The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-03-12

--o:,,. Gavin. TIE zine Ger ! ceo:l:y
,aynr i, TO be called to III atihe feet of
tat alX,.ra,i.
But" you say, sit is the same old
Bible, and john Gavin had that as we'll
as the present student OF the scriptures.
Yes. so it Is the same old sun in the
heavens, but in our times It has ne to
making dsgueEreotypes and photographs.
It is the same old water, Duc in ouc cen
tury it has gone to runsing steam en-
zines. It the same old electricity, but
in our time it has become 3 lightning
eeooteA erraud boy. So it is the OLD -
bic, uus new applications, new uses,
aew interpretations. You nlst repen,
Der That during the last th ee huaored
years words have changed their tnesn-
100 and some of them now mean more
ana some less. do uot think thai John
Calvia bslieyed, as some say ne dld, IN
the damnatioo oiinfaa:s, although some
of the recent hos disputes would seem to
imply that there is such 1h'ns as the
6amnation of infants.
A msn who believes in the danlat!on
of infants himself deserves to lose
neaven. do not think any goo6 man
could admit such possibility. " ha'
Chris. will 60 with sil the babes in tne
next world I cosclude from what ae DID
With the pabies 10 Pa!es lne wlen ne
aueses them sud kissed them. Wien
sose OF you grown pe.p's go ont o. this
rcrld vonr doubtful Sestiny viii be an
embarrassment. to minister oulciasirg
at YOUR o5sequies, who wiz have TO be
cautious so as no: to hurt surviving
friends. But when the darling caliaren
90 there are no offs" or ''buts" or CUES
ses. We must remember that sood
John Calvin was logiciaa ard met
aphysician and By the pvocllvitles OF DIS
nature put soma things in sn unfortunate
way. Logic hasits use and meta2nyc'cs
has its use, but they are not gooo a.
uaklug cresos \ garde-cr ha"ds you
4 blooming rose, dcwy fresh, but' sewers
ootauist cones to you with a rose ano
saws: II will show you the structure O.
his roea And be proceeds to take 1t apar'
and puts Of the leaves anc he says;
There are the petals - a.d he taxes out
he aothers. aDd he says: "Jast l>oS 6,
he wonderful structure CT these norai
oil!ars,'' aad then be cn:s the sem &c
slow you the juices Of the piaat. )
logic or metaphysics takes me a-c'aatiS
rose Of the Christian religion aoo 'a5Is:
81 will lust show you how this rose o;
religion was fashioned" aud 1t pulls Oh
OF it a piece and says: That IS tae ha
man will" and anosaer piece and says:
This is Gods WILL" and another piece
and ssys: "rais i sovereignty" and
.pother piece and says: This is free
seeucv," this is this ard that IS that
And wa;le stand looking at the fTag-
menss Of tee rose pul!e,;; apart, one wnom
:he Marys ,ook for = gardener GENES IL
aud presents me with = crimson rose
red as blood, and says: "Inhale the
sweetness of this, wear it on your heart
and wesrie forever I must confess
that pyeier the rose in full bloom 70 the
rose pulled apart. What 8 time Ise nave
had with the dogInatics, the apo|oses'c:
aad the herueoeutics. The defect IN
some of the cree.'s is that they try to tell
US all abou. the DEGREES of God. NOW,
;he ouly human being that Tas ever com
oetent to handle that subject was Pao''
snd ne would rot have been co:apetcn'
had he not beea inspired. l believe N
the sovereignty of God aud believe IN
asn's free sgency, buS 40 oae c>n mar
nonize the two. Il. is not necessary
hat ne harmonic them. Every ser
mou that I have ever heard that attempt
ed sucn harmonization was to me as c.esi
as a Loadon fog, as clear as mud hS
brother of the niaeleeath century, my
trosher cf the sixteenth century, G'Ve o'
paups statement sud leave out ycpr o"h'
Better one chapter Of Paul cn that SUD
,z. than a.! it'ss e'e
and ho3est and mighty as they are. 10
not try e. measure either the throne OF
God or the thunderbolts OF Coo WIN
your little stee! pen. What DO Sos kno"
ABOUT the d.crees2 You caonos pry open
the docr of Gods eternal councils. You
cannot explain the mysteries OF Goa's
government now, much less the mysteries
# bis cove.nmen. FIVE hundred qulnt!tli-
on of years ago. I move for creea ioE
all our denominations made out of Scrip
ture quotations pure aad simple lnal
would take the earth for GOO. Ioat
would be in psegpable against lnhdelsg
ard Apollyo1ic assault. Toss woulo DC
5eyond human criticism. The de2onl-
nation, whatever its name he, that can
rise NJ to th.t will be the church OF the
ni!lerpium, will swallow up all other
6enomina .iors and be the one taat vii!
be tae bride when the Bridegroom
conesh. Let US make 1t simpler and
plainer for eeople to get into the king
dom of God. Do not hinder people by
the idea that they may not have been
elected. Do not tag on TO the essential
of faith in Christ any OF the innuneraoie
uoaessentials. A usn heartlly"ho accepts
Chris. is Christian aud the man who
does not accept Him is not a CHRISTIAN,
and that is all there is II 1t. de Eeeo
not believe il election OF reptobstion.
BE need not believe in the eternal gen
cratic of the Son. He need no: believe
in everlasting punishment. He need
not believe in plcnsry inspiration fai:a
in Christ is the criterion, Is the test, IS
the pivot, is the indispensable. But there
are those VINO would add uEto tae tests
rather than subtract from them. There
are thousands who would not accept
persons INFO church membership II they
drink wine, or if they smoke cigars, or /.
they attend the theatre, or ii they play
cards, or if they drive a fast horse. Now,
I do not a.iuk wine or smoke OF attend
the theatre, never played game OF CARDS
and do not drive fast horse, although l
wouldN Iowned oGe. Bu: do aot sub
sriru.e tests which the Bible does oot
establish. There is oae passage OF scrl p
ture wide enough to let all in who oug ght
to enter and to keep out all who ought
to be kept out: "Believe in the Lord
Jesus Christ aud thou shalt be saved
Get a laan's heart right and his life will
be right. But TOW that the oio creeds
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