The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-17
Thc Battle of the Thcologinns.
GOD AND MAN.
,pyTos OF TIE HERALD:

To THE EDITOR OF TIE HERALp:--
The readers OF the HERALD have been favored at
different times during the last few months with
communications, evidently from the same pen, such
as .'Plain Truths OF Theology" care Catholicism
and Professionalism both Taiiuresn 'Science vs..
Authority in Theology" &c.
That the writer holds as strong broad Church
views as Bishop Colenso OF Natal or the late Theo-
dore Parker OF Boston, there cannot be any possible
doubt that the human falliblo spirit OF this age
he thinks greater tnan the treasured wisdom and
holiness Of the early Christian and Middle Ages he
would not, think, deny. In opening the frs7 pages
OF the Old Testament we there read that God created
slmagc ana likeness" 1t Is hard to tell whether
this material universe or man Is the greater crea-
tlon Man, possessing physical, Intellectual and
spiritual life Is only lt 10 be the son OF God Tue
physical life Is the animal organic natural iife-the
S Of apRss Of e IKE a. he morse or
standing, knowledge, .gcnlns-like Shakespeare,
Humboldt, Napoleon. Man still, with these two
animal nature to overcome the intellectual, and
human society, the separation between the sexes,
Christian marriage could not any stable way exist.
But God gave man another iIfe-the spiritual lie,
the life OF soul--that life which. wnen tne material
body was lost IN dust, would SIN live; that liie
the power OF flesh and tell him IN his soul that he 10
greater than the lower animals. There Is certain
IL to guide man IN this world and unto the throne In
the SKIES IT Is lett to MANS option whether he Will
OBEY the molly law or not. III ne OBEY, II ne DciteVo
IN sesus Christ, Gods only Son. cruelty the nesn to
the spirit, endless Joy In heaven Is the reward; but
II, on the other baud, he gives way to the animal
passions II the spiritual life Is crushed and beastT
animal takes the place of God.created man, hell,
everlasting fire, misery, death Is the end.
such Is the sum and substance or Christianity.
As man stands In this world he 10 guided by divine
and human law. When human society was formed
It was found the abstract divine law was not full and
sulclent TO govern man. God dtd not appear TO man
IN representative capacity to enforce obedience, so
the divine law was not enough; human society
needed living men TO enforce human laws In order
to preserve civil order. The divine law WAS TO ut
man TO live In harmony with his great destiny DC
moral religious and prepare MIN for everlasting life.
Before our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ LEFT this
world to ascend 10 HIS Fathers glory he appointed
twelve Apostles to preach His doctrine telling them,
600, teach all nations baptizing them,n &c, and
that these same doctrines should be taught the
same through all ages, down TO the end OF time. II
there Is any truth In religion the same doctrines
that were taught In the first century should be
taught to-day. God WIFI not change. Gods Church
cannot, IN main points, change Did not Jesus
Christ also tell the Apostles, "Behold, am with yOu
all days even 10 the c0nsummatiOn OF the word.n
This divine law should be tho same In Asia, Africa,
Europe, Amerlca-among the brutal negroes IN the
African Wilderness the wild Arab OF the desert, the
educated and refined European or American--ln the
palace halls OF royalty as we'll as in tue tenants
law has Its executive officers TO enforce Its mandates
and preserve order so this divine Church should
have agents to carry out and apply it's directions
with unbending adellty to the end Of the world.
Church. To say that Emanuel swedenbotg, who
disbelieyed In the Trinity, was Q chosen agent Dy
God to reveal divine secrets ID to say that this age
Is mbece, and many men and women Of our day
stic Christian believes that progress Is not science
Material civilization, human liberty, &C., are oil ey
dencSs OF Gods capitalization or the world. This
eounxv progressive IN material prosperity. but