American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-11-10

greet them. and gioFify them in heavenl--
1tis settled, then, thKt Christ saves men |
who have never heard Of bis. !, and who
cannot hear. But has this salvation q wi
der scope than infant cbildfeDl Are there
any others WHO will experience the grace
Of him whom they never knew? Let those
answer that seem to know 20 much; who
have searched out Gods whole government
and know oil about illeaI say g,in do
not know. II yearn and hops aud long. -
But lido not know. AS in The case OF In.
Ianis tie benefits OF Christs atonement is
applied to their unknoWing touls-so
hope that there are earnest and eonscien.
tious men to whom no gospel ever came.
who will Jet be made subjects Of redempN
tive love. May we not hope that that
which comfs 10 Is through JesuS Christ,
clear and disclosed ~ The noon! day sun,
may have fallen with rtIlexed beams upon
others before bis day and since? Aud as
we are led by the morUing Star, or the
Sun OF righteousness. may they not At least
have had sOmeltWilig6t leading? Is there
an anoIthodokysot so authoritative IN this world
that q man may bot'hope these ings?
i But for you, 10 whom the gospel is
preachedifor you, upon whose cradle rest
ed the dew OF grace. aud whose earliest
years were made acquainted with the sa.
cred namc of Jesus-the children of pio1s
parents, reared within sound Of the sane.
tuary; never beyond the sound Of a'Sab
bath bell; surrounded and hedged 10 by
ten tbousand Influences OF religion, persua.
ding the understanding. importunSte upon
i the conscience;for such as you. .if Christ bo
| rejected, there is no salvation! But for
those who never heard him, 10 whom no
sweet sound Of the Gospel ever came;
whose week was one long rolling surge un
broken by the tranquil shore Of any Sab.
batbippd WHO in this dafk 6ess and neglect
yet el~ays CROPPED upwsrd, e6desvof:ng 10
live life better than their times; yearning
and longing to know q better wsy--nay
we not hope in, The insefutable mystery Of
Divine wisdom. thatthefe was some mode
iof applying TO such the benefit OF the death
OF Christ? that tbs wisdom rose, at last
upon their eye; cleansed from the films oi
flesh? and that 'a'mong the myriad voices oil
heaven, there are some from The heather
world, who though on earth they could
give no name TO that alter which THEIR soul,
yearned, no soout be held the Divine glo
ry of the Saviour. than ,heyacried out
This Is he for whom we have waited.
/ Yes i firmly believe that, 1t is by
tfe power OF Christ HAT every man
saved who shall, touch The shore of heav
en-, but / am not authorized 10 say tha
God pses no other channels Of gfscs That
those that we know. and OF IN the soye
reignty Of his love. ne cannot make up
men who are tn darkness that salsatio'
! which we reject and give, ihem redeet
ed light. st least, ot that glory which shine
|. fun or US! Low
But for those who have been cleafl
taught. who have been moved by the,
wicked passions deliberately 10 set 'asid
him OF Whonuthei prophet spake, whor
the sp:stles more clearly taught' wbor
] thelHoly Spirit BY the Divine power
makes known now iolthe world, throug
Gcspel-- for them, ifsthey rejecttbeir Lor
. and Savior Jesus Christ. there 'remaiue'
uosmore sacrifice for sin, III they .delib'
3 rSNely neglect, set aside, or reject their 81
i vior. he will as deliberately. in thel ent
feleel!hem, apa' forever : ses "t" APA
> from the glory o'heaVen's sot. as@ s.s
sometimes Inv daTk caves men nav
) gone TO tbe edge o. unspeak'hg pFlne'pie
and wondering what was me oePh' Aa'
= : cast down iIagmen's o. rooEs, ana rs.eot o,
" Tor The report OF tnelr 'sil' 'naS spey mig
:. Judge how deep me plackness was: a.
= = lislsning!--still llsteD'ng--no sound 7
\ turnsl no sullep piaeh, 20 ciinklng s.rol
= IS 1t rock against rocE--nothing out
,, lencs. utter silence! Aud sol stand up,
= the preclPice 81 liie. \ soqnd ~ 'ne dep.l
- = 'of the other iworid,wlth curious inquire
% eutfrom It comes no echo. and no answ
to my Questions. No, analog'es can gra
= pie and bring mp from the depths ni
?. darkness .pf the lost world the fProeat
= truths. No philosophy hasllns and plpI
y ct long enough to- sound the depths
% There remfins for ps only tbe iew aStbs y,
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