Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-04-02
Communicated
Rev. DF. Sunderland on Spirit.
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wIsnNoToS. D. c.. March 50 is7l
TO he Filter Of ds RspHBIieaa:
slAi VIII you permit ne a little space to
make = statement which thlnk necessary by
reason Of some communications from Mt.
George white, tspirituAliSt,l inserted In q
Sunday paper, purporting 10 DO portions Of .
eorrespondeuoo between that gentleman aud
myself Somstiuo ago, without having per.
sonaily met HIN, and not knowing him even
BY sight, 10 consequence OF some remarks
which had passed with = member Of his family
who then AttCndsd upon my ministry, / re-
ceived q letter fron him which seemed to In
yite diseushion upon the whole subject Of
spirituAlism, the Bible, Christian doctrine,
&C, &C.. 5OpposlHE that his object was aim
ply la a private aud unoatentaIIous way 10
canvass theAe points With me, and without
the TemOtest HAT OF thought that he was 90
public 10 any gSrbfsJ or dIShSSorSbIs manbsT
replied TO hts htst letter, and so the eOTTss
pOndenee went on froh one thlhg TO another
SsSS az i9 Ws, shgoSs quite protIssSl
proper, and responding IN thg freedom OF
private eorIebPoheenee n ieh on ins part had
OF pAstorats which 10 BY no means ! sias,
cure, while he ON his part was at liberty %
elaborate hia AFsamsnts 20 the fullest extent,
government offieel the whole day, Sunday
not excepted, a. hia command. Thus tho mat.
Ter progressed, and No had discussed mAny
thlngs 10 hsAYen above, 10 the earth beneath,
aud Ia the places under the earth, whsS ss
hualIy came TO pOint where had put TO him
Tour qaestiOnsl to which ! respectfully dc.
manga no a., sS'f sSIIs sSsr e. a. ioIio%
our Language as dsPTapiyP
2, IL so, do you believe that this word has
any meanlnE whAteyeTi
s. II SO, do you thiuk II was ever applied, or
IL applied, or ean.0e applied, to the subject OF
humAp .tuTo 70 such AenEe that We can say
Of hnnAn being that ha IL dsptsFedI
human natnis the term may DO properly de-
nnod az denOtlnB any want Of oonfofmIty 10
or transrcssloa OF the Law OF God
These questions were propoundcl t. him In
the month OF June Last, From III At day 10 thu
i have received no reply, lie bFoks The dis,
eui1ion rigAi ~ ne ElidR 9fA, aud nov Learn
for the hist time he oOmss out 10 the Gasehe
with what purports TO be pArkof our GORE
spondenee, but taking good care to give MA
SIDE July while slPpre.slaE the principal por.
his purpose, while he knoWs or ouEht 10 Lna,y
.haf ! shall not meet hiRi In the columns OF a
Sunday newspaper.
LuT 40 Uus, however, Infer that any of hIa
alleged discTrpaAeiss arc Al ali foTmi1sbin
They have all been substAntIally answered a
lundted times, and we must not be supposed
questions connected With the CHRISTIAN reIi-
{ tonatmply boeAaso We have not the time MOI
the strength To reply TO every rattle. headed
Plaes o. sopeisuy That may happen to be-
As, however, Mr.. White has taken The lb.
sTty to eonneet ms with his printed dlGquisi-
tions, may be permitted to show who Ii i
that violates the seclusIon OF private CORES.
pondenee, by giving single passage from his !
letter TO me, under date OF November ~, iS5s.
lie says I" was nurtuTed In the bosom OF |
The III. y, Church, and for more than fftsen |
Years a travelling preacher. Twas eonverGAnt |
with the most popular Arguments Of the church /
10 support the orthodox theory, yet the De. |
nAnda Of my reason were but impeffeetly net,
aud IL was Ouly by resolving objections intO
nysteFy, to bo hereafter explained, that my |
ntellootual demands were paoihed.
I wished above all things to have more salts |
Aetory proofs ofa future life"
Just think Of this A man confssslng that |
10 went about for more than hfteen years |
20 hiG fellow-mon the retTibuti0Rs |
Il eternity, and yet not mself fully COO viHeod
hat what he declared wAa true. How then
an We be certain that he fully believes now |
he creed he go confidently Aaustt6I But |
nOuEh. II he wishes TO take up the discus
Ion where he broke II on, ana conduct Il az
10 had commenced TO it, conclusion, l am |
rAiY, and after that Il done shall have no
lJcetion TO Its publioAtionl Otherwise ! will !
ave nothing further 70 do with man who
hows himself 90 ineapable OF fairness add
onorable conduct towards an opponent.
Respectfully, 49, b. SUNDERLAND,