The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1864-03-18

many lost 7 Universaism never affirmed
that all men find, or will find that strait
gaze.
You quote Mat. 7. 33. and Mat, 0. 10.
The passages refer to "the kingdom Of
God" |. In "the kingdom of God"
there are Ave wise and FIVE foolish viz.
gins and wheat and tares growing side
by side. Is that true in Tie Asavenly
state? 2. The texts speak of those who
were to be coast out" Of the kingdom of
God. Can men be cast out who were
never in H.? Will any body be "cast out"
of heaven : The texts plainly refer to
the time when the Jews, the children of
the kingdom, should be "csst out" and
tho Gsntles gathered in
You cite Mat. 10. 3. "But whosoever
shall deny me before men, him will de.
ny before my father which is in heaven"
Unyersalism says he will confess all
A man who in tbs fiery trials of that
day should deny his fate would be dis
owned Of Christ and God, and condemna-
ton would rest upon him willie that sin
was upon his soul But may not man
deny Christ to day, (as Peter did, and
be denied by him, and yet by repentance
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become an accepted disciple ? And if so,
what bearing has his text upon the ques-
ton
God purposes then the destruction Of
sin. But as the destruction Of death i'm E
plies that not one man shall remain dead
80 the destruction Of sin implies that not
enc soul shall remain in sin. AS life
destroys death so Grace destroys sin.
My next argument is this: Tie final
holiness and Happiness Of all men is pos
sibilHy wiM God.
1t might seem that all christian minds
would grant this. But there are indica.
tions in your Letter that this may prove
the turning point in this debate. Certain,
ly if God CANNOT prevent the evil he
wants to prevent, nor do whatever good
he wishes to accomplish, he cannot be
supposed to posses power sufficient for
the salvation of all men.
Let us consider this point.
]. The Scriptures direct us to pray for tho
saluation of all men. Paul counses that
prayers rs,supplications,A giving of thanks,
be made for all men, assigning as the
ground for this prayer, "that this is good
and acceptable in the sight of God our
Savior, who will have all men to be saved
and to come unto the knowledge of
truth" | Tim. .. Id. Now no "a
tional mind will ask God to do what he be-
lieves God has not thepower to accomplish.
Prayer for the salvation OF men implies
here, that God has sufficient power to
save them. And as an inspired Apostle
directs us to pray for the salvation Of all
men, il follows that the salvation Of all
men is possibility with God.
2. The salvation of all must be Dos
sible with God, since Christ died for "all
men," and was sent by the Father 10
save "the world" That Christ "tasted
death for every man." that che gave him
self ransom for all ,"and that we are to
understand these terms in an unlimited
sense, will be granted readily by my Ar
menian friend in this debate. But GER
tainly Christ did not die for any man
whom God cannot save, and since he
died for all, the salvation must be posi-
bic with God.
Should l rest the argument here it
would be said that l overlooked man s
freedom, and reason as it God proposed
to save the world by sheer force. 1t can
be proven, however, that the salvation Of
a nan is possible without any destruc-
ton of the freedom of the man.
|. God is infinite in his wisdOm. All
events, all. results are foreseen all re-
garded in his plan. The nature man pos
seses is from God. Whatever agency
man has is Gods, and all the issues wefe
known when man was made. And could
any thing be more absurd than the sup
position that God desired one end in ere
alng man, but you mean power GER
tain to defeat that end, and to- work out
an entirely opposite result +? Infinite
wisdom, then, coald never confer = pow
er on man certain to thwsrt his own de-
sires, or which would put it out Of his
power to do what he's best to be done