The New York herald., 1871-07-02

saI 70 memo more This is the distinguishing re-
ward Of the righteous OF & The @ Wicked :, is 81 said @
abideth upon them" "shall not see llfe,n ana yet
orthodoxy says they have immortal souls which
can never die. Awiully conflicting statements
Which IL 70 he believed, the word OF God or the
traditions Of mens Let God be true though every
:. 'Now, that the dead are raised even
Moses showed at the bush, when ne
cssth the Lord the God q o Abraham 5acuS tGe
for he is not God Of the dead,
bur OF the hvlng.n This last SEN
10 prove the souls Immortality, and that the souls
OF the saints enter heaven at death; whereas IL Is
used by the author OF Lukes gospel in reference to
Gods promise Of resurrection, whereby all true
believers IN Christ are to be made .equai TO the
angels, anu can die no more being the children OF
God OF the dead, but Of the iving,n proves no IL
ing, according TO Moses, but that God VIII ulti.
In the dust; they rest IN nope OF joyful resurrec-
ton ana God II, therefore, prospectvely the God Oh
in heaven Oe said 10 crest IN nOpes" A SAINT said
10 be resting In hope Of what ne Is In possesslonf
morning Of the Neither Jesus nor Paul
taught the heather dOgnas or the souls immorta-
ily, and OF the soul gong to heaven or hell at DEATH
l certainly have no sympathy with your "heprew
Philosopher" in his expression Of the wOrthessness
OF 'creed" IN system of religion. am es much
opposed to creeds as 1t IL possible for man to be.
believing rs Ido that there Is but lone faith, one
nope, one baptism. one God and Father OF our LORD
one creed from beginning TO end. The Gospel
preached to Abraham was the Gospel preached by
Jesus and Paul. The essence OF the Gospel is
contained in the covenants and promises made OF
God to Abraham, Isaac and jacob. The covenants
and promises are the Gospel In nutshell
the Gospel m,at" ~ pao. r,, Paul ds
Moses IN the law and prophets taught the
hope Of Paul was the lsraetish nope; the faith OF
Paul was an lsraeltish altn, and he said there was
but one faith, whereas. now, we have o thousand
faiths; in fact there scarcely two persons In the
sec,arian world who believe alike, or who know
exactly what they do believe. Not five per cent OF
the sectarian world can creed OF the sect to
which, ny accident, rs rule, they belong. One Of
the precepts most strenuously urged by Christ and
IN the bond OF peace. Now. the cry Is ~ am of
Paul, and l of ApOll0s aud l OF Cephas," &C..
&c. Is Christ divided, Truth is catholic;
Tnere can be but one creed tnat is true. God
cannot be anthOr OF confusion We have a perfect
Orthod0x Is worth the attention OF Hottentot. The
popular creeds mixture OF heathenism and
Judaism, with the slightest imaginable uncture OF
genuine apostolic Christianity. The creeds now
ventilated were never found In the Word OF G0d but
had their origin In the lances and r0llles TRADITIONS
ana c0mmandments) OF men-Luther, Calvin, Wes-
ley, and hundreds besides, having contributed TO
produce the confusion around u.s. It would be impos
sible now TO produce creed so irrational that 1t
would not find adherents. What IL this state OF
things but that general "lallinR away" from the
'fath delivered to the saints,'' which some OF
the Apostles, IN their epstlcs predicted wOul0 take
place IN the last days" OF the present Gentle dis
pensatOn We are realizing the predicted condition
Of the Church, when It's worship would have OWN
ded into the mere "form OF gcdllncss, without the
power. True, there never was period In the his.
tory Of the Church when religion tthe prOfesslOn)
was more pOpu'ar or more fashionable; and it IS
equally true that there never was period In its his
tory when there was less vital religion In It, Truth
has fallen in the streets. The GOSPEL taught by
Christ and the Apostles Is ignored both In theory
ana practice. The world iS asking, ''Where Is the
they were from the Degnning;' and Thousand
other popular falsenOOds. A. Is. T..