Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-04-10
Religious.
For the vERNoEr FARMER.
SOME TOUGH QUESTIONS.

perceive that you occasionally appropri-
ate limited space in the FARMER for relig
ious matters, therefore | send you the fol-
lowing questions, hoping that you, or some
OF your correspondents will give them So
luton. BY SO doing n great favor will be
conferred upon sincere seeker after truth,
and you will also crafty the earnest desire
Of many inquiring minds.
|. flood is the father of our spirits rs de-
clared in Heb. xii 9. does 1t not prove con-
clusively, the fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood of man?
2. Is it the spirit emanating from God and
tabornacled in flesh, that constitutes us his
offspringp Acts xvii; 80.
3. If God rs the father of our spirits, ARE
they not the same in kind AS himself?
L. Is it not explicitly taught in the Bible
that man is composed of soul, body, and
spirit?
5. Are the words soul and spirit, rs used
in the Bible. synonymous
g. Does the term soul, when used in the
Scriptures, represent it rs being II material
or immaterial substance? Jas. 10th chapter.
T. Is il the flesh or the spirit, or both, that
Is convicted OF slnI
8. Does the spirit ever assent to the per-
petration of crimeP
g. If so, why did Paul say, for the flesh
lusteth against the spirit, and the spirit
against the flesh, and these are contrary, the
one to the otherP
10. If the works of the flesh when mani
fest, are these, adultery, fornication, un-
| =. al Itch
craft, hatred, variance, emulation, wrath,
strife, sodition, heresies, envyings, muir
der, drunkenness, revelings; of what sin is
the spirit guity'
H. II the fruits of the spirit, when mani
fest, are love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gen
tlencss, meekness. temperance, goodness
faith what fruit OF an opposite nature is 1t
capable of producing3
l2. If the spirit, whilst incased in materi-
ality, is convicted of sin, is the punishment
of the flesh and of the spirit the same IN kind
10. If the spirit is convicted of sin, is it
punished In this world or In tho next state
of existenceP
IA. If punished in the future world, is il
Tor sins committed here or for sins commit
ted thereP
is. IL for sins committed here, is not the
object of punishment, AS being disciplinary,
entirely overlooked?
10. If for sins committed there, have We
any proof that sin and punishment will not
be endless?
II. Can there be any proof obtained from
nature or the Scriptures that tho body, after
il has returned to the earth as Il was" will
evertbe resuscitated and become congonial
habtation for the indweling of tho spiritP
10. If our spirits, after being clothed upor
with spiritual body are subject to tempta
ton and sin, is the assertion of the Master
true, that in the resurrection we are as thu
angels of God in heavenP
10. Is not sin II consequence OF our mate
rial organizatiOnP
90. II sin is consequent of our material or
ganization. and sin exists in the future world
is not our organization and the next worlC
just as materialistic rs thisP
Esser, VI. INQUIRER.
1t is true that we print some religion
matter in tho FARMER, but, so far, we hav
avoided anything of polemical character
and we publish the above with fear an,
trembling, and only because We are convinc
cd that its author is, AS he says, sincere on
qurer alter truth, and not mere disputa
ZIONIST, shaking red rag to draw anothe
theological bull int fight. ANY reade
who will meet these questions in like can
did spirit shall have space in this department
to do SO, but we reserve the right not only I
reject any communication we may deem oh
: jectonable, but to stop the discussion, If an
be started, as soon as we think It has gon
far enough.-ED. FARMER.