New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-28

$50 called doctrine. and got an extreme dls'as'e
for that sort of composition-for Newton LOT
Scott. for the preachers heard and the praycI-
meetings | attended. | have not looked I'M"
half a dozen books of the French modern re-
formed churchmcn. but those ! have seen are
odOus to me D'Aubigne. believe Is the pesI
man Of the modern French EefOrmers' ahu Il
worse guide to historical truth for one VINO mas
a reputation don't know. If NJ. GoSsaht ar
CUES that because our Lord quoted the IrnreW
Scriptures therefore the Scriptures are OF direct
Divine composition you may make NOuIsell
quite easy: and the works of rcaSoner VINO
would maintain an argument so monstrous need
not | should think. occupy a great portion OF
your time our Lord not only quoted the
Hebrew writings drawing illustrations from
everything familiar to the people among Will
He taught. from their books poetic and historic
from the landscape round about. from the now
ers the children and the beautiful works or GOD
but he ContradiCted the old scriptures HatlN'
told the peOple tina; He brought them new
cOmmandment-and that new commandment
was not a complement hut n contradiction or the
Old-a repeal of bad, unjust law In their stat
ute-books which He would suffer to remain
there no more 1t has been said an eye for an
eye. etc. but say to YOU no sucn thlnE' Love
YOUR enemies etc. 1t could not have been right
to hate your enemies on Tuesday and to love
them on Wednesday. What is right must al,
ways have been right. before II was practised
as we'll as after. And Il such and such COM
mardnent delivered by Moses was wrong. de-
pend on it, it not delivered by COD. ana the
whole question of complete inspiration goes ~
once And the misfortune OF dogmatc hehei
is. that the first principle granted that the book
called the Bible Is written under the direct dc
tatiOn of God: for instance, that the Cathonc
Church is under the direct dictaton Of God.
and solely communicates with him; thaI
Ouashnaboo is the direct. appointed priest OF
God and fOrth-pain, cruelty, persecution.
separation Of dear relatives follow as natler
of course What person possessing the secret or
divine truth by which she or he is assured or
heaven and which idea she or he worships as II
IL was God but must pass nights Of tears ana
DAYS Of grief and lamentation II persons natu-
rally dear cannot he got to see this necessary
truth? Smiths truth being established In
Smiths mind as the Divine one, persecution fol-
lows as a matter Of CONSERVATIVES have roast
ed all over Europe. all over Gods world. upon
this dogma To my mind. Scripture only means
writing and Bible means a book. II contains
Divine truths and the history Of n Divine Char
acter but imperfect. but not containing a thou-
sandth part OF Him and 1t would be an untruth
before God were I to hide my feelings from my
dearest children: as il would he a sin IT, having
other opinions. ard believing literally in the
Mosaic writings. in the six days cosmogCrN, IN
the SERPENT and apple. and CONSEQUENT Gamma
ton of the human race | should nae lnem
and not try to make those | loved best adopt
opinions of such immense importance To them.
And so God bless my darlings and teach us the
truth. ,
Every one Of us in every fact. book. circum-
stance Of life sees a different meaning ana
moral and so il must he about religion. BUY
we can all love each other and say, our
Father