Richmond planet., 1894-02-24

and hence have not ripened IN the histo. !
~ of your church, and the sayings OF the /
fathers. Why these burning protests |
against reading the Bible A know
ledge of the Bible gives a longing for
soul liberty for an enlighteDing of the
mind, ETC., and the souls of men can be
enslaved only when fettered by the
chains of iguorance.
Let the people read and think and you
will never catch them in the trap of Ro-
man Catholicism and well you know lt.
The past history of Romanism or Catho-
licsm shows that she IL an inveterate
enemy to education. and wherever il has
held sway, ignorance, vice and supersti-
ton have been regnant. Ii one doubts
my assertion, compare the educational
condition of Spain with England
France with Germany ireland with
Scotland. you will find those protestant
countries to be civil, thrifty, intelligeDr,
moral and industrious while IN Roman
Catholic countries the people are poor,
ivnorert srpcrsisiOGsano vicious. 10
Italy, the center and light of which Is
Daddy Leo XIII-accOrding TO statistics
not one ont cf fifty can read. Why this
disparity ? The maxim OF their church
may explain it; viz "lgnoraDce is the
mother of DEVOTION and order. But
we are drifting aud you, Bro. Priest have
caused it. Let US away to the subject.
WHO CAN FORGIVE SIN? SURELY MAN
CAN NOT.
On this subject the Priest very strik-
ingly reminds us of the country fiddler
who tunes mp often, but plays each time
the same tune. He has served us the
same hash twice. His boat must be
stranded. Have you nothing better to
| Of, n nsuof9 NnncnIf noI l.,
| (the Pope) perhaps he may help you
some, for l think you left his
knee too soon to grapDle with, and
WELD effectually the sopbistries of the
Catholic church. Be it remembered that
Bro. Priest acknowledged in his last
| writing that the priest as a man could
not forgive sin. So far, Rev. Wells is
right al you can see very well. But lei
US notice that beautiful illustration that
he (the priest) served us. Says he, "Tht
following illustration will show that We
claim nothing unreasonable. Parents
give their children the natural life, and
thus partake of the creative power o
God Now, as in the natura
order God mas decreed to give us life
not directly by himself but through 9th
erR, so also in the new dispensation h,
has decreed that ordinarily W,
are TO receive spiritual life through
others whom he has appointed agents.
We understood that as tie mother i
the agent by which the natural life i
impaired SO in the priest the agent b,
which the spiritual lifeis impaired unit,
men. Very well. But in the same art
Gle the priest tells us that, "Our Savio
ordained that the new birth, the frs
! pardon of sin, is TO be in the baptism c
, water q the sins of men are washe
, away with water, hence, the water b'
, comes an egent. But here you fin
, | yourself in "a hole, do you not?
. Do you mean to tell us that the prizes
, and rhe water are one and the sam
; thing? Or do you .mean to ga
/, that the priest is sometimes changed t
water Certainly il the priest corre
, ponds with the mother, Gods agent j
!. the spiritual birth, and the water is ii
!, agent .of the new birth, then is a me
either born twice spiritually, or that I'll
I, water and the priest are one and n
: same thing BuC you say thut the api
= itual birth is obtained but once. Yo
can see Bro. Prize t, that Roman Cath,
= licism is bag when pierced with arrow
- OF reason gives forth nauseatin
stream of corruption. You can not d.
You. Would help you, if you were nt
- SeAN ~OAA H0HJ~
= WHY THE APOSTLES DID NOT FORGIVE SIN
n Simply because they did not have q
e power. They would have gladly exercis,
:. thai power If they had il. They unde
3 stood from John 20, %. 23 that tn,
: were to take the place of Christ in ma
It ing known to the world the condition
il of entering into the kingdom of Go
a Thus Christ in the passage named Civ
is them TO understand that as they ht
Ie been to:his school and learned the myst
t. ries of the kingdom, he would lea
u them here to instruct Others into the
D things. Hence who so ever sins We
e. clare or pronouce forgiven in consider
1t tion OF the conditions made known
he you, viz: repentance toward God a
W faith toward our Lord Jesus Chri
% their sins shall be forgiven-heaven W
n endorse the act, and whosoever sins
lie declare or pronounce unforgiven in CO
)t sideration OF noncOnfOrmity to
/ conditions, their sins shall not be Il
~ given. The Office of the Apostles W
y. not to forgive sin but to testify of Chr
b. aud his Kingdom, that God throu
a. Christ would pardon sin. As Chr
In came preaching the Gospel of the XIII
a dom saying, not have your sins wash
ch away with water, aud 90 to the prize
81 ana nave your SINS forgiven, Dub rept
re and believe the Gospel.-Mark lis
ak he sends his disciples.
THE LITTLE PRIEST KNOCKED OUT
re- The priest claims that he has po'
10 to forgive sins ; because the Apost
III, were given this power and yet to s,
IT his life he can not point out a sin
he man whose sins were forgiven by
ris Apostles. This he has virtually ackn'
I'D ledged. Hence, it is plain, that ev
lse priest claiming such lower is a crimi
Ike blasphemous usurper, AN impious fral
by Why don't you lay claim 10 the po
ers of working miracles ! Your folly,
yes would become too manifest. You
in observe that the Priest tries to rally
las saying that the scriptures are fragn
i tary, and hence the fact of the Apos
are forgiving sins has been omitted.
nd I will do very well to tell his deluded ci
led rem but not an intelligent Christ
= 49,. daaa ha
tnc LIS lnIOrmal liUaA "a.
cry Christ and his Apostles Has he
al accurate book /; if so he does not
hris the Bible at all.
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