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Show Sr Errors of a leal Unitarian it. U -Rev. V.vcfccr Mentions Jesus in the Same Breath j v viih v-CU aai Socrates What Rousseau Said I i . - "r BMiess of Such Comparison. N " - ,Mrm such as h- . ' . ', o-:- . s. Jesus ; jjlda. '"'" .., ., .. educated, ' ;;"i,rS. ,0, ; i ; - ..:.r-nts were 1: K' '.'..Tv'. Viriii-; ;Mi''iS' if not 4 ' '1! ',' ' ' '. 1,: , ,! ', . a carpenter, ! ; ;ii. 5-t '"r a carv- -1 Py r , r..t indicate a f " "'".'.';'' r.-.sl paid that : ,C,;,'h,n.- f,r.Mosake of hi, T " ., ... , ,-. r 'I'-' rough-clao ;t,, Joln the "'t ..Litton of and said: You iinw f tie y--.r hs. -Rev. pj iip ?. Thac.e.' in t-alt Lake Tri-;: Tri-;: i:4"e. " j I Christian mister, who would , iH tlK Savinr'"! mankind on the 1". j4t with Bud ia. Zoroaster and i '.v'uoius. has ivn. h. d th-? last sta- tfi on the Christian mad that leads : no'.vhere. .,',. au, a rr,,;-"li;i:,''i inSdel, held -4 fct'anv'oonii-aris-n hetwwn Jesus tl; ary man that -ver lived was the tdavt oi' a oias.-.i lrain. Reply- t a compai"" h-tween the Sav-m Sav-m pnd Poc-ratf- y some of his vo-i vo-i ef. he wrote "What prepossession, tat 'blindness . . -sf it be. to compare son of Sol i' niscus (Socrates) to sm of jiary' What an infinite " f iiiijH-rd'iin In-tv. in on and the 5ncrat-s. dying without rain, ; ' v fih'Ut isnoir.iny. .-asdy supports his ;l.ravtr to th- last; and if his death.. ever easy, had not done honor to : !.:fe. it n i.-ht hae h-en doubted ier SratHS. -vith all his wisdom, V ''-en anythtr.f more Chan- -r-in x ri' t. He inv! ted. it 'is "aid, the : 'tra of moral.-. Other? before him ':1 r-it them in ,-raci-e. He had only, j-'fne to sav what they had done J V to riui- 1 .:: .va-rp(S to pre- 1 ."' Ai is :'.i-s' 'i ' nr.n just, oefore I :-i-es had uof.iid what justice was; j J r.i ias had oi.-,! for his .ountry, be-,r be-,r orrat -s ...aan rl patr-ut jsm to be i !' tt .: the -ait;ni w ;.; a sober I ' '. ie, before Socrates recommended j itt y ; Grt-eee abounded in virtuous : i. K-fore hf- h'jd defined virtue. But j Ti' f"i:ld Jesus learn among his f :t '.trymen that pure and sublime r 'ti'.iiy of whin he alone hath given f T-. :rece;.t anr examjde? The most j, f :")e wis ioi- made itself heard f 't the most bigoted fanaticism, I 1 the simplicity of the most heroic j rjr- iid honor to the vi't-st. people j -f "Erth. The d-ath of Socrates, I -ifly philosophizing with his f apo-a's th- most agreeable i: rr.uid 1 wished for: that of Je-f Je-f es;.irinp in the midst of agonizing ; ':?. al.ust-d. insulted and accursed by : I'wVmtion. is the most horrible : 1: t'Tuld he feared. Socrato?. in re- ; -fF pie. cup of poison, blessed in-s in-s ' w'.'ir.R e::- '.ut;.,ner who ad- futred it. but Jesus, in the midst : j'-iu.-;.-;ins t..jtu:-c-s. prfeyed for "'Wils tormentors. Yes. if the ? death of Sof-rat'-s wre those ;a Farr- t,lf- iife and -i-ath of Je-i Je-i ' ".f ,!"-,":f' of a Go,, ghall we i fiJ'' -x ,r-v of the Gospel is a s ; t-j",fi " tr.ss Ijeautifu! passage - h' k; ' ' an ..p'-r: and avowed I -' .J '' " ' o't prototyp- the Uni- l '' v'ln he r;:i Chris- ; j v,,':- !:; : :" ;':" prof. -,,n ' of re- I "r,l " At '"' - i intervals I jf..c?"' . '' t'oi'h , -arly and : firl',. '' u' ,n ; I'-'if quoted, jf ':: tk' --i'1 1: !' ' l r who writes I r ',,!' -,s'li : ;" "' -t's) birth ! 'fy.i1. ': ' ' .!! from the ? '. " 'K: v-r. Say the i :' g,.,-, ''I ta" k-0-"! ' ! mere fic-j fic-j ;t hath like fic-i fic-i f n, ";; -I-,.-, history 4r'' " " ' rio!'"-:- : resumes to I '; y.,V ,!'.';.!.'. v '." ;,l'"-"d as that I i ' -"'" h a : a;pnsition, j. .. ,;;,V'-:V'!S "h" oV:ty with- V: :,:'i'e attempt qf the ; "5 "' ' ';r - forward Dudda, ! 5?s,ter land Confucius as rivals of Christ places him lower in the scale of mndelity than Rousseau. His philosophy philo-sophy of comparison could be applied only where a certain equality existed, and under certain aspects where the superiority of one to the other is evident. evi-dent. Nothing human bearing the stain of corrupt nature can compare com-pare with Christ, in whom there was no sin. "His parents were in comfortable ireumstances if not wealthy." Test-ng Test-ng this proposition by the rules of ogic the Unitarian philosophy will be found deficient. "Joseph is called a carpenter, which implies that he may have been a builder or a carver in wood, and does not indicate a humble calling." Therefore "his parents were in comfortable circumstances, if not wealthy." This conclusion has greater extension than it has in the premises, thereby violating the second rule of logic, which says, that "no term must have greater extension In the conclusion, conclu-sion, than it has in the premises." Admitting Ad-mitting his interpretation of "carpenter," "carpen-ter," all such are not "in comfortable circumstances, if not wealthy." Xor does the Greek word Tekton, for carpenter, car-penter, imply " a builder or a carver in wood." It simply means a craftsman, crafts-man, or workman, whether in wood, iron, gold, etc. The ancient tradition and common opinion have always ;een that Joseph was a carpenter, or worker in wood. This tradition dates back to the first century, as is evident from an incident related by T--e.oAoret (Lib. iii, e. 8). He t!l t1-' a sopniStf j-anoed -2-.ibaniu asked a pious Christian one day; "What the carpenter's son was doing?" To which the Christian replied. re-plied. "He, is making a coffin for Julian." Ju-lian." ' The imperial apostate soon needed" the coff)ru- Jl . . Reference to St. Paul to prove the Unitarian's proposition is not honest,' as the whole verse from which the four words, "though rich became poor," proves the very opposite. It is taken from II Cor. xiii. 9, "For you the grace of our Lord 'Jesus Christ, that being rich he became poor, for your sakes; that through his poverty you might be rich." Jesus, though rich in the treasures of grace, which, as the only begotten Son of the Father, were a part of his divine nature, yet chose poverty for his life in the flesh; and that in order that his poverty in temporalities tem-poralities might make his disciples rich in grace. Christ's poverty could not make the disciples rich .in wordly goods. Evidently "riches" do not refer to the treasures of this world. "The rough-clad Prophet John was overcome by th? social position of Jesus, Je-sus, and said, "You come to me, to a man unworthy to tie your shoes." This is the third and last proof given by Rev. Thacher to show that "his (Christ's) parents were in comfortable circumstances, if not wealthy." Evidently Evi-dently "social position" has more influence in-fluence on the Unitarian creed than the poverty of Jesus mentioned in the text of St. Paul. Better call the gospel a legend than confound the profound respect of "the rough-clad prophet, John" for the son of God with his being be-ing "overcome by the social position of Jesus." The journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem Beth-lehem did noi indicate that Joseph and Mary were in comfortable circumstances. circum-stances. Their resting place, the night Jesus was born, did not proclaim wealth, and his own words would not convey that notion. "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests; but the son of man hath not where to lay his head." (Luke ix. 58.) According Accord-ing to this testimony "the rough-clad prophet John," in honoring the Asocial position of Jesus, the result of his "parents' comfortable circumstances." mu;t have made a great mistake. In quoting scripture the Unitarian preacher has refuted himself. 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