Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1886-12-07
EipiAiKiKe TIE SCRIPTURES

buy pair. de lie certainly elected 10 the
penetentisry.
EXPLAINING TIE SCRIPTURES
DEAR WALros.-I will ask you to prip
the accompanying letter, just received from
my very dear friend John Woodcock. II /,
TO me a revelation; and make no apology
Tor publishing what lie not a thing Of "pri.
vste Interpretation" but the property oil
the Fathers children, every where, In virtue
Of lite heavenly origin.
Whether my friend may put II 10 differ
emit shape, for permanent publication, or
NOT; this letter, just at Il stands, Is too valu
able to withhold a single day from the
many whose hearts will be filed With Joy
on lie perusal.
l can only Praise the dear LORD Tor re
vealing to this "little child" Of His, sittine
at Jesus feet. what the thsoloeisus have
blundsred over for age; aye, what loving
souls have longeo TO see and "died without
the sight"
The woudrous ways in which the dear
LORD is bringing out, "for our instruction
upon whom the end Of the ages has come"
30 many scriptures, "dark and hard TO be
understood" Is blessed sign OF the near
approach Of the eternal dawn, ushering In
In the golden day Of Jesus perfect victory
over the powers Of dsrkness. Come, dear
LORD Jesu'; come quicklyl Ever in
Him. GEO, o. BARNES.
Dear Bro BGyaes:-I have just returned from q
three weeks trip in the Tennessee mountains,
and have heard bat little OF you 10 that tim e,
thought would write you concerning Rom. 81
as ! am sure the Lord has shown Il 10 me, though
may mot be able to make It plain to you, as I
see Il.
dtstinate." &C, Rom. s, %.
Verse 80, "Moreovsr, vAom He did preiesfiAaie,
them He also called; and rAoa He oalled, them He
also fSsfaied, and WHOM HK JUSTIFIED, them He
also glorihed." Now we know He "jusfiees the
uNGoDLT." "Whom He did JorsknOv, He did
Predesftndte. 30 all who were predesiaafed, we're
Joreknorn. Nov, fOrcibly It seems. He says, MORE
ovKE, TAOm He did predestinate, them He aIso
CALLED; 1.-THE called predestioated, the pred es-
tinated are foreknown) and uhOm He called, the m
He also justified, (,hej justified are called the CALI
ed are predestinatsd, the predesiiadfed are FORE
knOcn) 30 the justified. the called, the predesti-
mated, are all forekaOvn, He 'Juai6es tie ua0odly.'
AHare unsodly, therefore, all are Jorekno,ra. pre-.
destindied, &c.
v. 80. "Who shall lay anything to the oh ags
OF Coda electg" Nov II His elect were the good,
holy, righteous, just and lived moral lives according
to the modern idea Of men, then il would not be
necessary for God TO put this query; for even man
with disposition 10 complain and "charpep
would not charge anything against such as lead |
good and blameless lives. But He Who justiaes
the ungodiy, and Who elected al, knew that when |
Some Of His poor weak creatures persisted In lead
Ing ungodly lives, that the DO goods would "charge
them with evil doing, and in their love for the
dp, would even say GOD is unrlghteous' II He
ails to forever damn such bose jacket fellows To
stop the mouths" Of such, He says "WAo shall
ay ANYTHING, &C. That every mouth may be
topped, and ALL the .porid may become guilty
before God" All the world is guilty. IAey can't
charge" Who cant Not God-He jastlaes. Not
,hrist-He died that we be not condemned, To
he question, "Who shall separate us from the
owe ofChrist," you know how completely the re.
'ly covers the whole ground-even to the men.
ioning Of things (sins) present or to come. No
me then, has right, or is in position to question
he kind Of character God may Justify, OF what
iod does IL
Rom. Q, II and II. "For the children bdug not
ct born, neither having done any g GOD or evil,
hat the purpose OF God, according TO election,
hight stand not OF works. but Of him that calleth
1T was said unto her, The elder shall serve the
ounger." II
That the purpose Of God according to election
light stand. God foreknew VII at they would do /
Though they had as yet done neither good or evil.
10Th afterwards did wrong doth ehildrea), bat 1
$ yet neither had done GOOD! So then Il 10 not I
ODD Tor eyiD shat II (election) might stand, not
works." but Of God Who elects Neither hav. !
% done good or evil did not prevent rod know 4
1g or Iorekno0ing what they you'd dc. Esau did Z
Trong in selling his brthright, jacob did wrong !
D deceiving his father as TO his identity. They
re both sinners (all under sin; all dead) bat
9th elected. Their having been laid out-elected-
Ut q certain purpose, the election came Therefore
mot Of works" tor neither had done good or evil
hough Afterwards the works Of one may have been {
bod and pleasing to God. So by pure grace, God 8
,reknew them BOTH called both, elected bot h, 1
istihed both, knowing all the while just how /
9th would turn out. One turned 10 Gods way, e
cceptsd and resped the fruits Of the salvation he
as elected to. The other, saying "what win I
ais (brthright, profit me" (rsplying against God
ent his own way, falling to accept the salvation G
g was elected to- 4
Some men elected 10 Office, and don't accept, v
iough they still retain their ci tizsnshp and are
he governed. whereas they might have be n a
pong the governors. Esau. By despising his
rthright, opened the door for assault, and there
y-later-bscame go verned by (he servant Of a
acob. God foreknowirg that Esau would sell 4
It, and that Jacob would deceive. shows that the n
ection Of both was by grace aud not OF works Ii
ther good or evil-for foreknowledge perceived G,
lat both would turn out unworthy. God does 3,
ot say 'the children not being yet born-Jscob h
ave loved, but Esau have hated, but He only
ys 'the elder shall serve the younger" This Il
atement about love and hate is not made con- v
rning and has no connection with the "neither
sying done any good evil" but In the IS verse)
nave II, "Asit is written, Jacob have loved, II
ID Esau have hated" 1t was writtenI NAL I.S m
any years after their birth when Jacob had been
ithful and lovely, aud Eau had been unfaith-
i and unlovely.
Written long alter Esau had been appointed his
,sseisons In Mount sier, and had "had perpet.
Il hatred, end shed the blood Of the children Of
rael by the force OF the sword n the the tins Of