Milford chronicle., 1885-11-13
SERIOUS THINGS FO2 SERIOUS MEN.
70 ENQUIRER AGAIN.

NIEssRs. EDITORS: Your correspondent
oIsnauirer' seems more intent on justifying
himself than Oh learning what the truth is.
At first l had hoped that lie was a sincere
enquirer, desirous Of knowing, that he might
submit to the truth. But the more he writes
the clearer it comes out that he desires to
Justify his system and consequently him
self rather than to do the will of God It is
this that grieves rather than surprises me.
II he sincerely desired TO know, there would
be some encouragement in trying to put
Gods word before him While his will is SO
hostile che cannot believe though one arose
from, the dead" to teach him. His position
seems precisely like that of the Pharisees in
Christ's day They had a system of religion
that had really been originally given them
from God himself but they had perverted
and ruined it by the teachings-traditions-
OF their elders and high priests and scribes;
but they did not seem to know it. and their
sin was that they would not know it; their
wills were against it, and hence they could
not be taught; no not even by the Son ofGod
himself So it seems to be with Enquirer"
He Is so satisfied with his system of religion
that it has become an idol to him, and he is
offended with anyone whom he thinks desc
crates it. He means well no doubt, but IS
blinded by his system, just as Saul was be-
fore he became Paul the Apostle Of God.
The scales however fell from his eyes, under
the word of Cod, and we pray they may from
those of 4'Enquirer'' under the same word.
would be very glad to crafty " Enquirer
by endorsing his system of religion, as he
desires. but it would be wicked to do so un-
der the light which God has in his grace
given me. am ready and willing, yea glad
to 90 as far in that direction as truth will
allow me, and this do by conceding to him
that it is the best thing the world has. do
not mean by this, however, that his sect is
the best sect in the world, but that the sys-
TEN Of sectarianisn, commonly called the
church, is the best thing the world has. 1t
is the little mustard seed (See Matt. 1882, /
and Dan. 4-2o ct seq , grown to be great
tree, so that the fowls of the air come and
lodge in its branches; and he knows what
happeus to tile tree under those circum-
stances
say your system is the best thing the
world has, just as Judaism was the best
thing the world had when Christ came. The
priests. Elders, Pharisees, Saducees, etc.
were the highest and best class Of people
that existed in that day They were the re-
lieious people, ,.the learned people, the hon
orable people, the respectable people and all
he world around them were heathen
Dublicans and sinners; and yet they rejected
nocked, hated, scourged and crucihed the
Son of Cod, while they who didreceive Him
we're the Pub1icans and sinners, the adulteres
md outcasts Of society Is there no lesson
or us in all this? Are we so full of our own
our own form OF Godliness,
,ur own system of ordinances after the COM
nandments and doctrines ofmen (See Col. p
t6 ct seq that we are dead blind to the
ruth of Cod as set forth to US in His living ,
yord7 "Iet Cod be true but every man a I