The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-07-09


sore her earnings. and pan e them
Rg'srI Ihsir duty; hare he negiigeni IN
equal tight. with those who are IsilhlLl. 10
eljoy he kindness oGerodl Can lLey de-
sre il with one feeling of honesty! Bot
slppOsing Ihey not only neglect. bur also
oppose The work whirh lhey srknowledge
hey ought 10 DO. and hinder IS much As
possible those who are doing il; can lhey,
% any honest principle, desise 10 share
With he lshOreTs in The llberalily Of The
EsleF! Certainly not. But. according 10
uniFeFsalism, God has right 10 govern
u men; they arc under The strongest obli-
gaiion 10 0beyi yet some may oppose The
pill Of GOd--enTse their Maker daily
hinder The obedieni 10 The utmost within
heir power. even Kill them Tor doing what
iAey know they ought 10 help them per-
lprn; and aiier al turn right round and
. up BY tho side Of those faithful servants
gld claim an equal right 10 the richest bles-
spgs God can testow. Task. can an ho-
|nesl man desire such a privilege! The
principle Is dishonest. A" Tory" OF The
evolution might claim an equal right with
the faithful American soldier, 10 pension
rom our government. with as much pro-
priely, and Us much honesty Of heart, IS
llanean claim an equal Inheritance with The
children Of God. while living in rebellion
against God and warning against his peo-
pie. No honest man will serve one GO
yemmenl and claim an equal right 10 The
protection and blessings OF The one against
wlieh he fights, v ilh those who areits faith
inl subjects. A man cannot be an enemy
Of God, and honestly claim all the bles-
sings his friends are permitted to enjoy.
5. Unive:salist ministers manifest a
want of confidence in their own system.
They Frequently preach against the doe
trine Of future punishment, or a Judgment
aiicr death. and declare that the cense-
quences Of sin do moi extend beyond the
present life; and even say those who
admit the idea of a limited future pun
ishment are not Universalisls; and al
so labor 10 convince, their hearers that
there is not 4 passage in scripture that i'm.
plies danger to any class in The world 10
come Yet, when engaged in argument.
you may hear them say, i" | don't say but
there may be future punishment, but il
is not eternal" Hence they don't say"
but nine tenths Of their own preaching is
false. have even known Uniyersslist
minister Of reputation to refuse either to
acknowledge or deny the doctrine Of fu-
ture iudgmeni and punishment and that
too after he made pfoposllI0nfOr pub
lie discussion. But some 90 still farther,
when q" hard pressed" and profess 10 be-
lieve that some wicked men will be pun
ishcd some in another world; yet I pre-
SHINE there is not one in the regular body
Of UniveIsalisls mot known as restoration
ists) who will warn men 10 flee from that
lilile wrath 10 which, when in controversy,
they say they are exposed. Their positions
are so varying and contradictory, that, TO
me. they manifest no abiding confidence
in their own teaching. When those who
study. and teach doctrine, manifest unbe-
lief, others have reason TO think there is
not sufficient evidence 10 sustain it.
G. The principle on which they claim
proof, is unsound. and altogether unsuita-
bic for a subject so important. In all cas-
es where our interest is involved, we are
unwilling to rest the subject on differences,
hut think positive and unequivocal tcs,i-
mony essential. But Universalism lays
no claim TO one passage of inspired truth
that expresses The doctrine. Now we can
| prove no more by witness than he en-
presses in his testimony. When it is
said "He that endureth unto The end
shall be slved," one class has a positive
promise of salvation; but who ever found
the assertion in the gospel that =" all men
shall be sayed!" Again." lie that heareth
my word and believeth on him that sent
me, hath everlasting life, and shall moi
come into condemnation" Here Is posi-
tive assurance that those who hear and be-
live have everlasting life, and shall not be
condemned; but who ever pretended 10
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" all men have everlasting life, and no man
shall come into condemnation" Many
quotations of the same class might be add
ed, but these are sufficient to show that
, some have positive assurance ofsalvalion
while others have not, and the most any rea-
sonablc man can claim in favor of Univer.
salism. is inference, without one sentence
of positive proof. Paul says" For me to
live is Christ, and to die is gain" and they
infer every man may say the same, espe'
!, cially the last part. Now | presume thai
no sensible man can reflect candidly upon
., this inference five minutes without clearly
seeing that it is entirely unfounded. Ye
their whole system Of defence is made uT
of differences, sophistry, bubbles, and per
versions, of no more real force than the
sample given, without one sentence o
scripture that expresses their doctrine.
/ Z. Every promise of salvation to Ger
tain class or character distinctly implies
tina. no others shall enjoy 1t. If one per
son promises another a reward II he vii
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