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1113 IM jroross AdzAncs«
WcdsKS ay, Qc cb r 15. 1573
JAS. P. SIMMONS,? -p,..
JAS. U. VINCENT. ( E llt; -’ rs -
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OUR PLATFORM.
We believe that there is a per-;
soual God —who created ami over
rules all things—that Jesus Christ
Ills Son anti our Savior, and that ,
? . IL ly Ghost is His messenger ;
1 our instructor.
that the Bible was written by
inspiration of God—is true —ami
the only safe foundation for i
Christi tn faith and practice.
That she eoul is immortal—that *
there will be a resurrection of the
dead and lina 1 judgment, and that!
the punishment of the uure- i
deemed will be eternal.
And will insist, that all who
agree in these fundamental propo
sitious.und seek salvation through
Christ, constitute his t'hureh, and
should all unite and co-operate
with Him, and each other, in the
sacred work of redemption, as an
affectionate family of brothers
and .
RAMBLE.: ON AB9RITON.
In his article before the last lie
asked this question : “Has a child,
before it is born into the world
and ac t u ally sreall ie sa“s"o u f?’ ’ I
answered, ?to. ’ And asked him
this: “If he thinks it has, to say
at what stage of its previous exist
ence the soul becomes sufficiently
matured to live on without the
body ?” To that question he made
no reply. Why did he not answer
it ? He could not; nor can any
body else. This is one of the
difficulties into which Error leads
her worshippers, and leaves them
there. Truth never serves her
votaries so badly.
Rambler then lays down the
proposition that if a child has no
soul before its birth (here is no
harm in destroying it, and further
on says: “If an embryo has no
soul, then its death is a double
mercy. It is a mercy to (he
mother, who is saved from untold
suffering by it. It is a mercy to
the child, since if it comes on the I
stage of action it will, most pro
bably, suffer no little in this Ike,
and in the end sink .n the ray less
night of doom. .
It follows then that the ph;, si
cian who can destroy tiie greatest
number of human germs, and do
it without hurt to the bearer o!
them, is not a monster of iniquity,
but a bone actor of the first mag
nitmlc.”
What a monstrous proposition
for a Minister of the Gospel to
assume! Is it no harm to violate
the penal laws of the country ?
God requires his people strictly
to obey them.
The Hebrew Church,the heathen
philosophers, (who believed the
soil immortal,) and a large ma
jority of the Christian Church of
the present and all past ages, do
and have,held (hat the soul enters
the body at the time of its birth.,
ami not before; yet in'anticide
has ever been held as one of the
most revolting crimes against the
laws of Heaven, and punished
severely by the penal code of
every civilized country. Il is a
crime, in my view, than which
none is more impious—God defy
ing—hell deserving!
If I am right in my views of the
soul, (and it is upon the hypothe
sis that I am, that he assumes his
position,) our bodies are created—
made by our Creator, through in
strumentalities of his own wise
and sufficient appointment, and
art'designed by him, in bis wisdom
and mercy, to become the tene
ments of his poor, fallen ami out
cast creatures in this life, that he i
may h< re offer us pardon and re-j
storalion to his favor, on terms the '
most liberal which Divine Wisdom >
could devise. Not withstanding all
which, Rambler gravely argues ■
that to destroy these precious
caskets, so created ami so design
ed, at any time before the souls
enter them, no harm,!"—“a
blessing"— and, of course, right !!
If 1 am correct as to the sacred,
holy and merciful purposes for:
which these bodies are intended j
and necessary, the savans of the I
world cannot name a crime more !
irreverent to God, or subversive of I
his will than this.
The abortionist, in (his view,
when he goes at his fiendish work ,
defies the Almighty trad attempts j
to defeat and disappoint Him in ,
his great ami benign purpose in >
the creation of this world— the '
salvation of men, Ami in that we
are told (here ns- no harm !
If a man were to prevent, by
force, a penitent sinner from go ;
ing up to the altar for prayer, j
Rambler would think it a great
outrage, as it would be; yet he
insists that to have destroyed lire
body in which the penitent wanted j
to bow down and pray for pardon ,
and life, before the spirit entered
it, would have been. “;m harm,"
but “a blessing.”' If that be true.,
this life is a curse !
lo what extremities of error and
; inconsi tency the blind prejudices i
. of great and good men may lead
| them, when defending Mime favor
! ite dogma, or pet idea of their ow n,
I none can foresee.
i It cannot be neves .try to pursue
our friend's argument of that posi
‘ lion further. The heart sickens al
• the thought of such gross impiety,
(though unintentional.) a> it ne
| cessarily involves.
Before closing, however, we beg l
| leave to suggest to’him that he;
has entirely misconceived the;
; effect of his argument. If ht is
j light in holding that the soul and i
| body mes into the world alike
and together, and that the soul is
capable of inheriting eternal life,
and will do so it the body die, be
fore it is bom into the world, and
that a very large majority of those
who live up lo a mature age go to
hell, on leaving here, would it not.
as a mere matter of policy, “be a
blessing;” t U N7« r. ry
before they are born, or, at most,
before they arrive at years of ac
countability? That, in his view
would surely appear to be the
most certain way to save (hem
from torment, ami to secure for
them eternal life. If lie is right,
one of the “learned doctors" \\e
speaks of, could save more sou’s
(han a score of preachers. Then
why not turn over that business,
in part, anyhow, to Ils “doctors ■"
From the direction this argu
ment has ta .en, it would seem to
have become important to ascer
tain winch of our theories is most
promotive of the baby-raising in
terests of the country. Let Us try
them by known results. We will
produce but one comparison at
present. Rambler and I have both,
been “heads of families” for many
years. 1 have had to foot the
school and other bills for eight of
these responsibilities. How is it
with you, my friend ? Now don’t —
i go North and join the “ Yankee
| church" you write ab-rni. Some
1 people think themselves very un
fortunate in having no children.
It would be ha rd lo their
misfortunes to crime, ami one at
which (hey might shudder as much
as would \onor I. We should be
charitable to all m.n.
But this is a side show. Let us
have no more such, but come right
up to the question before us.
In bis last Rambler cited Eph.
i: 4, to prove a point not in ou;
dispute. That verse, like all others,
touching the point at issue be
tween us, ruins his case. “He hath
chosen us in him before the foun
dation of the world,” etc. Then,
were we not in existence “before
the foundation of the world ?” If
not, how could we tlteai have been
chosen? Or, what need had we
then of the divine favor ?
Please answer these questions
in your next. And if you have
other authorities which you think
would suit your purpose better,
give us the others also. Our read
ers want to see the Scriptures on
which we rely.
Be careful how you select your
quotations from the Bible; if not
you may find them more damag
ing to your cause than oven Scott’s
Com., or Irwin’s Code hav been.
S.
.11. S. IN THE GAINESVILLE EAGLE
lu a communication signed “JI. S’.,” in
the GaineviHe Erg e, of the 10th iust., w.'
find the following:
In the Noitciio-f Vdva:-' ?■’, of (hr? 19. h
:S< pEhib r, tiie edil< i sir.s: “The t» ryi
Iras been found on Ike 1.ca.l waters of tiie
Oconee, and no doubt its at-soclales—i-a.p
j’nire, corundum, tin- ruby an I the er.r i .:!d,
; can also (• mid th-re, as tlv y all have
! ilr. same cous-JtuViori, leing pure akmi’!'.-.,
chrysii-.iiz'd.”
Wear- rurpris d ::t this, and r‘..r t that
' so palpabl an error should be end red by
j the pr ss, which is now tiie thi-f ni'-diitni
I through which correct ini'ormata n isc<-n
--; reyed t > tiie piriiady educ ted iniliious.
i The beryl and cm raid ere different spicks
of the same genus; but sapphire or c< ruu
dum an I ruby are different speci- s of an
other genus, to show which, we give their
chemical composition, viz:
Em > ahis. B ryl.
Glucina.... 12.50 15.50
Silica 68.50 66.45
Alumina 15.75 66.45
i Oxide of chrome,... 0.30 0.00
I Oxide of iron 1.00 0.00
I Lime 0.25 0.00
11. 7.5 —sp. gr. 2.73 to 2.76 native form
I .i hexagonal prism, terminated in a six
! sided pyramid.
Sapphire or pure corundum. Ruby.
I Alumna9B.s 90.0
Lime . .00.5 00.0
! "iliea .00.0 7.0
i Oxide of ironl.oo 1.2
Sp. gr. 8.99, IL 9 e'eetric. Native form,
1 six-sided pris i».
Tims you s -e an essential and every way
■ marked differ- nc ■ in the chemical composi
j lion of the two genera.
In reply to which we wish in the first
place to say that the “essential and every
I way marked difference in the chemical
1 comiKisition of the two g ncra/’ is no
jgn .itei than we were aware of, and that
! the difference was then and is now deemed
| too unimportant to our n ad- rs to require
; hair-splitting in sei--nlifle technical ths.
i S.i' ti hair-splitting of ti elmiealiii ,s in
| chemical labors lories is all-esseutial —in
i popular journals it is simply balderdash.
In th;- econd plac< or.r m-wspap. r state
ments are nccess rih g neral; because
specific statements require tiie us? of tic h>
; idealities which, mate d of being sign* .mL-
I and ins ructive, constitute a formidable
obstacle to a large majority cf our readers.
ExactituJ - iii pmely scientific artivies con
stitutes thiii gem;st value; and no one
i more highly appreciates t liis exactitude than
j we; but it is not and cannot be the pr<>-
vince of popular uewf-wp rs to instruct the
partially e u ited m Hioii* of whom “JI.
S.” so syiiwathetically sja-aks, in themean
\ tug and urc of technicalities. As an illus
tration— 'hat information is conveyed to
! “dll' partially ediu-ated millions” by the
at ove analysis ? None whatever. If it b?
; intended for the educated millions, they
have the analysis given in standard text
j bo- ks ujxrn their skclvi s, and with more
exactitude since “JL S.” gives 60.45 parts
; of alumina in iarvl, while it contains only
i 19.0 parts. To scientific m. n this is a ghir
; in.: error; and it comes with bad ’grace
from one who lifts his eyes in holy horror
t at “so p:il|Mble an error," as Lis Pcck-
I suTliau mind detected in our general state*
m- nt.
j In conclusion, we Ug to say to “M. S."
I that in all our scientific articles, we s a I
j aim to a - , oid to the utmost scieatifie techni
| calltk s, and shall write in popular Lui
guagc—in laugnsg? that men and women of
’ gixfci .-cuunou sense may eompreheitd,
th-ugh ! hey hare never se»n a lalMiratory.
Science has hern wrapt long enough in the
my?tlc haMlinicnt- of t»clm:ca»itHs.
, [communicated.]
Editors Advance:
I very much question the pro-
■ priety ol the discussion going on
between Col S — and Rambler.
• What matters it to the sinner
, whether there was “Warin Heav
en” or that the souls of men are
of tiie fallen angels. Sufficient is
it to know that men have souls to
save or lose, and the discussion
only mystifies the matter, and
may result in mischief to some
persons.
There is the glorious truth of
Christ the Savior of mankind,
which is of more importance than
any other doctrine taught in the
Bible, and upon which there is
no difference of opinion. Why
not make Christ and salvation
through Him, together with Chris
tian unity of all His followers,
your theme? Try this awhile,
brethren, and see if you do not ac
complish more good, than in the
effort to uncover the hidden
tilings of she Bible.
Union.
UNION.
Or.r correspondent “Union” is more than
welcome to these columns. It is always gra
tifying to see such evidences of the deep and
abiding interest, which is manifestly grow
ing among the lay m mbers of the church
in her peace and general prosperity. The
time has come when the sacred c-use of
“Chri tian Union” must be pressed upon
the r ligi ius world. And if ministers and
church organs wiil not do it, the laity will.
We fully appreciate the motives which
prompted his suggestion as to the ques
tionable propriety of the discussion which
is now going on between our Senior Edi
tor ami Rambler, as to the origin of the
human soul. As the general rule such
. controversies are unprofitable, if not hur -
ful. But to all general rules, there arc
special exceptions, and we think this one
of the excepted cases.
This discussion was not sought, or ex
pected by ns, until the first number of
Rambler had been delivered to the printer.
We, of course, read it before it was put
in type, and on brief reflection determined
to admit it We did so, believing that it
could do no harm and it might result iu
sonie-r-perhaps vast good.
B? patient friends, until you see the end
of it.
The writer of this had examined that
question thoroughly for more than twenty
years, and viewed it in every accessible
light, and in all its bearings upon the
gr at future of the church.
1 his we knew Rambler had not done,
or !r- wciil t not have made the attack on
the book referred to, or rather, it g
■author, vifiteh he did. We knew also, :
’ (hat public opinion would not p-rnfit I
■ h’.in, with credit to himself, to with* I
j .haw from the contest without first giv-
: ing some good reason for his rejection
! of the theory which he attacked so rough- i
■ ly, or some piausibl: authority, from the j
ri.l/. , in repport of his own ; neither of I
■.vhi !i has he don-, nor can he. do; nor!
can any of those who agree with him in ;
. E-.at particular du so. This remark looks
broad, but it is not made rashly, nor in
any vain t- lf-confi.l;nee.
A failure so signal, on bis part, cannot
fail to do some good by unhinging public
opinion from the ruinous error he advo
cates to some extent at least, and beget ing
»uch doubt ol the truth of the unreasona
ble and unscriptural doctrine of Traduction,
as will induce people who have capacity
* and leisure to look into the matter with
; ill-? care which a correct understanding of
the true nature, origin and destiny of the
human soul demands of tins scientific age.
As to the import nice of this subject
we have only space at present to say, that
all Bible truth is important. There is a
special and pressing necessity also, on the
, friends of Christianity at the present time,
I and mor - than ever before, to examine *his
I question narrowly. Modern infidelity will
drite the friends of Christ to the wall, if !
we do not put our system of religion on I
i a bet < r foundation than that on which
: it now trembles and quakes.
That the Bible is true, we entertain no
; deubt. It is not in conflict with itself—
j with physical science, our human reason.
; Yet it is a painful fact that, as constru >d 1
I by sectarians in support of favorite d<>g- ■
i mas, it is made to contradict itself—well I
I
establish -<l, scientific facts and every die- ;
, tale of common sense and natural reason. '
Infidels have gladly seized upon the ad- '
j vantage sso given them, and, but for the |
; impressive power of the Holy Spirit, on I
tiie lerereatial mind—that God is true— !
: and Christ our only hope for salvation, ;
• the cncmii s of the Cross would, long since, i
! have maifihed in triumph, over the fairest j
I fl Ids of earth.
Why are these things so ? The fault i.s I
not in Revelation. The Bible sp aks not I
1 i with a forked tongue. That Bkss?d Book
i Uac es a consistent, reasonable and perfect I
j system of theoiogy; and which is easily I
■ compreheßded,and p-. rfectly consistent with i
: all tha .is taught in that Sacred Volume — !
with every fact known, (or unknown,) in
• science—and with that rerts.n which God •
I has give n us, as our gui-1? in se arching out
that sac red, but renevaletl truth.
The investigation of that system can do J
■ no possible harm, -bevond the loss of time ;
required, at most. For, whether the soul ,
j lived before this world was made, or is j
pro iuced as is the body, » a question upon
wneb Protestants have bestowed but lit
-1 ta- tiioireat. and one to which no • or..*i: ra-
- tde importance has been, by them, attached, j
r ; It is one therefore, ujx»n which each -oay ;
> foi m and express bis individual opinions, and
’' u ta«-at ass. eting in t e least, the harmony J
' of tiie church, or usefuhu-ss of any nv-m
--ber, whichsoever side th* reof Ik- may take.
- An.!, as we fed confident, one of the first ■
I * fruits -afhered from such labor would be '
.* p a< and harmony between her member*.
, '■ and the restoration of the Church to that
f iouu-.laiton on which Christ put it—tla- :
, ’ rock of truth, “Aim! the gaits of hell shall j
. not pre-vail against it”
• W e will continue this liran- h of our sub
ject nix’ week.
UNION AND PRUTESTAN 8.
[From Church and State.]
No matter how it has come to
pass ; it is piaoi io see that uiibe
iiel was never more positive arid
thorough, was never allied wild
more learning, and was never
more bold and confident of vic
tory. We hope not to betray any
relationship to the great iamily
of croakers when we say that
skepticism, beyond question, both
means and expects to push
Christianity to the wall. It has
gathered to itself an array of
great names, and assumed an at
titude which means conquest and
subjugation. It will not onlv
take away tiie Christ from us, it
will not even have the old De
.sm, nor anything to trust in, or
pray to. It shuts us down under
nature—encloses us like a fly in
amber, as Dr. Holmes has it, and
leaves us, if with any room to
struggle in, to struggle in vain.
And we have not been able to
satisfy ourselves but some of its
objections, as, for instance, those
against prayer, must be answered
in a more convincing way than
they have been yet. Is it not pos
sible that we must go deeper, be
fore these sappers and miners
will abandon their present posi
tion ?
, New if, in this state of things,
there are those who think the
Protestant Chinches can afford to
waste their time iu petty squab
bles with each other, we are not
of them. Shall we forget what
became of Greece while Athens
and Sparta were disputing about
state rights? Has Josephus told
us in vain of the wretched jang
ling among the Jews while Titus
was thundering against the walls
of the city ? And what, we should
like to know, is the particular
business on hand when placed
between two fires like those on
the part of Rome and unbelief?
Is it to waste ammunition on “the
sects,” and on such and such pet
ty theological game? Oh, the
misery of it ! Let us confess, then,
that we are Lttle souls, that nei
ther know our day nor our calling.
Let us skulk behind our churches
and fire pop-guns at one another,
and show how infinitely insignifi
cant we can make ourselves." But
it is a joy to know that The Pro
testant Churches are going to do
nothing of the sort. That there
is magnanimity in them they be
gin to show; and who.can doubt
but that —to say nothing of re
turning good sense and Christian
charity—a common enemy wiil
do for them what France did in
bringing about United Germany ?
That the Protestant < 'hurches
should act together as allied for
ces should be too self-evident for
argument. And if the Evangeli
cal Alliance can do anything to
i consolidate them still more, it.
will receive the thanksand grali
i tude of ail Christian people. It
will not expect lo do anything
less, of course There Will be
I still sticklers for the infinitely
litt.ie, and the infinitely unimpor
! taut; but it can take comfort in
! the reflection (hat the world is
i not governed by that sort of peo
! pie, and that they can do as lit Lie
to hinder as they can to help it.
The temper ol tiie tim s, thank
God, is liberal, and broad and
magnanimous; and if tliis i. not.
the spirit of the Gospci and the
Spirit of Christ, wo h ;vo strange
ly mistaken them.
No sufficient attention,we think,
has been paid to that article
which appeared some time ago in
the Edingburg Jievi< an showing
that the Churches of the English
speaking race ought to be one;
that they have gro.in out of it, or
out of some bad administration in
the English Church; and that they
are inseparably bound together,
for good or for evil. What an
amazing piece of folly, if race,
language,customs, common modes
of thought, and common interests
would reunite them, while the ’
; commonly accepted Christianity !
| divides them !
The sentiments expressed above !
meet our cordial approval, as far;
as they go. And we hope the time !
will soon come when the Christian ■
! Peacemaker can head his articles, I
; “I nion Among Christians.”
We are now engaged in war on j
• earth. There are but two armies; ’
I one is commanded by Christ and 1
, the other by Satan —each of us !
■ belong to one or the other of these ;
armies—there is no middle or neu
: tral ground here. Let us, there
i fore, raise the banner of (flirist so
high that all m;qv see it, and call
upon all who put their trust in
; Him to rally around it.
Heralds of the Cross! remem
! her, Armageddon is before vou.
j Ed. Adv.
Tiie Freneh couservat i ves claim j
a majority of twenty in theassem
. bly in favor of a monarchical res
; (oration.
A statue of John Howard Payne
has been un vailed at Prospect |
Park, Brooklyn.
The Conservatives of Spain
have agreed to support th6 Gov
i ernmeut.
The Democrats of Minesota
have determined to support the i
farmers* ticket.
Julian Roderick Beneflix, a
well-known German comic poet, j
is dead
It is alleged that jast lx-f >rr, it broke, ■
Secretary Richardson deposited SIOO,OOO i
in the First National Bank <>f Washington
i agaiE-’t the prot- st of Trea»«rer Skinner.
HOW TO TEACH POETRY.
BY PROS'. D. W. LEWIS.
.Oa the first, page of this issue is an in
tevi sting artief.; from the pen of Professor
Lewis, to which we invite the special-atten
tion of our young re tiers. The Piofessor
presents us with that immortal poem of
Goldsmith, “Tiie Hermit,” and then sug
gests a very efficient plan for teaching
poetry—a plan that will reward any teacher
with satisfactory results. Hon. A. II;
Stephens’ recommendation of this poem is
of itself sufficient to awaken a deep inter
est on the part of voting men and women
in the meri s of “lhe Hermit.” If they
will study it in accordance with Professor
Lewis’ suggestion, they will thoroughly ap
preciate its superior w. rtb.
We promise compliance with Professor
Lewis’ request to exchange results of class
examination on this and similar poems.
but ive cannot comply this session, since
all our advanced classes arc now engaged
exclusively in the Natural Sciences, the
L nguages, and the Mathematics. We will
be ready to enter the race with him next
spring, when our advanced classes will be
studying the English classics.
In this connection we submit to the con
sideration of Professor Lewis and other
teachers in Northeast Georgia this question:
Do not the educational interests of our s c
tion, as well as the interest of teachers
empl yed in it, demand that we organize a
North Gsorgia Teacher’s Association?
CREEDS AND THEORIES.
We extract the following from
a communication found in a late
number of the Southern Christian
Advocate, signed “Layman.” And
we commend the whole of it, but
more particularly his remarks
about creeds, to the careful atten
tion of our readers.
If the degree of harmony which
is indispensable to that meed of
success for which all Christians
should labor, is ever to be at
tained, we must write and preach
more of the groat, cardinal prin
ciples of our holy religion, and less
about our denominational creeds.
While the first tends to pro
mote peace, harmony and love,
the last class of teaching is fruit
ful only of discord, doubt and evil.
The way which leads to eternal
life, through faith in Christ and
obedience to his will, is so clearly
pointed out by the Sacred Writers,
that all Christians agree thus far,
but when we descend to minute
questions, such as have ever di
vided Calvinists and Armenians,
for instance, we tread upon dan
gerous ground:
“We systematize and philosophise, and
put our system into creeds, and then, con
fident of our reasoning and philosophy,
command all men to fall down before th; m,
of be cast out as en miies of Christ, and
contcmii'TS of his Wore!. Herein is a
great and hurtful error, grievously hurtful ■
;to the cause of Christ. If a man acc. pt
Christ, as his Saviour, and the Saviour ac
cept him in virtue of his belief, h.m dare
we come in with creeds, and systems and
philosophies to cut him off ? Certainly it
is a fearful thing to do so. Christ rebuked
that spirit in the disciples when they
wished a man cast off, “because he fol
ly wed not us.” That was a perverse spir*
it, which clings to our human nature, and
will contniue until cast out by the loving
charity that was in the mind of Chrst.
This is not the kind of doctrinal preaching
we need.
There is also the mystery of the God
head, three persons yet one. Who can ex- i
plain that ? I have heard it attempted, '
but, of course, it was always a failure. -
One illustrates by lhe figure of a tree,
with bark, sap, and heart, the three con
stituting one tree, and turns away with an
air of satisfaction as though an achieve
ment had been accomplished. Now, it re
quires no great mental acumen to detect
■ the flaw in such re.isoning. He has only (
i shown that a tree is couponed of three
I parts, and so far as his argument goes,
I would establish the n doc*>
i trine of three Essentials, conqio ing one
| God. Os precisely the same value and
I effect is the figure-of the sun, with its “orb,
! light, and heat,” as found in our
■ “Theological C nipend,” issued at Nash- ;
. ville. It proves not three suns yet one, 1
but only three parts or essential of one
: sun. Now I say such explanations of the
“mystery” an- worse than no explanation.
It is safe on subjects of this kind, to
proclaim them as true, on the authority of
the word of God. If you put men to <
reasoning about it, they will far sooner ac- 1
cept the tri-manifestation theory, that is,
o;e God, but thrice mani ested; first as
Father, then as Son, and lastly as the Ho
ly Ghost—thus three manifestations. Or,
as b fore ailued to, the theory of thee
' essentials of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
I and those essentially constituting but one
j God, Now, I do not suppose that the
fore going is the kind of doctrinal prei.cl.iag i
that is needed. *
I do not wish to b- und.-rstooi that 1
subjects of this kind are not in their prop r
place and degree, matter for stu ly and ir- !
j v .-cigation. I have troubled mys If much
in t ying to search them out, and eave a ,
thorough consciousness of my inability to
fathom their profound depths. But Ife 1
that some limitations ought to be imposed
on our i< ve:,ligations, and muc'j wisdom
and caution observed in their pulpit pre-sen
tation. ”
nighiri. .'i,
1 here is no absolute sin in horse i
i racing, we learn from a religions
I paper. Certainly not, bill if there *
| is anything provoking it is to bet !
j your money on the vt rong horse, i
! and to be obliged to steal a ride |
home or go on foot. That is where I
the trouble is.
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