The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-08
WHELNG DADDY NTELLIGENCER MORNING MAY 1871

| GIL. 80 slftt.N9S lauulIlaE VAIL MI,
sNipge declarations on such RpbIecis will
t y. e gnlzg nect his prominsnt character.
tS.iVe, seldom does be express himself In
Lnat straightforward way which honesty
would demand II he really thinks what he
seeing 70 do. He generally leaves a loom
noe lor escape, l! Ii worthy OF notice
also that he does not attempt 70 establiSh
MS inuendcS except In o very vArue
manner. He makes two or three Quota
Ilons from Luther. Even II Luther taught
wnat 70 attributed to him, no was moi q
ffesoyiterian unless VIC use that term In
avery broad sense. 1t is altogether prob.
aole that II the context Of the Quotations
could pc examined, they would be- found
70 guard against, tho very construction
which MIR. Swing puts Upon them,
1t 10 utterly false that the Presbyterian
GnurGh teaches iatallsm. In the Comics.
SION Of Faith Il is explicitly stated that
INC peculiar doctrines there presented
must not be construed 10 deny the free
dom Of pe human, will L Is false that
NE Presbyterian Church teaches infant
damnation. There Is phrase in the CON.
lesion oil faith which the adversaries OF
Pres6yter'a1ism have sometimes uncharft.
ably insisted must be construed in that
sense, The writer Of this perhaps might
claim to be as well qualified as Mr.. Swing
to speak on this point And he denies
the INDUSTRIOUS inuendo and detes any
man TO prove II. II 10 often popularity az.
serted that some individual has taught
Infant dSmnatlon. These sindiVidusls.
however, are always dead or so far awaV
that proof is out Of the question. Bnt
even Il an individual should have been 40
foolish as to make such assertions. IA a |
whole denomination to be accused Of bis
iollyt can do no better here than quote
the language Of DR.. Charles Hodge, the |
greatest living Calvinistic theolopian. |
"Al.Whod die In infancy are saved" :" Il |
IS therefore, the general belief Of Protest. |
ants, contrary to the doctrine Of Roman
ists and Romanisers, that all who fle IN |
infancy are saved" 1--WE are sorry TO see
that Or. Krauth labors to prove mai
the Westminster Confession teaches mat
OILY o certain part, or some Of those who
que - infancy are saved; this he does by
putting his own construction on the Ian.
guage Of the confession. We can only
say that we never saw a Calyinistic ina.
ologtan who held that doctrine"
II Is false that the Presbyterian Church
teaches doctrine Of justification by faith
which conflicts with thenecessity az holv /
living. She stands as to this truth pre-
Slsely on the same ground as all other
evangelical denominations. As to the
practical results Of her doctrine on this
point, she Is not ashamed to compare her
history with that Of any! other body Of
people on earth.
1t Is false that inadelity has sprunu
rom 0alVintsm3 And the quotation
Which MI. Swing makes from Christllsb
vas rot intended by its author to convey
hat IDEA. He iSspeaking Of cold ortho-
loxy, without reference to the form of the
reed. And his assertion is that first
ptritual life disappeared; and then as a
eaction from this deafness, rationalism
'egan to show its face
IIBERALIsM OF, THE PREsBYrER1AN
g :CHURcH.s z . - Ii
Within legitimate bounds, there is no
)nurch which allows greater liberty Of
eligious opinions than does the Presby.
erian. 1t does not ask her private mem.
'ership to accept her peculiar Confession
! Faith. All that she demandsis a pro.
esslon OF laith in Christ and of obedience
GOD: A certificate from any other
evangelical denomination opens the door |
9 any person to Q place within her fold. {
The recognizes the validity OF the ordi. !
Iances as administered by other denomi.
atlons. She does not rebaptise those {
'rlvate members who have been baptised,
Y reordain ministers who have been or.
aimed, by other methods than hers. She
ready 10 join hands with Gods people I
every good work which demands co.
perauon. She Is one Of the largest sup.
'orters OF the Bible and Tract Societies
nd the Sunday School Union. In the
evangelical Alliance at New York, Pres. /,
'yterisns were peculiarly prominent.
wen In the teachings Of her ministry
ne does not insist upon an absolute con.
ormity TO the exact modes Of expression :
Ised In her creeds, All that she asks is a !
iearty reception OF them as containing :
ne general system Of doctrine taught in ,
he Scriptures.
At the same time those persons mis-
AXE her temper who imagine that under
'utside pressure she will deViate hairs q
'Ieadth from her conviction Of right antll
Inty: For principle, her heroesin the
'ast nave deted even the tagot and the G
word. For principle, within the mem. I
ny Of the living, In solid ranks, the hun
lreds OF ministers who formed the Free
Jhurch Of Scotland gave up their churches
ND their homes. For a principle, the
tresbyterian Church of the United States 4
'ill still bear any opprobrium which NAV i
70 heaped upon her. Bs:31. KNOX. {