HOERN V. WOOD.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3753, 7 January 1881, Page 3

HOERN V. WOOD.

(To the Editor, of the Evening Star.)

Sic, —Would you be kind enough to read Mr Wood's letter over again and see if you can understand it, for after reading it' over two or three times I cannot. What does he mean by the resurrection, and what does immortality depend upon P - If those who are dead cannot be immortal without rising again, why say that immortality * does not depend upon the resurrection; this is quibbling. What is it that rises again? if they say it is the body, which is put into the grave, rises again, I want them to answer that which nowremainsunanswered. When thatbody passes off into twenty other bodies, how is it possible for twenty different bodies to rise from the same one!* Mr Wood says that it is a new creation ; and if so, then it is not a resurrection at all. Ido not wish to misrepresent Mr Brown, and I think I do not if he really does believe that when the body dies the spirit does not exist until the resurrection, I understand him rightly, and if not, this controversy is at an end. But according to Mr Wood, they make immortality depend upon a, belief in Christ, and flien again, upon obedience to Christ. If it depends upon a belief in Christ, there is an open roa3 for the vilest of the vile, even Ned Kelly, believed in Christ; but if it depends upon the Other condition, that is obedience to Christ, then be unto us, for in all my travels, I never-met one person who obeyed Christ. I oould'fill this letter with commands that Christ gave that nobody obeys. I will giye you one or two : one is, " If any man cbmpell thee to go with him a mile, go with him- twain." " Give to him that asketh of thee," and, "If any one take away thy cloak, give him thy coat also," and again, "Take no thought for the morrow what thou shalt eat or drink.' According to this. I am sure we have not one Christian at the Thames, not even the old Prophet. Mr Wood says that if I do not do as he says I shall be destroyed. That is rather strong, but I do not feel alarmed about it, and I think as he was wrong about Napoleon the third, he might be wrong about this—that great event that he is always in such a ferment about—the end of the world. I do not believe that event, according to his idea, will ever come to pass. I have examined his grounds for it, and they are utterly without foundation in truth; that lam prepared to prove any time. Then he talks about demon spiritualism. Does he not know that very few now believe in that old vagabond P They know very well that if Buc,h a being had existed that the ottmipoteni* *nd infinitely good God wobld have killed him long before this ; but surely if he does exist our salvation does not defend upon a belief in that monster. I think when Mr Wood knows that all those terrible things are just going to happen—as we shall get punishment enough then—as a Christian he ought to be very kind to us now.; he ought to be like the woman that had a husband that was not living up to the orthodox mark to make his salvation sure* but she loved him, and she thought poor fellow, he will get plenty of punishment when he gets to the oiier world, she would do her best to make him happy here. I think this is what Mr Wood should do—be - rery good to urhere, and not annoy us by telling us we write rubbish, that we are ignorant, and make nothing but blunders. If he was to say those poor fellows are just on the point of being fearfully punished, I will make them as happy as I can, for I and about five more of this Thames (not more) are just on the point of getting 3, Kingdom and a crown and inheritance that will never. fade away, that would be Christ-like. I cannot answer " Truth Seeker " m this; I might in another.—l am, &c;, , J. Hoen.