New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-25
Bis.:op Ccicnso.
gr8uline.


SIR: Agreeing heartily with your paper on tho
great national questions Of the day is with the regret
thu. in any thing ths. may prejudice is moral in
uence In such light mus. regard The notice Of bi.hep
Col>u In The TRIBUNE Of December H. In Ills awful
eli !. " national de,ny possible coed in any
et,ep undermine the tTast1g faith In revelation
Further than this am disposed blame you the
writer Of the notice for taking up popular work that, lay d
rerty IN hts way lie gave his opinion 1t, srd wonld
wish do the avoiding ell unchArtable mputaous
upon secular when remember that Is Bishop OF the
! chu en- who has furnished the occasion.
1pscad Of going the whole ground Of tbs Bishops
work. 1, will DO beat cophne ourselves to his hes-
mot OF ths great question Of the Supernatural Baden
Po"eii has discussed i. In q manner more worthy
= Of ts vast importance lie 10 led 70 positions which
are Downright atheism; but then he has tho msnl
ness to zsppo with the very o. the great problem
Can chen be such thing the supernatural The denial
Involves merely Miracles bot creation In any pop,r
It tenies any orgina,iou n time commencing In any
divine Will IL s. ultimately denial Of divine person
tl.y Il nnses sn end q oil religion Powell ssw what he
comi.S t. and struggled hard s.ains, it, His struggle
f.uTe he is entitled 20 the cIet OF inretns the
/ sfcs, question u,rely sud masialy.
Oar Bishop d. deny the possibility OF ibe.,npena;
uts Sorehs, nlhsps aud mcrsre may e,ist There
Dny be soge rns exam e. Of It given In TIE
Scriptures but his Revsencs applies himself to the lowe
week aud the more easy work Of stsTag Objections or
lower - OF 'lifTD, up vulgar rejudce, Instead Of fo
loving Powell and III rrofouni German aati lri;ic.
he ADOPTS more Nots.iAn style Of srEausns. We VIII
5e..or to how how thfVs
The cTedeity oi tho ,peIna.ars ils tie c'elibi;y
he natural depends sniiry s AID .tieps
= st. -sAson for 81 That ever TIE uiiiuste question
Such reasons ms not 90 ssoquoa. the one sphere
tbs othsr The superntiu may be connected with the
g1ees occasions OF our tIifual being when
eAsi'n' are Clearly iaia before and secoae sufficiently
I .N.ts tl a..
b,eveyss there /. som.this which a~nsnas
belief tae uoususl the strange the Miraculous Aud th,
@Taaon' may be Of so1eihin IN nature or OF something
above mature standing neereE 70 til immediate Divine will or
II son etlias Ia which there be combination OF both
The sei may be nrscuios and need los sat eject
so re Bible 'fe'is T. See hos wcderfuy the
enod IN iae ets chapters OF the ook Of job Whatever
bag' sr'ngy the though Of ,persoua God "a n
lous, aud tits Is M moral powe Of ,sele in distinction
from whs, nav BE- called its te,,aonil nse
Tie oloe studsa Bible canuo fail 10 observe how H.
tie that book al Of tho the distinction
in which modern reasoning s,oup There word
in tire Hebrew tue supernatural the the
New Testament Al things iuperously uscd by God
for his hh moral puposes that tho d.,iucion vanishe.
l, all to have great system Of mems r spu. ends
the orGiuay for the ordinary occasions, ne extraordinary
whether be the extraordinary natural ne extraordinary
supernatural for other connections Of higher ,ort.
aal rnk-ss when fox Example. he Is Choosing wardpoo-
o Constructive Of wods hope giving tlen their great
law which Il to tell on In worlds moral destiny cad
Of time. Is Tho thought such people, and Of ucha lsw
great AID rcnsl idea; hen those erea, events wc would
= FIX it in the worlds memo'y become great and Tao and
credible In the p usl effect II al tho same
LethoT IL the Miraculous Of nature In extraordinary
grinl driving bark the waters, mountain I.n
with volcanic frts the dask cloud the rolling tia Dor
along with this awa voice from higher ylsue ia in
the Bible all treated alike. This rising natural this defend
ing supernGur meet and rnge together great ohi-
5ion Of the Divine lsjey they are oil mTacui)as hey
I'll bring ,e ;ho0gd of personal Col le,he
csadiDuliy either aspect solely thought ote
moral srusl nationality Of such Divine in:eIvcuo n
human bstery
Tie Bible Destination. then ia not our philosophical me
With its encies osoalAe. It Il no. tho npiasa AID the
Pctufa but The ordinary and The rjnayia oaer
words the niracolous minimizing the divine md
uebrsicaly erpro'ei by the phrase which tie Egypir
msgicisos represented having employed when they be-
sensible Of tone.'ng that bslsd their own powers
wheiteri were 10 nsine above nature IN the hAge
Of Cod" hey sad and this Is uees. Hebrew phrase for
the ll.a In either aspect.
Tnsie isO kiad Of in'redbity l. Is the want ofl,
clea d.,iuction that gives al rs feeliag advantage to
Flme's 'ophism. 1hers IL the oce5ibiy Of the sense;
It opposed TO ell tla' "a uuusue fbeIe the ncedy
o. hs reason i. Il opiocd 70 a. hat is stiolp while On
he other htrd there sI.i,asl connections Gle rly per.
ceyed By IT, ~ which % Genlads the supernatural ts
moro credible than 10 ayserce. 1t hard to bel We h Il
word in which God iu.eveIes 10 which he nags
cones nigh, - das4 when ih4i nearer le o.ce j.,
11dc as The acs rational Of al human hopas ard aiaan
az pefiouees.
Abe creiibiy Of the Bible sups1Aua depenas pom toe
hiness Of is moral io'ans Bishop Co.eusO wssd
nl.eit depsna npon r. urssc l,ness, If may call
Tin other words, Tho guilty Of ito suffice, for the thing
through which the sce il wrought. ia the scale OF natural
hiDe' AID M judged b. the eyerysrypg, ofuimes moe,
Hnhc loas. uauft Ifejgtces CT hunan society Hcod
makes Grafton ig cf pride end basyhey; the people cry
Dot: IL The voice Of Oo5" aud ,uagiwey the srge
o. le lord snole him 20 that he eaten Of unit
lie de What mixture " the und OF n. superna,
ara ihfFe was here l. no. msnife bat II Il tho usrumen
tally ;aas ohsnds critic Of the Bishop Colenso stamp
Wogrs sse ply csly things they are lo.ihsome too
All 20 the mi soe Il the cred L!ty assumes low aud
revoas aspect It cannot believe .h.. he Lord would do
soch thing
The noi grandeur Il oil the sense ssnstiop
The woadi Of The quite different. Such
eg such crime; true not true IA fact. still there Is
moral fitness ia Il before which tho bows II ought
10 true, says; IL Is rational that somse at least
here saoic such ebaks from the Invisible Justice
for PRIDE for the miserable dsspot who Is
ruely ording II hts fcilowmsu. There IL . similar
Istiys In chs Msccabse like story told by Heodotus
pride punished by The question Is about
he intrinsic 'a!a iof either Of any ofhsm. !hey arc