Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-04-02
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Addresses by Rev. DIR. Pepper and Rev
AIvah Hoyey, ID. ID.

The exercises of the afternoon were
opened with prayer by Rev. j. q. Lorlmer
of Georgia, following which was an able
and scholarly address on 1.-The Old Life
and the New Lights" by Rev. DR., &. ID.
b. Pepper of Colby university, at Water
Vile, Me. Dr. Pepper preferred this title
to that of the printed lists, as being more
terse and expressive. In treating of the
relations of the Bible to modern thought
the speaker assumed the truth of both, as
fundamental prerequisite to discussion
of the subject. The relations of the old
to the new cannot be UNDERSTOOD I'M
less care he taken not to coniound
things that differ. \ Christianity more
or less spurious is often confuunded Win
a genuine, by reason of the similarity OF
outward pretensionS. \ distinction must
| also he made between what the old vol
| ume seems 10 teach, and what 1t really
does teach. one must further dellmll the
total aim and plan which the book has,
and the aim and plan winch the mlslnler-
pretatiOnS have Bearing in view these
distinctions which are very often over
| looked or willfully neglected, the rea-
tions between the Bible and modern
science becomes lnterdependent ana cor
rOboratVe.
AT the close, Dr. Pepper was questioned
as to his opinion ON certain theOlOglcal
points and with reference 20 statements
which he made in his discourse. y short
period was also devoted to brief remarks
by the visiting clergy upon the sceptlclsln
and unhellef now so prevalent, and the
best methods OF convincing 1t OF Its error
Rev DR.. AlVah Hovey of Newton Theo
logical Seminary gavea learned and inter
esting exposition of his conception of The
Judgment. The first great fact, he said
is that mankind is to be Judged in right
eousness. There will not be the feathers
;,.,, h. 4 4 I Ia.
great day, for He is to Judge the world b!
Jesus Christ who is man, with all tina
that statement implies In the great da.
the history of the world will be so laiC
open that the justice Of the Judg
ments will be clearly seen am
unquestoned. This judgment will b
founded on the conduct of men
e excluding those who die in infancy, VIII
q have had no opportunity to act rightly o
y, wrongly, and those also who have had II
It ability, rs idiots and the insane. Juda
e ment will he according to the conduct j
/ this life In .I1hn |. there are distinct a
- lusions to the Judgment as dependent o
- deeds Judgment includes all who hay
- not had the gospel, of whom there al
II two classes, the heather who know no
< and those who know but reject. CpO
Y. these the very same and eternal destru
: ton will be visited. Romans II. contain
another iutimatiou that the heather sha
u be Judged, in which the apostle reterrC
r. to Them rs not having lived up to the
N light, The heather are responsible becau
:" they know enough TO reject God III
81 most intelligent missionary testimony
!" that the heather have Sufficient light
IL serve God. They are also included i
; cause this life is best adapted Tor the
recovery. OF the nature of future pu
ishment we do not know much for IA &C
IS tainty, but we do know that if we a
Is sent away from God for sin, there will
inf the lack of his fellowship There W
49,, also be the torments of conscience, b
,ie the quantity and degree of external pu
ht ishment we are utterly ignorant of. 1t
an an awful thing to think that any MOI
I'M being should so conduct himself as to
e cur the displeasure, and cause the gri
I'm of his divine master, and OF the SonIot Il
pa who died especially for his salvation.