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you entirely overlook, lie shall see o
the travail Of his soul, and SHALL be salts
fed. Can he be satisfied without per
fectly accomplishing the work God sen
him 10 do ?
Look at other texts cited relative tc
the mission of Christ. /. Christ "i
the heir of all things" or all souls. Heb
|. Q. That is Christ il the owner or Lore
of all, and human beings constitute the
inheritsnce of Christ, 1.-The Father lowell
the son, and hath given all things int
his hands" John 5: 35. 2. God gave
this power to Christ over all flesh. for 4
specific end, viz. that he should give
eternal life unto all. 3. Our Saviour ties.
tifes that all the Father gveth him shall
come to him, and him that cometh to me,
I will in no wise cast out" John 6. 81
Here. then, are certain plain testimonies
touching the mission of Christ. Can we
limit these Upon what ground You
give no reason. But you patch together
bits Of eghts or ten isolated texts. with
ou. venturing fully to quote one, to prove
that some men will never come to
Christ, when Christ himself declares ex.
plicitly that he will draw all men unto
him
You seem bewildered on the point say
ing first, "That all things are given to
Christ in the msditorial Kingdom" and
then Immediately that "he will give eter.
nal life to as many-no more-ss are
given him---all that believe" Do you
mean, then. that only believers consti.
tute Christ's inheritance Are infants.
then living and dying without faith,
Christ's9 No, for they do not believe
in him. Do the heather belong to Christ?
No, for believers only are given to him.
Will infants, then, have eternal life ? No,
for be will give eternal life to as many
no more-as believe on him, and OF
course, all infants must be lost. And all
he heather who die without faith in
Christ, must be forever damned But
he Bible truth is that all men while In
lin and error were given to Christ, and
,iven to him, that he nigh. enlighten,
'ubdue and save them And the decla.
alton is that all who were given shall
:ome to him, and share in his salvation Z
|. The Father loveth the Son, and hath
,iven all things into his hands. The
father hath given him power over all
Iesh--made him heir of all things, that
" the blood Of his cross, he might recon
ilc all things unto himself, Can you
INIT here7 Did the Father give soma
hngs into his hands. power over part
# all flesh, make him heir Of part of
merely? Ii not, then alt men
re gioen IN Christ as his inheritance
low 9. What does Christ testify As to
he number who shall come to him ? He
sstifes that this is the Fathers will thai
OF all which he hath given me should
use nothing, but raise 1t up at the last
ay He declares that all which the
'ather had given should come to him
not that those who came to him the
,e Father would give him. but precisely
he reverse, and that having been lifted
p from the earth he will finally draw all
len unto him This is the testimony
Jesus, the true and faithful witness,
nd his testimony is true And his tes-
mony confirms these points. l. That
| men are given TO Christ. 2 That all
ho are given to him shall come to him.
And that none who come TO Jesus
lall ever be cast out Ii
You think that Christ may WOO. and
raw men toward him, who will never be
wed In that view no man may ever {
} drawn effectually to Christ And il
10 whole world should resist Christ, and
, damned forever. it would still be true !
that Christ had drawn all men t
lto him And without one soul saved {
hrist would see OF the travail of his 1
ul and be satis6ed!'
Your friends will not fail to demand !
at you take Up. one by one. and careful Q
examine these important proof texts n
Respectfully. II. R. NYE. l
EF The st. Louis "Deinocrat, the !