Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-04

then Furnishes him for transgression. Is the
Deity such a merciless tyrant?
Reformers say man is nothing but sinful
creature flom bis birth
and yet his soul comes direct from the hands
of a pure and sinless God. He next referred
to the teachings Of Anglican reformers, and
to the Westminster catechism of the Presby-
terians. He referred to the Calvinistic doc
trine of the utter powerlessness of men to
act for themselves, and so would completely
degrade man to the lowest depths it was pos
sible to do. But Professionalism, thank Prov
idence, he said, has in a great part at least
repudiated their soul -saddening teachings,
but still it claims them as its founders, and
its consistency is not easily perceived, when,
while it rejects their principles, it still clings
to the hem of their garments. Luther and
Calvin denied the distinction made by the
church between the natural and the super
natural in Adam. It was this fatal mistake
that other doctrines followed necessarily.
| Man has no free will, Luther asserted, and
Berza stated, 'tllat the Almighty creates a
portion of men as his instruments with the
intent of working evil through Them
Berza also says, {" God will have men to sin
to show his own attributes of Justice and
mercy" The argument was carried on to
show the teaching of the Catholic church,
that man is free agent for good or
evil, and that God could not have
created him positively corrupt and depraved.
That God had found a remedy for state of
| sin, and that salvation only is to be found
in the precious cross of Christ, and that
God will reward every man according to
his works, and it is left to ourselves whether
we will reject or accept $50 great saliva
tion.' If we reject it we offer an insult to
our benefcent Creator in refusing his free
gift of love. He that believeth not shall be
condemned God has done all things but
one, and that he can't do-he would not
force our will.
The lecture extended over an hour and a
half, and was listened to with breathless at
tention. The above is but meager resume
of an eloquent and powerful discourse.
Jackson Street Methodist.
The morning service at this church was
conducted by the pastor, Rev. John Stafford
whose subject was 1.-The Folly of Liberalism
His text was:
Then Said Jesus, Father forgive them; TO,
they know not what they do.
He said: My text is the prayer of Jesus
Christ for his murderers and prosecutors
They crucifed him between malefactors
hung him between heaven and earth, with
one thief on the right side and the other on
the left. Under these, the most trying OF
circumstances, Jesus said: Gather, forgive
them; for they know not what they do
While ignorance dismembers the atrocity
of the crime; it does not excuse it. Igno
rance of law does not excusethe violating Of
law. Ignorance of the atrocity Of
crime does not excuse it. Many
people will not come to the
| light fol- fear their deeds may be re-
proved. The prosecutors of Jesus would
| not believe that Jesus was the Christ, but
they must have known he was an innocent
man. Pilot said: 81 find no fault in Him.
but those wicked men not only allowed Him
to be chastised, but cried, "crucify Him
cruelty Him. Pilot said again 81 find nc
fault in Him. In spite of this they clam
ored for him, and would not be satisfied un.
til He was delivered. But they did not
know that by this act they were bringing
down upon themselves the heaviest iudg
ment of God. and hence this prayer of Jesus
''Father forgive them: for they know MOI
what they do
[ wish to bring your attention this morn
ing, to the folly of opposing the religion Of
the Bible; it is as great wrong as mailing
the Master to the cross, and if can rive
that thought on the heart here this morning
my preaching will not be in vain. The ides
the opposition wish to convey by Liberalism
is, that they are more liberal in their view.
on all religious questions than the ORTHODOX
churches. One would judge from thei
teachings that they could be opposed t.
nothing; they are not what their name indi
Gates or what they claim to be; the Jew.
were never more opposed to til.
word of God than are these
people; they are as much opposed to Chris
as even the Jews were; their aim is not te
better society, to make men serve God, but
to destroy all belief in the bible as the word
OF God; they deny the authority of the bible
and deny the divinity of Christ, the necessity
of the atonement and the future retribution
of the wicked.
| We do not have to go out of this city to
find this element; there are men III all oul
cities and claiming to be ministers of the
Christian church, whose whole aim and object
is to destroy all belief in the
truth of this book; that it is un-
| worthy the confidence of consistent
people. The secular press, that ought
to guard every interest of society, have allied
themselves to this foe, and are ready to
catch up every thread on which to hang an
argument to corrupt and ruin our families
it is allowed to enter our families, to cross
the threshold of the sacred precincts of
home, and it comes loaded with that which
is degrading in word, sentiment and inten-
ton; it applauds most, those men who ridi-
Guile the bible and Christian people; it has
become SO outrageous and immoral that it is
hardly tit to be brought into our families, be
they Christian or not. This is an allusion
to the savory communication of &C. w. LIZ
and other original articles in the Pioneer
Press during the past week or two.-REp.7
What do you think of mother who had
to tear off one whole page of paper before
her children were allowed to read it's columns
Have our newspaper men no consciences?
Have they right to publish that which will
debase the minds of the rising generation !?
And this, too, without our condemnation?
Every man and woman who has the good of
society at heart, should lift up their voice
against it. We have newspaper men in our
churches, and they go out from among us,
anu SEM Droad cast over the country, the
productions of fertile brains, and the seed is
sure to take root somewhere. How
necessary the seed should be
good. In our churches we
have another class; those who rejoice if all
the opposition say about the church were
true. These are among our worst enemies.
They are the arch enemies of the church, for
the world expects more from them; thew can
do more 0amaOe than tho hneto who e+ool
openly opposed to it. '.He that is not with