, 1877-12-27

| otnsI Fdcs tic foull not pscnrll Tic certainty
O. O. what was called Unlvefralt<m,-tha all Will
finally be SAVED, Though that tloctrIno did, IN
Of Scripture, and bad bccn held By some of tho
EARLY cs t tathers; Neither Sonld ho accent the
!!ls belief was fixed upon the living God, n1id
rs answer to tho question. What Il the iato OF
uead stnhcrsf VIA, With Thomas Erektne, that
Christ GANG to seek and to savo tho lost. liis
hope was that tho rast majority Of the lost
would at leug,h 10 found.
II any hardened sinner, slatnefully loving his
yior, trf!ed Will, that doctrine II was At his own
| deep and awful peril; but to those tonging and
anxious aouls VIM wore striving to creep nearer
70 the liQht, l'e would say, Have faith in God.
death oysrlake you before the ,nai Victory il
won. "Sny 80 to tho righteous that 1t shall he
vel With him, for they ehnll cat the frnit Of
thclt 1olngs. Wc unto tho wicked; It shall DO
given him. nut say, also, a. Christ's own
apostles said, that tl,ero shall bo restitution
Of oil shiags-ttat. God wI1leth not that
any. should ucrtsh-ttat Christ both
might b. tho Lord both Of tho iead and Of tho
!!ylnE,-tfat ~ In Adam ali die, even 80 In
Christ shall all be made nlyo; and that the day
shall como Then oil thlnGs shall be subdutd
II the scyonl sermon. Canon Farrar sought
10 answer tho question, "Ara there few that bo
savcdl" taking for his text Luke kill, 1924.
Thu passaRc be remarked, Igises us TIC very
and % tbe a'"re 'sWsi Wa i tt t o
is. It some. Rlarlng dcluge of fire aud
brtmstong for billions Of .ycars1 II It in
81 the Puritan ie q: one with tho coarso
terrorism Of the Inqnts'ttunl No; but It il
q refusal to answer. It Is a strong warning to
the qacstloqsr. Il Is tactt rehukc to the very
lrEcTerstblc doom to material Torment. Tho
spirit OF tho answer Of ctr Lord OIL this occaaton
IL this: 1.-THE fate Of the souls whom lie hath
made fs IN the hauls Of Hin who made them,
gatc.' After. combating tic idca that II was
DANGEROUS to hold anJ other View thau TINT Of
endless torn,ont being the destiny of TIM wicked;
Canon Fatsar continued: What ID dangerous
cntangIe others nndcr irtghttul superstition,
md to crush ret others with horrIbIe despair By
representing to them Him whose name Is
!ovc ~ q rcmorselcss aveuger instead Of rs a
mud of great kindncss. After Showing how Tho
more hopctul view Of tho future life found
countenance in tho Scriptures and In the writ
Tugs of tue REcatcst aud best Of thu fathers, and
of the saints, at whose feet he woulu gladly Ut,
Canon Farraf asked: II VIC see truth arc VIC to
become orthodox liars for God by supprcssIug
II, because those think II tangerona who be-
utfH III w 1uDIC pOLGHk lIsuLlF4 40E TUG Y4ft4N
and tho lore Of God than glastlY icarf /
would rather accept. ~ refcctliig the mind Of
God, the bro41 Humanitarian chnrtty-ths keen
aud tender sensbllttes- tho hard aystcms
OF hcarttess tAcologlans.
Iavlng pointed out that thero arc In tho
main tnrec classes Of ncn-sntnts, roprnbates,
n,d tint vast intermediate stnte living betwccl,
yet shading oi1 W Infinite gradatlons from these
quent passace, thanking uod ior tic iIsst class,
asked: What Of the reprobatesl What Of tho
other extrclnc1 i you ask mo whether must
not believe In endless tormcnts for tllese repro
batea Of eaFtti answer, Aye, for them. aud for
with ali our hearts 10 lovo good and not evil. /
know that Tor these reprobates Christ died.
1,i The o'91t m my 1udao Of their souls he will.
a1,poa Ihe rhatsses a",,ntsy msy eonssS them. with
but cannot-wtIl not: Not miuc, At any rate,
Ahall 1t be to close against them, With tmpetu.
Gus rccol and jarrEn0 sound, tlosc gatea oi hcll,
but commend tLem with huinblcst hops, c1en ron
after tlis life of hopclcsshesa, to Hin who did
not loatlle tho Wlltcnsss Of thu eper, and suf-'|
tered the woman who was sinner to wash Ills
feet With tears. Goa's Spirit has nowhere
laugh! Us that ilc who 9aye cannot give back;
that lie who oncn nfadu thom Innocent children
carnnt restore their Innocence nQaln; that tlu
who crcated thcm--lie who Wills them TO bu
cannot otlltorats all their vllcncss ia liz
blo}1l OF Christ, md uncrcate their sins. Hut
tho vast mass OF mankind belong to tic third
class. Thoy aro not utter repfobatea, thay arc
They halt bctwrcn two oplulous. The angoi
haa ihen, By tho hand, and tic serpent by the
heart. And II Is tl,osu Who DO try to bo liud's
children wl!o rcalizn their own excessive sinful
mud tcndercst souls have been drissn eysn to
madness. ~ Cowper was, BY the falsc viaw Of
God which is sEiYon by Qls p!tiless auats,enas Of
mun, Canon farrar asked hta hearers Il, whoa
been holY Or religious, thy dared eonsign
thc,n, eyen in their thoughts, to tho unenling
anguish Of tho popular crecd thoy taughti Al
arbitrary lndictfon Of burning torment, IN end
a doou, q everlasting ain, Nd all tbis with 10
prospect Of amendment, With no hope OF relief,
tho SOULS tsAnsgresaton Of few briof hours of
ssrtiqxlinR tempted life followed by billions Of
but to torture aud to degrade, did you bcl!eYo
in that f9s any o1s whom you hare eTer loycda
Again, ! say. God forbid! AsnIn. say,
S elssa IRON ~ tst s "a at sssg b.sss ss
Knaeh Ills tcoth II be will; let every dog
Mattst ansthomatizo: but that cxnnot ind DO
not bcltuye. Scripture will not iet me; my cot..
of she spirit Within MY SOUL viii not lat mu;
God Wilt not Let no!
AN EXPLANATION py pR. yAR4Au,
To Ms Editor 1f thu HuartikaM; SlN-Nnce
luQ A1AaJ Eu4lplEtG NWlApEE8oHLAslOQ4' Ol RlIC |
language aud purport Of q sermon shiel ru- |
Gently preached III Westminster Abbey hayp |
found their way to public notice. AM rulartsnt-
ly compelled to trcspsss upon your eourtc.y. / |
will, howeycr, contne myself to the cor
reettou pl one erroneous statement. 10
say, % these reports hare done, that / |
Il denounced the doctrine Of eteri,al pun
OF expressed hopu9hat tho word !!
eternal might not appear In tlie Revised Trans- |
Iatlon, 10, 10 most Of your readers viii hayo
setu at ! Rlance, utter noaseuse. The ob{cct Of |
my sermon WAS 10 prove that the word eternal |
DID mot necessaFily 1enote eudlessness; and at |
the sang tlma to Vfnlicatr that faith ln the tue-
siblu ELECTS Vi chrlst's iuilntte redemption eyen
hcyopu the grave, which seelns to be most a. |
pressly stated III tho text from which l |
preached 4: Peter, w., o. Natthtr heAnglican, |
nor eVen 4 be,eTe) The Ruu,lsh Church, has
dogmstically decided against tho pormiss!-
bIltty Of such = hope, and. .as IL known |
10 all students OF Church history IL has |
been widely held In different ages, both by yery
eminent fathers and theolot;ftns, and by some Of |
tho hulleSt Of tho salats Of Tod,
I. ". FAnaAR
Doc. 9, 1877.
7. b.-Dr. Newman {lrammM Of Assent, p.
400 quotes with approval tho following pasaa1e |
Of PetaviuH; Do has tiamnatosnln salteM /
hOtnfnum re4plfsttQnH ,afhH adhue eertj 4teFf{Htk