Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-01-13
For tAE Faaeltfrale Ogserrer !.

II FOR me FdgettfriL4e OYseTreT.
d. 1t has now been 50 me time siac
t | dropped word for th E consider
h ton Of your readers; therefore,
: may not be dmiss 10 writ te a fe
: lines to wake them hp to an inve.
5 tigation Of scripture truth HI
J; brews 8: IL For u testament is {
5 force after mon are dead; otherwise
: it is Of no strength at all while th
testator Hveth / shall here as
sumo the ground, that all our read
ers concur in sentime entI that Chris
is the testator alluded to by th
apostle, and that th } testimony o
His death is recorde4 III the volpm
Of inspiration; consed ueh htly, the ties
lament or will is ndw In full force
and virtue. The only two items o
inquiry necessary is II list, What /;
the estate worth? id I'd, who afe
to inherit it? To the b first proposi i
ton, we need only re mark, that eJe
hath net seen nor eaf heard, neither
haze entered into th E Heart Of ma h
the things that God hath prepare b
+ for them that love Him.; and agaih,
"unto me who am les 5 than the lea4t
I Of all saints, is this grace given that
Should preach AMONG the Gentiles
the unsearchable rich hes of Christ"
This divine testimdny proves the
worth Of the estate to be incalcula-
.ble; therefore should attract the at
teniion Of all the i egilim hte heirs.
In the investigation of the ID prop
osition, there will llodbtl ess arise
s9nie difficulty to the most Ingenious
mind; particularly when associated
with some one of thl hle various theol-
ogiGs Of the day. That the children
Of God, at the tim ne Of death, viii
be the ihheriters of the kingdom of
glory, all chrisTendom bear testi-
mony; a nd tho Scriptures throughout
give evidence of th fact thus be-
IieVed. But now the question on
the part of all those wishing to have
a part in the heritance is, how am
/ t5 become child Of God? To
those that advocate. the system that
FAITH is the pivot upon which it
turns, | would simplk observe, can |,
by believing a FALSE HooD, make that .
FAIsEHooD become a ruth? A state
ment Of this kind i b relation to lit
eral things, would certainly tie an
insult to common sense; but in the
ology it seems to p4 4ss as good cur
rency. Should we now add repent
lnco and immersion to filth, aud fill
up the CT reBd of th 3 no creed reli !
5i6nists, al al say that that would be
sufficient to make one who was not
/ child I'D 4como hid bf God, the
would still be falIaoious in
-he eye o reason to evF Fry superb
,ial cbsefve w Ie co me now to
peal, of The creed br system of our
,rthb bdox brethren bl this subject:
low 90 tlley tell it? Ancient Land
marks, pal be Al, Il } adoption, they /
ire consti Euted sons If God aud heirs
# the eternal nh4ritance. Then
iccording to their fded, every thing
to make ! s happy in time,
leath, AMI eternity. is done for US iu
he act of adoption. Then we inquire
What is adoption? I'It signifies that
ct BY vi Iich a pers4n n Ia kes the cliId
# anothd r, not rel tied to him, and
antilles Him to the privileges OF hi
,wn SON. "A. L., Same page. NoS
IS we an not the children Of God
Until adopted, we inh huire again, whose
re we? The aiis4 Ter is at hand, on
he sanf page, Il he a postate sons
# Adam appear as belq qnging to the
amily of Satan, an ii are the children
# wrath p We NOW leItrn from this
gild deli Es.ye theo y, that God has
10 children Of His own, nor no means
0 obtain any, only as He takes those
# the devils children THAI suits
lin, (br according 10 their own
reed, fle Il net take ain and adopts
he In to be His own SONS. What a
system 4f theology VIII
lot prie4tcra in | IS chameleon garb, j,
lubke tb its centrl /? I be dark film
# ignd drancs and superstition now
over the bebighted world
,iFo way, and tho priest-ridden nil
ions ID set at liberty, under the in
laence Of such refulgent light as
low beams from pure system Of or
Much more might be said
Ipon the inconsistencies Of the va
rious sgs ems Of theology contended |
ior, but We have promised I'd be short I
n our communications; therefore, We