San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-10-02
A New proohst.
Dor the Pass Pass.

A new prophet has arisen In these latter
days, reyamplng old and defuncs doctrines
Of by gone years. Said prophet is Elder
NJ. 4. Martin. holding forth In the Baptist
Church.
He would not DO noticed but from tho
fact that he makes an assault upon all, TO
ligiously considered. He most emphati'
oaliy, declares that all who donot sec things
Just a. he does, faro ON the road to He'll
arc Lost sinners." He even goes 30 far 10
TO declare that many OF his own church are
Ia this condition for he takes special do
light in telling how many Baptista no has
converted from their lost condition In which
they were before he met themi Were no
TO ooniine himself strictly TO this work We
would have remained silent. But whom no
makes this universal assault We beg TO kind
ly dissent to offer gentle protest.
Bro. Martin has pct theory, hobby
horse which he rides continually We would
suggest that no occasionally dismount and
re.adjust his rigging, that Is, that he occa-
sionally pause to examine whether or not
what he breaches is Scriptural, His pet
theory is the ''inal perseverance, OF tho
saints" "unconconditionally," or, as Bro.
Martin puts II, trust in the Saviour to the
extent that you KNOB you are saved both
now and for all time, beyond the possibility
Of ever falling away. II you have any
doubt in this subject, says Bro. M, then
you never have boon converted, you
are lost sinner, you are ON tho road TO
He'll Aud In maintaining this revamped
theory of a past ago, Bro. M. takes special
delight in ridiculing the idea of mans agen-
cy in obtaining this trust which he says they
must have. With Bro. NJ. man can do alb
solutely nothing to obtain this trust. In
deed, he can never get IL, until he stops
trying to get it Now II this be true, then
il is true of religion only for do avow
that there is nothing else under the sun that
you can get only when you stop trying to
get It! But, says Bro. NJ, II you think
you can do anything to get this trust, you
are sadly mistaken. And here he wakes
bold and and becomes theatric II not trag-
ical. Here with folded arms he stroes an
attitude and INDUCES in such chaste and
classic language as the following; "why,
God bless you souls, friends, II you think
you can do anything, you know nothing
about It, you are 80 ignorant that you can
not tell A from the gable end of 9 house.
Why, you must feel that yoDere as sure OF
heaven, as il you were already in heaven
with the door locked"
What pity It is that Bro. Martin did moi
live in the days of the Apostles What
fine opportunity he would have then had to
have INDUCED in his philippines against thu
idea of doingl You see : when the three
thousand on the day of Pentecost, cried on
and said, linen aud brethren what shall w
do ?" Bro. Martin could then have replied
"Why, God bless your souls, friends, you
can't do anything. If you think you can,
you don't know anything about it, you are
80 Ignorant you cannot tell A from tho Ga
BILE end of a house" And when the terrifi
ed iallor, cried out and said "Sirs, what mus
I do to DO saved ?" Bro. Martin could have
exclaimed, ''God bless you soul, Sir, yo'
can't do anything, if you think you can
you don't know anything about it, yoI
are 80 ignorant that you cannot tell A from
the gable end of house." And when Saul
of Tarsus, trembling and astounded
said, Lord, what wilt Thou have
me to dor" Bro Martin could have said
''Why Saul, God bless your soul, you cam
do anything. And If you think you can
you don't know anything about it, you arr
SO ignorant that you cannot tell A from tn
gable eud of house." And when tn
Blessed Master said unto Saul, "Arise, ant
90 into the city, and it shall be told the
what thou must do, " Bro Martin could hav
capped the climax by saying, "Why Goo
bless your soul, Master, don't you know Sau
can't do anything? And if you think he can
you don't know anything about it, you or
so ignorant that you cannot tell A from tn
gable end of house" Friendly readers
do you think the picture overdrawn p? 1t
not.
close with single suggestion. Thi
is the age of revisions. In 1881 tn
revised New Testament was given to the
world. In 1885 the revised Old Testamen
is to come from the press. My suggestion
Is this: Let Bro. Martin resolve himself in
to a committee of one to give us revised
New Testament to suit his pet theory
Then, in answer to the question, MEN an
brethren, what shall we do?" Bro. Marti
would then reply, "you can do nothing, on
| ly trust in the Saviour to the extent thai
you k,sO,o you are saved, both now and TO
all time, beyo nd the possibility of eve
falling away" And to the question, "Sirt
what must 1 do to be savedP" Bro. Marti
would respond: "You can do nothing
Only trust In the Savior, to the extent this
you knoso you are saved both now and fc
time, beyond the possibility of ever fallin
away" And when the Blessed Master sal
to Saul, "Arise and 60 unto the city, and
shall be told thee what thou must do" Bro
Martin would have Ananias come in an
say, BRO. Saul, you can do nothing. Onl
trust In the Saviour TO the extent that 20
kno,o you are saved both now and for a
time, beyond the possibility Of ever fallin
away" Let Mr. NJ. give us such a revision
Il is sadly needed. Ishall expectantly ava
its advent Truly,
| ALPHA.
SAN MARCOS, Sept. "a, 1884.