The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-08-17
Cont,ibu,cd.)
Mr. EDITOR

week. II e has made some statements ina
demand n reply from me snd with Your per
mission 7 will briefly review such poin's a
| | deem Objectionable.
LIST, lie says lie abhors the distinctive fen
lures Of my faith. 1t is strange to me tha
any man, especially a profeased Minister o.
| Christ should despise the doctrine of his
blessed comings which Paul calls the blessed
| hope, see Titus 2, IL, Il. Why should he
hate the bible sabbtah, the seventh day; for
he knows that the first day is not called the
Sabbath, and that no man is commanded to
keep it. Why should he hate the Bible doc
trine that "ye shall be recompensed at the
, resurrection Of the just" Luke Ia, ID, and
that God Reserves the unjust unto the day Of
judgement to be punished End Pet 2, g. and
teach instead that the righteous g to heaven
and the wicked go to hell a; death, AMI thus
set aside the necessity Of the future judge
ment which he processes to believe in; Fur
themore If this view be true thare is no need
of q resurrection.
For if the ri ghteons can e to heaven with
on. resurrection, ask what is the need Of
having resurrection?
End. He says that he is not Sound by any
civil or moral law to afford means to me to
facilitate me to propagate my views.
We have not asked him for his money but
have asked for the use Of his house of worship
and have been denied. Now Mr. Editor woul |
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and neighborly for me to have the privilege
Of one of those COOL comfortable meeting
houses to preach in Your citizens love %
hear me, they have paid literally towards
the privilege ofhearing any thing there pre-,
ached that differs from the popular creels.
dislike this iron creed bound and proscrip.
tive and insuistorial spirit. 1t was that spir-
it that shut Christ out ofthe synagogues; thai.
opposed Luther at Worms. It was the same
spirit that burnt John Uuss ana jerome Of
Prague. Yes sir it was the same orthodoxy
that made John Calvin burn Michael Survet.
US to death merely for o. diffeance of opinion,
that led the Puritan fathers to whip the
Babtists and hang the quakers. T''is the
same spirit that locks the door against every
reformer. See how Wesley was abused in the
same way, yes and there was Richard Watson
author of the Institutes, published by the
Methcdists, who for expressing doubts IN re
gard to the popular idea Of the Trinity was
locked out Of the church and was denied lis
night, lodging among his pretended friends,
God save us from that spirit
g. lie next throws out an intimation mersly
to get up prejudice. "supose Nv Editor saye
he "that you keep first day conscieniiously
and you, wife becomes convert to Mr. Shocks
views Of the Sabbath. You mus, either keer
both days or your domestic happiness is done
Suppose again, Mr. Editor that you were a
Birman, concientionsly worshiping Jugger-
nant and your wife SHOULD be converted tc
the true God then both Gods must be worship
ed or your domestic Joy is at an end. The
question in oil this is, What is right. Truth
ever manifests error that opposes it. Christ
says, II am not GENE to send peace but q
sword That is he sends his word out, some
receive i, and some reject it, and division is
the result. Who is e blame forit? Certainly
not truth nor him who receives it. As well
might he say that the true principles oil
freedom are to blame for the secession spirit
Of the south. But suppose this Minister had
wife who should even become convert to
Romanism or Hormansm, should he COM
plain and murmur on account of it? think
not for his creed tells us that God ordains
,hatsoevsr comes to pass. She would there
fore, but do what God decreed that she should,
and hence the thing formed should net say
to him who formed it. Why Inst thou made
me thus So according to his own doctrine
If you should murmur at your wife for be-
comiug convert to the seventh dry sa bbath,
you would murmur against the DEGREES Of
God that you can no more resist than you
can turn the Mi ssissippl river up strear'.
Why should he refus me his house on these
considerations fer certainly am only going
according to the eternal DEGREES of Jehovah.
Why does he try u resist the irresistible
DEGREES that he so much beliycs?
4th He next tells us he is not opposed to
discussion but las not the time Yet he
can have the time after am gone, or after
he thinks am gone to debate most valiant
". Hence he announces that he will
preach on the Sabbath question the Goth
inst. asked the priclege to reply il his
house but cannot have it. i'll am here il
may be ordained for 10 reply TO him any
how, i'll have to do il in the public square
Personally respect brother Dodd, and can
say Of him what cannot say tf every Min.
lister of this town. that personally he has
treated me gcntcclly and behaved himsell
kindly in my meetings. Now if he feels d
| little uncom Portable n his FIRST perusal Of
this article he must sweeten his cup Of an
guish with his favorite doctrine, that Got
ordains all things whatsoever cemeth K
| pass" an d hence he ordaiued that shou,e
write this article just as l have.
b. SHOOK.
/ rs. We offer a reward Of $500, to an,
man who will bring us text Of scriptur,
that says that Sunday is the Sabblth-
that we ought to keep It or that it is sir
Is work in it. Or that the soul is immortal
/ BE-. s.