New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-28

people wiser in this respect thae I'D books
bsVe oeo' The HindoOs made their oWh making
e. did the Egyptians ana sxept from the books Of
them ", ~ But as a whole they WIZ oSn{Sn tbav
the hrster and wants OF the Peopio more liberal
we .noaSa The Greeks snd honaH', not only vel
bsn others in the matter 81 0aTteys and kept room
I nsu slieions ideas from all S "a nstions: but
eoDieo baoos for the COOS OF III &c ;,b ou
~ tnon oIse thew blended then t,;ail,- socred
Eoie 80 Hence they had no IN dn,,,n tbav
rs Had there been these ~, " bgbest of all the
D oohSJ lever have risen TO 6he mspesS y, !; 90.
would DoNoi s. c;y;;zatiop Their superiority IL NC
ancient re- notbing SO much as by their Tenglous
S0uI;, Nor have Europe aud America any sa0IeJJ
hooks of their ownbcSe lhsy nav S ,l socsed an
IRON 9uhoritstive religious guidance Id not strange
sbet now in their maturity, and when they % iui
p the wisdom Of either ancient OF mouern A ass
49, continue to submit to IT, Is very strange s.
ne! s.ani of the bliBding and bindlng power Oh an
set;tv religion is the fact that enlightened Eu9PI
slahtened America still cling to the DOCKS "1on
~ beIig hted, bigoted Judea furnished thelnL ~
~ tbe curious consequences OF this tenaSly Is % Of
80 mas, of protesting Christians Jana espe0Ialy %
giea' Seyortl know more to-day Of the ancient
history Of the Jews than Of the modern ns.I ~
fareIpost of the present nations 10 ;lluy ' ;ons
te concsed self-rg people Is neid eopo I'm
doty-and therefore UNNECESSARILY 'oI In e Erance or
tIastndy of the characteristics ana course %
r,IaDi or any other nation whose ehhSn
snd Eberality are lifting up human haee aa ih
Zoo IL and its Author. And II Is not only W sne
-, that we 20 back for our sacieu OooAs, N
Li.iv these we do in effect 60 much farther back
= x sSSsr.darsening way toward the infancy OF the
80, family, For in the first place, not very
sII mart OF the Bible was made up from the sacred
books Of EgyPti and IN me seeonu pace tn. n
~ cred books of Hndostan Were more OF less moor
ed with those of Egypt, having been carried there
K emjgrants at an early day. As proof that II tne
TvpiiSn fountain OF which the Jews drank so freely
49, Uindostanee waters also, Jews and llndoos are
~. cd IA
r. made and that His name may not De spoken
Fqcb too believes that it is the chosen people OF Gou
snd The sole trustee Of Ills laws With both, the
Office Of the priesthood Is overshadoNing' DOM oe'
6eye creation 10 be the product OF slX successive
neriods and that man and woman came last. Moan
connection with the deluge is substantially that OF
Menus, What is said IN the Bible OF tue siaughter
Of the male infants, was SAID many ages before III te
Hindoo books-Cansa, instead Of Herod, beng one
name and Crishna instead Of Christ, beng another
Again, Chrisna, ike Christ, was made more happy by
mi ent persons than by the most rlsli WorshleIs'
Ebe doctfine of the trinity is held by the Hindoos,
md most Christians believe that 1t is 10 be found IN
NE Bible also The Hindoos, as well as the Jews,
blieye in boodatoncment, aud both lay the suns OF
he pople on the head of animal and turn II loose
;hat il may carry them away.
Lose under this head with the remark that the
Isl between these people does not extend 10 their
;;t The Hindoos are far the more tolerant. They
,souire sincerity rather than uniformity iley hoiu
tbsf Heaven is palace OF many DOORS ana each one
Qnfe
nnc,stcn which Mrs Child akes from the writings OF
~ Rrsmins; The Supreme Being Is the friend o!
The Hndoo, the intimate OF the Mohammedan the
comfnion Of the Christian, and the conhdaht OF te
Jew" Far back and very dark as was the age Iii
which the HinooO books were written, nevertheless
the religion which Ia streaked with the sweet hght Oh
,ucb charity cannot be the darkest OF all religions
The Egyptian books have persisted, and what we
tnow Of them is what Is preserved IN other
writings Egypt also believed in one God, and yet IN
tbe Trinity, She also believed in immortality. She
also abhorIed the flesh Of swine she also practeed
rircumcison-and that, too, long before sne knew lhe
Jews The Egyptian priests Were as distinguished
and prerooatyed class as the Jewish priests. And
sOn0 the ruins OF 1hebes are representations OF the
Ark aud the branCEed candlestlcks and the cherub,
and the leaves of bread. Ii the Egyptians got these
from the Jews they must nave got lhem more 'hah
three thousand years ago. -
said how ap authoritative sacred book if there
must be one should be made up. did not mean that
q must be of modern utteraDces exclusively; those
of esns the pre-emnsnt Son OF God should be hrst
In H. Much else OF the Bible and OF other sacred
hooks should be IN It, But il should contan the richest
ecmens of modern well as OF ancient INSPIRATION
Ii sbould, in word DC complied on the principle oil
Sbs fraest ececticisIn Nevertheless, would have
sucb book. Its authoTitatvene6s woald be an eyI
very far Oyerbalancing ali I'D posi- lie good.
But pass on from denying the authority Of the
church. the book, the radllon 10 DENY That relon Is
10 be taken on any authority. Whoever 30 takes his
segioD and however good religion II msy be, is like
70 be more harmed than helped by 1t. binding regard
for authority indsposuOn TO change and opposition 10
Drovtess viii more or less characterize HIM In all his
rel lions and AL his lie. Why Is 1t that you can count
upon your iiagers all tie Episcopal and Roman Catho-
be priests who have identified themselves with the
eause OF immediate and unconditional emancipation
II mainly because they ensiyed 70 authority
A. TO yenefae il wherever they meet 1t. They bow 90
the STAKEHOLDER he II invested with authority
Tboy spare rum-seng and out OF respect
20 TIE authority of usage. Ii Is solely III virtue OF au-
tbofit that they exercise their office To put end
n authority in religion is to nfrock her priests The
influence of such priests would have kept down the
human family its low level OF four or five centuries
sgo. | am not saying that they are bad men. Many
OF them are excellent men, 4 am only saying that
tbev Ie falsely educated, and the piiiable victims
OF an authority religion. Quite different Is 1t with
ministers Of the Congregational Baptist and other de-
nominations. Upon Them the sLaehles OF eoclesias-
tlesl authority have become comparatively loose
Moreover many of them fast coming TO dare 70 let
reason instead Of authority pass upon the pages OF the
BIBLE. Suc ministers are Ia tue Transition state be-
tween the religion OF authority aud the religion Of
IessOn But while in the rapid dissolution OF Prot
estanlism they passing to the reign and liberty
Of ie,lson not few Protestant ministers are resigning
tbemseyes entirely to the sway OF authority, and
Approaching their ultimate slavery aud rePose on the
bosOm OF lie Roman church,
VIII tie world ever escape from the religion of dog
mas shd authority, and be blessed with the religion
Of rra and human nature Ii will. But become
sDd more convinced that the change Is distant
Authority is the mightiest enemy of reason and truth
OF God and man. This il 20, if only in the light OF
the fact that ii to spoil the temper and make it
Inaccessible 10 argument. Did you ever know
who taught school a dozen years without becoming
cor cited and inpatient dogmatist Rarely. a
Jadge, unless he have unusually good temper, viii
moi ia harm i by tie e&ercise OF authority Take
our orthodox Deghbors. They pleasant on other
snbecJs, but they will not argue with you religion
They disdan it. Naught but apologies Will they con-
aescend 10 hear from yOu Inflated and arrogant, by
having authority their side, their are shut to
reason, and they look down with contempt ON those