Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-09
Correspondence.
Rev. Allen Damon's Reply.

no ilueh oIll " hltcf lhc sort OF Whl'
Peter speaks IN end Peter, 81 10, O
also Ia all his cplsllesr speaking in thel
OF these things, IN which are some thing
hard 10 be understood, which they thu
are unlcarncd aud unstable wrcst, aS the
do also the other serlptaas. unto thcI
Q own destruction,
Y We are more aud more convinced tha
/. unlycrsallsm eau be proved Or proved Il
ALL better out OF the Bible than In II q
the late communication IN the "A
= show, We heartily endorse the words o
= the apostle In "a Timothy, 81 10, II, "Al
!, scripture IL given by inspiration of God
and Is profitable for doctrine, for rcprooi
, for correction, for instruction In right
eousncss. That the mnn Of God may b.
perfect, thoroughly furnished unto al
good works" Hence what need Of mos
all christian denominations requiring thcl
candidates for the ministry 10 attend
some theological SCHOOL, What for Mr.
Editor 10 learn II trade, 50 they may gcI
big salary Perhaps 10 learn how Ia
translate the Bible to suit themselves,
wonder what school the apostles attended
by which they obtained 50 much knowl-
edge aud were made so efficient IN bring
Ing men TO Christ and turning the world
upside down (as some said) | consent
however that they learned Of Christ and
by following him were made fishers Of
men, instead Of money,
Mr., Ballou In his second letter makes
quite display of Greek knowledge Of
the words dioA and dioniaS, etc. etc,
which means age and world, This Is
nothing new TO us, and | presume 1t Is
not to the people of South Woodstock by
this time, since they spent nearly, ifnot o
whole evening hearing three or four Of
the learned Greek scholars discuss this
VOID iew.wceks ago. Whether 1t be
age or world II does not make null nor
void the fact, that 1t will end, nor that
the events predicted will not be fulfilled.
He tries to strike u fatal blow ut Matt.
49,: 3S, and onward and there is policy in
that, Tor that chapter Is not ut all favor
able TO Univcrsalism. The Greek word
koSmdS in verse 80 Is rendered world pro-
perly, as our version has it, and Proles-
sor Hudson who is caSsed among the
modern Greek scholars says it is correct.
This gives us the location OF the field rs
mentioned in the text and in the 40th
verse 1t Is oioadS age, which gives us the
time Of the harvest. As for its meaning
the Jewish age is all false, for that age
ended when the law and the prophets end
ed, and that was at John, Matt. II: 10.
But the age in which Christ spakc was
the gospel age which has continued until
the present.
Mr.. Ballou says that the scriptures in
many passages have been corrupted. |
should Judge so, with Il vcgcancc espcc-
tally Of late. An other effort is made to
anDihiat5 2nd Peter and the book of Rev.
elations. Ancient authors are quoted to
accomplish it. Now if the translators of
the Bible made so many mistakes, why is
it rot likely that a mistake is made about |
the non-authcntisity of End Peter? Ja-
mleson, Fausset and Brown, who are
among the modern Hebrew and Greek
scholars, speak very highly Of Peters sec
ond cpistles. Although written in u
somewhat different style than the first,
and at later date, yet it is no less au-
thentic. These two books which are Of
SO much dislike to some, are in perfect
harmony with the teachings of the rest of
the scriptures on the same great and glo-
rious subjects. But here Is anotherswindlc
on Revelations, so as to make 1t appear
that all of its predictions were to be full
filed on or before the destruction of Je-
by saying: sit is evident that
was written before Jerusalem
was destroyed" Now, Mr. Editor, the
facts in this case are these, according to
profane and eccleastical history, that Je-
IuSalem was destroyed by Titus in A. D.,
70, under the reign Of Vespasian who was
then Emperor and continued so until 70.
Revelations was not written until a. d.,
DC, the next year after Johns exile on
I'm,
,he reign of DOmitian who succeeded Ii
JUS in A. D., 81, and was slain the same
year that the apocalypse was written.
Mr.. Editor, believe that we have su1l-
,ient evidence that warrant Us in saying
hat the Bible is the most unacceptable
md unpopular book in the world, not
its many professed friends.
As we lift our eyes and take view of
hings and facts that these times reveal, [
low terrible the aspect before us. Surely :
We have fallen upon ''perilous times" t
The dark waves of infldelity sweep on s
With ruinous results. Never was the l.
world so reckless Of eternal things. As c
me has said recently, "Never was the \
tonement of Jesus SO repudiated. Wick :
dness abounds-pleasure rules the hour. i
Profanity, drunkenness, and llcentious- c
less are running riot. War is doing its b
work of death. The authority of God is j
efed. The Bible is rejected. Selfish 5
less and pride hath brought forth hate
ul progeny" Can anything be said or +
lone to stay this tide of ruin? While the 5
levotees of error are so active and de- t
ant, shall the friends of truth be dumb? S
w must speak and speak in defence of q