Litchfield enquirer., 1867-03-21

A
 quite different tale to the one onotad ;r
 your paper of Saturday last. from inc
 worth American Review, relative to Mr
 neDsters religious faith, think by trans.
 1efr2ng g It to the columns of your rsef1l
 journal, It will not only be doing an net of Jusslca to the memory of that ienartad
 Statesman, but would, at the same time in
 form yoI!r readers that 'sDaniel Webste,. ;,
 l"lth all his faults, was truly, more sinnea I a9a'''st ha" ssnaing. ..--,. ''-,r- ."o,S N l--.- -~ WILLIAM GOODWIN. l. WHISPERS s CONFESSION OF FAITH.
 Dr. smith, of Concord, N. H. has put in
 our hand the following letter of Daniel
 "eps'er to Rev. Thomas Worcester for ::lerly pastor Of the Congregational Church
 ln !iS Salisbury, N. H., which is accomnanied
 "i1h confession Of his religious faith hotb
 or Which are Tn his own hand writino w. nave seen Mr. Webster's name enrollad
 among Its members, if we mistake not
 apout aT the time the letrer below bears dato
 ne renamed member of that church iii
 HIS death: The letter and confession wera
 never before published. They were as fol-
 -a-- BoscAwEN, August 8, 1908 LEAR SlE:-The other day we were con-
 sSelslng respscttlRa4qo Ra4qote" "u6wn for my own oeo 9 few propositions ill the shape of ar ticles intending to exhibit very short
 summary of the doctrines of Christian re- ligion as they impress my mind. have
 taken the liberty to enclose copy for your perusal. I am, Sir, with respect. ~- -. -..,. .. - Yours, etc. 1sur4 | .-- D. WEBSTER.
 Ibelieve in the existence of Almighty God, who created and governs the whole ] world. I am taught this by the works of
 nature and the word of revelation.
 believe that God exists in three per-
 sons; this learn from relation alone. .,l Nor
 is it any objection to this belief that can-
 not comprehend how one can be three or
 three one. hold it my duty not to be-
 ieve what can comprehend end account
 for, but what my maker teaches us.aH
 I believe the scripture of the Old and
 New Testament to be the will and word of
 God. s s~as ~laE .-S .-''.' 9'"- ''.-.-' believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of
 God. The miracles which he wrought es- tabish in my mind his personal authority
 and render 1t proper for me to believe whatever he asserts; I believe, therefore, all his declarations, as well as when he de- clares himself the Son of God as when he declares any other proposition. And l be- 5 ieye there is no other way of atonement than through the merits of his atonement. I believe that things past, present aad to . 4coina are alt equally present in the mind o1
 cession of time, nor of ideas; that, there fore, the relative terms, past, present, and fu- ' ture as used among men, cannot with strict r propriety be applied to Deity. I believe | in the doctrine of predestination, as thus expounded. do not believe in those doe ! times as imposing any fatality or necessi- z ty on mems actions, or in any way hiring ;, ing free agency. '--~ v 1 believe in the utter inability of any hu. J man being to work out his own salvation, . without constant aids of the spitit of all 2 2 grace. l believe in those great peculiarities o = the christian rehgion-a resurrection from V the dead and a day of judgement. .s T.. F I believe in the univ, rsal providence O
 God and leave to Eplcurns and his more k unreasonable followers in modern times y the inconsistency of believing that Goo !. made a world of which he does not take th ,o. trouble of governing.* --' U .. Although have great respect for som r,' other forms of worship, believe the Con r. gregational mode, on the whole, to be pre- ,,7 terhble to any other.
 l, I believe religion to be Q matter not O u demonstration but of faith. God require Al Al us to give, credit to the truth which he re ;s veals, not because we can prove them, bu II because he declares them. When th S mind is reasonably convinced that the Ri E ble is the word of God, the only remaining |, duty IS to believe it's doctrines, with ful "A Econtidence of their truth, and practic Y them with 9 pure heart.
 .i believe that the Bible is to be under ls staed and received in the plan and obyiou ,o ,o meaning of it's passages; since cannot pel io sltade myself that book intended for th s' conversion and instruction of the world sE should cover itself in such mystery all = doubt, that none but critics and philosc o,i phers can discover 1t. .i+ E.. r.,.. o IbeIieve that the experiments and sut " tletics ot human wisdom are more likely t tt1lr obscure than enhghten the revealed wil12c o,1., -. God, and that he Is the most acco1nplishe ie Christian scholar who hath been educate s,a as, at the feet of Jesus and in the College c ee e Fishermen.
 - believe that all true religion consists s the heart and the affections and that, there !u fore, all creeds and confessions are fallibls In and uncertain evidences of evangelical pit ~, ty.
 IT. Finally, believe that Christ has impo ~ ~ ed on all his diciples life of active bene1 u olence; that he who refrsins only frol A A what he thinks to be sinful, has performe ,i ,a; but part, of his duty; that he is bound t m la do good and communicate, to love Ii 1G T neighbor, to give food and drink to his CT |, l. emy, and to endeavor, so far as in him lie i1 u to promote peace, truth, piety, and happ 'o ness in wicked and forlorn world, believ' a ing that in the great day which is to come H ls. there will be no other standard of merit, n as oiher criterion of character. than thi lol lo which is already established, By the lne le fruits ye shall know them. ."-'Salem Registe c, #NoTE.-The above is copied from ono of u ct 2G0o scrap book which Mir Goodwin has in his DO ge session. ... 2. ;. --t @- s's34- at fs... -------r---~ --- -s4--------s4, zFa. pc .-...-4. in The following melancholy issue of Il e. matters, which excited considerable inte ne ne est sometime since, explains what was b ,r' fore unaccountable: l4i. F Ho5t t- ss- A dispatch received in Petersbtirgh, Va Is. on, Monday, announced the arrival of Re lo- George T. Williams at Annapolis, Md, b. a condition of hopeless insanity, The F ed tersburgh Lader, states that this result hi