Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-12-03

tTecI-, XII ocItS, hIi ISa'-SSoAOH1 S--N
all manner of religious thoughts a-e
fairly weighed and impartially pre-
scented to the world. We may have
certain preferences and leanings OF
our oEH; We may have some half
formed beliefs; we may DO rightly
chsrgeabie with shade of irreligion
and possibly some remote leanlngs
TO infdeli:y: but VIC endeayor to
maintain fair and Just neutrality as
between the sects, giving each as full
AZ opportunity to be heard IS the
others and treating 81 alike, with
fo-besranco and secular courtesy.
Christian, Armenian, Jew; Catholic,
Mormon, ;sBedenhorsian, Mohan-
medan. Bhuddist, Positivist; all and
each can I've sure Of fair present
alton of their claims and beliefs &c
our hands. We are not here il this
Sunday pulpit of ours to decide rs
between polemics, but, rather. to
hear all and give all hearing. But
there must be no occupancy of DER
chair by any sec.ariar professor. lie
ard his fellow wrangiers may come
into court and file their briefs; but
the bench will state the case as i'm
partially and honestly IS possible.
This is trit'e arbitrary; bat the
whole institution. being self-elec.ed
Is sui generis and subject, merely.
to It's own rules. We do not even
wait for tie in coming of.advocates
and the presentation Of any client
age; we take each sect mp in turn, o.
If not IN turn, with Il certain inter
mit.ent periodic:ty which is meant to
give all parties bearing, at ono
time or another. Here and now. for
instance, We present some Of Doctor
Bellows Unitarianism. We may
not agree with his creed or argu-
ment; but wo DO like the vigor and
coge2cy of his style: and we think
the discriminating reader will like
it even while disa greeing with some
of the Doctors positions. At Al !
Souls Church, on Sunday, Sovem-
Der 10. he preached a sermon from !
the following text:
Peter. iii. l.. Is Bat sanciify the !
Lord Gcd IN your hearts. and be rea6y |
always TO give an answer to every man |
tina. ssketb yon the reason of the hope
that is IN you. with maeknsss and fear.
having good conscience; that. whereas
tLey speal; evil OF you. as CT evil doors,
they may be ashamed that falsely accuse
your good conveIsstirn IL Christ
He began his discourse by saying
that the members Of the Unitarian
Church are The Irctestants Of
going further than the
other sects in abandoning worn cut
dogmas as they become more and
more enlightened. He then went o.,
to say as reported in the Herald:
They are at variance with rcescr and
experience. The Theory Of :he Trinity,
y Blessed trinity as its believers call (,
,wes i,s long acceptance 20 the fact 'nat
!: Is entirely uncOnnected with the pgac
disabilities OF llfe. No experience ui the
.oul showed its atsurGity. Ii was s
pleasant, but perhaps Il har,pfU! fancy.
WHY should God create q Lew deity 10
show mercy 10 man, as II the eleneu: Of !
cercr ere not in him? But this has
n lale- times been greatly modified and
;horn of It's strength. Not so with the |
ivc'sine Of eternal punishment. This Is
.s-enliallv dead TO thinking men. be-
'ause it Is absolutely inhunan. Nheth
n scripturai or not it is discarded. Con- |
i quently the theory Of orthodox men is
rot Ell exponent of their belief. Its Sup
,or;e.s know that they do not conform :
heir lives 10 it. There is pTeposier- l
us contradiction in such cases. TIE ;
lrac,ice is better than the creed. On
lie other hand. Cnitarisn:sm is always
row g. 1, Is therefore difficult to de-
ire. Il is said that this constant modi- L
wing unsetties young people. We can v
.ot help it. We cannot put q book into f
heir hands that will answer all their
Iuestions, religious and moral. We can =
Iot set down what we do not clearly see, L
nd consider our candor grave veracity-
e,ter thana number Of dogmas Of which
70 could not feel certain. Jesus Christ n
indefinable because lie is above the \
est OF humanity. anu is lost in the hori- o.
On Of the Deity. The human soul is =
OF yet bounded. 1t is useful, however, y
, suggest cur faith by contrast with the
theirs. We do not worship the Bible as a
work of verbal inspiration. We do moi ! b
ccept it as an undeniable auihori' y I,
;e value the Bible chiefly for the por-
allure of Jesus Christ in tho iour Cos. -
els and the Psalms Of David In this h
eedom with the Scriptures we are not a a
hi. ahead of orthodox thinkers, but we a,
% whole worlds ahead of them in avow-
- it. We DO not make Christ our be-
pnirg and end. All talk of making
hrist God is q fancy. We also reject "
.e sacred myth of Adam and Eve. We &c
o nothing and believe nothing of a 70
-im;,ive purity. We disown the plea Ir
present probation, as i: means that y,
,re our work and improvement are fin :.