Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-28

ton. their general notoricty, and the
magnitude of their visible conscquen-
ces. CORVALLIS surrendered to Wash.
ington at Yorktown, and changed the
destiny Of Europe and America. No
body would think of calling witness
or even citing an official report to prove
it. Julius Crsar was assassinated
We do not need to prove that fact
like an ordinary murder. lie was
master of the world, and his death
was followed by war with the con-
spirators, the battle at Philippi, the
quarrel Of the victorious triumvirs,
Actium, and the permanent establish
ment of imperial government under
Augustus. The life and character, the
death and resurrection, of Jesus are
Just rs visibly connected with the
events which even an iniidcl must adj
init TO be of equal importance. The
church rose and armed herself in
righteousness for conflict with the
powers of darkness; innumcrablc null
| titudes of the best aud wscst rallied
to her standard and died in her cause :;
her enemies employed the coarse and
vulgar machinery of human govern
mcnt against her, and her professors
were brutally murdered in large num-
bers her triumph was complete; the
| gods of Greece and Rome crumblcd
on their altars the world was rcvolu-
tionizcd and human society was trans.
formed. The course of these events,
and a thousand others, which reach
down to the present hour, received its
! first propulsion from the tran-ccndent
fact of Christ's cruciGxion. Moreover,
We find the memorial monuments Of
the original truth planted all along
the way. The -acrameuts of baptism
and the supper constantly point Us
back to the Author and Finisher of
our faith. The mere hi- .orical evil
/ dcnce Is for these re sons much strong.
or than what we have for other occur.
rcnccs which are regarded n undenia-
bIe. When to this is added the cumu-
lative evidence given directly aud
. positively by eye witnesses of IRE
. proachable character, aud wholly un.
coutradictcd, the proof bcco nc- 80
strong that the disbelief we hear of
seems like kind Of insanity.
! y, E. tho ,sry error - tho uaau
Which ..ps' m"T" usar iAe 80 than she uAs vaHt
/ An makes Wo1 msl
From the facts established by thi.
evidence, it follows irrc-i-tibly that
/ the gospel has come ta u- from God
That .ilcuccs all reasoning about the
wisdom and justice of its doctrine-.
since it Is impossible even TO imagine
that wrong can be done or commanded
by that Sovereign Being whose will
alone Is the ultimate standard of all
justice.
/ But Mr.. lngcr-oll j. still dissatisfied
He raises objections n false. hccting
and ba-cless as clouds, aud insists that
they are as stable a. the mountains.
whose everlasting foundations are laid
/ by the hand Of the Almighty. / will
compress his propositions into plain
words printed in itaiics, and, taking a
look at his misty creations, let them
roll away and vanish into air, one
after another.
Christianity otTs eternal sdir1iion
as the re'rlrd Of beiicf algnc. Thi. is
n Misrepresentation simple and naked.
No such doctrine is propounded in the
Scriptures, or IN the creed of any
Christian church. On the contrary.
| it is distinctly taught that faith avails
nothing without repentance, rcforma.
ton and uewnc-s of life.
Tie mere fIiiurc 10 Jciierc II t. nun.
ished IA hcR | have never known
any Christian man or woman to as.
scrt this. 1t is universally agreed
that children too young to understand
it do not need to believe it. And this
exemption extends 10 adults who have
never seen the evidence, or. from
weakness of intellect, are incapable of
weighing it. Lunatics and idiots are
not in the least danger, aud for aupht
I / know, this category NAV. by a
T stretch of Gods mercy, include mind.
constitutionally sound, but with facul.
ties so perverted by education. habit
or passion that they are incapable of
reasoning. | sincerely hope that.
upon this or some other principle. Mr..
I lngersoll may escape the hell he talks
about so much. But there is no direct
promise to save him in spite of him
self. The plan of redemption contains
no express covenant TO pardon one
who rejects it with scorn and hatred.
Our hope for him rests upon the in.
finite compassion of that gracious
Being who prayed on the cross for the
insulting enemies who nailed Him
/ there.
The mystery Of The second birth is in
comprehensibie. Christ established n
new king o.n IN the world, but not Of
it. Subjects we're admitted to the
/ privil loo,ea and nrntnciiou nf ;ts ,,,,.