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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: MOSES HULL'S SECOND LETTER. New Lonbos, Conk., June 13, 1872. Brother Parker: Knowing your soul, I expected a response to my letter; but your promptness this time even beats yourself a little. I will try to equal you in promptness and in the spirit of my letter, though I fall behind in every other particular. By the way, the reading of your letter only serves to strengthen the ever-growing bond of friendship I entertain for you; and now, shall I take the advantage of this brotherly feeling, and ask you to agree that thia exchange of letters shall continue to the number of somewhere from twelve to twenty, and that we afterward publish them in some convenient form, for the benefit of the public ? By this I feel that the public would be the gainer. Not only would it get a little insight into the pros and cons of the issues between us, but we could manifest a spirit that would teach the world that people need not be either enemies or bigots because of a difference of religious opinion. II. In the first paragraph of your letter I could not but notice a little of the shrivelling effect of your religion. You are a brother of every man for whom Jesus of Nazareth died. Now, I do not believe Jesus of Nazareth died for me. Are you therefore not my brother ? Suppose Jesus had not died at all; would you not have any brothers ? Is it the death of Jesusthat makes you the brother of the human family ? 01 are you a brother to all because all are the offspring of God? (See Acts xvii. 28.) Come, my brother, let us -permit our fraternal feelings to take in more than those who accept a dogma. Jesus did not claim that spirit of universal brotherhood of which you boast; on the contrary, he would not allow any to be his brethren unless they complied with certain conditions. Please turn to M...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217421744 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217421741 |
| Weight | 0.40 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.27 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 114 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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