, 1874-05-25
fftcon years Of my ministry, Tor know Of no
nobor or granlor work to do.
OPINIONS OF UoRREsPoNDhNTa.
1t1ATon1CAL at1ssTATEMENTB MADE DUn1Nu THE
a.rfN1 TRfAT.

OPINIONS OF CORRESPONDENCE.
n1sTon1QAr. MEASUREMENTS MADE Dun1Nu THE
aw1Nu TRIAL.
Tb fhe Editor Of The Cafcago Tribune:
sla; BY tho abovo hcndng, do not NOM
That those statomonta to which shall advert
moro noccssarily used by olthor prosecutor or
defendant. 8uhjecta haye besn Bsartod At tho
Swing trial which havo tAkou widor range than
oither oi thoso Interested parties might have
previously imagined, assertions havo boon
matle, other ut or about 1t, by psrtisans, which
either or both might ropudato. Now for tho
standpoint from which I shall ori&loldo. Thla
will ba by constant reference to tho pAka. Tho
trial has, In my opinion, beon too much looked
at from an imagined htandpolnt. Men, women,
and children havo, think, argued about oplu-
ions, rather than looked for Fundamental faotH,
hayc argued rathor with a-priori than with
a-poatoriorl logic.
The first 1nisatatemont may couch In the
following 1anguages "These aro aomo paruons
who are Of 40 high poa!tion, and who are doing
70 much good, that tho Presbyterian Church
will not lat sheir orthodoxy bo impugned." 10
this, reply that Its founder, Calvin, did not 80
think In Prof. sheda's "Hlstory Of Christian
Doctrine" vol. !, p. $50, he says. "Moswith-
standing the cleatness and exploitnesa OF 0alylns
viowa, he was accuBod by Carroll Of both Arian-
ism q kind of Unitariani.m) and sabol1ianf8m.
10 dofonaea himself before tho Synod Of Lau-
Same. Carroll held It to be lerevy that Calvin,
In hia oonfoaaiop thoro presentod, affirmed that
Christ is that Jehovah who Of HiuaoK alone is
to this Presbyterian writer, waa charged with tho
same heresy With which Dr., Swing hss hsen
charged, mot and rafutod IT
I pass to > eooond miastatement, 1hloh H.
that :" Tho doctrine OF ptadeatiuatton IL reapo1.-
sblo tor Ill severity in tho past snd that there
fore, Blnoo = governments OF love has superseded
all assertions OF terror tho doctrine must now be
quietly ahelyed." That prsdeatination has avor
b. been opposed TO = gospel Of love. I deny.
euppoAa II would bo, tho bud atfoot Of the
doctrine IL not 30 easily shown from history.
Tho first Christian toscher after st. Paul who
brought tho idea Of election into prominence
mass Of n,ankind, all alike u',aes condemnation,
ssass'ng ssss. rs'
o . sS sgss y %19 0o h hsye a ooa noa
tho rsst Who vera blinded. Tho heathen are
not saved, " Tabrcins WAS 1oas sinful than
Catllino. nos hecanso ha possessed true holincss
but bccauao he did NOT depart 80 far from true
holiness" Nov, / grant that, long atte. this
"Nothing oonquors but truth; tho victory Ok
truth is lore, !" he advised tho persecution Of the
Dopatiste. THIS advice howovor, was tho re-
sHt Ss shs oa fsay qteoson s t. Of 81
than lin pscdestination yawa. Thoao that ap-
posed Augustine in ha day. and nfterwards,-
nay, tho Donatiats themselvoo, willing
T. s,an: Sss dGssS taaapea phs s's s i blot npsn
Srokon '' and ~ st oonsr1te heart. heRS 10 uain.
spired writing can approach to hia "Oonfes-
sions." For support tndsr tho trials and atllic-
ox,F f,,f af S ~
Coz" is n,oat useful. In the Middle Ages. noxt
after Gottschalls, the strongest defender OF pre-
destination was Anaolu, Archbishop Of Cantor
bury. What WAS his cnaraoterf Neanaar (yol.
soul soul 81 lis thoughts a. Of hia aotions. liz s
Was an ouemy to tle dark, rigid discipline Of tho
monks. An Ahbut who enjoyed high reputa-
tlon for plety having onoe complsinod to him
that, with Ill the strict severity employed in tho
that, altar all tho stripes Indicted on thom,
thoy remained incorrlgiblo, utterly stupelod,
Ansel1n roplledsto h,m: a hosutlful result OF
your training. to convert men into bcaats =.
In boys treated with severity, the evil propsnsties
more in secret, and thus they would grow hard
eued against everything done tor their improva-
mont Becauao they experience no love, no act
Of kindness or friendahlp, from you, they givo
al1 you do proceeds from istred aud maleyo-
lonoe." From thia ol,e circumstance judge the
mau. Tho first defender Of love in schools
predeBtinarian How fact smiles on theories.
But nm pointed to Calvin; his treatment Of
ago, 1 carofuily road u Tho Institutes, aud,
aoon after, two lives Of that author. Pro}udlcod
both against the man and his works at the COM
mBnoenent, I rose from tho poruhal fully con-
vinced that he was no marble block, and that his
theology, while wrong, contained constant rof-
eronco, mt to God tho Monarch, but to God the
Father. II it bo ever ~ise policy in a State to
do wrong the execution Of aeryetus waB auch
moaBuro. The non-burning OF = herotic would
have inyolyodaoueva IN an imputation Of herosy
Noxt, tho Purltans and the Blue Laws aro
brought in as proofs Of the bad results OF pre-
tlostiuarlanistn, Further On I Bhall maintain
that tho influence Of New England las ever
srlne. iero, as tho descendant OF one who
lauded at Salem within swontY years aftor the
landing at Plymouth, ehali only say TINT he
who is aole!T acquainted With the Sunday habits
anch 4 ono road any Of the larger works on the
history OF New England, aud ho will find that
they actually laughed sometimes; shat they had
their buudlngs and their election-days, and
thoir thanksglyiug-aaya; that they loyod cider
al,a fro-wator; they loyod to kiss but not to
dance,
But lot Us look ns tho praotioal effect OF pro~
destination in JaaseniBm. The JansanlBts wero
those holders OF 4 Roman Catholic theology who
hold Augusline's Wow. Tor deeda and words OF
cutting party nro full. Ono instance must auf-
nee. Any work on Jauseuism will corsoborato
my statement that here at least predestination
brought no bad influence. How many I hayo M read
gu Religon.n Pascal believed that !" God is the
Author Of alt grace. aud Ho gives It according
to His good pleasure, not aa forseelng
in tho recipient sny. htnoas bnt simply
osn seaenings, 80 and I'm innaonoa q the oalvinistt
Whitefiold and tho Armiuiau }TeBley Tho one