Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-17

did, there ID forgiveness, even With Lib
erals. Why mot, With the moral force,
of Nature, when the moral wrong il in
some way arrested BY q change Of feel
ing. This 10 the ruin Of Liberalism. I,
says 70 the ruined, Be virsoous and
vou will be happy" But ve are no,
v1rtuous. We are vrstohed, ruined sin.
nefs-our bodies chaFred by evil habits
our sninds blurred by evil thoughts. ouI
Whole being in ruins. Help Us. The
sepoichral answer comes from a liberal
tsic heart, There u NO forgiveness oi
sins: But the Lord Jesus pictures the
PREDETERMINED. wretched, starving
returning 70 find the father meeting
him afar Od, restoring him 10 his posi
tion, giving him of the fathers bounty,
aud calling upon tbe household 70 re-
found. The poor, drowning sufforeru,
ieaping from the sinking Pacific, cried
Help! save us-' bot ths Captain Of
the wrecking ahip cried D-n the Pa
cific p ana sailed away. science carries
no lifebOat TO pick up those y no have
broken the laws Of nature. Christianity
has ever been life saving service,
building hoepitaIs and asyioms. ssndiuc
Commissions and missionary. to
.u a..
"o"oue tne FensoinR, care for the
oymR
oh"'oo saeM IN pity from SIN ana the
R1vo'
And the blessed news that Jeaus =. c..mc
into the World To a.va sinnsr.,' hss ~
traoted the wrrtnhed ~ ali cliross and
given Them ooura0e IN the hon, ~ 40.
spair.
N II onlv the sv;l sp;,;t th.4 vh;.va,.
| in the sars of the sinnsr s4rc.ol,no o.,
bone. ..there is NO for0i 0ivsnses - ain. y
Wi. "rha ,neral sthies oS Tsh. lar,
in 70 he honest. 40 oo1d Iovs ,rsrcv and
keen the moral Iav'', -
Wall. Jamea aava. "pn,a ,a,io;ou and
undefiled before G1,d and In. Fathsr ia
this: "ro wait the fatherIes. and tho
vidovs in thsir afYiiction' and fo Zen
himsslf nnsrottad haSora ,hs wo,sa -
James. 1. III. ";This vss the rsIic;", NJ
Jeeus., But our iectnrsr startsd ont ~
nrove that reiioion Vas q thinc - ~
sbunned. IN he desnissd and aSt.., ann
sumin0 Ave eoInmns ~ nr;rtsr,s ;oL
confessss In a reIiOion vhich hs .ffirms
10 be the very thino that he .t first hsId
up TO rid,cuis Well, 1 believe in con.
yersion: sudden. somstimss lint this i
too sndden to socsnt .v;thont q fnIi
vote of The ohureh.
second ooIumn. towards bottom ."You
viii see olearIv that sciener from .cio
to knov. and RELIGION from ,slio,, 3,
bind the mind 10 creed bv faith do not
mean the same THING. and ara sntaoen
istic 10 each other:" therefore the iir.t
or scientific mari of the sromm.nt + an
tao"ri.tic IN ths lstter or rs.i;O;ons MT
of the isctnre. Or II moi. then the t;r.s
ssssrt;on that scisnoe and T rsiioios, az ne
antaoonistio "a ZACH ether. is a liz
Chocss vhich horn von nIas.s NJ th;.
dilsmma II will not do tn sav that he
mesrs tho orthoeior r.lio;or -, -
ny" . h.o.a "o = "a.",;" ..r,n f., hs.,a 'os . ..
its nh;Ioi"oicsi mssnino R..s;assv ~ -.
daf,nas the Isst : srticIe nf his n,e.d =,
hs Issl,s rs,icion of Les q" ~ hs
bsI;avS IN ~ Than he ;e nc..;sr,;sn, %
Does he mot belisvs2 ;rhsn he fsis;aSs
VII an niacs of f,cti"n and S.his
facts, !, -
ct m ann, mn .orca NJ the fact. ,
ysferrad In in his articiss ~ faith =
rcsmhsr;rg that a rs"t !. .o~,s,S;rc
more chan = i,aiisf.
"Irv ia inexorable and etarnal
who nroves -
H "TIn;ver.aI salvation tbronoh
natnra, d.valonment Connt tho
rm;ns of ,;fs ahort ns and tail n,a vh.rs
;s the tact
iii "True rs,io;or. 4 IN be hon.
cot do oood. love mercy ka.n ths moral
law. is natural.r Etndv noi,ca records
and show the fact.
IV. "True religion in mana effort IN
saye himself" Not a fact ns vrou0ht
ont before us.
v. "Human responsibility" A fact
from Christian teaching ana history.
VI. "No forviyeuees of sins." The
experience OF eyerv mother disproyes
n
VII, "Moral ethics of liberalism."
I vish ve couId disoern theee as
earnest than nrammatical. used 10 nav.
al denv In. fact Enouvh mas heen
said In show thai the Ieotnre ia fuli Of
oi;ttsr;no osnsr.i;tiss TINT .neither
sorse wi,h themssIvea mar vish ths
cemn,on exn.riancs NJ aankind.
have vaAchsd the oonrse ~ this lec.
tnrs, in Portland. WaiIa Walls. San
Jose And Seattle. and / unhesitatinvly
0I06nnQ 8EAy6M0nv.
lam. A s.. teaches il. tends to "a life OF
love and sooduess."
Whenever men or women desire free
aom to do that Which lossens love and
0oodnes.. thew fiock 10 his lectures to
find An excuss for their ain, Mauy are
led into il from false idea of freedom.
Man desires 10 ferpet God that he NAV
trnmnle mon Law. hoping TO do 20 with
Immunity. Better A thousand times the
restrnint Of hssthsuism than the license
~ unhridlod pnssion. A true liberalism
sives 10 eaoh his freedom OF Thought.
lint teaches what is believes a. the
truth. Thissia the liberalism Of Roeer
Williams and of tho Baptist Church.
No class of men love nature ettsr than
those Who believe il 20 be the iirst vol
ume OF Gods book, written on strata
of atone and serrated leaf, smiling in
the sunshiue. flashing in the storm.
II ia useless 70 ridiculs book, church,
or oresd. for liberalism has all three in
Paiue's :.Aoe Of Reason" the Progress
sive Lvceum and the declaration of
faith above criticised. II believed,
therefore have spoken" A man with