Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-07-06

follows: "The doctrine and practice of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, az
taught in their discipline, is the Chris
tianity taught in the Bible by Christ
and the Apostles" They further re-
mark: If you will affirm the above IRE
will deny" Thus they propose to deny
every item of doctrine set forth in the
discipline Of the M. E. Church. The
first article in said discipline declares
"There is but one living and true God, !"
etc. This fact the Elders and Dcocons
of the Christian Congregation at Young's
Grove" boldly deny. David says: "The
fsol hath said in his heart there is no
God" He also refers to another class
who hive lords many and gods many"
Now it is certain that the said elders
and deacons are either atheists or poly
theists, for they deny the article which
says, "There is but one Hving and true
God" Before entering upon the dis
cussion, I hope they will be kind enough
to inform US whether they are atheists
or polytheists. .s . ..r. .
The incarnation of Christ, his cruci-
jfrion, death and resurrection, the elders
and deacons stand pledged to deny,
"The Holy Ghost, proceeding from
the Father ETC., is also repudiatcd by
this quartette of elders and deacons.
The fifth article of the NJ. Z. Church
reads rs follows: "The Holy Scriptures
contain all things necessary to saliva
ton; SO that whatsoever is not read
therein, nor may be proved thereby, is
not to be required of any man, that it
should he believed as an article of faith,
or be thought requisite or necessary to
salvation"
Thus it is apparent that the "clders
and deacons of the Christian Congrega-
ton Mt Young's Grove" are not only
hostile to the doctrine set forth in the
discipline of the M. e. Church, but also
to the Holy Scriptures as Il rule of faith
and practice. The discipline says, 1.-THE
Holy Scriptures contain all things nee
essary to salvation;" and as the elders
and deacons above named are ready to
deny whatever is affirmed or Taught
in the discipline" as a matter of course
they oppose what is taught respecting
the Holy Scriptures.
AS it il useless to discuss the doctrine
of the Holy Scriptures until their Di-
rine authority bc established and &C.
knowledged, I propose to discuss the
fifth article of the discipline of the NJ.
E. Church with any man the said elders
and deacons may select. Ia6i'"a; they
deny. The first Tuesday in August
shall be the time for the debate, provid-
ed it suits their convenience. After set
Ting the above question, l shall be
pleased to discuss any others, properly
defining the points at issue between us.
]. BOWMAN.
June Goth, lSGG
The name. of Capt. S. Bagg, Of this
county, we see by some Of our cxchang-
es, is mentioned in connection with the
nomination of a candidate to represent
this District in Congress, at the Con-
vention to meet ut Webster City the
first day of next month. We have not
conferred with Capt. Bagg personally
upon the subject, but we have good au-
thority for saying that he is strong
friend to Judge Hubbard, and has Civ
en- that gentleman assurance that he
should do what he could, and urge his
friends to do what they can, to secure
his Judge Hubbard's) unanimous re-
nomination. I'd.
AN ALDERMAN INDICTED FOR X EEP-
ING A House OF ILL-FAME.-We re-
Trained from publishing anything that
we incidentally or accidentally learned
in reference to the action of the Grand
Jury, that it was the desire of the court
and for the interest of justice to be kept
quiet; but as it is gaining publicity we
suppose it will do no harm now to state
that the investigation in the case of the
famous Center Grove raid resulted in
the finding of a true bill of Indictment
against Mr.. VIM. Alderman, for keep
ing house of ill-fame, contrary to the
statutes of Iowa in such cases made and
provided.
VIM. Alderman is the brother of an
other Mr.. Alderman, against whom an
indictment of the same character was
found something like two years ago, for
keeping an " institution " of similar
stamp at Cedar City just across the riv-
er from Cedar Falls.) The institution
was broken up at that time, and what
became of the inmates remained an
open question till recently number of
them turned up in Observation-Disclosures
Times.
The Times is mistaken. The house
at Dubuque was only branch. The
famous Island No. 10 is still in the
hands of the enemy.
ST. PAUL had very severe visitation
oc l.