The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-09-07
Scratching Platforms.

In religion, as lR politics, different
parties have different Ureeds to which
their respective followers are expec-
10 to give adherence. In religion, the
platform is more sacred than in poll
tics. In politics it is often a decIara-
ton of expediences, and sometimes
only made TO catch votes" which
cannot last longer than a lifetime,
and often Rot longer than campaign.
In religion it eashes cat to a hereaf-
ter and extends throughout eternity. ..
It is emineptly important that teach
er Of re!ig ion should be sound; and
every public MANS declaration upon
that sphect has more or less inspor-
lance attached to il. This being true,
we print Mr.. Beasley schaAenge, Civ
ing his religious creed as published
oyer his own hand, and which
he viii rot now deny as his own work.
4 and which is as follows;
The undersigned denies tAat
God Is sseeess2rils immaterial be-
! csose he IS a spirit.
I 2. Deaiea that there is an inmate
rial being in existauce. ImmaterialitY
is uothingnces.
3 Denies that God Almighty and
Jesus Christ are one in persoa-denies
that the Holy Spirit is person
and denies that three persons are
one.
4. Denies that the Gospel Is preach
ed in the Catholic, Protestant, Bap.
! fist, Campleeilite, OK Jewish churches
5. Denies that the Church. is the
Kingdom Of God, or that the King
dom Of God has come.
! g. Denies that any man has an i'm.
mortal soul, or chat the Biblo teaches
such doctrine
! 7. Denies that any bat the righteous
believers Of the Gospel-will ever
/ be resurreoted 10 life.
s Denies that there is an eternal
he'll Of conscious misery in store for
any one,
| 0. Denies that God is such demon
As the doctrine Of eternal suffering in
hell f;e AMI birthstone represent him
TO be.
10. Denies that the millennium is
to be established Dy the ''toolishness
of preaching"
| Upon the issues involved in the above
propositions l am ready to meet all
the preachers in the State of Pennes-
see, or the United States, in public
discussion, Discussion is he great
bulwark Of truth. The mighty oak
with its roots extending far into the
earth, can laugh at the storm and the
tempest; but the miserable sapling.
which has no roots at all, can flourish
only in the sunshine. Come on
then, gentlemen, and let us reason
together, and remember that she that
will not reason is a bigot, he that does
not reason is a fool, and be that dar.
not reason is lnave."
My sole object is to develop truth,
expose error, and enlighten the PEG
pie.
John r, BeasIey,
Member of the Church OF Nazareth
In all charity for human vanity
aud folly, we say:
l. We do not think any christian
man should vote for such Il man With
out first scratching" his religious
platform from top to bottom.
2. We think every farmer, mechan-
&c, as well as all others, cannot fail to
see that a man who publishes such
strange medley Of religious absurli
ties would be a very unsafe person to
recommend laws and policies to govern
and promote the general welfare ni
the people of Tennessee.
3. That the Grecnbackers ma G a
blunoer and bad bargain when they |
nominated BeasIey, and the Democ
racy gain when he left them.