The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-09-28
For the Pascagoula ST 4R.l
Reply to an "Ennocent' COrrcspc N ient
on Denth.
Zion, Sept, IL, 1877.
ScRANroN, Sept. %, 1877.

SCRANTON. Sept. %, 1877.
Mr. EDITOR: Is not "Innocent" CO.
ing to give your long suffering readers
rest? If he would choose subjects
with which he is conversant, and which
would interest the reader, we would be
enabled to see column or more OF the
STAR appropriated without murmur,
as it is l cannot resist the temptation of
asking, in behalf of your readers, that
he will choose something more interest
ing or carry his writings whero there is
a more appreciative community.
The Past, Present and Future" is
very iucomprehensible," and his article
on Death" much more SO. He either
does not know much about the subjects
on which he writes, or our minds are too
narrow to comprehend. Death as pic
tured by him is terrible. Death has no
terror to the good, and yet Innocent"
informs christian that these words,
depart, ye cursed, unto everlasting
damnation," +" may be found on his or her
the christian's) balance sheet. We
think it is a poor outlook for the chris
tian, if Innocent" is correct. If he
had been addressing a sinner l would
have understood his quotation better.
''Think ye often on death. Judgment
and hell" Why should we think on
death, connecting it with the horrors
Of he'll. when it is much pleasanter to
think of the mercy of God while think
ing of the inevitable death. II limo
ceut" had tried to show us that death is
not to be feared by thos3 who trust
their Redeemer, to my thinking, he
would have been serving his God much
better, as it is he even tries to make Jas
| understand it, the christian fear death,
when they have nothing to fear.
Was our Savior's precious blood shed
on a tree? and the tree upon which
grew the apple that cast man into bond
age? II have read correctly it was
cross upon which His precious blood
was shed. and had no connection what
ever with the apple-the cause of our
bondage,
Whoever heard of nations hero in
in low and vile acts? He would
not be hero il he was low and de-
based. Our heroes are not made of the
stuff that criminals and debauchees are
composed of.
"How many are unknown to the his
torian? Too numerous for human con-
fdence." Will innocent" give US an
explanation of The foregoing sentences?
Or are they too obscure for him to elu-
cidate? Surely he must understand his
own writings, we poor readers cannot
fathom them. "loo numerous for hu-
man confidence" is like Greek to the ig-
norant.
The histories of Julian, the apostate,
that l have perused do not speak OF
him as degraded or a barbarian, if we
except his disbelief in God, and at the
last he even acknowledges Him. Jnlian's
apostacy was 1853 years after Christ.
death, into eternity thou hast hurled
the soul of an unprepared mortal; asoul
once ten thousand times brighter than
the sun; but with thy hand thou hast
moved him down when thai soul was
ten thousand times darker than the
darkest regions of chaos" Does he
mean to say that the soul of an unpre-
pared mortal, ten thousand times
brighter than the sun, suddenly becomes
ten Thousand times darker than the
darkest regions of chaos when death is
its conqueror? Ii soul is unprepared
how can it be brighter than the sun?
He (Innocent) has poor opinion of
when he states it is but
disguise for Julians-another name for
1postacy.
"We are trying to gain the promised
reward by working contrary to the
of the church; we are trying
to rebuild the temple; you act contrary
to the dictates of nature; but there is
death that will make You regret it.
Will death make "Innocent" regret
nothing? and does he not act contrary
to the dictates of nature that he ceases
to use the pronoun we in the two last
phrases of the above sentence? Is his
protestant friend ang worse than himself?
What consolation will "mea culpa" be
when death stares his friend in the face,
if that friend had sinned? 1 am in
clined to think from "InEocent's" ar.
tce that bis friend is past redemption.
Pity him { he protestan) oh, We chris
tians. La death even despair Is repent
ance, and God forgiSes ut the eleventh
hopr those who are penitent
How any one can live long and do
good after receiving such an article
from a friend 1 cannot see. If had
been he recipient would conclude
that nay sins were so heinous that for
giyenees was inpossible. "Innoeent,"
,srrv thy good works to a religious
paper. A PROTESTANT.