The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1864-06-17

"lie in sin" can ever be saved. But as
the greater includes the less, in proving
from the Bible, the final holiness of ALL
MEN, prove of course, the final holiness
Of the persons or classes to whom you re-
fer. , .. ..F
Your negative arguments, properly be-
longing under the last proposition, can be
examined in discussing the second ques-
ton, if time shall not before permit. And,
therefore, after few remarks concerning
moral agency, this letter will be devoted
to scriptural Proofs Of the final salvation
of all men. -... ..l.
My answers to your questions touch
ing mans freedom were explicit and plain
AS the terms "wlll'' and pleasure" Of
God, in that connection were ambiguous,
| declined to examine them until my di-
rect argument on the will Of God.
But my faith in mans freedom was
openly proclaimed. And your questions
were then returned that we might COM
pare notes upon that point. Have you
ever answered? No, Sir Will you now
give straightforward reply
With Characteristic modesty and can
dor you say "my tottering system is in
danger" "dare not grapplo with the
question" and Intentionally waive the
the whole ISSUE" What shall be said Of
such vaporing as this 2 Your fourth
letter bears evidence that you fully un-
derstand me as holding that men, in this
life, and in the next, are free, having
power TO do and choose both evil and
good. Your statements in this letter,
therefore are not true, and demaad this
pointed rebuke. Will you now meet
the point without whiting ?" Do you
hold that men, in this life, and in the life
to CONC are morally free, having the pow
er to do, and choose both evil and good ?
l challenge reply.
l. Romans s: 10. l have shown by
MAckNlGuT, CLARKE and BARNES, that
OF polloi, in this text, signifies all men. In
the l2'h verse Paul explicitly says. that
all men have sinned. In the 18th he
shows that as by the offence of one, many
(all, we're dead. SO the grace of God
shall abound unto the same many, or all.
MAokNIGHT's comments are very positive.
"The Apostle by the many, certainly
means all mankind" And, "as the many
who died. are all mankind, so the many
n the end of the verse, to whom the gift
1y grace is said to have abounded, are al
In the 18th and 9th verses .
he Apostle sums up the whole case, and $
ets over against t,le fact of universal sin
uness, the promise Of ultimate universal
ighteousness !! Calling the free gift pro t
risional, or cond tional, does not meet the {
'oint. Men become sinners voluntarily,
'ut ALL MEN are sinners. This is the $
act asserted. Men become righteous d
olnntarily, but all men shall become a
ghteous. Thus is the glorious promise c
lven. "By the obedience Of one, shall
II be made righteous. I
ii. Romans 1 26, declares that "all
srael shall be saved" You say, /. "All t
srsel, is not all mankind" Very true,
ut you challenge proof that Judas, and h
le blasphemers against the Holy Spirit, d
nd the people thrust out the kingdom E
an ever be saved and this text is positive
roof. For they were all Jews, and call .
srael shall be saved 2. "But all are h
OF Israel which are of Israel" true, but
OF applicable here. There was rem
ant of spiritual Israelites who believed 4
| Christ, and entered into rest. But ~
lie rest were blinded, and condemned in !.
nbelief Aud Paul declares that this 4,
inded, unbelieving mass, shall be ult Il,
ately restored, and then, not the rem =,
ant, but all Israel the remnant and mass, =,
lall-be saved 8. But the engralting 81,
conditional. What then? I? The text :.
,clares it shall be universal. 4. I3nt "
e deliverer "was to be stumbling
ock. " and ga rock of offlsnce." Certein.
I; such he was to them, for season
ID yet is, but sail Israel shall be saved" -
But unbelievers are "to be damned"
bills in uubelief. they are condemned or ", VIZ
mined, but the chapter expressly de. tw w
ares that God shall take away their an ad