The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-12-27
BEECI!IR'S
Remarkable U%tterances Of The
Plymouth Pulpit-POundcr.

New York Special to the Cincinnati En-
quirer
The virtuous Mr.. Beccher seems to
be gradually shaking of the old-tash
Toned doctrine of the Congregations
body Of which he is a member, aud
striking ont in his accustomed sensa
tionul way, All doctrine hangs lightly
upon his shoulders, aud it has long
been easier to tell from his public ut
t~crnncrs what he does not believe than
what he does. He INDUCED in II vast
deal Of swearing to-day on the doc
lrincs Of the Trinity and he'll,
Speaking Of The Tr,nity, he said he
believed there were three persons united
IN one GoI-heul hut il any one
should ask him why he believed it, he
should tell him Ie did not know any
thing about i, only that it was easier
to heiic,c that which he thought coin
ciIcd with the doctrines of the New
Testament than to deny ii. Ortho
dOXy says that men must believe in the
Trinity or they cannot come iut0 the
church. That is called orthodoxy,
hut he called 1t Iicatlcni5m.
at is not an easy thing said Mr.
Becuhcr, 'for an honest, conservative
man to know what to preach and what
not to preach. A maj who values
morality, and who has the good Of his
Icllow-man at heart, cannot be careless
AS to the things he ought to teach. III
was said that Adam was created per
feet. 1t was also said that Adam
sinncl, and that III consequence OF that
sin the whole human race fell. The
human race had existed On the earth
for thousands and thousands OF years,
and had gone on propasalIng and
multiplying until all the waves that
rolled in upon the shore during those
centuries did not contain drops
enough, nor the sand, Of the sea par
,~ticlcs enough, n0r all The iYnrcs oil
the arithmetic numbers enough, To
compute the preface, to say n0lhinS 81
the great history OF the human race
The numbers Of ,hc human race werc
actually bc} one computation, AMI tor
for thousands and thousands Of years
they had been born into the word, had
lived and struggled, AM finally died
and gone-where? If yon tell me that
they have al, gone to Heaven, my ans
wrr will he that such n sweeping OF
mud into Heaven would driiIe It's purl
", and ! cannot accept that. III YOU
tell me that they have gone to hell,
then ! swear Ivy the Lord Jesus Christ,
whom | have sworn to worship lprev-
or, that you viii make al lntidel Of
me,
"The dOctlin that God has been for
thousands Of years peopling this earth
with human beings during a period
t!Irce-lourths Of which was not illuml-
mated by a church or an altar, and in
places where n vast population otthosc
people are yet without light, is to
transform the Almighty INTO Il monster
more hideous than Satan himself; and
| swear by all that is sacred that | will
never worship Satan, though be should
appear dressed in royal robes and seat
ed on the throne of Jehovah. Men may
say, You will not go to heaven A
heaven presided over by such Il demon
as that, who ha. been peop!ing this
world with millions .. human beings,
and then sweeping them of int" hell
not like dead flies, but without taking
the trouble even to kill lhem-and
gloaling and laughing oNer their et"r-
nal misery, is o such u heaven as |
want to go to. The doctrine ls too
horrible. | caunOt believe it, and
won't. They say the Saints in heaven
are so happy that they do not mind
the tormcEts of the damned in hell
But what sort Of Saints must they be
who could be ..nappy while looking
down upon the horrors of the bottom
less pit? And ly the blood of Christ
d%rnounce this doctrine. By thu
wounds in His hands and in His side |
abllor it. BY His gloans and agony ]
abhor and denounce it as that hideous
nightmare Of theology"