Telegram-herald., 1890-05-17


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lHlpl-ts, many ~ s.alI readers as
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eeualaaicatoH q yo4I columns IS "a
interest aAd pleasure. aa8 ] Uou.d 81
o. sei some uore information from l.m
g you afe W.l.ug. au weQ sWare
taat tne seaer@. puol.o regard All Kinds
81 sectaDan discussion with utter .n-
difference i rot WITH actual disgust
ana 80 would nog mpose upon your
good nature b. asking you 10 prnl any
SUCH se~t tSrlan seroeds from my pen
When, however, any man or set OF
men, profess 10 be ia possession Of
knONledge not Ia possession of the
mass oi men, knowledge Nj eli ls OF
vast IMPORTANCE % tile human race.
aud are willing to lmpaTt such knONl-
edge 10 others, / feel sure that tie
lElh0kAA-HEKALp Al least Is quite Nli-
Ang tO open ls columns Tor that puI-
pose.
Mr. Dole and The New Chulch"
which ne rtpresents, claim they have
received revelation or The tull
knowledge al the spiritual world. ot
life after death OF the DIVINE word and
of the Lord 10 use Nh Doic's own
words. Surely THIS II very important
information. The eNtant literature
ot ihe human race dating from the
ancient AccAdians about j.. &. 3JJO,
down 10 the present ume, shows us
that the human soul has ever been
struggling an vain 10 obtain the knOwl-
edge which Mr.. Dole claims he RON
possesses. - far as know the Chris
tam world never has had and does not
now claim 10 have tins knowledge; and
the wonder l. that less than forty per
sons out OF a population Of $4,000 peO-
pie attend on Beautiful sunday even
lng 10 hear Mr.. Dole eXp0und tins Wis
dom 50 long kepta profound secret, and
Yet 80 much sought after
Ii was TINS apparent assumption Oi
perfect knowledge" of these august
matters that impressed me a. | listened
20 has admirable sermon and the ques-
ton Whence hath thIs man this learn
lngy' naturally arose IN my mind; and
the Scrptural assertions quoted M my
article occurred 10 me. ] remembered
that Paul humbly confessed II know
III part, Il prophecy ih part" see
through a glass darklv."
trust Mr.. Dole is not mistaken. /
can not dOut that he is sincere. Now,
am member OF the Western tnltar-
IAN Conference, ana he doubtless knows
that We Unitarian clergymen are rather
sceptical about some things which are
accepted without question by other
peOule, vet IL is our boast that we are
truth seekers, that our faces are to-
ward the light, and that we are hosplta-
die toward new ideas Il we can only see
their "sWect reasOnablcness. Accord
Iugly, Mr.. Dole can easily make a con-
vert OI me II hc can only give me good
authority for ms statements, and ! have
sufficient taIth IN the brains and good
sense OF the citizens of Grand Rapids o.
believe that there are hundreds oi
them. at least, equally open 10 cOnvIc-
ton. We are not skeptcal because we
DO not want 10 believe. but the Az
mighty has So made us that Wc car lot
believe without what IS TO us, some sort
OF satisfactory evidence. - on behalf
of this unknown, but assumed coustit-
ucncy, ! would ike % ask HIM the fol-
loving questions:
J.. Mr. Dole, how do YOU know there
is no personal devil? You see, some /
men are highly interested III TINS, as
they are not sure INTO whose hands /
they may fall; and we know the Scrip /
lures seem to teach, and the Christian /.
world believes, there really is such
being. Mind, put the emphasis on the /
word "knOw," IN asking you these |
questions.
,. How DO you know there are other /
worlds besides this, inhabited 10y human /
beings, and that they were 50 inhabited I
for myriads of centuries before our I
globe was created? You see, our guesses /
or spcculatiOnS often come far short of |
knowledge. The world has been rich /
IN these, but poor IN absolute knOwl- 4
edge. The Colossal shears shut down 4
hard on mere idle dreamings. Dreams /.
are very unsubstantal.
3. How do you know there are /
''hells?' Can YOU give Us their exact /
position? And especially, winch Is o /
great interest TO some people, how 60 I
You know that the Lord "gvcs 10 all /
even M these helIs as much delight and /
pleasure as they can receive " We /
nave always been taught that an entire /
" different state of affairs prevails IN 4
hell. TINS news from YOU comes very
near being gospel 20 some people 4
VINO have always supposed the internal /
rlglonS were decidedly uncomfortable 4
and without even shadow OF enI0v-
ment. Please be careful to give your 4
authority, and 20 show that there can
be no mistake about it. for a. Brother /
QUlutus has remarked "This is too
serious matter 90 make fan of" and 4
We DO not want 20 Doc ms +
taken. s large number of people are
apparently going the "brDad wav. and .
through the wide gate. and ann .
afraid the road Will be- stIl more
crowded If the "I0rd IS giving 90 all +
there as much delight and pleasure as /
they can receivc2 some people would .
not ask any thing better than th.- f
Few people would fear such places .
When these matters arc made clear f
and your basis of authority firmly os- (
tahdshcd I shall b. pleased 81 ask sev- F
era. other questions 0f equal IMPORT F
auCc, hut NY friend. the cd dtor 0f the .
IFIEeRAW-IFRAIp. does NOT ke long .
sermons, and ls apt - scowl when p +
lengthy article offered for Uuh.ca .
fiOn go 7 bring ths open letter g. +
close. folly agree with You that GENE 4
conce vahic, impossible and nCompre .
nensih.e thi0gs have made the church
rd-cuIous u tho ewes Cf many iuteiE 4