The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-01-23

gument, Is compelled to resort to such
sophistry, and above all such languoge,as
Mr.. Bailey uses in his last articles, l
consider his moral standard below my
ideas Of refinement, morality, or even
common docency.
For the sake, however, Of those who
may expect and desire some reply from
me, l will notice a few Of the accusations
he brings against the Spiritualists.
First, he charges US with having no
God, because forsooth some one Of our be-
lief has styled God, "the Soul Of the Uni
verse;" Well, if he is not the Soul Of
the Universe, what is he ?
] was early taught, by my good Ortiz
odox father, that God was Omnipotent,
Omnisciont and Omnipresont, and years
have but confirmed by bcliefin that idea.
He must possess these attributes else he
is neither Infinite nor Eternal. Now if
God is not matter, he is something which
permcatcs all matter as well as all space,
else he is not omniprcsent, and what more
appropriate title could he give to this all
pervading presence, than Soul Of the
Universe All are but parts Of one stu
pendous whole, whose body, nature Island
God the soul,
Personality implies limitations, and we
can define no limits for the Infinite. 1t is
mistaken motion that because our ideas
of him, are thus broad and comprehensive
that they arc any less concentrated, or
that our communion with him is less sim
cerc or beneficial. Each human soul is a
centre Of communication between the in
finite and the finite. We read Ephesians
SO "One God, and Father of all, who
is above all, and hrough all, and in you
aH" Although may again, be accused
Of esuitical Hypocrisy" nevertheless |
affirm that my trust in the boundess love
Of the Divine Father never fails me, and
my confidence in the wisdom Of the Di-
vine economy is never shaken. | do not
question, but there is light beyond,
though, for the time, | may not see it.
Not long since, severe affection be-
fell me, in the sudden death of very
dear sister, the mother of four little boys.
My children came to me with streaming
eyes, saying, "MIother you always tell us
these terrible things, are for the best, but
where can you see any best in this ?"
told them | could not see it now, but
some day, we should understand the good
that would grow out of it.
No individual can know more Of God,
than he has capacity to comprchend,more
than can pint measure be expected to
contain quart,
A true index to the degree Of cnlight.
eminent which any people have attained is
their conception of Diety. To consider
him person, * to measure him with con-
tractcd reason, to express him as the
"Soul Of the Universe" il the fullest and
most complete idea Of the infinite,
man has yctreached. To commence with
him, We must enter the inner chamber Of
our own souls, and feel after him, as he
is not far from every one Of Us" As we
all male aud female originated in this
source Of being, tho source must be our
Mother as well as our Father, though GUS
tom and association, have rendered the
latter appelation familiar, and very dear,
hence we use it. We read in that re-
cord, Of which We have Through your
columDs) recently been having an clabor-
ate explanation, that VIC were created
male and female in the likeness Of God.
The remainder Of Mr., Bailey'S spleen
seems to be vented upon US, mostly be-
cause he can not drive US out Of the BIZ
bic. | have yet to learn, if God has in
stituted spiritual aristocracy, to whom,
alone are dealt out his truths, either of the
Bible or any other Of his revelations
The quotations | made in previous
article from that book, are genuine Spir-
itualism, and he was not able to point out
a shade Of difference, although his holy
indignation was aroused, because | saw
fit TO point out the similarity. lie finds
fault because we do not take the Bible as
a Sufficient rule Of faith and practice, 4"
and because we select certain portions as
adapted to our needs, and leave the re-
mainder as the history of a past age, and
yet in his note to Mr.. Wilkins, he ignores
the commandments Of Moses, and only
confines himself to the spirit Of christian
Hy-while in in another place, he wishes
me to feel the force of the command,
Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live"
On that same page is another, which
reads like this, Thou shalt not counte-
nance poor man in his cause" If one
OF these is to be obeyed, the othOr is, or
likely to be binding docs he wish to en-
force it ? Consistency thou art jew
ell" lie calls the spiritualists all sorts
of names, because they do not worship
the Jehovah Of the Jews. Does he wor-
ship the God who commanded them to
sell their deceased meat to their neigh
bors? Who babe them 90 out among the
neighboring nations, and Stay all, except
the young virgins, and keep them alive
for themselves? Does he 60 back to the
people for his model Of spiritual worship,
and spiritual things, who were so low in
their grade Of civilization, that hundreds
we're found who Tapped, like dogs, and
whose Jehovah required the dead carcass
ses of animals to be burned before him,
to appease his wrath? Will he scourge
us, with the sharp thongs Of his tongue,
because We carefully criticize, and ana
lyzc the old Testament, and in the same
breath accuse us of being licontious
Free love, Mormons, etc, when the heart
and core, of sensualism aud mormonism
can be found in the histories of those pa.
triarchs and kings ? He reminds me of
the "whitcd sepulchre, full Of dead mems
bones
lie can berato US for months, while he
is trying to prove that the Bible days Of
creation are so many great periods Of
time, all along from tho first down to the
seventh, there he wisely, stops, lest he
no should do away with, Tho seventh
is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God" and
the sacred institution by which other PEG.
pie arc opjoined to rest, Though he earns
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