The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-27

Hone remarks, "The seed is first planted,
then the plant springs up and grows"
Exactly. But why didn't Hope tell US
what this seed IS that springs uf
and grows" and produces neto bc,ng9
For his enlightenment l will refer
him to Luke viii, chapter :1lth, to 10th
verse, where we learn that the seed Is the
"word of God" and when it falls on
"good ground" ("in an honest and good |
hearty brings forth fruit. The fruit
10 a ,,e,o man, and what is the new manf
ale who heareth these sayings OF mine
and doeh them" He is the fruit-the
new man, the born again. How can Hope
expect to get his discharge IN moral
bankruptcy" in any other way, than by
bringing forth fruit meet for such dis
charged Ali but says heater we are
born, we grow in grace. But II by say
ing we believe in Jesus Christ saves US,
what is the use of growing in gracef
"The Blest to-day, are just as completely
so as who began thousand years ago"
But the Saviour says: "Not every one
that saith 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 certain author
says and Justly, "Inasmuch as all works,
as well those which are done from God
as those which are done not from God'
csnnot be performed otherwise than from
man, or as from him, it is evident why
works, deeds and dong, are so frequent
ly mentioned in the word, which would
by no means have been so mentioned
and commanded, if they were done by
God without mans knowing thereof, &C
cording to the interior sense OF the doc
trine of those who seperste faith
from good works." But "Hope" says:
"If Common Sense is able as he
purposes to pay off his past debts OF Sin
by his good deeds, why, of course, his
moral standing is mistaken; he is per-
tectlv solvent and can make good all his
obligations, and therefore, his credit
must stand unimpesched-A No. be
fore the throne of God" Exactly So
Christ expects no more than to Ego and
ain no more" sand what doth the Lord
require OF thee but to do justly, and to
love mercy, and to walk humbly with
thy God?d An enthusiastic lip confess
sion will avail nothing. Hypocrites ''for
pretence make long prayers" and go
when the poor man fell among thieves,
thew "psssed by on the other side" think
ing perhaps that anything they could do
would be of no avail, and therefore,
left the poor creature to the
grsce of God. But, ''inasmuch
as ye did it.not unto one OF the least OF
these We did it not unto me-" From all
this we gather that mere confession
tbst Jesus died to save us, and that by
believing in him we are saved iron our
sirs, is a false doctrine. You must be-
Iieve and do. "To believe on him is to
have confidence that he will save, and
since no one can have such confidence
but that leads good life therefore this
is also implied in believing on him."
What doth it profit, my brethren,
| though man say he hath faith and
., have not works. Can faith save himf
II brother or sister be naked and des.l-
tute OF daily food, and one OF you say
unto them: Depart in peace be ye
warmed and filled; notwithstanding
We give them not those things
which ere needful to the body,
what doth it profit" Even so, faith If it
hath not works Is dead, beng alone. Yea,
a man may say thou hast faith and l
have works. Show me thy faith without
thy works and will show thee my faith
by by works. Thou bellevest that there
1t but one God. Thou doest we'll The
devils also believe and tremble. But
wilt thou know, o, vain man, that faith
without works is dead? For
as the body without the spirit IS dead, so
| faith without works is dead also.
MY dear friend "Hope," rldlcule and
contempt are not argument, and such OK.
pressions as "gymnsstical argumenta-
tion"-"idle, harmless, JESTER" &c, will
not avail to lead one into the truth, that
truth which maketh free" But let us
try "Hope' by his gymnsstical rule.
In one part of his article he says:
"'Hope' never yet said werd against
good ,oorks and plenty of them-the more
the better" &c. In another place he says:
"On Divine grace alone l rejoice to be
permitted to rest my hope" Would it
be charitable in me to say: 80, that Hope
should thus commit suicide by shifting
himself fatally" as he does with these
two statements face to face with each
other2 No! mol In the light OF the Scrip
ture quoted and of Hopes own words,
we leave those who may choose TO read,
to Judge whether he IS or not, instead OF
me, the gymnsstical argumentstor, jump.
lug jack logicisn, harmless jester-the
logical suicide.
With no other desire than to learn
what the truth is subscribe myself,
COMMON SENSE.