The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-27

judgment, both the exact number, and the
very individuals that will make IN thai
, number, both Of the righteous and the
wicked, those that Shall forever dwell
with him In heaven and those that shall
DO cast down 10 hell; then It follows that
) In the Divine mind; both the members, and
the individuals that make up that num-
ber, Of both these classes, must have been
forever fixed; and II SO, let Us ask our.
selves who fixed itS You say that Gods
knowing that q thing will happen does
not make It happen. But would ask,
how can God know that q thing will Ger.
tainly happen, except 1t be from the fact
that he has determined that II shall so
happenS It Is not necessary that he shall
have determined to bring It to pass, by
his own active, efficient agency. He may
simply, upon . full knowledge Of what q
free moral agent In q state OF apostacy
will do, II unrestrained by himself, have
determined 10 withhold bis restraining
agency,Eand permit him TO act out freely
the dictates OF o depressed moral nature;
and with q determination to vindicate the
Justice ol his law by the ipalction Of It's
penalty.
God cannot foreknow any.
thing as certain unless the existence Of
that thing has been certainly determined; /;
and the certain determination OF its exist.
ence must have been formed, either by
Himself, or some other power but If any
other power than that Of God has deter
mined the existence Of q single thing,
then It follows that there is another efflci.
ent being In existence, equal II not su-
perior 10 God, which is q blasphemous
sentiment. The foreknowledge Of the sal.
vation Of the righteous depends upon
Gods eternal purpose to redeem to him
self q people from the earth. And this is
not left In any manner contingent upon
whether they will choose Him or not, be.
cause II 1t had been left thus contingent,
then the suterlngs and death oI the
Saviour might have been in vain; none
might ever have chosen Him.
" And from the whole teach.
Ing ol Scripture, 1t Is certain, that had it
depended upon the contingency Of the
sinners choice, none would ever have
been saved, notwithstanding the ample
ness OF the provisions made Tor the whole
world"
Perhaps We have in the above quota.
tions given the reader sufficient insight
into the general scope OF the argument.
The General, in the preface to his work,
does not claim that his arguments are
generally new ones, but simply that they
arestated somewhat differently from what
others have stated them. he does claim,
however, originality for enc of his illus
trationS-viz-that oi Pharaoh, King oil
Egypt, who, with his host, was drowned
in the Red Sea because God had harden
ed his heart so that he did not and could |
not repent under the exhortations OF
Moses and Aaron; thus showing that he
was foreordained from tho foundation of
tho world to be lost in this world
and tho next On the other hand Paul,
the Gentle Apostle, who was per.
scouting the Saints, was suddenly
stopped in mid career, converted and
saved; not for any merit Of his own, more
than Pharaoh, but because 1t was so or.
dered from the outset Of creation, or thou.
sands of years before Paul was born.
The reason in other words for the destruc.
tion OF the former and the salvation oi the
latter Is, according to the General, found
in such texts as lX-2sth Romans
"Therelore hath he mercy on whom he
will have mercy, and whom ho will he
hardeneth." From all Of which It appears,
in the language and estimation Of tho au-
thor, that
"The fact Of the salvation OF tho right
eous Is not on account Of the selldetermin.
ing power Of the will, by which they
choose to repent and believe, and obey;
not on account Of any work or merit Of
theirs, not on account Of anything good In
them, or done by them, but entirely
owing to their having been chosen
to salvation In Christ, and to the
means Of grace having been made ehec-
tual to tho renewing Of them In the spirit
and temper of their minds. When this
change Is wrought in their hearts BY the
spirit, they can no longer resist, because
hey do not choose 10 do 50; but choose
rather to yield to her gracious influences,
because they find delight in so doing.
This Is what we mean by edectual calling;
and that all are not efiectually called Is
evident from the fact that all arc not
saved"
The conclusion Of the whole matter-of
the pamphlet and the Arguments, that
God in tho beginning Of the world formed
one vessel to honor and another TO dis
honor-one man to be forever happy and
another to be forever unhappy. Solar as
wcunderstand the pamphletitis mott in any
mans power to do anything either in the
way offaIth or works, that will change the
prescribed and inevitable doom that
awaits him either for good or evil. Like
the children, OF royalty and nobility, GER
tain persons shall inherit happiness here
after as matter Of birth, and the balance,
like the lower millions in this world, will
live forever deprived ofthis great bounty.
Ityou inquire after tho reason Of this
! discrimination on the part OF God, all I
can say Is II thank thee, o Father, Lord
oI Heaven and earth, because thou hast
hid these things from the wise and pru-
dent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
Even so, Father, for so 1t seemed good In
thy sight,"
We have no comments oi our own to
make on these extracts from General
HARRIS pamphlet, further than this: On
Saturday last Judge DRAKE, OF the U, s.
Court Of Claims, arose in his place in the
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