The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-08-10
RICHMOND, WAYNECO., Aug ls6e. "ss:

/ for men who will not now accept the Of
fered mercy Of the Gospel? Certainly
no man now strives to enter at the
straight gate. and finds himself unable
to do SO, because 'the master Of the
house hath risen up, and hath shut to
the door, Jesus has not yet shut the
door. Of his kingdom or. church against
any one, be he Jew or Gentle; but, on
| the contrary, declares He has set an
Iopen door and no. man can shut Now
!, He says, Come unto me all We that la
Dor and are heavy laden and will give
you rest Now he says, IF any man
will be nv disci pie, let him deny him>
self take his cross and follow mo-
Now he says, s.The Spirit and the bride
sayscome. Let him that hath heard say
come. And let him that is athirst, come.
And whosoever will let him take of the
water of life freely But we have no
tfproof that he will eternally strive with
a willfully wicked man. The time has
not, but it will come. when he will say,
! Let him that is filthy, be filthy still
IStill!' Hear it, o, you who are now
| trifing with His mercy, and with your
/ own emil ghtened consciences. The time
A HAY COuc WucA ouC0 1o Adt . o\%Ch AS-
I iected all His love and despised his
! gentle reproofs viii no longer hear him
sayrcome: but in tones of awful thunder
| heat hjn say, Depart from me, ye .wor-
t lzels o. niautty; I never knew YOU
Nor thea do / suppose it will be 50 be-
I causes4G cd IS no longer, love, but be-
caase4 His Lore has long been poured
! upon such persons in vain-becaese his
/ l.. i, tod
I who would not be- saved. And this
brings us to the question, WHO shall
i suffer everlasting lunishiI ent Se7ssHe1 IS =
! An1inspired apos tie tells tus who shall
! be punished with everlasting destruc-
/ from the glory OF His power, in these
/ words Them that know acknowl-
-. edge not God, and obey not the Cos
pei Of our Lord Jesus Christ sup
pose we are to understand him TO mean
: such as willfully and with determination
: acknowledge not God and obey not the
: Gospel. It requires an overt act, to-
getIer with q corresponding intention,
to coz ST. tUte q crime in the eye of the
law, aul SO suppose in the absence of
. any purpo ose, intention, Willfulness, one
cannot be said to obey not the Gospel
I believe such as willfully and wickedly
resist the Gospel-God's means of sa-
wing sinners-will never be saved, and
will consequently remain eternally. con-
demned. cannot see how suca per-
sons can ever be saved. I cannot con-
ceive how eternity can reveal any great
er love than God has manifested in the
Gospel to induce men to repent and be
saved; and if one will resist it all how
can he ever be led to repentance, with
out which none can be saved But one
may be ready to say, have already
read a passage of Scripture going to
show that such persons will eventually
knock at the door Of mercy, saying,
Lord, Lord, open unto u.s. Will they
not then be penitent, and will they, as
such, be turned away But, may it not
be that such persons will not be peni-
tent-only frightened !? The goodness
Of God leads men to repentance that is
genuine--the fear Of hell cannot do it.
You would not receive murderer to
your confidence who could not be re-
formed by all the love of earth
and heaven, simply because he becomes
frightened at the sight Of the gallows
erected for him, or terrified at the dark
cell opened to shut him up from the
world How many persons who seem
to repent and become very religious
when on a supposed death-bed, demon.
strate the genuineness Of such repent
ance when restored to health ? One in
a hundred 2, ~ It is barely possible II
men whom the 6 gospel has failed to in
spire with any love of virtue, truth and
holiness, were received into Heaven
simply because they become terrified
when death reveals to them an awful
tasare1 they have made their own. what
warrant would there be of the safety of
|. Heaysn itself !? Such persons would
HbecolnQ ipcorrigible in Heaven In a
s{6ft tim G. trusting to still sanoth er
chafee toafepeatg' ~ Mould they be once
| thrnstTout5l OF conrse / have no sym,
naahye forrbale bigotgy and sectarianism
ofanY .Romanist or Protestant who sup
poses every Body is going to be doomed
10 Gndless punishment for not h elong-
aie ts kiss lurch, or for notagetting re-
! ligion in his way He is going to suffer
| everlasting punishment who resists all
I tie love or Heaven TO reform him, for
( It IS inlpossible to restore such q one to
repentance. 3ssf. 1moa
. What shall be the punishm ent of the
finally ilnpenitent9 Upon a question
like this prudent men will speak eau
tiously. Itnprudent men will damage
any cause they attempt to advocate No
extravaeant o. Eunwarranted statement
ON this pointnescapes the eye Of, him
who eoulfo2ts the sinner Who has
| failed 10. notice. how universally the
tabft prevails among those who deny
Aesdo6trine of everlasting punishment.
OF oxtuavagantly stating the question
Iheys scarcely ever say everlasting pun
ishment, or shame aud everlasting con
/ tempt or condemnation but substi-
tute endless torture with double en-
phasis upon torture; sendless burnings'
or some such statement % And if ey
can, find a sermon by some obscure
preacher of Egypt, or Posey county, In
diana, or Canada, or elsewhere, where
in a very highly ys1hyperbolical and ex-
travagant statement of the matter is