Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-24
DCARDSLCY REVIEWED.

In the tribune oil May lth Is fOund an ar
,iclc over the signature OF J. H. Bcardsley once
disciple, but now an avowed Spiriiist. II this
article had been free from personality and
abuse of the Church, 1t would have been passed
by But it il by no means free from this, hence
the reason for my appearance before the read
crs of the tribune There is no personal diff
fculty between us, hence what have to say
will be said with planness and sincerity, har-
boring no III will toward a single individual.
Tho head aud front of the Church's offending
Is that 1t will "haye no fellowship with the un'
fruitful works of darkness" lie says: "lf the
light of liberty and reason points out another
path" to him Is 1t not evident then, that he
is not of the Church, since he Is travelling IAN
other paths How then can he expect to be
continued In fellowship, while he is travelling n
different road /, The Apostle John says: Gle
went out from us because he was not of u.s.
see Jno II 10. When man. ignores the
doctrine taught by Christ and the holy apostles
and will give heed To seducng spirits" and
will proclaim his pretended revelation Ms n
guide To "higher life, would it not be neon.
sistent with Christian principles to retain him
in fellowship, Most certainly 1t would. We
have listened to these pretended revelations
fom the spirit world aud are convinced, after
giving the subject a thorough Investigations
That .piritisis an class are subjects oi delusion
Their doctrine Is in antagoniSm to the Bible
Their teaching are grossly herctical, and oxcr'
else destructive inhucnce upon society.
A man who proclaims heretical doctrine Is n
hereto. and hence, in accordance with the
Apostle raul', instruction TO Titus, ) 10, we
have rejected The man from the communion Of
the disciples, This is the charge brought
against him We have no need of witnesses OF
further evidence. "Out of thy own mouth will
| eondemn thee" A mans acts and sayings
are witnesses enough. And what do they wit
ness Teachings Incompatible with the doc.
trines of Christ, MIR. Beardsley's light OF
liberty and reason" has pointed out to him an
other path, and because the Church will not
walk with him. he is not satisfied with the
path that "the light OF liberty and reason has
pointed out To him and because the Church,
after exsrlng her influence through her officers
failed TO restore him back to the faith, and
finding that his course was an abandonment OF
the truth, took action and announced publicly
that the fellowship of the congregation wa,
withdrawn then no cries aloud, very pitifully,
(for sympathy no doubil Kicked out of Church
sud in the next breath proclaims, Just where
WANTED TO be-" According to Mr. BIS own
words he Is not following the Bible, but "thc
light of liberty and reason" The sayings OF
God, Christ, and the holy apostles, have no
weight with him when they conflict with his
deprAved euing reason. lie follows reason--
blind perverted reasonable The Church
TAKES the word of God. Here is the difference
depsvcd, perverted reason versus the word OF
the living God.
Reason is not safe guide. Ancient philo.
ophcrs tried this To some extent. though they
had much OF revelation IN traditional form
Theirs was an iuglorinu, failure. Iuhdcls in
France cnthroned tbs Goddess of Reason
pcrscn,fcd by a woman oi ill.fsmc, and tn,
Reign of Terror" with all lie bloody and de
prayed reiluue, followed. We cannot reason
without Admitted basis and in spiritual mat
tiers the Bible must be the basis Spritlsis a
class hato the Bible, but 1t is to he hoped ,ha
Mr., b. has not thus far been Initiated.
Now listen to the arrogance aud deep hstre,
that rauklc> in The bosom of him who Noul,
write IAN epislle on byothcrlN lHl love (YI
Until we bred Hamilton 10 pTeach-a man VIII,
ancs not know Christ to-day moro than thos
who nailed him To the cross-aud that Is IN
reason am kicked out Of the Church to-day,
What wonderful logic Because the Chnrc
employed me he is kicked oct OF the Church.