The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-04-01


in the gentIeC) epitlets with which
this mild hammered" person has
styled him. But avoiding all per.
sonal remarks. he felt it his duty to
stand up against the vcnomous
cynicis'n which gives tho "barroom
and the bro,hel" as examples OF
that social lifc which VIC are pleased
to term society," and which can
only SEQ in the social world tile re.
fning influence as exercised by
gamblers, libertines and p.giIIsls.
Zero says that my first PROPOSE
lion is "untrue save IN very exccp.
tional cases. and goes Oh at some
length to conclude that fright prin
ciples can never become the founda.
ton Of wrong" No one in his
right mind possessed of any judg-
ment would claim otherwise.
But ifZero will carefully consider
my proposition lie will find that o
right prInclple MAY BE WRONGLY
APPLIED, nnd that is all I cla, med.
1t is the WRONG APPLICATION Of n
right principle that distorts that to
which it is applied and which may
make right APPEAR wrong; and not
the principle itself.
Again he places tho bar room
and the brothel as examples of that
society which, we claim, 1t to be a
blessing to enjoy. Indeed. l am
almost tempted to say no moro to
any one whose mind is so little as
not to be able to comprehend any
other state of society than that; and
Whose soul is SO dwarfcd by cypicism
that he can not sec or is not charit.
able enough to admit the existence
of refined society, high above the
sphere of gamblers, libertines and
pusilis.s." That is very much like
Diogenes when he plucked tho
feathers from of a fowl in order
that he might with show of ped
antry seem to ta!seify Plato's def
nj ION of min. And when | state
that "the higher in the social train
the stronger the moral character
Zero nails this proposition to The
wall and clinchcs it there with q
question concerning Wesley, Luther.
kobespirre, Murnt and others. This
is the cap Of tho climax Of his false
reasoning. If one so learned and
profound may yet have room to as
similste knowledge, let him learn
that 10 number Of particular IN.
stances will prove or disprove a
general rule.
And, indeed, he is one Of those
logicians who is more eager to con.
cludc rightly than to make right
conclusions.
Again when he says that he
"lcarned in his youth that the Bible
was the only correct rule of action
for the creature and humbly con
fcsses his ignorance he gives us IL
glimpse of tho only bit of magnan.
unity that has ever been generated
in his shrivcled selfish heart. He
forgets that his Mvorite apostle says,
The law Of the heather il wrlltln
on his hoar,.' He forgets that
mauk,ua are living q two fold life.
lilo t"rgets that the Bible is only tho
rule to govern the spiritual life,
lie torgets that nature and desire
and u thousand other things com>
bine to teach how tho natural lie
should be lived.
Tho child learns that 1t ls not
best 10 take hold Il hot iron, long
before it can read q word Of the
Holy Writ or lisp IN evening
prayer Oil The effort 1t must have
taken and the magnanlmlry 1t dis
closed tn make that "humble con
lesslon!"
Agolns, IN hls strong array Of
scrlpturU ruth he has been guilty
Of just that thlng tba, | said might
h0ppen' The false application OF n
wight principle And by this fall
Ing Into error, he lhiuks no IL able
to trace ono maxim NJ he mind
N " " " can make u hell of heaven"
10 M aslhelslle origin, Ii II atheism,
~ Paul 10 say ~ know and mn
persuaded by the lord Jesus that
there Ii nothing NNelean Of ilse'lI hu,
TO him thai esleemelh anything n
ba unoleaN, 10 him II Ia uNeloanY''
And lhls In tho foundation on
which tpleology ,ests And whe,,
HpVo hpa attemped ITO measure "
by "lhe yard allpk ot Christian tho
oloay,' he hns either purposaly or
inadvertently warped lis scrip.
tNre' from Tho trulh Nnd hla meas
Nyemont hNs vii heoN ialso,
And IylNg aside 'he liplng truth
lhal "Mon may not 0onlpmn noy
ooudemn Quo tho other hr lhings
indifferent hNl lahp heed That TnRy
give M ollhNse IN lhem,N he phsseH
himself amoNg tho ''liI'le oRes,N
NNN eoNlessINg ~ roo ~ gveNl M
owl, hN so,k ks 10 lNke advantage vi
NNA eSpNse hlmsNIi with tho NppNsNr
lion of y 'alamhl'na hl0ek pvt IN
the myrN
iIN'her lot hlM heAf and heed tho
hWhe ATt thea ,hal iuhuesli' Let