The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-10-09
IFor the News.
Reriew Of Dr.J. d. Rulings.

/ DR.. ]. d. Ridings to my articles on the
, Judgment, appears in your last number, in
which the DIR. says: ''When wrote the
last reply considered ct useless for me to
examine the Brothers rejoinders longer.
! So think 1, Dr., and if you will confess
, your so-far failure we win excuse you from
the field. The DIR. seems to be f'astonish-
ed" at my last article. No wonder he is
''astonished." He makes a few loose state
ments, calls them arguments, and when
they crumble to pieces in my hands at the
slightest touch, and disappear,
'eLike the baseIess fabric of VISION" @
the DIR. is ''astonished." 1 do not wonder
at his ''astonishment." I suppose he is also
''astonished' because got the name of DR..
Griesbach wrong, and called him ''Dr.
Greasy-back." He has made greater blund-
ers than that, and am not at all ''astonish-
ed" "
have called upon him forhis proofs, but
instead of giving me bread he gives me a
stone He accuses me of using ''satiric
folly" and finds fault with me for so doing
But then he says, ''If the Brother desires
to have some sport on satiric phraseology,
when we have disposed of the Judgment 1
will be with him until he is satisfied" Will
he condescend to do thing himself which
he faults in others? ...... ..--.
He says he will excuse me because am
''ReU." claim neither the title, REV, !"
''Prof., nor the modest appellation, ''Dr. J"
But says the Dr., ''One-eyed men are con-
sidered among blind Drs. as being gods"
1 do not wish our readers to understand me
as saying that he is blind Dr., for he said
that himself. One-eyed men will be care
full whom they follow then, for, ''if the
blind lead the blind both will fall into the
ditch" But, my readers, there is no argu-
ment in all this. We have, however, to an
swer some men by their ''folly." -..
He asks, 'swhere is mans final award?"
and then quotes, sin Heaven or Hell, and
Heaven and He'll are not half-begun." l
was indeed surprised when saw this quo
tation, and was more surprised when ex-
amined my articles and found that it was
not quotation at all. If this is not gGr6
ling my language I confess do not know
what garbling is. think it might be term
ed, in the sublime language of the eloquent
Dr., ridiculous garbling." !.
He enquiries, 'sIf man has gone to his
final award, will the Brother please tell US,
when Christ comes from the bright eeles-
tial Heavens to call his children unto Him
self, where he will call them (his children)
from?" A puzzling question indeed. If
the DR.. had lived in the days of Christ he,
with the Sadducees, would have no doubt
put the Savior to silence. But perhaps the
Savior would have responded in this Ian
guage. marvel not at this, for the hour
is coming in which all that are in their
graves shall hear his voice and shall come
forth, they that have done good unto the
resurrection of life, and they that have done
evil unto the resurrection of damnation.'
John 5, %, %. Perhaps the DR.. would then
exclaim, ''Lo, he hath a devil" away
with such a man, cruelty him, cruelty him."
Attention is again called unto Acts "a, 25.
The DR.. loves to spend his time upon pas
sages which were not brought forward to
prove Judgment after death. If he will
re-read my second article, and then put on
his glasses and read it over again, I think
he will surely see where the passage was
introduced, and for what purpose. 1t
teaches Judgment to come, but says moth
ing about aohen it was to come. He tells
us that ''MelIORtGS" means "about to come.
, We have similar use of the word in Tim,
4, s, Heb, 6, 5, and Heb, 2, 5, the last OF
which 1 will quote, ''For unto the angel:
hath he not put in subsection the world t.
come, whereof We speak" The worlt
'iabout to come" was not to come this sidt
of eternity. May not that be the way witt
the Judgment? 1t was ''about to come,
the DR.. says, but about to come 1ohen!
that's rne question. We shall have to ex
2 anime parallel passages and see when. Pau
. was about to die, and it was after this tha
he looked into the future to the day o
l Judgment for his crown of life. A. fter b
. was ready to be-offered;" after the time o
his departure was at hand;" after he ha,
L ''fought good fight" after he had ''fn
t ished his COURSE" after he had ''kept tn
a faith, " he looked torUard unto the comm
4 of Christ for his crown.
f But the DR.. says that "crown" does nc
l. mean Paul's home in Heaven. Who said
did? Will he be SO kind as to tell us? H
labors to prove that 'crown" does not mea
8 Paurs home in Heaven, by quoting pa
s sage found in Phil. 4, 1. Has it never OF
" Cured to the Dr.'s mind that a word ma
!. be used to represent different things
''Crown" is used as the emblem of roy
- dignity-the symbol of Office as an emblel
s. of the rewards of a future life. In tn
n latter sense it is used in James 5, 4: san
" when the chief shepherd shall appear, J
n shall receive a Groom Of glory that fadet
not away" Again, Rev. ., 10: Fear mol
= of those things which thou shalt suffer; b
u hold, the devil shall cast some of you in
ST prison, that We may be tried; and ye shf
S, have tribulation ten days; be thou faithf
We unto death and will give thee crO0on
n life" This is simply conclusive. II
''crown of life" is here used as the emble
" of the rewards of eternity, and is to be gi
We en- at death. Here, as in PauPs case
Tim. 4, 8, the crown is described; 1t te
what kind of a crown-G crO'on Of life.
ad He says the brethren at Philippi wear t
IT. apostles crown. Now, see here, Dr., at t
ed time Paul addressed the Philippian bret
al rem his ''crown of righteousness" was ''lC
up" for him, and you say the brethren
w. Philippi were wearing it. Whom shall
< believe? DIR. Ridings or Paul? Shall
ce believe DIR. Ridings, and say, go, Pa
a you are an impostor"?
NJ He says, ''on examination 1 find
word 'henceferth' means remaining"
wonderful discovery! This will be news
I'd many of our readers. Webster deser7
immortal renown for being the author of
invaluable dictionary. The DIR. beats hi
nS He is one step in GFUGnce of Webster, a
IN, we shall have to call upon the DIR. for
me vision of Webster's dictionary.
NV Allusion is again made to Heb. 9, 27.
~ calls upon me to fix up the ''cOyunction
'' and says no more. I think he is not sa
fed with his own effort upon this passa
Perhaps DR.. J. J. Griesbach can assist h
A1' Have you looked to him for coun
ose Where, now, is ''4NellOntaS"? Has it 81
md in the grave of obscurity? We will let