, 1876-11-13

CuElaLulItCSt 4Ht IItbknt DC1,tH.DU 9SfiEG III
bs such ~, onec, md nm willing to
sacr:ilsu private feelings fr t'lr intcrrst w1,ich
have III the spread ef Religious lr;lls all IN ti,c
Htowt!! Of qhrt"ra Kingdom; nnfrt, taking a.l'
encsi III tile bubble mimi upon thIs question Ivy
Mr. afoody, am willing tn spcnk In ,efe1.s. of
the ortlMslos belief u opposc! to Brooke Her.
fortl's. This subject is vial ono, and ton muel,
SUPPOSED, t!,e,', that, 1t Replying % any " one,
VIC flasWr the icast lil.will a,sainst MIN person.
nify, and though, wc ahalI spyak ptalny, Jet our
lenEuaae IL against tl.c aoctfnea a.1d not
!ls own teachings, and not we, and for us to
take utnbrage wuul,l b. to bnrroM tronhsc, cyen
i W. 'lo believe that no finds a difficulty. IN
i,'1 bringing Y: !,ls tcargs within the limits .lald
Neither YOU nor have been appointed tho
uctendcrs of the t'ospcl In .sncl, wny.
that VIC ara to feel personally hurt towards
tlosc who, wu think, arc OF the track. We
The truth a. We hare experienced It. Tho only
with nj. llerforl Is sl,e want of fairness and ol
learning ia thc Interpretation Of Scripture which
sbc nor have We IT ths si ieass 81 sxpeetatton
that he will correct his views hccause
of anything we may say, but VIC simply
desire that those who would place confidence in
death Of Christ ~ simply tit,iaetI., slati know
that Mr.. ueriord is by 10 menus safe or ~
llab!c teaehcr In religious matters.
We can pass over iann's bunylng way Of
partisIples;, his grammatical etrors; hi. as,
law, aid tho total disregard whief t''is: hs
pays to the language from which the
t'on;, but when ono Displaying suei, meag1e
learning prcss1t1cs to say that the doctrine II
the blood Ut Christ as c1lfeacious In mau'a sui
vatton Is held by those who arc linked from the
Middle Ages, and that only few have outErown
the teaclItng, among whom Is himself, ,-wc pro-
test aga!nst such conceit aud presumption.
Let us then examine tho grounds Of our be-
word ''Ilood " IN the Scriptures as having any
virtue per Sc In nnan's salvation Is, Of course,
| itguratirc use, for In that word are embodied
tile ideas Of llfc and death. II cannot be the
mule, for Tint could tc very casily avoided BY
using the words - 'vlrarlous atonetnont," but Il
| Is tho doetrine which lies behind the word which
| is obnoxious to nome minds. Tint doctrine Is
tlts: That the sarEi'iec Of Jesus Christ
| upon tbs cross WIS rhiIsom pail
| 70 i'vluc government that al who believed in
Him might be saved. Is this doctrine 5crintural
and reasonablal Il It Is, tl!cn the preaching Of
nj" before the word reasonable" bccauee s.
this subject of the blood, although onc Ut vast
Importance Al.d unc which has occupied O large
place In the history Of doctrine and Of thought,
is IN reality not 40 difficult oncto compass, foi
simple exegcsts. It Is alwuys well, II possible,
to reconcile my wcll.knowi, teaching OF Script
ure with the reason after that teaching ilas
! been formulated to the mind; but whether we
eau do It or not the Scriptures asc authority in
the matter, and 1t rcmalns stmply to inquiru
what they teach. The difference between ra-
tiona!'sm anil the exercise ot the right Of pri-
yate Judgment Is worldwide. The former Is
prcsutnptuous and unworthy Of I'll Intelligent
mitd, while tue latter Is en]oi,lcl by every con-
atdcra1t!on of right, by rcason. nud by
revelation. Ministers. pretending to tcarh
Gods mind and not their Own. have no right to
postulate AZ moral axIoms what are nothing but
The cbultlon Of their own feelings, unrestr:t1!ed
| BY good Judgment anil by sullnI Thought In.
diylaual opitilons arc not to hc set up rs nli-
| tllority W,ninst the well.knovn teachings of
Scriptures, for TO one mind 1t would secln to bc
iii n1iu'nat!c truth that the existence u slit
pruvcs that there is ITO God, or there s one, liz
| will not rcstrAn siti, IN which easa
liz ia malicious Or llc cannot do 1t, In whirh
involves greater abslr1ltlcs than thoac which it
cndcnvors to overcome. 1t illustrates that were
men to preach their individual opinions, there
would lc no end to controversy and trouble. It
is well for my man II he has spirituality
| wherefore uf Scripture When he brings 1t up
Into the light Of rcason. but whether his natural
urulncu be such ns to llnd its rationale Or his
| learning sound and broad enough to understand
,,r.rnr;rcs' throrr. NM, ,n,ci tnss ust Mn ~
;"ct In, ryiic,,t tSnrhiue "f Chri,t unon ~ nuv
nncstinu whtra there il nossiIijItv of trror ~
u himun being. Aud it /; iust here thnt ~, &c,
mrnx arr Timy i,r.. rt.,,,c II; tIir "w,, r"in,is
mnai1ei l,v GtxI, W.,rd. to sn,ns ,Insn,,n1 rn,.
cIIsinI,s n;u1 t., those errattc u"tions Will, ar
of1rnnr thc result of Llnsvrrasirs of cnaractc - ~
than ,,f desire to Enow and f.,liow ti,t. trnti,
tbsy make ali Scripture bend. ''A''
TI,ns, nt iii Familiar viii, thc hla,orv ri do,-
trina med mt e inI that n,n,s icsrts "re w tno
often tic ruSiirrs Which e,liIs thslr heads IN IN
thr1,Inrirat nninions and 1,iiscussims. for nnra
1901, ind sn,,nJ Ior" ,lo 1at irai mon p4r far
nstray. There ars numIer of intuitiye Truth.
tien f.,,, ~ mar, mi t,n ~ t,,,s...
not Dc Ignored or rco,ttaliStei by any other reyc-
ntinn fEn,, f;oi m, even i,y ies,;s III. Snu
n,t thn IerIjmary If thes9, nora] institutions is
cisarly md fuIiy iccorrIzcl Iy SCRIPTURE. for to
frnnris thor, Il fnnossihlr. aSn ,.Ifnrs Of the
,siii mi M sn,hstrv ~ th rstanJtnc ca,
srstrny ti,er ntthnftv oyrr tia re.snn an,i ,.,.
| scinrco u '
r. won1{s lc al,surl far man Ia attr,n,,. n b,.-
| 1icvc nmythtn0 I,nsrav to th, vcrv iows ri fhe
mini ,,,x'n ,rI7rl, he Il ohlj"mt 10 il" Iis ,hsnl.
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