The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-18

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
In the communication entitled 'More About the
Lost Tribes Of Israel" published in your paper on
sunday, July 4. the writer appears to me TO have
fallen into an error when he intimares that the
Christian religion s not science, and l shall feel
obliged II you viii please to correct this, by infor NJ
ing him through the columns Of the HERALD that 1t
NOT only science but well established one ana
that the truth Ii positively known. and may become
known to all who desire such knowledge. Truth, as
II now stands in regard 10 knowledge OF God, is
but mere matter Of conjecture and suppOsitiOn.
Nothing is known with certainty, and this proves
positively that the highest learning and most elo
quent preaching will not reveal God, or communi-
cate to mankind true knowledge OF Him. Learn
ing anu preaching are both pOwercss in this
respect and must therefore be set aside and new
thoughts or ideas created. God is not to be found in
nature, as astronomy and the other sciences. The
natural man, or the man who seeks God In nature,
have no conception Of the things or attributes
that belong to Him. God is q spirit, and as such
can only dscerned by the spiritual eye, and not
the bodily one and to find God 1t must be clearly
known and shown what spirit il. What, then, is
q SPIRIT To SET all mere belief and suppOsltiOn
ment, 1t will be found that spirit ls but thought
or an idea, and Is nothing. or not anything, unless
represented by principle. Scripture afirms that
God Is a spirit, ana, according TO knowledge OF
truth, that spirit must De represented by prnciple
otherwise such spirit would not exist. What, then,
is this principle which represents Cody 1T is the
principle of Iberty called Christ in the letter OF
scripture. The Bible declares that Christ VIII make
1s e th no er can ec n or
from the law OF bondage. Moses delivered
Israel from the bond Of Egypt, but was not
Land, though he led them IN that direction. Israel
did not know Moses; neither do know the law OF
liberty. 10 change from the letter to the spirit OF
scripture, speak more plainly. to change from
person to principle, II will be found that we are still
wOrshpping the golden calf and troubling ourselves
with laws OF our own devislng, which are frequently
UNJUST as the law OF bondage and can never be-
come either pure or perfect. The principle Of liberty
only is perfect form OF government. Christ Is the
il perfectly freesO Free indeed that he is subject
no law; but those who are not Tree by the principle
OF liberty pervadiDg perfect form OF government
that renders them subject to just law only, which
s the law Of liberty do not know this. neither can
Gods Noses, much less OF His Christ. 10 define the
principle OF liberty, or TO make Christ manifest
od Se 700 Or
ture but the mere undevelOped and immature SUD-
stance Of somethng Is the creature OF thing That
made created out of nothing; II is the chaos
out OF which the religious world was formed.
Christ is no more visible IN the purely literal sense
OF Scripture than chicken Ia visible In newly laid
egg; yet the chicken in the egg. and Christ
Scripture AS before said, the cOntenJS OF the Bible
is only the substance oil something which has never
tian world has been aiming ut 1t over thousand
years, and without success. Nevertheless that sub
the substance OF an egg IS capable OF producing,
under favorable circumstances living chicken and
that living principle Is Christ, which Will never die,
ana whatsoever knoweth that principle knOweth a. so
she Father OF 1t or the Spirit from whom 1t came.
Now, If the principle Of liberty can he called science
then Christ a science also; but the creation and
the Christian religion is surely science. What else
can 1t Der What Is q something and yet q nOthingg
The contents Oh an egg Is something before the for
nation Of chicken, but what Ii 1t when the chicken
~ formed9 1t Is nothing 1t has changed and become
. chicken, instead OF u crude and inert substance.
We consider ourselves as a nation and people pos
sessng great wisdom, but could we create out OF
nothing such an institution as the Christian reli-
gOn Could we create out Of nothing matters so per-
the letter literal sense Of Scripture appears
comprehend 1t after 1t is made. The science
oil oil sciences has blinded our eyeJ to utter dark
ness and the diamond OF philosophy has made fools
OF us all. Many good and sensible men will feel per-
picked at this, and may ask why the Bible was 80
made that 10 cannot understand it, Why was 1t 30
love for all mankind, and out OF His love ne made 1t
TO create and infuse sympathy into our nature that
may become Tree; Tor without the aid OF sympathy
no man can become free by principle 1t was made,
too partly out or Gods wrath against sin and to
cOnfound and Overpower ignorance; for 1t 10 only
age. The man who can attain to q true knowledge
OF the Spirit OF God and the principle OF liberty as
embodied in Christ Is the only wise man. and he VINO
does this may go upon his way through the world
rejoicing, for none can reach more exalted stale OF
intellectual or human happiness. 'All HIS ways are
peace"
How Can "a Man Be Redeemed from His
Heavy Burdense
To THE EDITOR OF THE HBRALD:--
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