The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-12-02
HTALL THE ENDS THOU AIMsT AT, BE THY GODS
WAYNE COUNTY, IND. DEC,
For the Palladium.
Free RELIGION.

an address on the above suhjeci
evening 18th, to some Spir
not Geodistic. believers
The writer desiring Information o.
the above subject became an audi
tor to q man who neither respecI
the Christian faith, nor, in ou
opinion hesitates 20 misrepresent
by false estimate ard false state
ment, the true status of the Chris
tain world. Therefore q succinc
statement OF his lecture, with cor
mcnts on the Same, may afford th.
reader m insight of the perniciou
influence of the teachingsof sue!
men. f
Mr.. Stebbins first read a poem,
sWhittier's Dream, then commen
ced discoursing about the grea'
change which he held vas takins
,,lace in the belief of the world
and how much better Off ths
Friends of Progress were, than th'
believers in Christianity. He spoke
Of Catholics and protestants loos
ing faith in their religion, wher
he knows nothing experim entail
of their faith and the peace il
brings. He quoted some remark
of Dr.. Storr's OF Brooklyn, and DR.
Newman Of Washington, made a
a meeting of the Y NJ C. A. re
Gently held in Washington, to sho,
that Christianity would be NOR.
severely tried in the next decade
Of yesrs, by infidelity of course,
than ever before. We admit the
trial may be great, for centuries
even, but Christianity possesses
all amount of latent power and
elasticity, which infidelity with all
its boasted knowledge and preten
sions, can no more overthrow,
than man can lift himself ove,i
a fence by the straps Of his boots
He said revivals have lost their in
dueace, and could not again b.
made effective; spoke derisively
the Richmond revival; said that til
Churches could no longer reacl:
the better and more intelli
gent classes but had to take holt
and rely upon lower and NOR.
degraded class Of per sons to sus-
tain the Church. False; but thank.
be to God, Christ taught his follow
ers to comfort the despised an,'
distressed; to lift up the lowly and
despondiug, and to- the poor, the
Gospel was preached. While the
speaker was quoting some poetic
al lines, uttered, he said by dy-
ing lady; he became suddenly in
disposed and very near dying him
self, for aught we know. There
fore the latter part of the address
was deferred till Sunday evening
18th inst. Being present, we Civ.
an exege sis Of it.
Mr.. S. resumed his address on
Free Religion; by reading shor
extracts from the gospel, as h:
. termed it, of Buddha; who accord.
; ing to his statement was grea
ruler Of caste and distinction. Th,
writings Of that old Hindoo seem
to be q gospel indeed with Mr.. S
for he held they would be abov'
all price if put into the hands O.
the young people Of our country
r who might learn lessons Of wisdom
: and truth from them. Of far great
; value than they could obtain frol
/ the poverty-worn doctrines taugh
by the Old and New Testaments
), We believe Mr.. Stebbins one o
: many, who would feel less preju
dice against the insxpctions o
4 pansuism than of Christianity II
self.
o II it be the object of Free Re
> ligionists to divert Christians ant
their sympathisers away iron
Christ, by disparagiag him, ant
n gospelizing Buddhism, Spiritualisu
e or any other ism; we trust their ell
!. forts will prove futile. AS MI
!. Stebbins spoke SO much IN prais
o Of B uddha, and so disparaginly Q
a the doctrines of Christ, a shor
} comparison between the two, vii
. be readily comprehended by th
d unprejuidiced
e Buddha, according to good au
thority was one of the beings VOL
J, SHIPPED by Buddhists; either til
historical founder of Buddhism @
/ one ofhis prototypes or successor
, Buddhism, or the doctrine origin
-
d ally taught by the Hindoo sag
" Gautama, surnamed Buddha, th
y the awakened or enlightened;
, the 9th century. B, c., and adopt
. ad A \ relicion. at frat athaisti