The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1864-03-04
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moral government, faithfully and judici-
ously administered; and 1t liz the sppro-
pirate work of your Reverence. to mark its
evolutions agreeable to the teachings OF
Revelation. Ii you take the whole hu-
man family to heaven, | shall be in the
s"mpany,and am intent upon knowing the
process.
am glad to shake hands with you
once more, in recognizing the "inspred'
authority Of the Bible. You claim thai
your belief in tn iinal annihilation of evil
and the holiness and happiness of all
souls, is not a matter Of inference, or a
philosophical speculation. which l allow,
''or an enrapturing hope" supposed it
was;but, "is built upon the revealed
character aud promises OF God" This
last is to be established BY faithful exi-
geses OF the sacred text; and not merely
to be proclaimed. The question is not
whether "to your mind the Bible announ-
ces the utter destruction OF sin, and the
final perfection and blessedness of all
men," but, "do the Scriptures teach it to
one, to all, to the unbiased. "And sure
w. you say. "no man upon earth, or
angel in heaven, can conceive Of a CON
summation more sublime and glorious
than this" That such view is rather
enhancing, allow, but We must learn TO
distinguish between the logic Of Fancy
and the logic Of Fact There are, doubt
less, many things desired and really desi-
er,be, which are neper realized. Your
ancy sketch, might, l apprehend, be de-
cidedly improved by contemplating the
iutelli.ences Of the moral world, created
in the image Of the ever-blessed God, free
from the miscries OF sin, Or even The
shadow OF evil, enjoying the bliss OF
primeval holiness, and the delights of a
selfconscious purity forever. Now, as
imposing as this view may appear-more
Sublime, than yours. by AT least lhe'sum
total OF human grief-it was once the pos
sble, and really legitimate inheritance OF
our race. But, alas, it was lost So the
grand result you contemplate, was once
TO all, and is now to many, n purchased
inheritance in Christ. But as by disobe-
dience, man lost the former, so by impen-
itence, unbei+fan dsobedisnee, he may
forfeit and loose the latter.
Your definition of salvation, is not par
ticulsrly exceptionable. Universal Saliva
ton implies Universal repentance and
holiness, why not say faith and pardon ?
You say, further sin defending my
proposition, l am to prove from the Bible
that all men, will finally BE- brought into
state OF complete reconciliation, to the
law, and love of Cod
This is trua; but apprehend you are
to advance step further, and prove from
the Bible, that they will all continue in
that estate, and if mankind are naturally
immortal or if the career of his existence
is endless, you are bound to prove the
eternity OF their holiness and felicity, for
if man should fall from his postion.-
then his ultimate estate may not be that
Of holiness and happiness.
Your first argument is drawn from the
manifest tendency of all things in the moral
porld. Evil exists" you say, "and men
have seceeded from God, and are all in
volved in disloyalty and SIM Now
what are some of the facts manifest in
the moral world. l. Evil and Good
exist. .. Sometimes evil predominates
and sometimes good. 5. If goodness
triumphs in given case. it is often by
the destruction, and not the reformation
of the moral subject in which evil inheres.
Now ask, in all candor 10 there any
thing in these facts that warrants the ref
formation OF all men ? and especially, as
they evidently continue to degenerate till
the close Of this lif. II there are more
circumstances in the future
state, under which tley are inevitably
10 BE- reformed, 1t is for you to psint them
Dut. "Bul God has undertaken,y you say,
10 put down this rebellion" ale has
sent forth His anointed Son, clothed with
The power to finish sin, and subdue all
things unto bimself" 1t is through His
Son then that this work is to be done.-I
But the question arises, is this to be done
absolutely ,or corditionslly? Ii condition