The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1864-05-06

T. ted with good ? il this IS not cohlus'o
9 doubly confused, have no idea what con
t fusion is.
E To keep Up appearances you have aga'
/ passed over your qoota.ions from Gen
and John, without the merest touch upol
the catalogue of difficulties, / have sub
mtted and ask me to "show that Gen
Sis; does not affirm that sin shall b
utterly crushed" Am I to assume th
onus probanf' upon this question Prov
as you are bound to do. that to crush th'
serpents head, means the annihilatiun o
all sin and you carry your Argument
Prove that all, that Christ came to ac'
complish will be done, or that for none
did Christ die in vain" or. that all will
"ccme to Christ" and "have Iife"; or
that none will go away into everlasting
punishment. while the righteous go into
life eternal and you will have gained
your point. The quotation you make
from Cor: Is, 25, in regard to the de-.
struction of the last enemy.-death. is
applicable only to the righteous, to be
realized when they "come forth to ever
lasting ife."
You have assumed in all references to
Rom 8, i9,that "many" means all We
have proper translation of poAoi. i.-many-
and many does not always mean all.
With all the prominence you have Civ
en- the turning point. in the Debate"
and with all your insinuations Of reluc
lance on my part to meet it, and in addi
lien to my repeated exhortations not to
waver. you pass my questions upon
moral freedom by simply saying. "Your
qustiohs will be freely met in my srgu
ment cu the will OF God" utn disap
poited. What has the Question of the
divine viii to do with the question OF hu
man freedom You venture general
statement or two. |. "Men now have,
and ever will have power to do and chose
good or evil" If so. eternal rebellion is
possibility for what man has power to do
he MAY do. But il it is possible for men
to chose and do evil foreter, it is possible
he may not be ultimately holy and happy.
And ii man should use the power to chose
and do evil forever; which is 1T least
possible according to your own admission,
then it Is possible that God may not BE-
able to save him. But again, if man must
he punished 50 long as he continues to
chose, and do wrong, and he should
choose and do wrong forever, which you
say he has power to do, it il possible that,
be may be punished forever. And hence
ar eternal hell about which you make
such an ado is at least possibility. An
extensive admission for a unYersalst.
2. "Iu all moral and responsible beings
the power Of a contrary choice is admit
ted" Now suppose mans salvation de
pends upon HI act of voluntary repentance
md faith whidhyou have allowed to be me-
:essary to salvati"n' the 'po@er Of con;
rart choice" which you also admit; i'm
,les that he MAY choose to repent, or not
epent, but if he should choose not to
rpent, and oct Accordingly, he may fail I
If salvation, and consequently never be c
'oly and happy. And from the same
PROMISES eternal punishment is II posi- I
'ility.
dJ not deny the omnipotence Of God '
S you accuse me, but have shown that '
Though God is omnipotent there is some 9
hngs which il is proper TO say God can
ot do. ne cannot le He can do moth a
ng Inconsistent, with Himself. But S
0 save sinner without repentance and
,ith would be inconsistent, you yourself
dmit, aud therefore cannot be done. 9
md it is no more consistant, to create a q
eiug capable of alternate choice, and u
hen coerce him to choose, if such could )
e called choice. In other words, il Gil
as given man the freedom or power oH
hoo ing and doing evil forever which Z
ou have allowed 1t is no Impeachment
the Divine omnipo'ence TO say, so long ,
$ man exercises that pow r Of eHyii.obo;ce
nd wrong doing, God. cannot save him $
md should man co'atinue forever t., ex. {
rcise that power, whicl is certainly DOS.
ble, unless We say it is impossible for b
ian to DO what lie ! as power to do, it is t
nposs'ole for God ever 10 save him 5
10y is there any more ''limitation," Of }
! ,iS Dpwpr than of HE lave c,s Coj d