, 1874-03-29

says wss the only Issue, / e., ' Was the editor
the Interior justiGaole in Publishing tho paIs
/ Eraph quoted in the first Of tho resolutions
| au.wer: There il nothing either il the preanlbl
or resolutions to chow that he was not 1us!2nce
/ There ia no quotation from BHlng's sermons
show that be teaches the divinity ard expsatof
sacrifice Of Christ, and the other points aoon
which doubts rsere expressed d-and xerpectfuti
submit that It Prof. Patton-from tEe reading
Prot. Swings setmone, or in any other publ
way was led to entertain doubts about ttro1
Swlrg's orthodoxy, be not only had fne r9hs
but it Was his duty, to give expressions to thes
doubts; nor was be bound either bv courtesy Q
precedent to reserve his attacks Of Prof. Swim
until he should como before the Presbyte1y.
In conclusion, believe both Professors ar
honest, aud each is abuudantly able to defen,
! himself. /.
| RELIGIoa or FEAH-sHALL PROF. SWING Bl
| BURNED?
! IT, The Editor Of The Chscaoo Tribune:
| a1a: There can be no question that the tend
ency Of the age is toward a broadening of tbs
! lines OF thought. This ia natural result of in
creasing knowledge, and ct deeper p!owina
Of the intellectual and moral feldr. It lis also
ewing to the greater freedom OF the :,'l MUD, ID.
more restraint than is imposed by pubic
| OPINION and the common laws, BY which the gen
| eral welfare ia secured. The moro we kno" rue
| more We wish to know and the more atrongtY
arc we persuaded OF our ignorance. on]y small
| minds ars blind 10 the limitations Of the little
| circle IN which they move. Your positive and
| doomatic raea NAV SUCCEED better in worldly
| matters than those OF rider views and more
| extensive requirements, but these xre not the
/ men who nromote the best progress Of mankind
| vho wear lts noblest lau1els and win it's most
! imperishable crowns.
The void ia growing into manhood. Every
| day is adding to its experience. Many things
| that troubled the human mind in the wo,ld's
HSo+. cd 7f1I1 in
form, Of dosnas, from which the original force
and meaning have long s1nce passed away.
Calvluism is one Of those gigantic SUPER
e,itiors, by which the soul. OF men hnve been
telrorstrlccn, but which is fast losing its power.
Fear is tremendous force. Il utterly crushes
the intellect and benunbs the will.
Calyinisna Is simply Fea1 organized into eys-
TEN. It is, therefore, q superstition, not = re-
!ieion. Religion is m affection, passion, q
loye. Superstition is q monster, q nightmare,
cursa RELIGION looks m to & beuefceut Gre
ator. Superstition trembles in the presence Of
an eternal demon. Religion opens wide the
doors Of hope, aud spreads celestinl mantle over
human 1retchedncss. Superstition consigns
pitiate divine wrath by the sacrifice OF every
earthly pleasure.
The fruits Of Catyinism have been hitter to the
taste and poisonous to othespirit, and surely moth
ing ia more logical than that "a tree should be
Judged by its fruit 4 tree ~bicl continues to
sooner or later. be rooted from the ground. It
wastes the fertility Of the soil, and is scum
be1er Of the earth"
John CaIy;c Eas 8 u,an Of cold penetrating
had no more Of what is called " hear. than q
marble etarue, His system mas phifsoph.. not
q religion. Alen we're governed BY fixed laws,
like plants and ANIMALS, and these laws estab-
lshed from the beginning, settled the destiny OF
eyerv being to all eternity, Some we're elected
hopp;paza ofhara IN 1,rar61pr
misery. No act or effort could change the de-
crees OF God, We we're wrapped in fate from
which there could be no escape. To man
whose thinking had brought him to such conclu-
ncrs chosen and who ware rejected, we're un-
soIyab1e mysterles. Chosen aud rejected before
sher were born, human souls had no agency in
their omn salvation or dsmnation. Heaven OF
He'll were determinations, not OF Divine JUSTICE,
but Of Divine CAPRICE Such was the colossal |
idol which John Calvin created for the worship |
Of mankiud
The God Of Colyin waa but tho projection of |
himself. We are ell Of US in one sense idol |
4ters. and make cur own gods. Our ideasof the |
minds. To one man, God is an infinite beneyo- |
lcnce; to another, He is an awful Judge. To !
Calvin He was an oyezpowering Law. raerci- |
less intelligence an abstract for.e. Thinking IS |
Calvin did, his sctions were consistent, the !
simple carving out Of bis stern and icv creed. |
serYetuB WIS an enemy Of the fifth. aud there |
fore it was right to but him to peath. It was |
not love for God, or hatred Of SerTetus that ill.,
fuenced Calvin. Love and hate eau bays but |
little place III such a mind. It IVES an intel |
Iectuaf zeal to enforce his opinions at nuy cost.
Never in this world was more deliberate and |
cruel murder committed. While passing throuch
Swltzertaud on lis way to Ita1v. Seryetus at Tia
iustication of Calvin. Is arrested and thrown into
nrison. After . 11oclery Of a trial. he ia con- !
yicted of heresy and sentenced to ba Lrrnel
which sentence ia carried into execution.
Ne ouote Nero a. = mooste, vino was 30 ten-
tered in himself that he did not allow the ourn-
ing Of Romo to disturb bis compiacency. But
here is man who beholds human being in
1ames and undergoing the most Fearful tortnre
-inj of diaholic rant1ro And yat fI,ia me-, is
held fortI No = sncr,es or ssint Rnt a.;ne. af
th,s order va nra 1,annr to nnl;evn csnnot h. 90
1oT,,,iar in the fntnre n tlav hsvn har1, IN the
oasr. The h.,man mind in getting more an t
;rtened ann the hrran henrt ia coftinc }aroa- /
= ~ ,rarraar 1T;th "a ,rn,ra.s ~ EEata5'
= ~ ~ t.I Nt ~ .nS pio5.eSi - ot oeAsuce'
1uu aus bku1s u tsatues : la"st tuo p9eVailluG I
dea8 OF Gou arc becoming moro comprehensive
md grand. Calvinitm is every daY losing |
round It substitutes demon for God
Times chnpre and Yneu chnnoe with trn,,
tmec;ne Patton IounG,or a, tha fnnat:co1 ca,,1;
3 s;at D.oE c.-. ' ~ ~. sas - tn,e essi
nent nfa4o: t4o1 o"1,!E, Eo otAa' ne suouaa oe Ut"
csteo, imprisoned. ana h0aliy bnrned1 tor :nere- |
expressing TleUsa little ~ advance Of Lii, age.