The New York herald., 1874-07-27
resentative OF the spirit OF welcome which greeted
the Northern delegates.

the N0rtLerE ueicgdteS
TREB WILL AND FOREKE0wLEpGE.
Bishop Kavanaugh took for bis text !. Peter. J.,
20, 2l-"who verify was ioreordained before the
Iornat ton OF the world. but was manifest Ia these
last tunes for YOU, who by him DO believe In God,
that raised HIM up from the dead, and gave him
glory: tnat Your faith and hope might be IN Cod"
The 1rst proposition make, saia the speaker, on
this passage, Is that our redemption was Intended
nom the foundation OF the world, before our
tion. Ii may seem strange that this Is the case,
but apprehend tnat no subject IL OF more impof'
tance than the condition and destiny OF an inte.-
lectual race OF beings such as we are. Our uni
verse would not be complete without the exist
ence OF intellectual beings to know and enjoy the
reasoning beings could only exist They could
have no conception OF the attributes OF
their sovereign Creator. He intended creatures TO
understand and enjoy his character. He gave us
appetites and cravings for food for honor, empire
ana excellence. He has given TO us that sort OF
government which He has given no other class OF
His creatures. He rules us by moral cOnsldera.
tions. lie gave us the Ten commandments
Our relations are first to God. He has told us
what lie expects OF us. He Is to have the first
place in our regard and esteem. We are to keep
q sabbath consecrated to His service. He needed
to endow Us with free agency. This was necessary
in order TO make Us rewardabe OF punishable.
aouscd. He knew 1t would be that We Should
IAN. and what serious catastrophe it would be.
lie saw before us an eternity OF disaster In con-
sequence ol our abuse OF free agency.
WHY DID HE MAKE usY
In the infinite discretion OF Almighty God He saw
MT 10 make us. lie must have an Int 1ectual race To
c0mplete Ills plan oi q universe, else the creation
would have been Tor naught. Had i rather that
God made me or notg With all the conditions and
limitations OF lie 1 had rather. He VINO reads him.
sell reads his race. had rather live among COM
live. II may rely on God to upheld me need
fear no III. Did God intend our fal' Sagaclous
writer's draw distinction between necessity and
certainty. There Was no necessity for mans fan.
SO OF the angels. They all stood long
sn9f 70 os issm s shor vDs others +.
kept Their first estate. So OF man.
Adam ana Eve could have stood. They fell by
thoir own choice. Had they continued sness
they would have stood on their natural right and
had no need or a mediator. Adam IN Eden had no
need to pray What he had he had Of right not by
would have had no heritage OF pain, sorrow and
grief. He placed His mentor, conscience, in our
breasts, teaching us what to DO, what TO avoid,
capable to approve and VITA power to punish us
with the lash OF remorse and shame. lie gaze us
the power Of choice, with responsibility therefor.
He provided the remedy in the mediation OF the
Lord Jesus Christ, Who bore our penalty for
us. He was human as We'll as divine.
lie, too had mere en- earth the power
to choose whether He would f,llhl the Divine az
ranaement and become the sufferer for our sins.
thine, Father, he DONE" No man need be lost.
He goes the broad road against every motive.
Life and blessing are set before him opposed TO
death and cursing. We all have the fearful power
10 choose. Thank God iOr lhe hope that through
the mediation OF His Son, who has conquered
body with the soul This is the elimination Of the
redemption scheme, Child OF unbeef, awake to
your hOpe Let faith go forward to fit US for the
change and hope will klndle the Joy OF our meet
ing In the celestial land, and love will be its light.
For love is charity, 'and the greatest OF these is
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