The New York herald., 1873-10-05

imposition, can the superstructure be divine
The complete overthrow Of the Bible is then mere
question OF time. Spread natural sciences among
every class OF the people, and the Bible will sink
into insignincance and be regarded as the widest
book OF dreams ana riddles ever published, while
the sacred book OF nature. It's infinite mysteries
Notwithstanding, will De held in great veneration,
and will also be the subject OF indeiagable study
and research, in order to unfold and nd out those
mysteries and marvellous laws for the advance
ment of knowledge and the increase OF human
comfortabeness. Nor is this all. The attack will
De more strongly and phil0sophically directed
against Christ, wno being considered the corner
stone OF the edifce, is to be- with mighty EFFORT
been adorned by ignorant. superstitious Jews at
lrst and afterwards by the policy OF emperors and
kings, and in every age, but especially in ours, by
priesthood. The greatest curse oi humanity. The
INQUIRIES about Christ imply the Trinity. For ar
gument's sake let us suppose TO be true all that
kind. Gods wisdom and power are highly cee-
orated In every page OF the Bible and 1t Is there
wol ths' cSs OF Is is all mads as
in his own image. History relates facts
about painter and sculptors who have jeopardized
their own life to save theirlmasterpleces from some
impending danger, so much did they value the
fruits OF their sublime intelligence. To what
danger did not Townley expose himself to save the
bust OF Daphne, enveloped in laurel. conveying it
to his carriage and keeping it In the same place
where ne ,g sought q refuge during the. the riots SIN IN
teur God did. however, deal quite differently and
although He created man in His own image, he had
the heart to leave him to the snares and over
whelming power OF another work OF His hQnds-of
Satan-who, in heaven ITSELF dsdalning to be His
subject, had already rebeled with myriads OF other
spirits by him seduced, and had been hurled into
the bottomless pit forever and ever. Satan, in a
little while, seduced and ruined man. aud he
efected such terrible havoc on mankind with
the leave OF God, whose subdued and implacable
enemy Satan was. Can any intelligent and rehect-
Ing mind admit such belief which makes OF God
greatest
The fall OF man, absurd as 1t Is, sinks into lnsig-
nifcance II we consider the .absurdities OF which
IL is the source. What injustice, for an instance
can be greater than this, VIZ. THAT Adam, origin
and head spring OF the curse on mankind, is saved
who did not consent to his disobedience, are
doomed TO be punished IN everlasting fire? What
faith but ignorance can believe itS
But let us speak OF the redemption OF Jesus
Christ, where the impossibility and absurdity
reach their apex God, even according to the
teaching OF the Bible, is, and indeed must be, an
INFINITE Spirit and therefore the incarnation OF the
Son OF God must have been that OF an infinite
Spirit it is supposed to be the second person OF
the Holy Trinity. Now, Christ was, in ali His ex-
ternal appearance, like any other man His dlvin-
ity-that IS TO say, an infinite Splrit-must have
other part or His body or mlnd Can ininity be
limited to anything or space2 The very state
ever uttered among men. But let US search little
further. Christ came to save what was lost
down His own life Can God be killed If any
body says that Christ died in His human nature,
then answer that He did not redeem mankind,
because ST. Paul says that there is no remission OF
sin without effusion OF blood IT. then, the blood
shed by Christ was only His blood as man, then
the incarnation OF the second person OF the Trinity
was not necessary. l will grant however, that
He has redeemed humanity from sin and death.
Why, then there are still millions OF heathens IND
delS and very bad Christians And to the true and
faithful followers or Christ, VINO have been first
regenerated by the baptism, and afterwards have
been sanctied by confession and holy communion,
or by justification by lath according to the denomi-
nations TO which they belong, why are their
s e sons Gppns a divine r And so again y
TO those who are to be saved NOBODY can go 10 the
Father II the Son do not bring that one to Him,
and no one can go TO the son II the Father do not
bring him TO the Son. Now, as the Father and the
Son are coeternal who win lead the way? Again,
with what Justice are the infdes upbraided with
their stubborn infdeity, If neither the Father nor
the Son call them or, five must admit that they
all are called as it is limited in the first chapter OF
st. John are then the voice and grace OF the AL
mighty God so powerless that they caunot softly
bend the so-called stubbornness Of an infdels Who
this other query-Why are the consent OF man and
his efforts to be saved necessary under the dis
pensation OF Christ If all mankind became cursed
without consenting to the SIN OF Adam, nay, before
they were born 7
The meeting OF the Evangelical Alliance will,
therefore, be failure, although IN your paper-so
well managed and so widely diffused all the world
oyer-ltis stated in the issue OF to-day that this
great Protestant Council gives promise or good
practical work. But IL is my opinion 1t VIII
only show the apish spirit OF Professionalism, that
tries 10 initiate the ecumenica councils OF the
Popes. ifthe great learned, profound scholars and
theologians now assembled in New York do not
prove the nationality OF Christianity and explain
away the infinite objections which have been made
and are daily made against the Bible in general
and against each OF its doctrines. IL Will
not do that those renowned doctors state that
the Bible is divine-they ought to demonstrate with
mathematical evidence sucn statement. Anything
short OF this will convert the unbelievers or
this and all coming generations and how could
they be converted without strong and evident
argumentsf Therefore say again that the meet
ing OF the Evangelical Alliance will be a failure,
because the assembled doctors can never prove
the divinity OF the Bible and Christianity Will not
gain an inch OF ground against free thinking.
Would Ii, tnen, not have been much better TO en-
ploy the great deal OF money squaDdered inthis
great meeting In other humanitarian purposes
in allaylng the sufferings and groans OF the poor
or IN giving instruction to the ignorant OF every
nation, in order TO teach them their duties
tional beings and as citiZensy
LAMA FONvECCL
NEW YORK. Oct 3. 1873.