The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1864-03-04

John l. I9..is is offered In testimony.
behold the Lamb Of God which taketh
away the sin Of the world" No formal
argumen. is made from this passage, and
the question arises. Is the benefit here
referred to, absolute or conditional in its
application I! That it is absolute dsvolves
upon you 10 prove. and that 1t is oondi.
tional is attested BY the whole tenor OF
Scripture. The simple fact is, that Christ
is SO. forth in the text in His sacrifcial
character. 'the Lamb Of God" in which
, a complete atonement is made for the "sin
of the world" to be accepted or rejected
by the responsible agent
lst John 3. 10, is also submitted, as a
"like witness" to the above which simply
refers to the provision Of grace in Christ
whichsars not absolute in their confer
ment.
Another quotation is made from Heb.
2 u, Is. in which it is olAimed we have
a declared purpose, for the destruction
OF sin. 1t is said that "Jssus took upon
him our nature that through death he
might destroy him that had the power Of
death, that is the devil and deliver those
who through fear Of death. were all their
life time subject to bondage"
Now before this passage eau be made
available for your theory. four things
must be established. /. That "dev"
means sin. 2 That to "destroy"
means to annihilass' ;. That those Sub.
ject to bondage through fear Of death,
means all men. and I, That the full
mission Of Christ will be accomplished.
These | am prepared to negative when
there is an effort make to establish them,
but it is my business to follow where I am
led in discussing this proposition. -
The last passage sdduced is Rom. s.
81. "Bus where siu abouuded, grace did
much more abound" "The text" it 10
claimed, "refers 10 the extent and triumph
of the grace which come by Chirst"-
THAT Paul shows in the context how
"the many" all men are made sinners
through the disobedience Of one, and how
the same hoi polloi, all men are made
righteous through Christ"
Your argument from this passage Is
defective. 1. Iu assuming the COM
pleteness Of the sntithesis. 2. In re-
gardins the "free gift" as absolute rather
than provisional.
Both Of which I lam prepared to mega.
tive when you have undertaken to estab>
lish them. and I will cite text in ref.
utation Of the last. 1t ia by the samo
Apostle in reference to the same subject.
"For He hath made him to be sin for us,
who know no sin. that we nigh be made
the righteousness Of God in Him" And
then as minister Of reconciliation tho
Apostle breaks out in an earnest sxhorts-
ton awe then as workers together with
Him beseech you also, that ye receive not
the grace Of God in vain."-2 Cor. 5. ri.
6. |. From this passage three things
are clear. I. That grace in Christ is
provisional and condition. 81. That
through it righteousness is attainable by.
men. 5. Thatit may be received ii n
vain" .-.-..,........ Z
In concluding this letter, I submit .
few negative arguments:
l because straight 10 The gat, and
narrow the way that lesdsth unto life.
and few there be that find i'm at. 7.
II. Please reconcile with your g ,stsn.
which says. "sll shall tind it," Y. on can.
not miss it. , i..ll ~
3 "And then will prots IS unto
them. never knew you depart from ma.
ys that work iniqui.y. Mat. 2. s.-
When will this be said! VIII m tbs do.
ers Of the will Of God, shall unter ths
kingdom Of heaven. e3
3 "But the children OF the king.
dom shall be cast ott inte outsr darlnas.
ttere shall be weeping . nd gnashing Of
teeth. Mat. s, IL This casting ow.
is to take place, va les rn, when "many-
not all, shall come from the East and
West and sit down with Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob in the Kingdom Of God"
But Univers.lism says. all shall 81. down
with those old p Pasriafohs.--non. shall bs
cast out. ~
9 "Bas vhosOe.er shall deny m.
before men. him wip 1 deny before nv
Father which j. in heaven. ."-Nst. To-,
-. unlvsr'alisra ssys be will cspsss
ALL Whiohh, trae: Please ,n.xs, a.