The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-04-21

been adopted, l Tim. ii. So, we must
pray in faith for it. Mr.. Hall prays
for all, for prayer is the SOULS sincere
DESIRE" and he had personally assured
his opponent that he desires that all be
saved. And yet he labors and fights
against what he prays may be true,
and asks God to do what he believes
he never will do. Do you pray that all
may be saved? No. Then you are not
offering Christian prayer. Do you
pray thus, and not in faith? No.
Then you do not offer Christian prayer,
and your prayer Of unbelief is an abom-
nation. Do you pray for that result,
and in faith, then you are Christian
and Universalist. The nature of
prayer presupposes the truth of Uni
versalism.
To this Mr.. Hall replied that the text
only directed men to pray for kings to
lead good lives, "for all men, for kings,
etc., that they may, etc." Aud when
DR.. Hanson corrected his Scripture, he
was compelled to find the passage, and
read it aloud, and learn for the first
time that the command is to pray that
all may be saved in order that the
prayer for all may bless the worshiper,
-''that aCe may lead" etc.-He chok-
ed off what he was about to say on this
text, and asked to be excused from
making an argument he had prepared
on an entire misleading and misunder-
standing of Paul's language.
Other affirmative arguments were
that Christ aoiU redeem all souls. ID His
| object was to save all. Luke xix. 10;
John iv. "a; John Iii. II; 1 John iv. IA.
| (2) He labors to that end. Pet. iii. 49,
20; iv. 90. 81 He has power to do all
he attempts. Matt. xviii. IS; John
xvii. 2; Rom. xiv. 8; Phil. iii. 2O-21;
John iii. So. AZ He will be success
full. lisa. lii. 10; John iv. AZ; xix. 80.
(5) The reconciliation he effects will
be universal. 2 Cor. V. 1921; Col. i. 49,
81; Heb. ii. 9; John xii. 81 SO; John vi.
As; Rom. v. 1921. Just as many as die
in Adam, as are sinful, disobedient,
ETC., are to be made alive in Christ. ~
All are to be made alive; ~ are to live
Sin Christi; (3) are therefore to be
'new creatures" Cor. v. (7); (4
wear the heavenly image; ~ grace
will reign wherever sin has prevailed,
and (6) the exact number made sim
ners, namely ''the many" hoi polloi,
all men are to be made righteous,
therefore, holy and happy.
Mr.. Halls stereotyped reply was
that all are not now, and therefore
never will be saved. Response, Heb.
ii. SO. Paul's reply to the skepticism of
his day: We see not the end, but we
see the means adopted, and faith re-
veals the sure result. An affirmative
argument was made by DR.. Hanson
from the Nature Of Gods Justice, God is
not an infinite Shylock demanding the
pound of flesh'' due, but his justice
and mercy are equivalents of each
other, harmonious partners, working
through different processes to the same
end that infinite love desires. Ps.
xii. L.; xcix. s; lisa. xiv. 81; Rom. ii.
6; Micah vi. 8; Deut. xxi. A; Rev. XIV.
8: Ps. lxxxix. IA; xix. z; Rom. xiii. 10:
Matt. v. Is; l Tim. |. 5; Matt. xii.
1910. This attribute not only execut-
es but requires justice, and will cause
the universal reign of justice, which
can only come when all souls are
obedient to the law of right. Nothing
less than universal obedience to God
will satisfy Infinite Justice.
The reply to this argument by Mr..
Hall was that as the Universalist God
does not remit penalty, he is a Shylock
without mercy, though it had been
shown that every stroke of punish
ment is full of divine mercy.
Again, the entire moral universe, all
created intelligences, are to be made free
from corruption, and Gods children, by
resembling him. Rom. viii. 81. Nc
knight says creature" here means
"every human creature" Paul says
that all are to be subject to Christ just
as Christ is subject to God. Heb. ii.
SO; l Cor. XIV. %. The word hupotage
is the original Of ''subjection," Sub
dued, "put under" etc., showing that
as the subsection of Christ to God is
willing obedience, SO is the subsection
of men to Christ. Rom. XII. 1926; Rom.
v. Is 81. God loved all men when
sinners, the sin of all, not the sin of
Adam caused the death of all; moral
death in trespasses and sins, the free
gift saves all, through grace. The
death caused by Adams sin was not of
the body, it was lin the day he sinned, %
therefore moral death in trespasses
and sins, from which the last Adam
will redeem all who have died that
death, namely all mankind. No reply
to the argument based on the word
hupotGge.
Again, all the lost are to be saued.
Luke xix. 10. Luke XIV. (parables of
the Lost Silver, Sheep and ProdigaD
all that are lost are recovered. Mr..
Halls reply was that the sheep are the