The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1864-03-25

and power of God; but it is no impeach-
ment Of the Divine poeer to say, there are
some things God cannot do. For lie can.
not le,nor can He do any thing inconsst-
ent with Himself. Hence, he cannot
make the sinners salvation optional with
himself; and then force him to accept it.
He cannot impose upon men the obliga-
ton to repent and believe, and
then either repent aud believe
for them, or necessitate repentance and
faith. He cannot make necessary vr-
tue, or punish unavoidable sin. ,s ., .i 'e
"You say, Infinite wisdom could never
confer upon man, powers certain
to thwart His own desires, or which
would put it out of Ills rover to do whal
He saw best 10 be done. Then it follows
that Gods desires never were, nor ever
wall be "thwarted" and the old maxim,
"Whatevsr is, is for the best", is adopted.
am glad you plant yourself so squarely,
upon the fatalstic platform! Let us see
few Of the logical results Of your doc
irine. God either does, or does not desire
His law should be obeyed, II He does,
then in ever instance ia which tits trans
sressed the desires Of God are "thwart.
ed"; If not, then every act Of itransgres-
sion Is desired of God, Again God.
either desires all men should cease Ssin-.
ming now, or He does not. II lie does,
as men continue to sin G DDS desires are
continually. being "Shwarted"; if He does
not, then the sinner is continually do
ing the pleasure of God. Once more: Cain
murdered his brother Abel, God eth.
or desiered it to be done or He did not.
II He did not, then was that act a 'thwart.
ing" Of the Divine pleasure, If he did.
then did Col curse Cain for doing His
pleasure. Are you prepared for such con-
sequences9 You make an argument from
prayer, and claim that it prasuposes til
God can do all that lie pleases, but upon
your notion, what is the use of prayer,
seeing God will do all His pleasure, wheth.
we pray or not Nor can we be sure from
what has been stated above, that we ask
what ia agaeeable to the Divine pleasure.
seeing His desires in many instances, are
just the opposite Of what He enjoins in
His word. '' 'A" S'Hf7
In concluding this letter. I call your at
attention loa few mole negative argu-
ments;
6. "All manne Of Sin and blasphemy
shall be foagiven unto men, but the BIAS
phemy against the Holy Ghost, shall not
be FORGIVEN unto men. And whosoever
speaketh word against the Son Of man,
it shall be forgiven him: but whose
ever speaketh against the Holy Ghosty it
shall not be forgiven him, neither in this
world, neither in the world to come"
Mat. 10. 81. 80. ..,.. s. ,.l ,,gisf
Can men be holy and happy without
forgiveness? if not, then the blasphemer
against the Holy Ghost can never be ho-
ly and happy. ','D@
7. Let both grow together until the
harvest and in the time Of harvest / will
say to the reapers, Gather ye together
6rst the tares, and bind them in bundles
to burn them but gather the wheat into
my barn" Matt. l3, 80. sian1 iiiv
This parable Of the tares, is striking grep-
resentation Of the Judgment scene, whan
God shall give to His saints the ''houss
not made with hands, and consigh the
wicked to the punishment they deserve.
8; The parable Of the fishes, where the
good are gathered into vessels and the
bad cast away is of similar import, which
is expressly stated as heving its sccomp-
lishment in the severence of the wicked
from the just, at the end of the Eworld.
Matt. 10, A. So, '4' '.''.'' '''"45
Yours Respectfully, 1"0f'+
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