The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-05-02
Thoughts on RELIGION.

HeSsrs. Editors-A the publications of the Rev. Messrs
Clapp, Brckel and Campbell the subject of " Futun
Punishment ayeexced little among the dr.
bones" OF this community, and it subject well wortl
the consideration OF rational being. will you allow mt
to offer the following brief remarks Religion, penned
the hope that they may be the OF inducing Others
search the Scriptures and like the noble Bereans, satisfy
| themselves whether these things be not.
According to OF the matter, Religion, to BIZ
catholic and perfect must be with the character
the Deity. Its principles must be mecitu just holy, immu
| table
Religion consists in the worship and alteration of the
Supreme Being from consciousness of his infinite periec
tons, and the propney well necessity of regulating
lives and actions in such evince love and
obedience to Creator To love the Lord God with
our heart with all our soul with all might and strength
and our neighbo ourselves fact the first principles
of religion. And that may not be ignorant of our duty
toward God He has been gacousy pleased communicate
from time to time, to holy by his Spirit those rcuar
duties which find recorded in the Scriptures of the Old
and New Tesamens
In these sacred volumes the whole duty of man is defined
by certain specific laws and commandments Obedience
to these laws is made condition of eternal life dso-
bedence of eternal DEATH These taos man euer has
fulfilled. Therefore every man, all mankind were made
subject to eternal death The mercy of God nterposes and
remedy of equal magnitude with the majesty of the violated
law and of universal efficacy is provided the Lamb slain
from before the foundation of the world Christ became the
surety Tor all mankind The Justice of God is satisfied and
he can now be just in justifying the ungodly.
The souls thus ransomed have yet conditions to perform
In order to their enjoyment of eternal life But alas
the same propenstes to evil dSobedience and rebellion
against God exists in in every age, did in Adam
Some, by the of God made obedent while the
greater proportion continue in rebellion.
Now the inquiry naturally arises did not the omnscence
OF Tod foreee all this before the creation Certainly since
there nothing hid from his alseeng eye. If this be ad
mtted the next inquiry is God be mercifn and just
conslgnlng this great, this immense majority OF souls to
ETERNAL neverceasng and hence unmercifu punishment
Charity No since is inconsistent utterly incom
pabie with the character and principles rsnamed of the
Deity We therefore conclude that whenever the Spirit of
God acts alike all which Christians
Inc efectual workings of the Spirit, then will all
oelieVe to the salvation of their souls But, since doth
please God for his wise purposes by his Spirit
upon all men IN the body to their eecua faith this life
and as He has accepted Christ the surety for all men,
IS the precipitation for SINS and for ours only
Jor the SINS Of the h0ie WOrBd and having also
tested the saving influences of His Holy Spirit upon the dead
or rather the dlsemboded spirits of the antedeuvan world
Ills lmmutably emboldens to believe that he will con-
tlnue thus TO act the spirits of the dead until all man
Kind are made the willing and obeent subjects His grace
and salvation that, as IN .4dam all die. ecen so in
Christ snail all be made aii1e" Such faith consistent
with the character OF Cod and SUCH believe was the
faith of the Apostles and although will be readily seen
1t differs widely from that of many Christians who teach
and have doubt honestly believe in the dogma of
eternal damnaton. We think has been repeatedly proved
by the only reliable evidence the Holy Scriptures that all
mankind have been predenaed and elected to eternal life
Christ Jesus the Saviour. We freely admit that, all
human appearance there but indeed who obtain
evidence of their election acceptance in this life bnt
have the RATIFIED OATH of the Most High and the
testimony of the Redeemer supported by the most glorious
promises of God by the mouth of all His Holy Prophets
the world began content to look forward with
patience and mistaken faith that transcendentIy gor
period when God WILL in the dpensaton of the uness
of time gather together in one all things in Christ both
which are In heaven and which are on earth even in Him
(EDhssiaRs i; I0) up,