The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-07

inherit o fathers ain, Because the father
was d thief the child ia not held guilty Of
felony. Because the father committed
murder the child Ia not held guilty Of
murder under any government. That
Would outrage all idea Of justice, hence
we add, q this proyerb shall no longer be
used ID Israel: the fatherS have eaten sour
grapes and the childrens teeth are set on
edge; OF, @think not 70 say We have Alb.
raham for our father, but, the AZ ID laid
at the root Of the tree, and every tree that
brinoah not forth good fruit,
Is 6eWn down and cast into the
fire" Not as You are born but
as you bear fruit. II 10 no advantage 10
you to have Abraham rs q righteous
father nor disadvantage in having Abra-
ham as, u sinful father, so far as any in
herited praise or blams Is concerned. But
"beholdl come quickly; andmy reward
Is with me, to give every man according
a. his work shall be" The great burden
OF the New Testament teaching Ia to
bring man to believe the Gospel-to be-
lieve in Jesus-by the word spoken, and
aiterward written, "that they might be.
Iisye, and that believing they might have
life through his name.o John 20, 81.
This plea constantly assumed the abil-
ity on the part OF all men to receive and
obey the truth unto the purifying Of the
soul.
1l On account OF the theory Of total de.
prayity, the Protestant Church largely
does not believe this. They teach that
man cannot believe and obey the gospel
and be saved without additional aid.
Hence the jealous, earnest labors OF the
church with God 10 prayer to send dOra
the power needed, whereas Goods power
to save every one that belieyeth" Rom.
1:l6) shere. "say moi, who shall ascend
into heaven: that is TO bring Christ down
from above: or who shall descend into
the deep to bring Christ up from the
dead? ~ But what saith II? 1.-THE cord
Is nigh thee, even In thy mouth, apd In
thy hearth That Is the word Of faith
which we preach. That II thou shalt
confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus,
and shalt believe In thine heart that God
hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt
be saved.
The Scriptures clearly reveal that
the converting power Is in tho Gospel, a
Gospel that every mar can receive when
ever he will. This is not a power that
we are to pray God to send down, but a
power we are to preach in the name Of
Jesus 10 men. go ye into the world and
preach the Gospel.n This is our hope Of
converting the world. By this three
thousand were converted the frat day 1t
was preached. The spirit filled the min
istry, and through them nightly preach
ed the Gospel. Il was a work wrought
by the spirit Of God, as conversion always
Is, but conversion produced by the spirit
through and BY the Gospel; by power here,
and not sent down. There is not an ex-
ample in the New Testament Of praying
God to send down converting power to
convert any one, but the labor was with
men to induce them 10 believe and obey
the Gospel, and not TO labor with God to
send down converting power rs the
church, in our reviyals, does now.
But II the moral condition OF human
nature be such as total deprayity de-
scribes IL 10 be, Il is only folly to rely on
such power as this to reach it. II we re.
ceiye the doctrine OF universal total
~depravity as taught in the books, then
we must accept universal d%amnation, for
the gospel can never reach such, and the
Scriptures reveal no other power to US
that will save mankind.
IsPANTs SAVED BY DEATH OF cHRGsT.
As the scriptures teach that under the
oo.nal M ana Ia held pniIty exceDl for