The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-03-12
FaIrEi AND WORKS.
'.EOpr Further Discusses Eith
common sense"
Correspondence OF the Register.


Ia The REGISTER of the 9th OF Feb
ruarv Common Sense" complains thst l
came back A. him 'IG q way remarkable
We'll, perhaps | was little undigniiedi
but how could one deal with the rid!cu.
lous, with dignity? | submit that the
patience II .JoO himself could not have
tolerated such arguing OF al ilties,
SUCH determined setting up OF ST.! knock
/ ing-iOEn premises, ami such containing
/ ter Observation-Disclosures, as has been per-
/ sisted in by this seeker after truth, rs he
/ protests E.usei. 10 be. Ii any cue has
/ gives these letters any attention, /. VII!
| be remem 5ered that IN speaking agsinst
religious reviVals, common Sense
/ secuted the iIea Of sudden conversions
and laid down tho absurd proposition
tha. men were born AGAIN "Sra1uai!y,
little BY little, &c, alleging snc per-
sis.,ng n the prepOsterous satt-contTa'
G!CtiCl. "tO be born agaI1, We must 1fSt
learn the truths Q. faith and 10 them.
And when 10 my last, to sao" the !Acon
gruity OF this proposition, inquire:
How learn the truths o. islLn before
there is faith? How can there be iruas
OF tie rev birth before there IS any new
b!-th?' Sc, -he grants me negative
answer, sCd thus admits himself out OF
court, aud 90 Yields the whole question.
Now I ASA IN all good conscience, how
AN | 10 regard in charity aRd patience
tie man VINO in the fsCe or these adnIs
sious. comes forward again with un5!ush-
ing eiTrUntery and reasser.s his confessed
o.
snce altogether iDcomprehensiOle, 70 suo-
stantjate LGe same sell contradIction oy
liberal quotations Of Scripture entirely
foreign to the subject. For instance, ne
saws: "He who hesreth these Saylngs 81
Nine and dOgth LEem he Is tie Jr1sat,
the 2,e71 man, the born again"
If l am expected 10 grsppie such
proposition as that with dignity and
grace, why, l pass, that's all. " hen
man goes 80 deep into thessmysteries OF
logic as TO state, either as premise or
conclusion, that He who heareth, &c,
is the fruit, the new man, the born again,
give It Up. | wont undertake TO tol-
low lim. II common Sense is willing
thus To asser. that the trul. ]: the tree,
AN not wiling - III ie-.ahe the task OF
showing Tim lie contrary. de wasted
much tine in LIS iaS. letter iaborIag TO
defend suuQry truIsms tlat nave never
gslasat Or denied, such ~ that iatn
and WORKS should 70 togeLler;' no;
every one tia: saith L,Td, Lord, @2,'
saving We believe wi. no, save, mp
confessions VA! not avail, anu tue ilNe.
Nv deepest regret Is that IN
trying 10 prove these trl.sms'
ne ssogld SO TecE.essiy pU!
! ..r.a 80 mucn gross error lie SAYS How
can Hops expect 10 pet MS discharge IN
mora! bankruptcy in 81, y oLaer wsy than
by bringing .ortn fruit meet tor sGca
/ dIsgla-ge?' Here We see him reversing
ulEsnl. again. He would require "HOpe.
to- nav oil MS debts before be gets G's-
charge. This Is simply AMI body 70
-lrL, il HnAEc.al bankruptcy as W.. ~
mora. \ discharge i. by grace n either
.esa, aGt TIE fruits meet Tor II come a.
ter. tn injunction bring forth traits
nee. for repentance follows repentance.
Absurd else.
BI. ~ Gaping the climax OF Paari-
s4i.a presumption the following eXce.s
arvth!Ug | aave ever known OF ancient
- notern boldness. He quotes from
me: If Common Sense is able, a. ne
proposes. to pay OF ais pas. debts OF
sin bv his good deeds, &c, IL Is perfectly
solvent ana can make good ~. his coI-
cations. and therefore, MS credl. must
stand unimpeacaed. A. No. l, before
the throne ct GOD, AMI bHastIngIy ap-
proves, by saying exactly So Christ ex-
poets no more tn0U to 80 and SIN no
more"
can 10 nothing better just here thar
TO ask Christians to pray tor this prou:
yosstgr
An1no let's see al the contradiction
Which he arrays against me with 50
much ado. de says IN one part OF my
.etler say Hope never yet said WORD
AGAINST rood works and n another |
say, "On divine grsce alone l reloICe 10
be permitted TO rest my hope" Paul
was certainly Al advocate OF Christian
work. and At the same time SAID, by
trace We are saved Sc. As to any
inconsistency here, | am quite willing
10 leave the matter with Paul rs
we'll ~ 10 the Christian experience OF
every true believer in Christ from the
vear OF one till now.
The writer says the controversy still
remains ~ 70 what the us'c 7lrta l.. TINS
. 3 mistake. There has been no suca
controversy. he asked me to tell him
what the new birth was, bu: declined
task the D vine Teacher Himself would
not undertake. If Common Sense has
ever been bora again he knows what the
new birth IS; if not, then all the wisdom
OF the world would not eniighten him,
lcr spiritual things sre spiritually dis
cerned'
must say in conclusion that l fail to
discover the evidence OF the writers anx-
ie,v to learn VIVA. "!de truth -, judy
ing from ms stubborn presidency in bad
error. For better things | would gladly