, 1879-06-07

Ffnrtan Area.Ir, wt,ul lku to eu.au 10 yu,,
evon ns sstrr might, IL thu twilight, n,il, Inv
il. fhtn,t on ynnr shoulder, talk T., yu,, quietly
nH1 cnrncsslY n,t Tic sthjccs which Is no hitter.
cstlnH to cael, VI Ill., 1nced, You ,,oc,l ,ot fqar
my calling yuu "blaepetnor, innd,nar, sin,,ur,
Or fU0l.h You need not .cxpuct to 10 "l,ated
a'ul stunned for your hcres[us." even BY one
whom yoll eharnetrrizc ~ n "snyaga Mt heart"
even question the proprfoty OF tho nppo1a,Ion
"droamcr." ran but Respect one who thinks,
even though | may mt agrcu with him, anil
would much rnticr ito woutI not 10 convinced
until lie cal, Gvo rrason uf Tho hope thAt Is III
him. llave much n,uru cllnrikY fur Intelligent
ti0ubtcrs tllau for tlIusu who believe oil tie
Bible, yct DO not nst In accordance With It's pre-
ccpts,
Atost fortunately, was not tho daughter Of
frcsb!terlan parents; itlost fortunately, dill
not join ths Church Until aware what wu.;,
tlotsg. Hut, unost unlortuaatolv, I am yauuagN
tlan yn't, anu woman. NJ vannot be lng!c,l
Gtn!leh to demonstrate to vol, sny proof TINT
"W!,o never doubted never half tclleved."
Uistcrawec. doss t not o feel at al ilattered BY
tlu Rthle h "beeausc there Ia nre3ultce IN tts
lnpOr Tint In alt1uat inpoaslble tor uost people
To resfst.h A far 0s all1 ispcraanuly concerned,
M ne t'aa rather 70 acc,lhsa Of almost anythIuf.
mYself fayo thought Of Tic God Of the Hfbla
~ YOU describe Him, an "incxorablc monster"
could not reconcile Ills charncter, a. there de-
nissed with ts n1i siatunent aod Ioyc"
aver, hayinK only sucfl ancient persons to dc.
scr'bc liitn. But rceeptly tacro has como IL
new tptotprntar.
You l'ave said the "tcach!nes Of Jcsus arc tho
abovc oil othcrs rs the sky ID aaoyo tho liltby
ash.neap," and that they Will 1.-Two forever,
And eveI. az the teachings wcro pure, thu man
who WIG wr"te them , xas 1!,re aud holy,-thoual,
Judge ''cnuld find no fault In Iilm at al."
NOW Is 1t 1tkoly tlat this man would repeatedly
utter q fatschood? Vets Jesus Bntd Hu
was Dttinc.. The Son OF God. equal with
l!in. Truly u the, just man IN
ts,e world cannot be truated VIC
have itttla tcasolI to believe cach other, Aud,
moreover, lls could aue IN uod-cycn tbs "Inex-
oraole tnonstGr Of thy pble e"-a 'uylng Heaven.
II Father. Then It tlis Jesus, so kind and for
love IL lin whom We regarded ] d. as 50 sout ere sre %
" II bcioovcs US to study carefully Ills attrt-
butes, that, II possible, VIC may discover Lis ex-
ecifcncfcs.
Jcsus said: wye believe In God, believe also
III Me-" To me II seems mora rattonnl for Us
to reason inversely: Ye believe IN sio, holovc
also "a Cod" H,ntGht not he difficult tor some
penp1c Just to trust Jcats' Judgment, who aafd:
Even 40 IL Is not the will ot Jour Fathcr which
IL IL Heaven, thatoua Of these little ones should
perish"
II my fathcr mud brother hal left home When
WIS very young, nl,d as grow older pcopto
began TO tell nc fow stern und cruel mr. father
Was'-lt they should tell mo le hated me aud
punishment .ya,,tywI siould j. undonbtea1S EiorIa
.llate sAt father With d nerfprt hal rail. wont1
,@rfv hin IL I',, hta svnrit int "rnr,,,, en .s
hrnihnr ,rIo ha,I hoon ait,, hi,nt sinis 10y
,,, toi ~, tt,nt ... - VI ...saa' aaouiu tttu'
m. a W. NY st fny lethcE loSea Met ti'at thefo
wns fnry 1n mi 's esti ea,1 ssvtc o; .a1 40
i'rn,- 111 III Eiim' an"nu pe:eYo ny
iroiicr i.st IL ttj,t1 .n", " ia,'.a mo" 10y 10y
mGoI no lnycd thc woriI ti,ut IL rov" III. nni.
bors,ttnn H,,s ttnt ,vnss,ns snt t,o Inse 1s pHy
a,"iJ ~ s .,nsri !, ~ 49, W 3il ~!
,escrinion ~ f;m thnn VIZ t3t ~ to at,Irhs IT'S
~. ,a11 ~, W t ~" et' ~ ~. ~ u 1atnascls
aairn"nts n H.. Hi Tetn,n"nt v .ro,, y, ~ euso
t;cu|ary autl,entjcato hy rhrJst ~ ta Nop pa'-
1nd now as to 1Ic aboitiun n ' Of HI Te;l Tom h:tnr
posslole: .m AND 1g4t here let mo say tllat, or
Wc IL ~ n'a'er;a1 n1nro "rrn9t aT1pt ,,,t V 5as
Viii rcn,cnIcr R,.trrswert Iii not 700 -o, tou
rntr1t Ia ca II intn t.rcet MI ~ hat o !. sap KY
frnm lie fovin,r focc If .1rsua whn ,vonIn ,viii
i1"s i'. n, ,s.c ts,.r .,tse = "ao wGnn WILL
mnc nnr, trr1f;1c liar. nvs,r,, py 9 ns
,n i, t as , WI M eno 10 ua Wnen
hay t, i',ns Iii e ao FL ~ M n9 tst w.
~ ~. an,. 1o,trn ' Wa w ' '"o 11cI' "hy
f,hrfst Iii :. Tin r-,rr5o,, - r.. L.
within ra,, mn, i, ,,,tnsal, W Gs'a ~. as
fn.,o ~ oii Hi ~ 4t y, i9''pws y tnas toe
avn nv yfflFbn fItnB fH Vars
rom 5vhIi,tnr. t""'h ''A'' ~ a"o'' AZ" A'uts
I'M ,r,...a " "n'ss.s. T." .'as,,
1nc'' - notmE nun " aashyeu OF earta neheatn
eufo 9oo aa" 'aau'
Heaven and Treit will, thar tor ana main
Arc tlo,r and hrrr. 'O' pf
Back 10 thytelt to measured we'll
All thou hast Riycn:
Thy neseheoth WRONG ~ thy present Hall,
nfS o'4S' 'as iieasen.
Flotlan Arrnl1c, read shakspcare's Mnc-
neth," md from tho dcscrptlOn given Of Ltsdp
.uaedefts mental agony you cannot reasonably
tulbt t!c oxlstcnco nt llcll. II Is 5uat us mpos-
sibfu for omnlpotcnce to abolish hell 10 to make
heaven Ia II stnner's mind. .
Aud NOW us 10 t!lu abolition OF hell being OK
redtcnt. You fny, When nun Is led to per-
torm an actlu1l through fear he II a saYe.n And
Il would naturally follow tl'at When snau Is
debatrea trofn performing an nclion through
fear ho fs slave. And you say, s'slavory can
work onIy eYll to tte racc.h Then truly our
prisons and penitcnttar!es had better he al,ul-
fshed, for they a.u working untold evil; as
through them tnany persons arc kept from
committing crlmes, a1a consequently aro slavca,
md slavery brlngs untold cvl BY: all ncus
IIleans burn tho prisons a,ltl thereby hasten the
ALL Fl0rian Arcane (low wish yo11r noH
do plume was monosy.labiui) lad you oyor
bueu schouf-teaellcr you would Ilaye dtscoyer-
ca tint NIL natures not controlled by tic sumo
motives; Hut, willie It II oypcdfent To hol up n
reward to BOtt)C Ay m fnctutfye to rrn1fl h.,