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{{Style P-HPB SB. Title continued|A Tilt with Talmage.|14-7}} | {{Style P-HPB SB. Title continued|A Tilt with Talmage.|14-7}} | ||
{{Style P-No indent|Orleans, but as a theologian he was, in my judgment, a most decided failure, and}} | |||
{{Style S-HPB SB. Continues on|14-10}} | <center>{{Style S-Small capitals|his opinion as to the <nowiki>:</nowiki><ref name="editor-square-impressions">Two vertically aligned dark square impressions before “AUTHENTICITY” are represented here by a colon.</ref>authenticity of the scriptures}}</center> | ||
{{Style P-No indent|is of no earthly value. It was a subject upon which he knew probably as little as Mr. Talmage does about modern Infidelity. Thousands of people will quote Jackson in favour of religion, about which he knew nothing, and yet have no confidence in his political opinions, although he devoted the best part of his life to politics.}} | |||
No man should quote the words of another in place of an argument, unless he is willing to accept all the opinions of that man. Lord Bacon denied the Copernican system of astronomy, and according to Mr. Talmage, having made that mistake, his opinions upon other subjects are equally worthless. Mr. Wesley believed in ghosts, witches, and personal devils, yet upon many subjects I have no doubt his opinions were correct. The truth is, that nearly everybody is right about some things and wrong about most things; and if a man’s testimony is not to be taken until he is right on every subject, witnesses will be extremely scarce. | |||
Personally, I care nothing about names. It makes no difference to me what the supposed great men of the past have said, except as what they have said contains an argument, and that argument is worth to me the force it naturally has upon my mind. Christians forget that in the realm of reason there are no serfs and no monarchs. When you submit to an argument you do not submit to the man who made it. Christianity demands a certain obedience, a certain blind, unreasoning faith, and parades before the eyes of the ignorant with great pomp and pride the names of kings, soldiers, and statesmen, who have admitted the truth of the Bible. Mr. Talmage introduces as a witness the Rev. Theodore Parker. This same Theodore Parker denounced the Presbyterian creed as the most infamous of all creeds, and said, that the worst heathen god, wearing a necklace of live snakes, was a representation of mercy when compared with the God of John Calvin. Now, if this witness is false in any particular, of course he cannot be believed, according to Mr. Talmage, upon any subject, and yet Mr. Talmage introduces him upon the stand as a good witness. | |||
Although I care but little for names, still I will suggest that, in all probability, | |||
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{{Style P-No indent|than all the pastors in the world. I certainly would have as much confidence in the opinion of Goethe as in that of William H. Seward, and as between Seward and Lincoln, I should take Lincoln; and when you come to Presidents, for my part, if I were compelled to pin my faith on the sleeve of anybody, I {{Style S-HPB SB. Continues on|14-10}}}} | |||
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