Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-05-31
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The Ncilglous Opinions 0f Web.
sigr L,prosAed 10 Years

springfield talass Republican
iIr smith uI ilnnuutd, N, a., haa put
iutu our haul the following letter ul
nauipl Webster ~ Rev, Thomas Wnr
cnAlpf formerly paalur ~ tho tungrpgn
llnnnl Church Ia SalialMIy, which IN 90.
Cumuanlrd with u vunlunalun d hla ~.
llglnuH faith both III which atc IA hla
own handwriting We have ucpu Mt
WrhAIrf'a nnmO la the Irrurlu ~ the
rhun,h Ut NallahuIy, ENROLLED amung lla
memhr,u. 1--WE mlatukp noi, about lo
llmp tho lrtlVr below huuiu date Ito
r,mninud u memhvf NJ that 'huiCh I'LL
hia death Tho hotter and conloanlon
werr never before puhllahrd They ate
~ lulluNa,
hnayNWeN, AUG y, lSOi
pE,U Stu Tho ulh,r day 40 we've
cnuYsGping respecting runleHaioha al
faith Snmo tiWu nRu I wIuio down, tot
my uNu uar, u irw ptupnaiitnna IA the
phapp II arli,lra Intending ~ eAhlhil y
yrty Ahult AummaIy al the duultinra vi
tho uhrialiau religion. 40 they impluan
NY miud. have tWkcu the Liberty Ia
rhrluau copy luJ iuuI prrnHal an,
alt, With IpHprd,
luuta, NJ, w. W bhHleb
| holipyv IN lhp cAiHluuve ul AlmghiN
Uud, Who created aud guvptnu ihN
whole would, Nm taught ihia hy tho
wuIka vi natura aud tho Notd al IoVcla
tlnu
huliyyn that tIud uAlplH Ia three pei
AQUA, thiA learn ium revelation alone.
Nur Ia ID any objection ~ lhla hpllul that
cannot comprehend how une Uan ho
thlpe ~ three Ia one, hold II my du
~ ~ h,hryp, not What ! van rouupro
heud 90 account iur. but What my Maker
iuaUhrn ne,
believe tho Scriptures III tho uld
and Nrw Icatainrnt ~ hu tho viii nnd
wuului tod
lhellpya Iuaua OhIiai ~ lee the Sun ul
tod The mlIavlva which Ito Wrought
ea ahliah in NY mlnd hia personal
authority. aud Jvndol u proper lot mn
10 helipyn whatever Ito aHuerla. | hc
love, therefore, all lliA declarations, ~
uoll Nhun Tie dpvlaica aul uihUI plupu'
aitlun. Aud believe there Ia no other
way vi salvation than through the muIilz
III llia niunrmput
hpllpyu that things paal, prruonl aud
H. camp, ate all equally praent In the
uind vi the nrilV that with him there
Ia un au,Vvnniun ui i,nc, nur III iivan,
that, therefore, tho relative terms paHl,
pt,acnI. aud miutp. IN usod amuug mrn
cannot, with HllIrI pIuptlpti, hn applied
~ hily, | believe Ia the duuttinuh al
iufrkn0N lodge aud prudoalInalinn, "a
thua pAplundpi I du nui hvllrNu lu
thuau doclrinra ~ ,mpoplnH ANY fatality
~ urcvaslty IN men'H aHiiuhh ~ ANY
Nay Infringing ltpp agency
| believe ~ the utter inability ol ANY
human hpiug h. wutk uui liza uNu pal
VaIiuu, Without the constant alta 81 tho
SpIlt NJ all sra,o.
| believe iu those grvat pcoul'arllieH
vi the Christian wlIglln resurrection
iinm the dead. and u day vi Judgment
| hvlIpyu Ia ihu uni,ctpal Providence
III tod aud lrayp ~ Eplrurua and hia
nafu uuIeaannahlu lulloNola ln modpIn
llmrs, the tnvunp,atrnvl vi believing
that Gul maip world which lac duUa
not take the trouble VI governing
Although have gTva, rrppect Tot
Aump ulhpf iutuH Ut Worship bvlirNp
the Congregational modp, un the whole,
~ bu pTVWtahlU ln NnN pihntt
hrloyp fpligiun ~ he y matter nul
vi demonstration, Tut NJ lailh, ,,ud 10
auitva ua iu ave credit to the tuihH
Witch hp reveals, not hpcause No. eau
ptoye ihrm, hut hrcauHp Ito deulaIva
thsm Whom the m,nd Ia reasonably
convinced that the lhhlc 10 the Nuld ol
U,d the only remainlng duty ie to 10
ctlyc ila doctrines, With lnll cOnnluneo
oi lhelr truth, aud practice thrm With "a
pure hVaft
bclleyu that tho llhle Ia ~ be un.
duruloui aud received VA tho plaln aud
ubyioua meaning ui iIa passages, sincr
raanO, persuade myaell that hook Ia
ipnded tut tie lnatfurlhu aud conveF'
ulun OF Tho whole world should cover lie
true meaning n nuvh inysloty aud
doubt that none but critics ani philOao'
pliers eau discover u
| believe that the experiments and
suhllelivA ui human Wisdom ate more
likely 10 Obscure than ~ enllghten the
revealed Mill ui Cod. aud that lac Ia tho
most accomplished Christian scholar
Who hath been educated at the iVel ui
Jraua aud ip tho College OF F,shetnrn.
| believe that all true religion o1nuiala
IN the heart aud tho affections, aud that,
therefore. all crveds aud conIesaionn afp
iallibln and unoetlala evidences VI evan
grlical pie,y,
Finally, I bellows that Chrlat has lm.
pouei on all hla dlaoiplep life vi active
bpneyulpnve, thai no Who Tvlfalns oaly
irOm What no thinks 10 he ulniul hae
peilutniv,l hui part aud a ANAL part u
hh duty. thai hs ID bound " DO good
aud communicates, % love bic nelglbor,
10 give iood aud drink ~ his enemy,