The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-11-17
More About Heretics.

MR.. EDITOR: Without seeking to
make your paper an arena for theo-
logical strife, 1 ask space to correct
some misapprehensions of my posi-
ton which appear in your issue of the
18th, in the letter of Waterman
and in the editorial thereon.
L do NOT deny to Unitarians the
right to be called Christians. On the
contrary, hold many of them in the
highest esteem as Christian brethren.
No expression in the Friend can be
reasonably made to bear any such
construction.
There is, however, large school of
advanced Unitarians, with whom
[ have, possibly by mistake, classed
DR.. Martineau, who deny the Mes
siahship of Christ, His Headship OF
the Church, His resurrection, all
miracles and all revelation. | may
be s'bigoted,n but my intellect is not
constructed upon any plan that en-
ables me to assign such minds to the
category of either Jews, Christians or
Mohammedans. They may be very
excellent men, devout, pure and tend
ing heavenwards, but they do not
seem fitted to teach Christianity.
/ am acquainted with DR.. Martin
eau,s writings very slightly, and only
by quotations. The brief statement
of his opinions given in the Friend is
quoted verbatim from the otf1clal
charges against DR.. Briggs, which are
of so formal a nature as to justify my
reliance on their precision as to facts.
The passages quoted from his writ
ings by "Watchman" most decidedly
show him to be Christian in belief.
| / sincerely trust that no discount is
to be made from those words, either
on account of subsequent change in
belief, or from any other cause.
The above does not, however, affect
nv estimate of the relative value of
Newman's and Martineau's services
| in the Kingdom of God as compared
with Surgeons, somewhat belated
Calvanist though the latter be. 1t is
they that turn many to righteous
nessI that "shall shine" in that
kingdom. 1t is like comparing the
| military services of an accomplished
Mcclellan to those of fighting
Sheridan.
| am, Mr.. Editor, precisely one of
| your tolerant Christians who "do
| not believe that there is only one way"
| lin the sense of intellectual BELIEF
Hto salvation - who ado not con-
| denim a good man because he is I'M
sound as to the Trinity" although /
| should not recommend him to a Trini-
| tartan pulpit, Justification or
| Election :" who "do not refuse to
| Unitprians the name of Christians )"
| and who ado not rate mans place
| in heaven according to the measure
of his orthodoxy" but according to
| the measure of his services to man.
| kind.
| will also say to Waterman
that I seek to Hforbid" neither DR..
Martineau nor any other man, how
ever much / think him in error, to
"cast out" with all his might all the
"deyils" of crime, misery, and super
stition that he can. However In error
he may be, God speed him in such
work, whether ain Jesus name" or
any other. But in jesus name is the
only way to great success against
"the evil one"
The trouble with my critics is, that
the word "heresy" is a red rag SO
agitating to their minds that they
cease to discriminate between sense
and nonsense in church affairs; II
the trustees of an allopathic medical
school were to remove an instructor
who had begun teaching home-
opathy to the students, everyone
would concede the propriety OF
their action. If the n. Y. State Re
publican Committee should eXpeii
from their body member who mad
begun preaching Free Trade, ana
shouting Tammany, that would be
all right.
But when a Howard McQueary
breaches against the Incarnation and
Resurrection, and his Bishop silences
him for denouncing those funda-
mental statements of the Apostles
Greed, oh, that is shameful persecu-
ton, heresy-hunting bigotry.
1t would seem as though great