Richmond planet., 1894-03-17
WHO CAN FORGIVE SIN 7
AN EXPOSURE
OF the CuttIe-Fish Tactics,
False Allegations, Sian
derS etc. of the Pas
tor of the Second Baptist
Church.

"How dost tn, say, adventure thus
T. oppose thy lumber against us
Could thine impertinence fnd out
No work TO employ itself about,
Where then secure from wooden blow
Thy busy vanity might show?
Was no dispute afoot between the cater
wauhnR brethren
No subtle Question raised among
Those out of-their wits, and those j.
wrong ,"
A production, more insulting to the
feelings and intelligence, than the one
which appeared last week over the sig
nature of Rev. u. ID. Lewis, has perhaps
never disgraced the columns of the
PLANET.
Without further introduction / pro-
pose in the following lines TO make an
exposure OF the cuttIe-fisb tactics of my
opponent. The reader must not be sur
prised when l call spade q spade. "Auf
einem groben Klotz, gehoert elm gTober
pteil rough block needsa rough wedge.
Our Savior himself, as well as his pre-
cursor, used some very strong language
when they had to deal with people OF
this kind
1. I'm his first letter my opponent told
us that Catholics have long since ceas-
ed submitting their nefarious doctrines
to the scrutiny of an intelligent public" !"
took him to task for this statement,
and that did it effectually is shown by
the fact that he never repeated it. Yet,
he is not honest enough to admit that
he made false statement.
2. He informed us that Catholics were
discouraged from reading the Bible. 1
proved conclusivelv that this was q lie.
At the same time he expressed doubt if
lone" Catholic Bible could be found IN a
Catholic home in this city. l showed
him two" Not being satisfied with
this, l asked him how many more he
wanted. To this he made no answer
and thus convicted him once more of
an egregious falsehood. To suit his
purpose be maliciously left out the word
whole" from my argument. | called
his attention to it. No answer.
THAT VICTOR HUGO NOVEL.
3. In his desire to villify Catholic doc
triDe, he quoted from novel of Victor
Hugo. A friend of his called his atten-
ton TO the fact that this could not furn-
ish a reliable authority for so serious a
charge. / did the same Reader what
answer did he make ? None. An honest
man would have apologized.
4. In his second last letter he quotes
from some unknown Bishop 'Spotts-
wood" ask him to show us where the
statement in question can be found. The
slanderer has no answer to give.
tha nn We are Tug sns cathoIlc. ID n .naS unupcn pcs
Is: Ignorance is the mother Of devo-
ton and order" When asked in what
Catholic book such silly statement
could be found, this calumniator is si-
lent. Here then is man who deliber-
ately and maliciously calumniates his
neighbour, and when called TO account
connot prove ita and isnot honest enough
TO admit that he is wrong. Is il to be
wondered at il so many of his people are
deceitiul and dishonest when they have
such men to guide and teach them ?
1t is of course a wise precaution to re-
mark that ''the Priest will not apply the
general remarks to gentlemen in this
city" No that would not do especially
now when the circulars for the new
church are going rounds This coward,
like all of his iik, is not afraid to belle
his fellow men but when il comes to
proving his statements and apply. them,
give definite, tangible case, he backs
out.
TIE BIBLE ALONE NOT OUR TEACHER.
maintained that the Bible alone was
never meant to be our teacher, and ask
ed him to give US just one text, from
which 1T was clear tnat everyone is oblig
ed to read the Bible. What answer does
our learned b ID. make? None whatso-
ever, for the simple reason that no such
text exists. Yet he maintains: AS to
the completeness and integrity of the
Bible to meet all human demands, to
Qnd or IL
etc. please see mot One} Tim. BIG
"All scripture divinely inspired is prof.
table to teach, to reprove, to correct, to
instruct, in justice; that the man of God
may be perfect, furnished unto every
good work. This text is brought to
prove the integrity and sufficiency Of the
Bible.
Readerl what will you say when
show you that st. Paul speaks here only
of the "Old Testament?" See verse 15:
Because from thy infancy thou has
known the holy scriptures" What
scriptures? Only the Old Testament.
not the New for the good reason that
1T did not yet exist. ''He who proves
too much, proves nothing. II it
is true then what our learned Biblical
scholar tells us, it follows: that the New
| Testament is not needed at all. So
i Ah0C1 III Jlic pIOOl. AD uuO Cisco
| omnes," from this one specimen we may
| Judge of the rest. 10 show the utter alb
surdity of holding that the Bible con-
tains oil things necessary asked: if this
is SO. then show us from the Bible where
and when the Saturday was changed to
| the Sunday.
l fearlessly assert that not ONE word
| is to be found in the Bible proving this
change. Thus ] knocked the bottom
out of the famous: The Bible and moth
ing but the Bible" SO keenly does NV
opponent feel the impossibility of prov
ing this change, that he considers il best
not to say a word about it. Behold an.
other specimen of the veracity of this
mani In speaking of certain men who
go to school 40 years and come away
fools, he evidently described himself.
NO GROUND TO STAND UPON.
7. Several times l asked him to prov,
to us that Christ has commissioned hin
to teach and baptize. This containe,
my answer to his second question
Had the Apostles the right to transmit
their powers. After much coaxing sue
ceeded at last in getting q proof (?l s,
completely did | shatter this proof {?
ord reduce it to splinteFs, that he ha
not one word to offer in reply. / prove,
from reason and revelation that he ha
no ground to stand on; that he is onl,
a spurious evangelist. How keenly b
felt the anomaly of his position, and th
impossibility of proving it, is shown b
his endeavour to vent his spleen ono
more on those poor ignorant catholic
who have never read or thought. Hin
lilac irac," hence that wrathl Ono
more then this hypocritical pharist
stands convicted.
HIS ATTEMPT TO HOoDwINK THE READRl