New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-15

practically interpreted into quito difficult thins-tn,
where the interpretation does not deny the srtel OF
cteeds which each Church has adopted The Engnsns
Its allowance than any Church the world eE
oept our own. But neither they We are wbofnS
social suspicious those adopt from strictly con
victon broader and freer views than owns whereas
ought say aud to feel that lives Christian
Bfe and processes TO be believer In Christianity ana
Of the scrptures and his opinions, n private
are wholly his own business; II made public We We
may argue with them, we may dislike or disapproye
them, better still disprove them. and is our duty
name or Christian fellowship TO the man who claims ~.
and has the spirit and the character OF Christian In s
daily hfe and conversation. Nor have right TO say
that with any theoretical views, however peropeous DC
capnot be O Christian.
UNITY OF THE GODHEAD-THE NcARsArI ION OF CHRIST
s. Tho unity OF the Godhead and the trinity OF the
persons therein" Ia proposition which, in my juds
ment, contradcts itself II believe the first part We
cannot believe the last Persons cannot coexst; what
person is separate consciousness, life. ana
character. trinity of persons in unity B unscrptura
Is unntelhgble is selfcontradctory II confnses re-
ngon at its very core 1t muddies tho stream at tne
fountain head. The trinity is invention of patons
ing philosophers In the AeXandrtan Church, ana VIC
never taught by Christ or known by the Apostles
& "The utter depravty of human nature ~ cons a1
quence of the fal IS another statement fabulous th
puerile In origin and terms, unknown to Christ or the
Esangests an inference from Pauls rhetoric contrary
all observation and experience. little more Deeyeu
in plain sense by intelligent orthodox people IN our
day than by ourselves. Moreover 1t Is loose aud in
doctrine far 10 is believed IL excuses s
by putting its origin on nature and predecessor
and not In onr own conscences and wills. IL coniuses
the sense OF responsibility and makes men nndeirac
their powers OF obedience and obligations 10 Keep
their lives erect and pure There IL depravty enough
no human being felt II 1t existed u COMO
never know itself, any more than beast can kno"
Again. s. "The Incarnation OF the son OF God, his
Work OF Atonement for the Sins OF Mankind ana AIS s
Mediatora Intercession and Reign" This is the hiul
article and 1t Is not too much to say that it Is
technical traditional and dead which arouses ~ pr ne
tipu limit ia which pOnfneQ
plain object of Christianity In any other sense ln1
that IN which all souls, being made In Gods mag, or
lncarnaons OF God and Christ. only more 80 as ne WIZ
the purest brightest sweetest Image OF God any sV
ever presented in human flesh can be ntelig9ly caou
the Incarnation OF the Son Of God The word at0nc'
ment," only once used in English Scripture mas
been allowed TO grow into an importance thai esnd V
and il crowds on, much more important IDEAS The im-
port popularity used is precisely contrary to the new
Christ as living and dying to reconcile man
10 God; that Is TO mako man know, love, anh oDeS
his Maker The Evangelical Alliance III its use Oh II
following the Reformation and the Catholicldea DOLL
would perpetuae the false and mschiev0us dea, tlt
God needed to be reconciled to us, made Wiling W IV
gye renterested in us after beng allenatel RON e
race; propitiated and won over to our side Ins u S
in all false religions has darkened the face OF 6Od
loving friend and father Tue Gospel came to bring
willing them, and TO do IL required no change ID
his mind or feelings Out only In their hSes anu
and the doctrine Of the Atonement have long ana ops
natey prevented many men from seeing ana leenhg,
sense and almost TO the general intelligence OF our I1y
to make such AN article as this ground OF uhOh dc
condition Of acceptance In an Evangelical Alhalee'
JUSTIFICATION BYEFAITH-THE IMMORTALITY OF TIE
SOUL. ..l..
G. 1.-THE justification of the sinner by faith alone II
another radical error which has been enormously IN
favorable to practical morality. 1t is just what people
who honor fine words and loud professions ana senu
mental emotions above good solid work for mans I'M
provement and happiness and virtue would desire 10 Dc
eye Faith indeed the root OF works, but works are
the proof OF faith Man Is saved essentially ey neither
faith works, and by thesr separation o eac
oser but by the grace OF GOdhat rs, by the ffee gt
OF eternal life; but this gft is conditioned on obeaence
and practical righteousness, which indeed are e'eIai
"The work Of the Holy Spirit in the conversion and
sanctfcatiOn OF the sinner" contains truth OIL tne
utmost Importance. But when the hOy opllt 10 nhue
sneak through anything hut consciousness Wnen
it is not recognized the perpetual voice oi COD m o
nature; when It s made person separate rom COG,
and is supposed to have special WORK olber tnh 1OI
continuous work in the enlightenment OF our hearts ny
very souls, 1t is misleading untenaDe ana disastrous
which Is practcaly OF niue force "th
hOugtful honest, and courageous MINDS mat lace the
real facts OF their spiritual life ARD
g. The immortality Of the soul, the resurrection OF
the body the judgment Of the world by our Oro Jesus
Christ with the eternal bessedness OF The g hteous ana
the eternal punishment OF the WlcBed Is sentence
which blends truth aud falsy the reasonaDe ana ,f
absurd the known and the unknown the erealoie ani
the repulsive and cruel in such mixture tnat We must
refuse as whole TO take r dhe S mo M of
Christianity. the eterDa blessedness OF the righteous
iOyfully and fully acknowledged anur coH-
fessed The resurrection of the body IN any
proper use Of the words we reject; the eA-
of last day OF Judgment over when CHRIST 70
preside person reject nero abuse OF plctotai
language conveying ideas incredible or not ia
with the broad teachings OF Gods supremacy a. ouuso
and of the perpetual JUDGMENT going on III MS gonsr
ment IL is just credible that human gOVeIhmes
should be able toreserve its dealings with wee ana crime
to the end Of It's existence leaving all crlinhaIs
unpublished, uneondemned, as their crimes occur, as
that God should. Gods moral government KeePs a
always open court, ana the principles OF tne oslot o
the principles which II 10 and ever mas Deen
tered. The Judgment day Is perpetual Every eyy 10
hand he announces the principles Of Gods judgments
The eternal punishment OF the wicked Is true ID tis
in all worlds but that God after certain Crisis,
compes people TO be wicked forever ,I tnss
he may punish them forever, or allows
no further OPPORTUNITY for repentance return to ODE
dence after the great probation OF life which u OFTEN
nassed in heathen darkness and Is comparatively gno
rant providentiay blind, and immOyal, is so sochs
that only Incidence and custom and secret DOUBT OF ~
possibty allows 1t be protested. IL could n0J DC
believed by sane men If It taught for the first
time to-day by an angel dropped from neaEon'
Ii il peryerson of poeticaexa ted Oriental language
ton as this mems minds but only TO stimulate uu
conscences by the terrors OF the consequences
The Divine institution OF the Christian ministry and
the aud perpetuty Of the ordinances Of pap
tism and the Lords Supper receive, but mol ia any
savish aud technical sense We accept none 60, VI i n
sacerdota ideas connected with ordination Inc nn-
isry is vocation which has ITS authority ana warrant
in the inward call men feel TO follow Christ III ehn6
Gods will and proclalning his love, and persuadng
sinners TO return to duty. The minister is complete
without any outward ordination. Amy man who mas lno
inward call Is priest already. The outward IQrn lo
useful to order should not be abandoned but they
may easily INTO superstiYons None can sa Irc
more the rites OF baptism aud THE Lords supper lau We
do az beautiful tender holy rites essential 20 the out
ward order and perpetuity Of Christian institution;
May they never be forgotten neglected. But 10 Put
into them, upon then virtue separate from s"s
moral and spiritual purport-a value which inheres III
rites, and not their spiritual and symDoo
ton and use-is downright superstition and l. Whohy
opposed Christs will and the spirit Of His religion
THr PLATFORM CONDEMNED AS DIsHoSoRISG 10 GOD
AND CONTRARY 10 REASON. ... ....
Thus I have plainly dealt with the platform OF INC
Evangelical Ariancein cursory manner. and only IN
the way of counter statement-as 1t does not Itself
argue but assumes its positions declare that ny con-
seriousness a Christian follower, lover aud seTah'
OF Jesus Christ repudiates these fundamentals as aus
honorn9 God reproachful OF nature, contrary 10
reason exaggerations OF Scripture. fatal TO sny P