The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-12-17

AcoRREsroSDEST OF the Christian hte'
Egeneer says:
sin the English High Church newspa
pers prayers for the dead and asking the
i~ntercession OF the saints are strongly ad'
vocated. Walter Plympton, secretary Of
the Guild OF st. Alban, London, writes
that on All Souls Day there were, in con
nection with the guild, NEARLY fifty cele'
brations OF the blessed sacrament for the
repose OF the souls OF the faithful depart.
ed; double the number that could be ar,
ranged for last year, aud | have little
doubt that this increase will continue
This Is a sample Of the way deaths are
commonly announced in Ritualistic jour.
nails: of your charity pray for the soul Of
Ann Beal, who fell asleep on the 4th in.
slant, aged 81. Grant her, o Lord, eternal
rest, and may light perpetual shine upon
her"
Dir. a. a. Hodges "outlines Of Theolo.
gy" Is an extreme book. It IL rigidly un-
compromising on the Augustinian side,
and offers in its doctrines Of original sin,
limited atonement, and ina
bility as commensurate with responsible
~, most unpalatable aud indigestible meat
to a large element of Pan Presbyterianism.
This is one of its hard sayings. Question:
"In what sense is inability absolute?" An
swer; "Itis absolute in the proper sense
Of that term. No u~nregenerated man has
power either directly or indirectly to do
what is required Of him in this respect;
nor to change his own nature so as to in
crease his power; nor toprcpdre himself for
grace, nor in he first instance to cooperate
with grace, until in the act Of regeneration
God changes his nature and gives him
through grace gracious ability to act gra-
ciously in constant dependence upon
grace" Another statement difficult to cor.
relate with the above is: 1.-THE design OF
Ohrist's death being TO secure the saliva
ton OF his own people, incidentally TO tho
accomplishment OF that end, It compre-
bends the offer ofthat salvation freely and
honestly 10 all men ON the condition OF
their faith. No man is lost for the want
OF an atonement; or because there is any
other barrier in the way Of his salvation
than his own most free and wicked will"
NEwBuRur, n. Y, with about twenty
thousand inhabitants, was recently can
vassed by al agent Of the City Bible So.
ciety with this result: ."Found 3S3 fami-
lies entirely destitute OF Bibles and Testa-
ments; 2i5 of these refused to take; lOs
accepted. To l5S OF these families l
gave orders for l5S Bibles, Is small Testa-
ments, one large Testament. To the other
10 families, who would only take Tesla
ments, gave orders for 10 small Tesla
ments. l found 50 other families desti-
tute OF Testamcnts. To these gayo orders
for 50 small Testamcnts and two large
ones"
TIE correspondent OF oneof our cxchan-
ges asks two orthree suggestive questions:
"In case the sacrament had been admins
istcrcd in connection with the late pro-
phetic conierencc-and what more appro'
priate2-would our Baptist brethren, not
w~ithstanding their absorbing devotion to
our common Lord, and Notwithstanding
the i~mminency Of his advent, have turned
away? II so, what il ut that very moment,
Just as the last one was filing out OF tho
door, the Lord had actually made his up.
pearanCc, displaying himself among those
loving communicates as he was wont to
after his resurrection, among his disciples,
would not our Baptist friends have been
unpleasantly impresscd-have been affect
ed with a sense OF the absurdity OF their
ecclesiastical exclusiveness-with the alb
surdity OF putting up the bars to commu-
Mon higher than the Lord himself?"