National Republican., 1877-01-22
LIFE IN WASHINGTON.
skETCHEs ABOUT THE CITY ny THE
REPUBLICAy;s REpORrERs.
DR.. wyyIs on rrcdestinatIon.

Dr. Ws.ls on rrcdestinatIon.
Rev. ra,id Wills, ID. D., discoursed on the above
eJterlsn ehu'cb, Yesterday ornng. taking for hi,
txt RomHhs, yiiii2s,so DR.. wills spoke as fol-
lovs hive been informed by several ministers Of
Tie ei1 ths for twenty years there has not been .
ttrnsn preached In the city OF " ashinston on tho
EoS And his ssecsnts "r two fsets srs. 81 tSs,
and .sosds S. S%n reer nss s nsss e.
ssaes.snd u are ia many ms .nces utterly is-
ID ihs %s.i Slerea dostrpes o. the worS q eed
o@i asssps Se SocrSs Ss 81 tse aiSlse
htsnes. ths Trinity ine.rnation, P,enary in.plra-
'ssrsa fSSFf Sf c a
SnS sn 1Rs ,.s e s And Soys Z, and be-
s,S.n J. !. ne H. m not
sna % sSrd s"% % II hS,o % Who S ssssps ShSs an
ssy sdn Sr When we .rs s.sed oSr
Sslef we simply refer the to the sih chapter
Ths nr.. srgnmsn, u thi aI.cu ,slon o. prcdss,ns-
msnt: isit not perfectly plain tnat iiod must have
9e,.rmined TO ssye all of none, or oLlv portion Of
SIS parpe:s Ia. been dsfsiea sc.sS.e we sa tss
simon{ hat some members of the human family
IL on the other hand, God de,crm,nsd to save
ssesiins sioiation of ali the iSs Pfneipss pr cir ' Of
lsssse, u was the sreat"st mock tragedy ever
tSss ii s SsTs SsssS snS ,h
ae man 'sss nsSsr fa e eSR as
the world was made afsr les present pan and pat-
Tn afG .Spy i'd os a1SS
own in ,e:t,sations we are only concerned yitn
nwas predicted of Cyrus, long before he
ion The history of Joseph i spo,S mo case. % n"RS III;
en,ious hi ioth RS wickeily sold him Into slavery,
And In this they executed the purpose OF 9od BY
their cruelty What pnCy meant fot evil lod In
creed before the world was made. I am
prepared TO prove that every man is a prcdeslna-
Zionist m practice, The human mind Is consti-
asd mat II cannot act inteliigent.y on any other
The planter predc,tin,tes in Determining how
much ofa crop he will plant, the la Jor he will ex-
pend and the probable nront. he viii realize. The
builder ilke kewise pre,estinaies. the Immsader OF
an army isa pfed.stinator. or he Ia not ht to com.
manl lf this docpinc L. so hoi irlbie, whv do all
,sn,S %rn ss, SPn 1t Z" nS,r IN
tions the doctrine Of election Is that it srgues
paItiaty on the part Of just God Partially does
no, necessarily Imply mi istice God Is not under
Mmiiy, and " he permits norton Of II to perish
they have no ground for crlmlnatinn or complaint
IL faith, not section, which takes man
70 Heaven. ltis unbel which sends man to he'll.
The Waiienscs, the hollest men In the history OF
the church. were Calvinis's. The great reformers
Of the sixteenth ccrtury were the same. so werr
fathers who laid the foundation of the Church on
this continent. What names shine more brightly
In The annsls OF rrdcDntion than thesey What
peonls have uttered Rnber to- tnony for the truth
of God aud greater labor. In the cause OF
civil and religious liberty? Itwas prcdestination
that made Luther and Calvin achieve the great re-
that made William Of Orange the eonIueror OF
England. twas thl that made Robert Bruce win
,ns eaS nn G Of Napoleon ssi.e,sd he
this principle you viii paralyze the noSest ensr.
Eies OF the human mind In every sphere of life.
Let God be sovereign: let man be free.