The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-26

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DR.. L. L. D. D. Rev. John Brown, "latl
Minister Of the Gospel Of Haddington,'
has prepared q "short Catechlsm iOl
Young Children" This "John Brown
Tract" Is just few inches long by two
and ashalt wide, and contains thirty
pages. found this cAtcchism by accl.
dent. | was at a house, when a bright
little girl approached her mother and be
gan to talk 10 her Of Sunday school
HWell," said her mother, "what did YOU
teacher say when you told her / objected
to certain portions Of your Lesson ?" The
The little girl replied: "she said sht
Ghou ID expect US to learn lust what sh,
gave US for lesson" asked to sec tht
Objectionable passages, when she produc
cd the "Short CateChism for Young Child
rem" and called my attention 10 The fol-
lowing questions and answers:
Y What kind Of heart have you by
naturep
A. A heart filled with all unrighteous-
ness.
Q. Does your wicked heart make all
your thoughts, words, and actions sinful |
A. Yes, do nothing but Sin.
Q. Gan you yourself reform and renew
your wicked hearth
A. No; l am dead In trespAsscs and
sins.
Q, What will become Of you II you die
in your sinsi
A. Unjust go to hell with the wicked.
Y. What kind oil place Is hell3
A. A place Of endless torment, being
lake that burns with fire and brim.
stone.
Q How many kinds Of sin arc there ?
A. Two.
Q. What are those two kinds?
A. It is the Sin in which l was con-
ceived and born.
Q Doth original ain wholly dedlG you,
and Is 1t sufficient TO send you 10 hell,
though you had no other SIM
A. Yes.
Q. What other ain besides original Gin
have Won?
A. l have actual sin, also.
Q, What is actual SIM
A. It is the sin which I daily commit
in thought, word and deed.
Q. What are the wages Of sin
A. Death and hell.
Q. What are you then by natureP
A. ! am On enemy Of God, child Of
Satan, and an heir Of hell.
Q, What will become of the wicked?
A. They will be cast, soul and body,
into hell fire.
Q, What will the wicked do forever in
hell?
A. They will roar, curse ond blagpheme
God.
Q, viii every man be saved by what
Christ has done and suIeredP
A. No; many ore called, but few are
chosen.
Q. Who may warrantablY expect sal
vatIon through Christ?
a. Such as truly believe in him, and re.
pent oil their sins.
Q. Can you believe and repent of your.
sell2
of God.
O. Can you pray with your heart
before it be renewed by the spirit Of GodP
A. No.
Q; What is the prayer of the wicked in
Gods account?
A. 1t Is an sbominstion TO the Lord.
Some newspaper has lately offered quite
o sum OF money TO the person that will
find minister who has preached the dog.
ma ot"lniant Damnation" during the past
twenty years. But here we find 1t openly
taught 10 children, which is far more OBJ.
jectionable than preaching it to adults
who would respond by requesting the pas.
tor to look up another flock. II the pas
sages have quoted prove anything be-
sides tho depravity OF their author, they
prove that il child dies before it is old
enough to pray, it being dead in tresspass
and SIM" is forever lost. II it prays be-
fore 1t 10 regenerated, It's prayer is an
"abominaton to the Lord" II it dies be.
fore its heart is renewed by the "gift OF
faith and repentance" 1t must 20 10 hell.
Would it not disgrace tribe OF South Sea
Islanders to believe doctrines like these
And instead Of raising money to CONVEX,
the heather, would Il not be better to i'm.
port few heather missionaries to convert
congregations that teach such notions as
these TO little children? What say YOU,
Dir. l.. L.. u. ID. ZEPHENIAH.