The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1864-08-26

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every man his brother, saying know tn
Lord, for ALL shall know me, from tn
least unto the greatest" Without eve
noticing this text, and in the very fac
Of the prophecy "And 80 ALL 1skAE
shall be saved" you asked for addition
al proof that the Jews shall not abide for
ever in unbeliof, rs II, Until you sho,
good grounds for restricting such posi-
tive testimonies as these, your mcu h WA
not etfectdally shut upon this point!
AT last you notice Isa. So, II, care
fully abstaining from any expantion o
the text. You alludc next, to q5, 46
assuring as usual. that it refers TO tn,
"last day" and leaving us ,o tie newt
able conclusion that Christ will be e
qually satisfied with the result wheth
er all men are finally damned or saved
You call my argument from the pen
ship Of Christ sophistical. lst Be
cause it assures that all things mean al
men. 81. 1t assumes that man are Sc
given to Christ to be saved, when the
truth is they are given to Christ TO bt
rewarded according to their works | re.
ply. lst. Paul tesifies that God has
purposed together in one, all things in
Christ, and to reconcile all things unto
himselfby Christ, and it is not to be
disputed that sinful human beings are
the Mifgs 10 which he here refers. Paul
calls Jesus the Lord, or owner of the liv-
ing and the dead the Lord of all
our Lold himself testifes that God mas
given him power over oil flesh, or all men
there is no assumption upon his point,
but explicit and ample proof. d. Nei.
ther did | assume that God had given
men to Jesus that he should save them
from their sins, and reconcile them to
God. For the testimony of Jesus himself
was cited, Thou hast siyoh linn power
over all flesh that he might give eternal
life to as many as thou hast given him
Here, again. was ample proof, whie h
you do not touch, and Which you cannot
put out Of the way? To this | may
now add, "And thus is the Fathers will,
that Of all which thon hath given me,
'hoaldlcso nothing, But should raise it up
at the last day" John 5, 80, And here
sin, is another text which you pass in
litter silence. AL that the Father givet
til me, shall come to me, and him tha
;ometh to me, will in no wise, cast
'ut." VIZ do you inquire this text !?
See now what these testimonis clearly es-
ablish. st. All who are given to
Christ shall come to Christ. 81. All
nen are given to Christ. 81. There
ore all men shall come to Christ, and
hose who come to Christ shall never be
asst out Which link in this chain of
roof will you undertake to destroy
In my next, | will review what you Of
er upon Rome 5, u.
You are very indignant that should
ay, "by your creed millions are now in
ell who never heard Of Christ" and
Nth a great show Of indignation demand
etracton or proof. In your 9Th Letter,
owever, You expressly declare that
>hrist will give eternal life "to as many
o rnore-as believe on him" !! This
ultimately implies the damnation Of in
lnts even, for Mey do not believe in
;hrist, and legitimately implies the dam
alton Of all who have died in heather
lnds who have died without tsi.h in
hrist! Doyou wish any further proof
he obligations $hich you urge against
hat you call Universalism are based
poh an utter misconceptions of that faith,
I'd besides do not properly come before
5 in this debate. Our question is edo
le scriptures teach the ultimate holiness
I'd happiness fall men ?" Whenever
ou will opsn your Church to full and
Iorough Discussion of our respective
'mtems of faith, upon equal and honor
Die terms, am ready for such debate
mt now we must adhere 10 the leading
'opositions before US.
| offer in this letter few more plain
'oOfs of the final holiness and happiness
all men.
In Isaiah As. 22,-q4, it is written !.
Look unto me, and be ye saved. all the
IDS of the earth: for l am God, and
ere is none else. I have sworn by my. s