The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-10
For the Conservative

Nh. EDITOR IL believe l have
never been guilty of speaking DIS
respectfully of mems brains on 40
count of difference of opinion. i
leave il to community to measure
the capacity of those who 80 fire.
quently use the phrases no brains,
sap heads &c.
am glad that the Rev. Perplex-
ed has quoted the language of Mr..
Barnes. The reason why / did not
quote IN full was because the Edi-
tor Of the Conservative requested me
10 limit myself to u column. But
the idea was preserved, though the
exact language of Mr.. Barnes is
moro fearful than the $50 many"
/ condensed SO as not TO intrude.-
Reader, ponder well the language
of Mr.. Barnes. When you have
fully comprshended il, then ponder
She language o: Saurin, as used in
his sermon on He'll. q quote exact,
IL from Ayers "Hist. boo; Future
Life" p. 54o): "f sink under the
weight ofthis subject, and 1 find II
the thought q mortal poison which
diffuseth itself into every period of
my life, rendering society tIresome,
nourIshment insipid, pleasure dis
gustfal. and life itself q cruel Bit
ter"
In Saurin and Barnes by their
own confessions, we have two mel
aneholy examples where life is
made miserable by believing in a
God that cruolly tortures his chill
dren ~endlessly. These men saw and
felt the magnitude of this great
evil /; their minds were tortured,
and "lIfe itself a cruel bitter" You
see how these men have suffered
from the "mortal poison" But the
Rev. P~erplexed is content ~ his
"mind is at rest" What can be
thought of the man that is CONTEXT
to see so many of his fsllow-crea-
lures hurled into an endless ruin
Is-thsre not q little humanity wan
ting? Is there not n display of
heartlessless OF course, the Rev.
Perplexed believes he Will escape
the awful doom. God will spare
him. But the query, "If Gods NOR
cy is so great As to spare Rev. PER-
picked, could it not, with more ease,
saw all the rest p
Now, these "plain English CUES
tons: What ones have not been
virtually answered ? Let as seel-
He "wants to make a name in cons
munity." No one can suppose that
it would be any honor to discuss
with such o man as the Rev. Per-
plsxed. The only reason for It
would be that many, fer the first
time, would get to hear the grand
truths Of U~niversalism as taught in
the sacred Scriptures. But the
Rev. Psrplsxed will not debate,
and why In the language of Mr..
Barnes, 81 see not one rat of light
to disclose to me why sin came into
the world ; why the earth is strewn
with the dying ard the dead, and
rhy men must suffer TO all eternity"
Barnes here distinctly says that to
HIM there Is mot one ray Of light to
dlscloss" why man must eternally
suffer. Tho Rev. Perplexed know
ing that there Is not one reason
why his awful dogma should be
true, thinks it not policy 20 public
lY expose it. No one can doubt but
he would crush the UnIversalist
Church if he could. Ii debating
would do it, he would gladly seize
the opportunity. 1t Is strange that
the Rev Perplsxed is so opposed to
a friendly discussion, bat not oppos-
ed to calling those, differing from
him, ignorant" "fends," "no
brains" Swine" and descending
into the lowest slang, besides as
saulting a man over q name moi his
own. Quite an easy way to meet a
man by calling HIM harsh names
and using opprobrlous epithets.-
You ask the question, if changing .
mans belief world make him bet
ter. UndoHbtedly, If you we're .
UnvsrsslIst you would be soma,
thing moro of 9 gentleman, 70 say
nothing about beng d httle moro
humanitarian.
But, air, condsscend so low A. to
let ga boy only e." with mo
brains" and Ignorant" make q
suggestion IF q man with your
prodigious brain would use q little
more becoming language, he might
be more highly respected In com.
munity. J. 2. AcLANE.
NcConnelsrille, March Sd, 1871.