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try.Professor St^we of Lane Seminary, Piiiciu-nnti, thus writes :*• As to the new school, I think the circumstances of the times call lor it, nnti I tru?t that it will be well -ijstnined, Dr. Beecher sar|' that it will and must do good ? and there is such a call for ministers, lie has no doubt that the thittg will go, and go w ell. I have no other reasons besides these which Dr. Beecher has expressed for coining' to the ait me conclusion.— The tendency and results of the New Haven speculations, as it seems to me* are in all respects bad. They are false in theology, shallow in philosophy, loose and inconsistent mlanguage : and they almost uniformly pull* up th«? young men w ho give wav to them, with a conceit of superior knowledge, understanding,and experience, which is exceedingly pernicious in its influence on the churches. This new school, therefore, if rightly conducted, will supply at once two most pressing necessities.—It will furnish the churches with a thoroughly orthodox and well trained ministry, and it will curb the licentiousness of shallow rind insolent speculation. iThis i^ not the first time, that the incipient attempts of honest men to feel after the truth,have heen characterized as the * licentiousness of shallow and indolent speculations.' But such attempts have gone on, notwithstanding. The fulininations of a thousand voting men,m ** Ilike this xilellite of Dr. Beecher*-—this Professor Stowe, with w hom ** Dr. Beecher snvs”■rand ** Dr. Beecher Isas no doubt,M and *L Dr.Bet clier conclude*,1* are ns good as the svllo-#gi-rns of Logie,—c in have little effect in stopping the ** licentiousness, shallowness, and in-solcnce11 of these speculating New Haven divines. They will he us ‘ licentious’ nnd A insolent f as ever, whether Professor Stowe of the Lane Seminary, Cincinnati, approves or disapproves*—w hether Dr. Beecher ik says' they may believe for themselves, or “ says” they uiiiv not. Thev are galled with the luting iron of Calvinistic shackles, and sis certain as there is flesh in the heart of man, they will sooner or later, rend them in twain, anil cast them to the hair winds of Heaven.
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Boston Jesuit
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Sat, Apr 19, 1834
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