The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-17
HOLY GHOST OF SCRIPTURE.

MIR. Partridge's Deductions from Scripture
Of What the Holy Ghost Is aud What Ii
Its Mission Earth.
On Friday evening Mr. Partridge presented some
novel views Of the being and mission OF the Holy
Ghost before the Universalist Conference, In Dr.
Chapin's church, Fifth avenue and Forty fifth
street. The subject OF discussion had been prevr
ously announced and fair attendance was secured.
The essayst dlsclaimed any partnership in his heO
ries, and expressed the belief that they were
novel, as, indeed, they appeared to be to the audi
ence. He treated his subject under three heads,
namely:-First, the meaning Of the word 'holy" as
1t Is found IN the Scriptures; second, the meaning
OF the word "ghostn as found there also, and
whether this Holy Ghost Is inherent In Is acquired
by man; ana, third what Is this mission OF the Holy
the Ghost ON earth?
Under the first head he read Webster's definition
OF .'hOly"-piOus good, &c.-and then recited
that webster was correct. The word "ghost" was
similarly treated, and by thus dividing the words
and giving merely the phrases In winch they occur,
without their connections, he presented
A VERY PLAUSIBLE THEORY
to show that the Holy GHOST Is sonnet hing Inherent
In mani that 1t Is In MIN from his birth, as witness
John the Baptist, "hlled with the Holy Ghost from
and IS the essential of man; that il IS not ACQUIRED
by h, but, being always In him, 1t is either good
or bad as man makes \; that the Holy Ghost ex-
but was Withdrawn ny God and was restored BY
Jesus Christ by the laying on OF hands and that this
restoration was not the giving to man OF some thing
new and different from himself but the regensra-
lion Of the or spirit aq Tn n
the several theories advanced in the essay, which
elaborated in detail and with very great
men was declared to be that which was demon
strated in the apostolic days-to give power to heal
tue sick, cast out devils, cleanse lepers &C.. and
also TO lmpart itself BY man to another by the
imposition Of hands Thus
PAUL CURED DISEASES
a
the laying on OF mis- hands the Holy Ghost was i'm.
parted to others. The same was true OF Peter and
other Apostles; and Jesus Christ was the intro
Queer, the promoter, the Lord Of this dispensat0n
OF the Holy Ghost. The lecturer tried to illustrate
when their spirits are IN rapport, and declared that
that was The way Jesus impaired the Holy Ghost.
ye the Holy Ghost He believed that the gospel Of
the Lord and Of His Apostles was working gospel
n aoS b we pe 20
just great things as the Apostles did, THIS Is Inc
belief OF the Catholic Church, which stu cias 20
stood It better should better able TO build up
the kingdom OF God than We are. ~ tne s.0ry VI
words ANGEL n .spiriT' and "Holy Ghost OCCUR
they mean, n his OPINION the same anins Angels
which angels and men are made; anu the Holy
GnOst exists by the same means
who had known about the discussion, and came
prepared to defend the evangelical view OF the pres
sheet Of legal cap paper and read ora list OF eighty
I nine casess-ali Of them scriptureln which the
lords "Iioly Ghosp occur, and seven only wherein
the word ,1hOst separately occurs, and seven also
in which the Holy Spirit" Ii mentioned. He de-
inonstrated from these that the ghost or spirit OF
man is an ENTIRELY separate and distinct essence or
thInR from the Holy Ghost or Holy spirit, and that
the latter Is the influence OF Almighty Cod upon
human minds to teach them truth and lead them 10
God.
stranger In the audience gave q polyglot exc
gess OF the word ghost spirit, which, he claimed
In many instances was an error OF King James,
translators, purposey introduced TO please trat
ence between the spirit or ghost OF man and the
Holy Ghost.
Another stranger called attention to the person
atty OF the Holy Ghost dclared In the ScrIptures
where 1t Is always spoken OF In the masculine
gender Otner speakers gave their views, and,
though not appearing To find fault with or dlrectlv
controvert tae lecturers theories that was the only
effect which their remarks could nave had Df.
Chapin was present during part OF the evening but
took no active part In the question.