Litchfield enquirer., 1869-03-18
NEW PRESTON.

LII OuI CoAtflUutlOu tO tuo ENQUIRER
 some three weeks since, as N. P. correspou- dent, we incidentally expressed our disbe- lief in the existence of a personal. omni
 present Devil We notice in last weeks
 issue of the Enquirer that an anonymous writer in all article dated at Kent, paiued at such q declaration of disbelief, and fear full lest the name of his Satanic Majesty" should be brought into contempt, has come to his defence. Said writer, after quoting our declaration, proceeds to say, "perl1aps 1t Is quite as proper to say that we, ill com mon with the Christian Church everywhere, believe in psrsonal Devil, but not in an
 omnipresent one." Now does the writer suppose that We are so intolerant as to question the propriety of expressing his belief in personal Devil, Or any other ian Church, Or in opposition to the Christ
 ian Church, may maintain And if it be "proper" for him to express his belief, may We not with equal propriety express our disbelief? The question, whether there be & personal, omnipresenl Devil, or aperson al, but not an omnipresent one, it is not our present purpose to discuss. What we are especially interested to notice, is the alacrity manifested by the writer of the article in question, in hastening to the de- fence of that which he is disposed to char acterize as ga we'll known belief" Doubt less he finds in the fact, that a belief has long been entertained by the church, a sufficient reason for it's acceptance. How much more ready and jealous said writer would be to defend the dogma of a person. al Devil than to destroy the works ofithe devil using the term devil as last employ ed as "a name that generalizes bad persons .or spirits, with their bad thoughts,1 and characters, many in. one'''-we cannot say, but we judge from the epithet, q skeptical'' applied to us. that he regards himself as the special guardian of orthodoxy, and mo doubt thinks that assent to a. creed. that belief ill ! certain dogmas. has more to; do with the soundness of mans Christianity, than hls acts and deeds and daily life. ''Skeptical" is an epithet so frequently and commonly applied to any who may venture to express dissent from sea we'll known be- lief" or dogma, however repugnant to >rse req d. son, or inherentlytincredible,i that whates1Y,-; CT opprobrium may, in times past, have at- tached to its use, it, to us, has no 4errors.. Ii the aforesaid writer apprehends that we
 are about to engage 'in the midst'' of this locality, or any other, in a search for. or crusade against, his personal Devil,,'' we can assure him that we intend to do no such thing, as we have no desire or ambi. ton to engage in a conflict in which we should doubtless encounter the opposition of his Satanic Majesty's" loyal subjects, especially those who are so ready to ac. Knowledge and defend his personality 1o
 Rev. MT. Pulling. stated preacher of If the Methodist Church 4ia at New Milford. supplied the desk in our village. last Sab. bath. .'.1-.S < L'os'l9t 49b >I AaidW 9ta -I7 @-. l&EL QS b,f.R 3at 2HiEos ei gsottsL w Our Democratic friends seem much gratified with the glowing and elegant &C., count, given in the Sentinel some two weeks since, by Warren correspondents, of the far famed donation party at the parsonage. tt K ssrs