The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-11-18

| uu 'uedS arc what ne says tuo Ohhuieu
OF Ridgway are "cos nopolites y 1
would advise him never to try any Ian
guage, to give up even English, for his
is bad. Allow me to tell you Mr..
''Sepex" l am familiar with the Ian.
| guages you quote, SO much SO that l
would as soon answer you 10 them as in
English, and can plainly tell you that
in attempting these languages you make
laughing stock oe yourself; you re.
mind the OF Horaces saying to the up
start scriblers, like you who we're 10 his
day .Scribmas, tnclocte doctiqae poemata
passiun," so the world was always an-
noyed by fools like you "Senex." Again
your rumbliug style of doing things re
minds me of another of the poets say
ings "Dunc stulti, vita vitaat IN coa.
traria curruas." Ia that Mr. "Senex'
good hexameter IF you scan it for me [
viii, pardon you for your many peculiar.
ties. IF ignorance we're bliss you
"Sencx" would be the happtes man
Rviug.
From the way "Senex" quotes scrip
lures | think he must be inspired, we'll,
greater wonders happened. for we are
told God spake through the mouth of
Baalms' ass. "Senex" says, himself aud
"Reader" could still cross swords with
out being abusive, yes your sword
'Senex" will never hurt anyone you
may cross as often as you please, and
strike as heavily as you like, do not
fear hurting anyone. In his last re-
view of my letter "Senex" says tol d
an untruth cause caid he gave only
one fact to prove the sabbath school
question and all the bigotry OF Rrdg.
way. nov repeat that you only gave
one fact for your proofs, via: two persons
speaking on the streets on religious mat
ters, you other proofs we're your own as
sertions. Read your first letter and com.
p,re with the last asd count up all the
untrcths you are guilty OF, it you can;
you say assume false premises. The
fact is you canaot distinguish between IA
tact aud au assertion; you have such a
faculty for getting over question by ly.
Ing aud jumping from one subject TO an
other that one would be inclined to con.
slider your loyal subject OF his santaLic
majesty-the father OF lies-or lineal de,
scendent Of the impeuIteut thief on the
cross" "Seuex" says used improper
language by calling church gospel
shop. Well, l say again when n
pulpit is occupied by such store box
scalswag as you "Senex' it becones d
bouncing bench aud the church a gos-
pei shop and preaching becomes blow
ing, lsreckon | was UlstaKeu when |
said, you attended Moody's fevivaIs
somewhere. Join them by all mean, then
we will call the gospel firm "Senex, San
key, Moody, Il Cos" you can do as
we'll a. some other gospel managers
Dr. Wolpy tells Us, speaking Of the
tiny heroes of the pulpit in his days
"a lad, twelve years old, went about
the CO uutry preaching extempore. He
became popular aud was mach ad
m;red and patronized." l think you viii
try 1t before you give up the ghost
1t is you and those OF your class, that
bring on the world such multitude ol
preachers and the confusion which they
generate, as the poet says.
Each pious prentice freely may dispense
| salvation:
Licensed now for eighteen pence
And should devotion tempt him from his
awl.
He'll get his orders if he gets his call.
You say ''Senex" the word church i.
used in the plural in revelations" sup
pose | told you to read the Hebrew yer.
sion or any Of those versions from which
the English one is taken, and told you
also it is translated wong, what
answer? | again assert it is used only
in the singular number all though the
scriptures, when the subject is about
the authority aud commission of the
church to teach the doctrines of Christ
That in Revelations the plural is used
in the sense OF many churches teaching
different doctrines, | deny, that it is
used in reference, pluralIy,to many chur
ches teaching the same doctrine. con
ceed The foman catholic church has tt
day for example, thousands Of churches
in evrey seuse-iu language, tone, cere
monies doctrines, etc, etc, one, as to it,
number it can be said the churches, as t,
ITS doctrine, it cannot be used plurally
such is the case in Revelatious-ycu
give your proofs as in your place
"Senex' then | will teach you hermeu.
entics on that point.
Mr.. Senex denies that different de-
nominations teach truths essetiAlly dill.
ferent and says, ""ho ever heard of it
before" What confouuded-you
must be. He says all the essentials of
christians are TO "believe III God, in
Christ as the son of God, etc the biblr
and preaching OF iL etc" Is that all tina
is essential? 1t hiss been always held
that baptism was essential till of late
and now half the denominations be
leve it not necessary for salvation,
while about as many look on 1t as essen
tisl. Many, very many, points, are cou
sdered essential by ono de nomination
and denied by another. | shall quot,
for your instruction., ''Senex," a passage