and the
midst of his usefulness, anc transferred as
We humbly hope and believe, to the beatifc
glorles and en- Joy ments of the Grand Lodge
aboye:-And whereas, from our happy as
ISOLATION with him as worthy Brother and
companion. and having witnessed and felt
the boundless Charities of his heart, his
abiding devotion to the Masonic Institution,
and exemplary conformity to its require
ments; we desire to express in public man
ner, our heartfelt loss in his decease, as
we'll as our sincere sympathy with his family
and friends in their irreparable loss
Therefore, Resolced, That this Lodge will
wear the usual badge of mourning. for thir- J
ty days. for our deceased Worthy Brother.
William F. Spinning. and enjoin it upon the
Brethren to endeavor to initiate his virtues
and emulate his BeLevoience as Mason.
Resolred. That 10 rendering our deep
sympa.hies on this melancholy occasion, to
the family Of our deceased Brother, we
know how cold and common place are the
worlds condolences In general. but we, who
form our associations with the deceased.
know and appreciate our common loss, can
sit down in mute SORROW with them. and
"ist expressive silence muse his praise