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1 that which should turn blue eyes into I Were man made as he now is born and by
black, or a lair skin into a brown one
Wo have not the least d uibt that ou
friend to whom we alluded in the com
meneement of this article, and all nth
er of our Christian readers who hold
the same notion of original sin, if, in
deed. there are any others who d >.
would start back fr >m the conclusions
to which our argument has brought
us and disavow (hem as being bis —
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N. WEBSTEII.
Oct. 1833.
.. .. - eluding the great mass of ihe ive, and free from every thnor that
| m all his natural propensities, without population from ucccss to the book, in- m .y needlessly c.\n< ’ ' e
judgment, conscience, and will subject terested, seliish and ambitious men derision of scullers.
'to his understanding, he would be as have, in Europe, perveited its authori-
I incapable of shinning as the bears— ty and made it the instrument of (he I
Sh >uld God superadd these endow- worst species of despotism. From this!
incuts to the tiger and the ox, and tell despotism man may do disenthralled by j From tho Cross,
the one not to lick blood, and the oth- the general use ot the Bible, and a ON THE SUBJECT OF PROPFIL.
er not-to eat grass, but to live on some- clear understanding of its doctrines and I TY, THE HOLY SCRIi TLRFS
thing else provided tor their sustenance precepts in theii genuine simplicity— TEA GIT FS.
by bis goodness they might be tried To accomplish this end. it seems to lie 1. Thai is the Lord’s
indreed, but would not be b reed to dis- expedient and even necessary that the The ea:th is the i rod’s and the f, g
obey The cons ience ot the tiger popular version should be so pure and ness thereof. Psalm v.\iv 1
w .uld then tell him to obey his Mutter free from exceptionable words and The silver is mine, and the mid
and resist his propensity for blood; u.id phrases as to he inviting, and so plain mine, suitli (lie Lord of Hosts —-P
of the ox would mcul- as not to be susceptible of misinterpre- ii 8.
doctrine of self-denial tation. ! All that is in the heaven and
If
"V P ,,rs '»n >i wiring six subscribers; Blit we ask him carefully to trace them
her.i-iimg es ansi Me for the pacmenl, : back a ,, d < ee iri | ley ai e ' n „ t legitimate-
i a BPvei'tb erst'* i ly deduced from his premises. And
such, we are well assured, ae the cmi-
‘ elusions to which all, who seek an c:i- I the c mseteiice
cue t*»r tlieir sins, will come, ^nd, | cate tUe same
j we are free to confess, that were the ! and conformity to the will of his Lord,
notion ol origi ai sin we ui e combating 1 Now this is 'the* precisely the rase with
jour own, we should bold ourselves man. He has many propensities lo sin
b mnd to admit the *ft repeated excuse in his pres ut, laiien, accursed estat ,
for sin, “l cannot help it.” as entirely into which the .ust sin of the .»rst ilia .,
a valid one And it i» because we Adam, has in ought him; but helms
w ish t > see even the shadow ot jdausi- judgment, cnnscii nee, gud will, subject restrain vire, and presc ve our civil di-
hilit;, taken from tiiis wicked plea, that to the govermnent of his understanding; stitutions from corruption. But l!ie
we seek to settle the doctrine in ques- and he knows his duty, < r may know history of nations and past experience
he '
ls i
the
Iti.
From tan St. Louis 'Observer.
ORIGIN A SIN.
a"e n d about i -> write a long dis-
Ij'i m on the su.iject By so doing
luuild expect t iconvin e n >b >dv of
liking save that we had lived t > ve-
|ittlo oorp '.se, n<-t t know that tew
as read I >ng arti les, and fewer
lure c nvict.i n by I mg arguments
feel that if i« m «lnty to say
ird nr two on the su'ije t.
was ri it many days since, that
|er«ing with ii hr id m this sub-
lie remarked, . i iting t his own
S'»11 that, was ,daring >n the floor
t met, •*! sn >pose that thild came
the world recisely the same dis-
li n to sin. and in the same >va ',
I Hie ox ha a dispositi >n to eat
or the tiger to lick blood.”
/ tho friend t > whom we hen
i no less distinguished for the
|daess of his head than for the go rl
of his hea t; and is one, in aii
lers of practical Christianity, a 1
le met we should feel it a privilege
and learn. When such an one
find elite ta ; n ig such opinions, it
rtainlv time i . stop and inqui e
J extensively they prevail in the
|ch, and what a e their practical
o piences.
e sitnpose it will be admitted
lllr.na' ttio'oroneusifVj or disnosi
t a ste, »f the tigerfor blin o, en-
|i|t.o his ver; It U the very ! Ini op
*di- he is a tiger
we mav judge from the great c:- ea tb is thine: thine is the kingd. m O
forts making to improve education in l ord, and thou ait exalted as 1 Ji m! c-
our seuiinai ies of learning, it appears bov all For all things o< n e o< ti-oiT
f" he a common belief tliat human lito- and of thine own lime wc given thro*
ratme. nits and sciences, if properly C I oid our God, all (his sti-rc that ve
cultivated, will coneet public rnmals, have prepared to build thee an iain-e
for thy holy name, c< jqoth ot' thv I
own.— i Chron.
d,
x.vix.
ui, on tlie g.ouud where,-as we be-, it, so far as he is accountable tli» do not authoiizc this expectation —
lievc, the iJi ie lias placed it; viz: that ■ very nature is a constant tiiul to Itun, Learning, arts, and science, refine
man sins not because he mast, hut be- , hut still he can practice self-denial, he manners, change the character of vice,
cause he will sin, nnd that he then, and can ooey, and is not constrained to , and multiply the conveniences and
ii t till then, .iccmncs a sinner, when transgress Were the tiger a lati mal temporal enjoyments of mcr., to an iu-
as a free moral agent, ins first breaks agent he could abstain fiom blood, and demote extent. But, as a goner;d met,
the law ol G*»d. .subdue his natural propensity for it, so they do riot mend the heart, nor make
ilcmarlrsby the Editor of the P»iladel-' as never to indulge it; and man, fallen ; men what God requires them lobe.
pIrian oa Original Depravity. | man, born a depraved being, prone to On tin* > tiior hand, a.i un ’ue ultention
'y ** suggest to our brother editor of the every sin, never commits any actual to human learning, to improvement in
St. <-oilis Observer, that niseostnox sin but by bis own free, unconstrained, arts, and L. the external dec. rations of
•o sin is n <t a •tual sin: it is not any , unnecessary agency, c mtrary to con- | of society, often lias the contrary efi'cct,
by diverting the mind liom the more
ten. per
is a duty
bntul agency of any kind, for it is nei- science, reason, and the levealcd |)icn-
ther me ala' operation, nor bodily nioliun. sure of his Maker. ‘‘The corruption
fisrosiTTov is the name of a relative of man’s whole nature,” by tlie curse
‘ ate of tilings; and no stat, is an ac- of G il resting >n him for Adam's sin,
ion. The fall has brought mankind is the only okioiaal six of which we
into an estate w’htch is both sinful and are convinced; and for this we i ever
miserable; and is so called because we felt any conviction of personal cnuiin-
were brought into this estate by the sin ality It may oe the object df uatu al
of Adam, and it is an estate in which aversion and hatred as any othci nut-
wp actuallv sin so soon as w'e uecome ural evil nia> Jm;, iv‘ We mu.ot view
accouuta ile, moral agents; and it js »■* t ‘ t as a r ig!,te< us curse, from which we ! fi
estate in which we su fer **• ‘°.' ,r le ^ ‘ SC ek and obtain delivnancc in
nisery, on account of our own sins a* ; d , s „ wn provided dud appointed way
fife’ 'parent's. ° f J t&‘mil WnoV Lring of salvation.
inant !nd into certain moral acts or men-
which are criminal, but '• ^^I 0 , ra J. l . , ®.-!t" thor .“ Htf'T, ! J^' HE
s the very ' Ini operations which are criminal, «rppc*tiov»u FniTkON
,d nothing into an estalr in wlur.li *e ireoly pro- WCB&ILKb fcDiilO,
,1 .hi. nr..- : due* »ucl. acts, wl»» under m neeee- . ^ ^
He may he tamed, and tiiis ^ _
litv restrained, but it cannot be de-'.sitv of so doing. , | * Fitly'years have passed since I com-
ued vith .in destroying th>* tiger. | Any disposnion, propensity, or prone- \ the . )U b|ication of a series of
U liesh and f Ian U) « *d is, we 1 n-ss to moral evil, which we inherit from , bwoks f or the instruction of American
nature; consequently, while our parents and possess fr-m our birth, th y^m ng my motives for this |
■remains a tiger, and ns such, lie is n part of our <lature; and constitutes t ^ iidertak , ng w - ere| the improvement of
have blood He can no more our native dpravity it is the “°‘ u elementary books, and a desire to ren-
, it thai be.a i liel the returning depravity which constitutes the uniform- ^ my countrymen less dependent on
rites of hunger and thi:st, for when it y and the chief ingredient in our fall- , Britain lor supplie* of such
come, .r an‘the ve-v nature of en estate of trial under the gospel ihs- i A large portion of my life has
, CMC thev bring the desire fir flesh . pensation of grace. 1ms native rte- j consume d in prosecuting tl is en-
Mo .il al >ng with them. The same gravity is no crtnie,, it is no actual sin, i ^ a , J( j (he rBsldt j s known.
vith respect to the it is nothing which God charges in the j ^t ow at an advanced age, I oiler to
While he account of our moral conduct; but is i fellow citizens an edition of the Bi
part the penalty, that is, the . emandations of the language
. , _ ... «« My
important n!>joct of cultivating moral
and religious improvement.
In pagan Greece and pagan Rome,
vice and profligate manners incrossed,
pirn passu, with every species of im-
prooemeiit in ait and learning: and to
such enormity had corruption advanced
ly .U‘OT.» .-i,, flip jjfjo 1-ivv . (/if* ,v * * 17*
hist > ian aTlirms sucii to uei\\e
u of the stilt*, that the vices of the
citizens could be neither corrected
endured.
The most universal prevalence oi in-
f'delitv among the iitcrati of Germany
and France, furnishes living testimony ,
that human learning has little or no el-
fect in preserving correct moral and
religious principles in a nation. Ami l
uia" appeal l«. all history and to umver-
and is alithine
ji, 14 ]G.
11. 'J o gi-.c a portion of our projeity
foi tlie icrolief ol the miseries,
al and spiiitual, >,f mankind,
rteuired of all.
Ilotioi the Lord with thv substance,
and with the first fi nits of thine* in
crease; so shall thy barns be tilled v.ith
phnty.Sa* Withhold no good In m
them t,: whom it is due, when it is in
power of thjuc hand to do it—Lrov
iti. 9, 10,
I lin e is that scr.ttcielh and incrcos-
eth. i lie boreal s u! shall be made tiit;
and lie that watereth shall Le watered,
also himself.— Prov. xj. 04^,5,
lie that hath mercy on the poor, hao-
py * s l* e - Heihat honoreth his Maker
bath mercy 011 the poor.—I rev. xiv
Isaiah i\iii
ill. The obligation to consecrate a
tor portion to the Lord is univcisal.
Let every one of you lay by him in
stoic.—1 Cor xvi 2.
Every man according to his ability.—
Actsxi,
1 moan not that other men be eased,
and you burdened.—'2 Cor. viii, 13.
IV. 'j‘he amount which each is to
give is left t > his own consicenco L* de
cide, in the sight of G d, to whom lie i.o
ig holds good
of the f r g ass
,q an ox that must remain with itself m , . . _ Die . Wlll , -
\ pain, the natural evil injfltclcd on us on . the com mon version. M v teasona
. nfinates he- account of Adam’s sin. Our expos urt ' . .1 : g undertaking were these; that
#n thf^twoMhatThe ^animal "we call: or liability to this ^TiYE^BPiuviTr, | Bome word9 used in this version are
, x should cease to feed .n grass
begin to lick bio d, while the 1 te (d " <)Ur being
ihewing this, should take no g* a/, g- By unilt we never mean crime,
the same colour, snn^ ^ ^ ^ ^
confound crime with liability to sulfer
for crime; especially when the provi
dence of God renders all mankind lia
ble to sutler pain for the crime of their
first parents. Quill n ay be where per
sonal wickedness is not: and hence the
old orthodox divines used to say “that
n al experience tor proot that no con- . .
iiderable reformation in moralsmt^rc- | “Soever is < fa willing heart, let
ligion has ever been accomph . * him bring it, an oiler ii.g of the Lord.—
mong a people except by n caim oj , ^ &
Christian pnnap.es. M for a || ! Every man according as lie purposed
and in his heart so let him give, not gnidg-
c of ingly or of necessity ; for Gcil loveth a
cheerful giver.—2 Cor. i>, 7.
irovcment in , For if there be fin t a w tiling mind it
1,0 is accepted according to what a man
hath, nnd not according to that he hath
ley may retain
ipe and form as
they had before—
have nothing to do with tho philo-
hv of the ease—but certainly they
not the same animal as before the ^
mge In the strict and proper sense
lie term they have got a new nature,
y mav have ascended or descend-
* 1 _ ..«/! nn till) KnillP
obsolete; that
change ofsig-
the common usage, and
ol couise do not 11 >w present, to the
ordinary reader, the true sense of the
To tho J3i’:ie
moral and religious improvement;
without a more extensive inihiciu
tliat book upon the belie! and tho prac
tice of our citizens, no imp
a system of education, no powei,
policy will correct public, morals, give
nurit'v and fidelity to the udipimstiation not. Cm vu. -. .
purny t . _ ^ 1— ia' \T The disposition to give freely w
call Ul v - » . § i. _ some worcia usou m i
r-ass; with all its attendant pains is what the ; o|herB nearly ,
•„ er 'ancient divines intended when th. y, J H uf!crcd a
-our being guilty ofAda.ns,«»^. oi “ thf} CJtnn
ol couise d > rmt n >w
ordinary reader, the tri
original scripture or word ol God; that. ( ^ , m (ho ambition, seifiseness, ant
other words are unintelligible to ii liter- I centious passions of men.
of laws, and insure the permanence of V. .
..nr civil and eligious institutions.— , mentioned as an evidence of giace iind
Science, literature, intelligence,
or it may b-. moved - ‘he -me being, most guiltyf
I'd, in the scale of an mal bem , : thullt ever having committed a sin.
[st certainly they have changed pla - ^ ba i, efl that know not their right
hand from their left and cannot discern
good from evil are guilty oj A lam's sin*
i e . • 1. fimt iUtav nrii in t.he nrov
|Let US now apply the argument to
case of the child as ho is born, or
man, for it is the
ill follow, then, that me cniia, as us . ()f it Because our Maker has
[wars and faculties and appetites ar > . ht it prn p e r to introduce all man-
[velgped wiU Ue forced kind g into a ‘state ofsuflbring herewith
a design to put them on trial lor eter-
same thin- It I n'hich menus (lint they ate m Ihe fre*-
TeS t. its | idence God l.ahle to sutler pniti on
account of it.
ate readers and such as have u t access
to commentaries, who constitute the
most numerous class oi readers; that
some words and phrases arc so indecent
that they cannot he read before a pro
miscuous audience, nor utteicd in com
pany without a violation of good man
ners; yet in schools, pupils are requir
ed to read passages containing words,
which if uttered in company on other
occasions, would exclude a person
iat word is here used, so that the idea
retained) along to the commission
I din in precisely the same way, and
the same reason, that the tiger is
ven to kill and drink the blond.—
at is. the disposition to sin is not on-
connate (which we admit! but
ought into, and makes a part of his
rv being I» othor wo 1 rHa ’ a! \ he
nks when he thirsts, and eats when
hungers, so he sins when the physi-
il appetite is upon him. Consequent-
ero lie can cease from sinning, he
st cease to he the same sort of a
rson that he was when horn. Mis
pry nature must be changed And
change will be of the same kind as
nity, he causes us all to inherit deprav-
ed natures; of which he is the author;
for ho has made us, und not we our
selves: lie is our Creator and we are
his creatures. His forming us through
an intermediate agency does not ren
der our whole nature one whit the less
his workmanship.
Nevertheless, this nature or this es
sence born, is not a transgression; it is
not a forbidden action ot a free agent;
it cannot compel any professor ot it to
act contrary to the divine command
ment; it does not necessitate any one
to sin*
with- the want of that dsposition renders a
out"* Christian principles, will not effect person’s piety suspicious
these obiccts They never havif been, In as much as ye did it not unto one
and v/o liave-no reason to believe they of the least of these, ye d.d not to me—
everwill be. a preventative, or eflee- Mat. xxv.45.
tual cure of the disorders which spring The grace of God bestowed on the
and li- c hurchrg of Macedonian: how that—
editions passions 01 m«n. ! their deep poverty abounded unto tho
1 this oniui n i am confirmed by the riches of their liberality. I‘or to their
remarkable fact, that Christ and his power. (I b ear iec< rd,) >•«•« arm l e-
a ,jostles, among all their doctrines and yond their power, they w ere filling of
injunctions, never once mentioned hu-^ themselves—- Cor vm. 1,~, 3.
man loarmng as the means of reform
ing mankind
If therefore, wo wish to arrest the
progress
FYoar the Western Luminary.
IVhal is the true Character and Ttndcn*
cy of the Christian Religion.
Sii undermined the liberties, and ut j Tho great design and the legitimate
l ist completed the ruin of ancient tree j tendency of the Christian Religion is,
States and which are multiplying and to regulate the hearts add lives o man-
oiuivG , ... . . -iL i*i Lnotnu iiwv nnr.n imm Inn rich
of the vices and corruption,
from decent society; that the language j States, ui.u v...rV” t ry^vithVpp«linP * kind “in bestowing upon man the rich
m T' * \Zwe must pin J the Christian i treasure of Ihe Gospel, God had some-
r di crcnt vapidity, al , offorla . T o! thing more in view than the mere fur-
from best usage 1.1 other writings ; the ! m^' omofion of this religion nil other „i s |,fn g of truths for the investigation
4 K " secon- I ami assent intellect, or the ex-
of the common version,
sages, is ungrammatical,
inaccuracies and improprieties ot ex
pression being very numerous, proba
bly amounting to thousands.
These reasons have satisfied me that
projects of improvement must be
dary and subordinate. A dependence
on any other means is all a delusion,
and will end in disappointing the hopes
STS™ L'b.*hoftheBip«bliMn (h. CI„L-
which'tbeftiouds oi’ Ihe ear red oracles | Every obstacle therefore to Ihe ctr-
owe the Christian community. I dilution ol the Bible, and onery ca s ,
In my view, the Bible isjhe principal however small, that may ‘"'P'* 1 .
fountain of all good principal*, not only tluence or to be^rera-jv , fi O j
iSe sh ^ '-
ao'abustfofila'prece^ta^aotr'tlocUines, ‘^ascology in the leas.
m n sty le and
ocgiee rcpul-
of the intellect, or the ex
citing of fitful rapturous and impassion
ed religious feeling. The grand object
of the Christian system lies fur beyond
this The ends it purposos to accom
plish, in relation to man, aro as much
more’important and glorious than this,
as tho sun transcends in importanco
and glory the feeble taper. True, Di
vine truth is to be investigated and as
sented to; and without this investign-
ti.m nnd assent of the understanding,
in a greater or less decree, there chq
be no evangelical religion. For, a*-