The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-03-03
investigator Is. Queriss.

tleman or the Christian. To call
men towards, .blasphemsfs and fools,
is, to say the very least Of it, unbe.
coming in any one who claims to be
an honest inquirer after truth, and
evincesin the party a most deplora-
Die lack Of that which is dignifed
and honorable. We think we see in
it the rant and cant Of the stump pol
iticiap, and not the grave, deep-toned
language Of profound learning and
honest Investigation, such as the
subject demands. We intend. eyad-
ing all such low slang and.will fol-
low the instruction given BY SOLO
mon, 18th and 4th, whichplease read.
We are charged with cowardice be-
cause ,seshaye not given a categori.
cal answer to certain questions Of
Querist's as to what We accept or re.
ject in the, Bible as Of binding al.
thority. / will now give a few quo.
tations as a simple to the vast field
stretching out before US. In the. first
place the bible nowhere claims that
every word, phrase and sentence it
contains is from God direct, and if IL
makes no such a claim for itself, why
should make such claim? Now |
ask Querist to show to the contrary
if he can. In the first Book of Gen.
esis the writer represents God as be.
ing employed five days in making
this little globe, and yet forming the
countless millions Of celestial orbs in
one day. Five days spent by omni-
potence in forming and ornament
ing this tiny atom, and yet the uni
verse with its billions Of mighty
suns formed by a breath. This same
writer informs us that there were
three evenings and and mornings on
the earth before the sun was formed,
though one reason given for its crea-
ton was to "divide the day from the
night" 1t would be just as reasona-
BILE to represent apples growing be.
fore trees had an existence, or chill
dren before their parents, as such
statements as this, &c.
We then fearlessly and boldly as
sert that We do not accept as of bind
ing authority the Mosaic account of
creation, as interpreted and taught
by such men as Querist and others.
According to the teachings of the
bible in relation to the age of the
world and as taught to our people in
church and in Sabbath schools the
earth is about 5000 years old. This
we don't accept as of binding au-
thority. There are ten thousand
voices coming from the solid rocks,
from the beds of the oceans, and roll
ing down from the stellar heavens,
that like rushing avalance pitch.
ing from the SUBMITS of the Alps
sweeps all such statements off the ia
blet. The earth is millions instead.
Again the Jewish law is said to
have come from God. In that law
we find this language: "Life for life,
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for
hand, foot for foot, burning for burn
ing, wound for wound, stripe for
stripe" Elk. 81, %, "a and 25. Here
is the law of retaliation in all of its
fercencss and completeness. This as
you say, God gave 10 the Jew. But
about 1900 years later another per.
sonage appears, claiming Divine au.
thority. Please listen to his Ian.
guage: eye have heard that it was
said an eye for an eye, tooth for a
tooth; but l say unto you, that ye
resist not evil, &c. Again, yo have
heard that it hath been said thou
shalt love thy neighbor and hate
thine enemy. But l say unto you
"love your enemies" &C., Math.5th,
SSth to 4Sth; please read. Now ask
Querist upon what principles can
you reconcile such antagonistic and
diverse teachings as these coming
from the same God, and He declared
TO be without variableness or shadow
Of turning; the same yesterday, to-
day and forever. Please explain:.-.
We want to hnow. AS for us we
make no spretontions to reconcilia-
!: ton, but simply reject the old retail,
iqt9ry Code as having comic from
GOD, and accept what Christ teaches
as of binding authority. Now We
have bnt introlrnod tLo srS;Ust VI,