The Newtown bee., 1878-03-21

of In tlie same manner To me it secms that throwing mud and slush can hardly be consid. cred good argument. still If 'arhcologicus" ia ssttsiied submit Now for that very solemn protest against saddllng upon the poor clergy % many statements which at once are 50 un. guarded. so vulgar. and so obnoxious, to their good taste. They have quite too manybnrdens fo bear already in the wariare against sin to be charged with such folly. This may be true and undoubtedly Is. win some Of the clergyQ hope not aiD ifthe reports which reach us through the papers are to be depended upon. I forbear giving long list of names, find somo men whose business it is to preach, can advise others without at all practicing what they preach.
 .'Theologicus" advises perspicuity as study, and then goes on with lengthy discourse, the substance of which, presume, every reader Of the BEg has heard ffom,ms earliest childhood; in the course of which he says, Gods laws have attached to them penalties which are as certain, effective and as enduring as the laws themselvcs" Admit 1t, and what follows1 Why, that repentance cannot alter or annul the penalties or the laws, once broken, whether through ignorance or wllfulness, although with prayers, contrition md tears the penltent may address the throne of grace, or plead the merits of crucifed Redeemer, l will say, for the in- formation of "Theologcus," that my Bible was published by the American Bible Society in ls4e, if can depend upon the title page, which hope will be satisfactory; and if he will exam. inc 20th chapter of Exodus, and the 2Sth chap ter of Deuteronomy he will And the laws, to- gether with the blessings consequent on the ob- seryance and keeping of them; also the curses and penalties threatened those that did not ob. serve and keep them; and if he can find even the subject of an Hterdeath existence there hinted Ut will give him credit. This doctrine, that men can live whole lives of crime, and in a few hours before death, by repentance, be par. doned and passed on to a state of endless felici- ty, offers premium for sin, and holds out nc incentive to an honest and upright course o1 conduct Is it not more reasonable to suppose that each one must suffer for his own sin unh he has paid the full penalty of that sin2 One vi plates the moral code-the penalty is inflicted through degradation and remorse.
 The drunkard has changed his spiritual na ,ture into beastly one, and blurred over the finer sensibilites of the spirit. To be saved ol restored to his former condition he must repen or change his whole life forsaking former hab its and pursue the path of right, else he vii not be prepared to enter that bright Summer land until he shall have suffered and become purified and fit for that abode. If we neglect tt do good to others as we find occasion we shal find the change from earth but a step in ad vance, and that we are in 6 school of the bitte experiences of Earth-Bfe. The better day i
 hn,, tr ,,ft, when Gods laws will better understood and ap precia1ed, when hope we shall need no mid dle men to stand between us, and the Infinite "When all shall know Him from the least t, the greatest" PETER M. NASH.