“A CAUTION” IN REPLY TO A. E. BLACKMAN.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 68, 19 November 1915, Page 7

“A CAUTION” IN REPLY TO A. E. BLACKMAN.

[To The Eniroii SxiiAiioWJ Sir, —.Will you kindly oblige me by inserting this in your paper. Ido not iliteral 10 mrtiier trespass oil your kindness in this matter. i urn of opinion tirat A. E. Blackman would not have complained of ruy iadeliniteness had i agreed with him, although 1 must admit k seeing that a person of his attainments —after several days careful thought decided that i “made out point” 1 never intended, viz, “that since the Rev. Twedale (it was Tweedale last week) does not give his sermon in the same literal language as given in the Bible, no notice should be paid to it.” 1 did not expect this to be the result of my letter in your issued of the 11th iust,did you Mr Editor? My intention was to point out that the strongest evidence A.E.B. brought against “the dear delusion ot an eternal Hell” was that given by' an almost unknown man, who gained his ideas from an unknown source, while “Him whom in the same breath they call the God of Justice and Eove is represented by His biographers as emphatically asserting that there is such a place, and that some of mankind will be eternally tormented there. The parsons generally—if nob all—do not like the doctrine, and so say little about it, but it cannot be denied that it was taught by Jesus Christ and the Apostles, notwithstanding “scientific methods.” 1 think it rather unfortunate that this message of “The Life After Death” should have done the Hindus so little apparent good in such u long period—they seem to be torpid, and do things now as they did them thousands of years ago—to act by instinct rather than scientific method, while they are ruled by a very few of “those who profess and call themselves Christians.” Regarding “that since wc know and accept evolution, etc., it is neither known or accepted by many, including myself, variations are made artificially or caused by abnormal conditions, but I think that under normal conditions the “fixed type” speedily' reverts to the original. fet. Paul says” also “Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord” (2 Cor. o-ll). I consider this A CAUTION Stratford, 17-11-16.