The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-09
what "Common Sense" Has 10 Say

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In the religious world, as in the COM
merclal, We find men who want to pay
| their debts by q sort OF bankrupt act.
| We find men who want TO become sud-
denly rich without sny exerton on their
part. Hence we find various human de-
vices to attain that end. Hope, in his
article in the REGISTER of February &,
exhibits this above spirit, and proves
| himself seeker after the near wsy by
his own confession. In answering my
question, "What is this new BIRTH" he
! cites me to John 3, TO l6. Why didn't
| be, like true man, tell me to read on to
the I'D verse which includes the whole
subject, and not, like speciOus pleader,
only take so much of the subject as suited
his srgument2
ale that belleveth on Him (the So.
| vior) is not condemned, but he that be-
lieveth not is condemned already, because
he has not believed in the name Of the
ouly begotten Son of God. And this is
the condemnation that light is come into
the world, and men loved darkness rather
than light, because their deeds were
evil.
"For every one that doeth evil hath the
light neither cometh TO the light lest his
deeds should be reproved.
"But he that dosth truth cometh to the
light that his deeds may be made mani
fest that they are wrought in God
The italics are mine, but do
the italicised words not show
my position TO be true, that our work
which we join TO our faith must be good
and not evel? And is not this being
born2 "Hope' says: $50 then, it follows
n babe to be born into the world must
| first learn OF the things of the world, and
| do them, must eat, work and build" Oh
"Hopel' do you not know that spiritual
| things are spiritually discerned2 "Thst
which is born of the flesh is flesh, and
that which is born Of the spirit is spirit. "
"You must learn the truths Of faith and
| do them" TO discern this fact. "Not
every one that sayeth unto me Lord,
| Lord, shall enter into the Kingdom OF
| Heaven, but he that doeth the will OF my
| Father, which Is in Heaven" A lip con-
fesslon, and hot burning enthusiasm will
not save you. There is no spiritual bank
rupt act, which man may take advantage
OF, and escape the debt OF his evil deeds.
The only way TO escape punishment is
| to "cease TO do evil and learn to do good.
"Go and sin no more" is the Injunction o!
our Savior, and while you are doing the
works o. innocence and truth, you are
putting away your evils, and are being
| born again.
Ii the above is the doctrine Of moral
ity, why did Christ preach such doc
trine2
Common sense, doubtless, buildod
good works little by little, in Sodom, till
fire and birthstone overwhelmed it,
Now, submit, was it for good ,oorksthat
Sodom was destroyed? Or was it for
their eril rcorks? All through the holy
word it is taught that in order to be
saved from destruction, we must "cea c
to do evil and learn to do good" "For
the Son of Man shall come in the glory
of His Father, with His angels and then
He shall reward every man according
to his works" depart from me, We
,coykcrS of Iniquity."
If "Hope' expects to be saved by Di-
vine grace alone then truly he may be
said to be "forlorn Hope" and in the
great day will regret he had not exer-
cised little more
COMMON SENSE.