The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-04-20

suffer in tue h5led hell of partialism, !
world without end.
Let us contrast tue sentiments we
have been considering with the declar-
alton Of the apostle John, that God is
love, that love is his very nature and
essence, SO that his name is Love. III
this be fact, then it follows that all
Gods attributes arc the attributes Of
love, that love is the guiding, motive
principle OF all his attributes. His
mercy is tho mercy Of love, his justice
the justice of love, his vengeance the
vengeance ofloye, his power the power of
love, and his wislom,aic wisdom Of love,
all cGntcEing in the bOuHdless ocean
Of loyO-all arising frOm the infinite
source Of love. Tho result is the final
publication and blesSednOss Of all
men. How different is this from the
character ascribcd to God by PrOsby-
tcrianism. The natural consequence Of
the true character Of God, is toreconCilc
all his intelligent creatures to himself
to gather them into the. fold Of Christ
to bless them aud cause them to como
to Carist-to return TO God-that he
Himself may he oil in all. This is
reasonable, and what We should uatu.
rally expect from the revealed nature Of
God, which is Love, the foundation of
all his attributes, as it is tue very es-
sence Of his being, But look Ut the
opposite picture, ia drawn by Presby.
tGrianism.
"By the decree Of God, for tho mauIUstR-
Hon Of his glory, soRo men aud angels are
pFcdCstinated unto everlasting lite, and
others lvreordaingd to everlasting death.
'rhCiC angels and men, thus prGdrstiln-
ted aud fore'ordained, are particularly and
unchanseably designed and their nlmGar
Is 80 certain aud definite that II cannot DO
either IncTeased OF diminished" p II.
1.-THE s'of mankind, God was pleased,
according 10 ih' unSOarchablU counsel ofhls
own will, wlIetOy be Gxtendpth or with
hOldelh mercy as lie plCHseih, for the glory
Of his sovereign power over his creatures, 10
pass by aud ~ oFdaiu them to diShonor and
wrath for their sin, TO the praise OIL his glu-
rious justicc,n p %.
YethO formed them with perfect
knowledge that they would sin, and SO
be damned Ondlsssly, and consequent
y created them on purpose to be
damned. And look at the great evil
Of tina. damuStiOu-infnile, unuttOrp-
bic, renidiless torment--as great US
Almighty God can iaAict, or created
being endure III Hell. COP Is Low
his nature itself is love, aud yet he
reprobatcs from all eternity some Of
his creatures to endless, ulutterablc
damna;iOn. Listen to tho language Of
Vincent, in his work on Christs Sud.
den Appearance to Judgment, edition
Of 1867, page 1873:
Tile will sloriIy his infinite wisdom in tho
punishment Orthe damned, which will con-
irivcslch tortures for them oh, mark, this
is God, the Father OfO Spirits, thu God
o! LoTp that It all the mon III tho world
should Join their wits together, and take to
their Lclp all the devils Ia hell, they could
not invent the like. Dreadful ingredients
Mill his wisdom tud out 10 pour into the
cup which he will put into the hands Of the
wicked 10 drink"
Such tOrturcs as devils could not in.
vent, God iaaicts etcrnully on tho
spirits Of which ho is tho father. Sach
is tho doctrine opposed to Universal
ism-that heavenly and sublime faith,
which arises out Of the very nature of
God. Why, my friend Ohalfant, if
the doctrine Of endless damnation we're
true, it should not b. difficult. to find
it in the Bible i. should DO so plain
that all could SEQ it a! Onco. Itshould
be written upon the heavens in letters
Of fre-oternal torment for the wicked.
The sun in his course Should reveal it
to every cye--Otcrnal torment for the
wicked. Tho spirits Of the dead
should cry out to us-oternal torment
for tho wicked. Every footstep Of
every man should echo it.-rterual tor
mCnt for the wicked. Voices in hoa.
ven aud earth should uttor il forth
aloud to every ear-eternal torment
for tho wicked II God designed 1t to
be revealed in bis gospel to man, it
should be spoken abroad upon the
winds, seen ia tho vivid liEhtuing's
fash, aud uttered in tho thunder
voices of nature herself, that at every
football Of man ho nigh: pause to lis
ten to bis doom-Otefnal torment for
the wicked. Aud then, horror Of hOr.
rSrs, they are such torments, to BIO On.
dured end!essly, as all tho devils III
hell could hot invent, reserved for
those whom Gul has prCles.iuel 10 DO
damned. II this were the truth, it
Should be 80 pluinly told that no man
coull fail 10 see il. Yet there arc
thousands who cannot SEQ it ut all, III.
though they have examined tho Bible
most carefully, to see il it be therci
The orthodox themselves cannot find
it there, so as to convince US Of it's
truth. Yet they expect such damna.
ton to DO inflicted on human souls.
What arc We to think? In the name
Of reason, how eau tic Church Of God
believe such doctrine? Upon what
principles ore such horrible dogaas
held, in sprofcrencC to the high, the
holy, tho sublime Faith that God do.
signs to bless the whole human family,
aud through Jesus Christ to bring