The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1864-04-29

>. 10, winch declares that the SEED oil tne
woman { CHRIS. shall bruise the serpeuts
head. does not aili that sin shall be
utterly crushed =? Or that John /. GO,
does not prove that Christ will abolish
the sin Of the world ! l John 3. 10. do
clares the destruction of the works Of
the devil. II sin is work of the devil
it must be destroyed. Look at Heb. 9.
lS,again. The term destroy says Barnes
here denotes not the closing Of life, but ut.
ter destruction, or crushing of all power.
Now the dominion Of the devil is in men,
and while men remain in sin. the devils
power is not crushed. If men remain
sinners forever, then the power Of the
devil will remain forever, never be crush.
ed out. Bu; when the dominion of the
devil is broken up there will be no more
sin. ..l... ......-.
AS the destruction of death is annihi.
lation, so the destruction Of sin, must be
sins a-nihilation. .g..4. ...
I add another text, l Cor. 15. &c. "The
last enemy shall be destroyed, death" +"
The destruction Of the last implies thepro-
vious destruction Of every other enemy.
Sin is an enemy and will therefore be de
stroyed. And when sin is destroyed
sinners. as such. cannot exist.
V. Rom. 5. 10, proves that all sinners
shall become righteous. You invsrbly as
sumo your theory, making it the basis Of
your argument in the case. An "honor
able disputant" will not mount in that
way, Paul says. nothing Of passive loss in
in Adam, or passive gain in Christ, Ara
He states two facts, universal sinful
ness and universal righteousness. "By
the disobedienc of one, were many (all,)
mado sinners. so by the obedience Of one,
shall many (thc same e,all, be made right.
eous."
VI. My belief in moral freedom is
clearly expressed. Yoar questions will
be freely met in my argument on the will
of God. Men now have and ever will have
power to do, and to chose, good or evil.
In all moral and responsible beihss, the
power Of : contrary choice, is admitted
do not admit that men defeat the plan, or
Illustrate the ptapose of God. ..t
VII. The salvation Of all men posi-
bility with God" This, As you will not
admit, YOU deny, and thus deny fatty the
omnipotence Of God. You find no limit
IN his love. That is infinite and seeks
,he salvation of ALL But men are free
and il is impossible, for God to effect the
end his love seeks.
Now when man cannot do what he
would, and what his heart is set on, what
do We say but that he fails for lack of pow
er, and because his ability is not up to his
will I? And if God cannot do what he
would. and what he aims at, must we
not in like manner, say that he lacks abil
ity necessary to his ends and fails, be.
cause his power does not come up to his
will
But how do you meet my arguments
offered in proof that God can secure the
voluntary repentance and sazvation of all
mem @ 3 ecs7 I'm
l. 1t is significant fact that on the
argument from prayer, you have not at
tempted the slightest reply. |. God di-
riots us to pray for the salvation of all
men, therefore, the salvation of all men
is possible with God. eas
(2.) If God cannot secure the salve
ton of all men-men being free, for
the same reason he cannot secure the sal
vation of any one man since moral agen-
cy is the same in all men. You call it
"sophistry," implying. l. That man. $
salvation depends on his agency, and not
his use Of it, or, 3. That all men will use
their agency alike. and you deny both
points. The question is not what man
can do, or how he will use bis agency at
all. 1t asks what God can do. God
cannot secure the salvation of all men un
less they repent Aud He cannot GER
tainly secure the repentance Of all men
because they are free. Now that is a
universal proposition. And what God
cannot do for all he cannot do for any one
because each one is free. so my argumsnt
is not mat. q f.s
(3 If God desires the repentance
and salvation of men, but cannot reach
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