Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-03-29

all that we are guilty Of, via, giving hoerni
Interpretations to such passages Of Scripture
sscsnnot otherwise ~ reconciled 70 reason
er evidence. - - -,
why is Il nrore Infamous for Us TO attach
Hbsrsl conspoctious 70 certain other portions
Of Scripture that cannot otherwise be sincere
y yfscsi$sd. than for the orthodox 10 render
Tue book OF Genesis confotmable to the judy
ment Of our enlightenti age
Again, ietit be asserted, that " our iDterppet
a,ions Of the Bible differ IRON the orthodox,
90 slsp do their op Interpretations dl6Sr among
Memsslccs. Why may they not on the same
ground that they brand Ne with Iutidelity,
charge the same upon each otherf
1t will be remembered at one of the recent
meetings, the subject of womens keeping ST.
lence in the churches, was discussed. And
what was the conclusion was IL in favor OF
q heirai signihcaton No. And what was
worse, there was no unanimous opinion upon
any one Interpretation suggested. How can
they deny US the right to our interpretations,
when they not only depart nom the literal
reading of text, but vary among themselves
in their understanding OF that textf
Ills further said that I'VE reject Christ"
Again we insist that we do not reject Him, and
more, that in the light we view Jesus and his
mission upon earth, He is far more Saviour
to ss than he could possibly be If viewed in
the orthodox, or any other light
In every cital sense do we believe In Christ,
and TO every purpose which Christ Himself
mentioned as most requisite to salvation, do
we sccept him Did not Christ constantly la-
Dor by parable, precept and example, TO teach
men q higher gospel Of truth, love and duty,
than they had ever knowni and this noble
work V the one Christ especially declares as
the one n s0as sent IN The viH Of His Father TO
do. That we fully believe in this glorious
work Of the Saviour, and would make II our
highest light and example, who Of our ortho-
dox friends will deny of US Z and II not, then
where Is our disbelief?
when will the orthodox world cease 10
cavil with Us Cos not placing the saving grace
ofClSist's death aud atonement before that Of
His,lifef Is not the life of a man more I'M
portant than his deatht Wherein may we
hope for salvation through Christ's deafh, II
we may not be allowed to find IL through lis
lvef
In the Rev. Mr.. Wells recent sermon deliv-
eTe0 upon tue VI OdiNhuOn, thc
hib OF several lofty platforms on which the
spectators were seated to view the unveiiing 0i
OF the fountain, was made use Of as I'm illus
traiion OF the fall OF religious pl atoSms nj the
Judgmen. Day
We were denomiuaied among the unhappy
platforms that went DOWN.
The Rev. speaker was on the platform tha
didn't go down because hs had previously pur.
chased "ticket" which secured for him sGf
platform
hope no irpeverenee will be charged TO US
for expressing the few thoughts suggested to III
Tor impaired to US eiiher) by this discourse.
/ believe the first thought that iound iiseli
out Of the shock and debris Of this chaotic
picture was, that the Rev gentleman shoult
Be much obliged for such convenient acciden
10 help advertise those special salvation tick
cts" which Orthodory-not Christianity =
seems to have an erctusise patent on
Our second thought was that Mr.. Wells
and not God had after oil made great mis-
take, for certainly had an outraged JelIoval
wished to punish US 50 implacably, He woult
not send us all down Ms u denomination IL
such del,ghgul company together We woul'
b. TOO happy.
As God Is my witness declare that no sac
r!lege forms any part Of the above writer
thoughts, neither disrespect for Mr.. Wells no
the cause he advocates. But be II remember
ed that he hss endravor.d TO deiame ou
religion and shall We less earnestly defend II
Il seems 70 me that Mr.. Wells may talk Il
bout "Christ's" plan OF salvation until the las
ha In tall tllAni,
something that Christ never talked abOutf
Theslogians may try 10 explain 1t, bu, Chris
never tried to.
He did say. II am the light and the way.
We believe II. He did say Follow me-" W.
try to obey. And only by these merits do WI
expect TO fnd that glorious reward which l
promised only to tue lai.hiul--that is "Etsrn0
Life" Although We have understood ,hi
heayen-appoinied instrument himself--M
Wells-to say that Gods Spirit thunder
through him." we hardly think he can "thur
der" this reward away from US.
II Is comfort to US at least, tbs
We do not feel compelled as yet by Di
vine Authority, or Mr.. Wells, TO resign 0u
sweet abiding fountain OF spiritual life an
hope. Our trust 10 indeed 80 simple as CON
pared with the one so maryelously elucidate
ia his discourse, that fear We should neve
know the reason Of our hope In Mr.. Well
"ioun,ain," without some special Influx OF su
p~rnatural vision TO help Us comprehend Il
Ny letter Is already long, aud yet too sboi
70 contain an adequate dsfsnse of our faitl
Esye only endesyored 10 an humble way
remove by few arguments the charge OF II
fidelity against. us, aad thus express our ju
rebellion against the dreadful doom we ha'
lately heard 50 much about Let me beg chi
NO initrence be drawn either from this lelle
or our position as UnitaFians, that we aso oI
posed 10 9 revival of religion now seeking I
l,s produced In our place. souls can
awakened 10 higher psFeepuons OF their rel
ion 10 God. and shs present As we'll as iu,u
uIs. We say gladly, let ths good work bs don
We believe THAI rsyiyals OF true Christi
sentiment are - regulate part OF Gods pl
OF government. - are this storms and nur
saass IN the physical world 70 purge the
feoisds siF.
We woaJd like 10 Join with you 10 this q
eysFy oshrf ohriAtisa work but We ask
kindness, IN u MOI better while we come q
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