The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-25

To EDITOR THE HExALD:-
Worcester, in his dictionary, says thcIsm Is be-
lief in the existence Of God; opposed 10 atheism.
Tho words deism ana thoism are, strictly speaking,
perhaps synonymous; but 1t is to DO generally OBJ
served that the former Is used 10 bad and the latter
in good sense. Custom has approprlaied;the term
deis tho enemies OF revelation and of Christianity
In particular; while the word thest Is considered ap
phcablc to all who believe in ono God"
Probably all Christians in sense least believe
IN God but portion believe in three scfexlstcnt
persons in God; though oven they TO still
consider that conception to DO belief IN one God
do not intend to open the endless discussion Of tho
mystery OF tho Trinity but having recently discovered
sopc very clear calculations OF tho character bcing
and mission Of Christ, at variance with both Trnta-
rian and Socinan Unitarian doctrines. and which
arc. think, clearly borne out by tho Asacrcd record
ask space copy little thcrctrom in your liberal
journal. Assuming therefore, this author
does, that Jesus Christ than .nerc man, -
and that He not the scfcxlstent God, the qucs-
ton arises who say yc that ann Answer, ..The
Father" Our author says that to affirm that jesus
Christ personally the scIfcxistent God and at thu
time truly the Son OF God, Is precisely the
contradiction that would BIO 10 affirm that tho Prince
OF Wales was truly King George IL, and also truly the
son of King George ILL., The proposition that Jesus
Christ is truly The Son OF God is SO obvi.us in It's nat
raj import and plainly scrptural that many may
suppose requires neither explanation nor proof Yet
both explanation and proof ara necessary. For al
though there Is one point IN which Christians
universally agreed than In calling Christ tho Son
OF God there Is scarcely anything about which they
are divided than that OF the intended import OF
those terms. But amid TIE variety OF opinions which
have been formed the subject the natural import of
the words has been pretty uniformly rejected and
almost every other possible meaning has bccn Affixed
TO them in preference TO that which the terms natu
rally excite. Indeed II seems to have been generally
taken Tor granted that 1t Is Impossible with God to
have SON. For instance Athanasians appear to have
taken this for granted and finding that divine titles,
divine attributes divine works and divine honors
ascrbcd to Him in the Scriptures, they have set IL
down unqucstionabc truth that Christ Is 50 far
from being the Son Of God the natural of the
terms that he Is The very seIfexistent God; yea tho
very God Of whom tho Scriptures declare that lie IS
tho Son. Other denominations, taking for granted tho
principle, have pronounced the saviour 10 be
creature, more or less dignlod or endowed
And thus, The one hand the other almost every
possible grade OF intelligent existence and dignity has
been allowed Him, excepting that which 70 naturally
imputed by His tuie--thc Son vi God.
Fearing | may trcspass too tar on your valuable
space deter the cxcmplincation BY which intend TO
sustain the record I'm future number) that Jesus
CHRIST and Him cruchcd was actually The only bcgot
ten Son OF God. W. q IL W.