The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-08-18

nnlluc.r harmonious arraa mons q
tle iolu,W'lu5 occurrence .faf.r. f.
q Kind ci lun1cy which SCR. rev ~.
I DO these days are afflicted with
/ hope lmay safglyassumo G. as eersai
/ chat aii, os nearly sN. who ro.f t.s
/ page viii have sense and rc4e4.
enough to see for them elves thattf
/ plan OF The universe could mot lsr.
/ hcendesiguei without Desigper. %
/ executed without q Maker
But lr lncersoll asserts Jbat a
all events, thisma.cyial world had H9
a good aul Deficient creator. ftf-,
I bad, savage, cruel piece OH work
/ with its pestileuccs, storms Garth.
+ quakcs, and volcanoes: and man
with bis liability TO sickness. suffer
. ing, and death, is not a success. but
on The contrary, a failure 10 dcfgnr
che Creates of the world against m
arraignment SD foul as this would bl
almost as unhecoming as % make5h.
accusation. We have neither ug's-
f oic..a9 nor capacity o. ro Judge lls
Justice Of God Wbr man f. mall
t9 d.l lh.s particular aee .u ID.
scaie 0t cfeati0u--a lHte l.ra
I the angels, yct f1r above TIE 1rutes
not passionlcss and pure, Ike the
former, nor mere machines. Ike the
latter; able to stand. yet free to fsll .
knowing The right ana accountable
for going gifted with reason, and
impelled By self love TO exercise Che
facully-these are question ON which
We may have our speculative ouil-
ions, but kuowlelge "a on OF our
reach. Meantime, we do notd'ssrsd
10 our mental independence by taking
it for greulei chat the Supreme
Being has done all things vel. Our
ignorance 0f The whole scheme makes
as poor critics upon the mall part
tha. comes within our limited pcrccp
ti0ns Seeming defects in the slruet
ure Of The world may DE its mos,
perfect entail apparent harsh
ness the tendercst OF mercies
IAN discorl, harmony na. understood.
Anparual efil, universal gooi"
But worse errors are imputed 90
God rs moral ruler Of the world lhlu
those charged against him as creator
He made man badly, but governed
him worse; il the jehovah of Tho
Old Testament am imaginary being
according To Mr.. Ineers0l No was 4
preiujce1, barllt0us. cnniueI
tyraut. We will SEQ wnat ground hc
lays, 60 any, for these outrageous
assertions
Mainly, principally. frst ana mos.
important of all is the un0ur'ifed
assertion That The morale code" which
Jehovah gave 90 his people "is I'M
many respects abhorreut 90 every
good and tender man. Docs air
lnger5oll know what Doe IS talking
about The moral code ur the Btno
consi5,a Of certain immu.aH u'a fo
govern The conduct OF aIl men. st an
times and places, iu their private and
personal relations with one another
10 is entirely separate and apart from
the civil rolity, the religious forms,
the sanitary provisions, tie police
regulations, and the systems OF inter.
national law laid down for the special
and exclusive Observance OF the jew
ish people Thi3Is a distinction which
overy intelligent man knows how 90
make Has Mr.. Inaers9ll fallen into
The cgrezous hIuader of con.oualing
these thing 2 or. understanding the
true sense of his words, is he rash
and shameless enough 90 asser. tha.
. the moral code OF the Bible exeite-
the abhorrence Of good men? ? in
fact and In truth, this moral code.
which he reviIes, instead Of be.ne
abhorred, is entitled to, and has rc-
Ceiyed, the proloundes. respect o t all
honest and sensible persons tn,
second table Of the Docalorue IS i
perfect compendium OF those dutie.
4 which evey man owes TO himself. bis
family and his neiyhbor Ina few
simple words, which he can commi,
to memory almost in minute /.
teaches him TO purify fis heart from
covotopsness 10 live d,ronur tr
,ninre nobody IN renutation p6rs,n
or propertv. and to 5ive every a1a hi,
own By the poets. The prophets