The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1864-05-06
MR.. WEBSTER TO MIR NYE,
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= DEAR StR !-In confirmation Of nv in
5 depreciation of Matt I. Il, II. 8. ls.
refer you to Luke IS. 24-so, Christ
own language in reply to the very qu-s
9 tion we are now discussing viz "sre ther
( few that be saved - mark the reply
"Slrl,e to enter at the strait gate 70
many shall seek to enter in, and shall no
be able, wheN once the master is riser
up ant shut the dpor"--ls this tue o
the door pf the earthly Kingdom ?-"sne
ye begin to stand without and knock a
the door saying, Lord. Lord open unt'
US. and he shall sSy depart from ME sl
ye that work iniqui'y. There shall b"
weeping aud gnsshiug of teeth when ye
shall S. Abraham. Isaac and Jacob, aud
all the prophets IN the kingdom OF God
and ye yourselves thrust away
You claim that a liberal construction
of Mat. IL 81. 3! would prove that one
sin should not be forgiven w''.le all 9th" RS
should be. Rather "libersl" / admit. 1t
forgiveness is absolutely exercised But
no expostor who has not difficult case
to manage would ever think of il and to
put such construction on 1t, or even
tU insinuste 1t ssvois much Of petlifng
gerry The difference between the inpor,
Of the passage and your doctrine is
os,ens ns'ble. YOU teach that all manner
of sin shall he forgiven, without one ex.
ception while the positive declaration OF
the passage is other sins being pardofs-
bic. "Me Nasphrniy dGainst The Holy Ghost
shall not be torgieen, neither in this worid,
neither in tile ,oorld to come" and acoor-
ding to Mark the perpetrstor "hath new
er forgiveness, but is in danger of e,erllal
damnation." .. ... .....
You remark, that the expression in
danger O, -"implies "a possibility Of es.
cape ":n0t necessarily however,fcr dan
ger is rever so imminenl,as VIXEN there is
no possibility Of escape. But your sys-
terr says not only there Is no danger.bul
no eternal damnation to be IN danger Of,
again. you SEEK to circumscribe the meaning
OF aionion by referring to an instance in
which it is used in an accommodated
sense viz: the Aronic priesthood.--one
of the most limited senses in which it is
ever used in the Bible, and therefore ci
ted. But even here, it covers ain interim
of about fifteen hundred years so that
agreeable to universslist interpretations,
there is a hell 1900 years in duration
Reference is mads to Bishops Newton,
and Pierce, Dr's: Whitby and Gilpin as
concurring with DR.. Clark. that there is
no unpardonable sin. Dr.. Clark takes
no such position. He says, "even person
Al leproach,1 h,1etilugs, prosecutions against
Chrlst were remi>sibe, bpt blasphemy or
inpious speaking against the Holy Spirit
was to have 10 lorsisedess.'
Do you deny that according to Mark
le. IS. he that believes in Ibis world shall
be saved IN the neat or he that believcth
not in this world shall be damned in the
uert? II not you r4joinder does not
sven deny the vsIldity OF my argument
The term shall .ihditattS that "sslva'lun"
and "dsmhation" a,e III the future. Il
Again you quote Dr. CLARK in the case
Of Judas, and claim that the declaration
Of Christ "bettpr never been boru" wa
'.proverbiar' but none the less "li'efal"
for that. Christ used no proverbs that
we're not true !, hence it were "better for
Judas had he never been BORN" but not
il he was heir OF su end 'ess career OF
felicity. Universalsm issues a gratui
tous eternal:life. Insurance policy TO al
traitors, even Judas but unforiuna,el,
for the policy .holders, it is too cheap to
be reliable .rI -r.MT. Il