The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-27
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
4. COURTEOUS REPLY

ED. News DEMOCRAT;
DEAR sIR;-In Mondays issue Of your ex-
cellent paper find the following questions,
QUESTION FOR REV MR. FIELD
To the Editor Of the NEws.DEMocRAT;
was at Rev MI. Fields church yesterday
morning and heard him preach fine sermon
In the course of his talk he made reference
to the able monarchs of the English throne,
naming some half dozen, but he utterly failed
to say word about Queen Elizabeth OF Queen
Victoria. Why was this2 Are they not able2
A LADY.
1.-THE editor cannot presume TO give reasons
for anything Rev. Mr.. Fields may say. IL
Mr.. Field desires TO answer this query our col
umns are open to him.
Ed. NEws-DEMocRAT.
INFORMATION ASKED OF REV. MR.. FIELD.
To the Editor of the NEws-DEMocRAC.
Rev. Mr. Field in his sermon yesterday
morning said that all ignomnce superstition
and idolitry was an enemy Of Gods. Do un-
derstand the preacher to mean that ignorance
is punishable2 that superstitious nations will
be called to accounH that the heathen will be
punished for their seemingly cruel and wicked
acts and deeds2 H.
1.-THE question the editor would rather he
excused from answering. Will Rev. Mr.. Field
answer the question:
Ed. NEws-DEMocRAr.
In reply to the first question wonld say In
my sermon Sunday morning l incidentally re-
ferred to some of the kings and emperors who
had ruled in ages gone and who had distn-
guished themselves in history, but who at last
stood dazed and then terrified and then silent
before the king of terrors which Is death: and
then passed on to remark that Christ our King
had met and conquered death, the last enemy
of<he race. did not feel In duty bound to
mention all who have reigned in ages gone.
might have mentioned hundred. The age of
Elizabeth was one of the brightest literary ages
in English history. Ha, ha, as to queen Vic,
she is not dead yet and could not have well
included her in the list of those who had
regned but at last was conquered by death, the
king of terrors. The point that was making
was that only one King had conquerd the king
of terrors, and that King was Christ
As to the second question let the word of
God speak, "For in him we live and move and
have our being; as certain also of your own
poets haze said, for we are also his ofsprings.
For as much then as we are the offsprings of
God, we ought not to think that the Godhead
is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, craven
by art and mans device. And the time of
this ignorance God wnked at but now COM
mandeth all men every where to repent be-
cause he hath appointed a day in the
which he will judge the world in righteous.
ness by that man whom he hath ordained"
Acts II; 1881.
See also Psalm 8; II. "The wicked shall
he turned into hell and all the natons that
forget God" A hundred other passages might
be given If we had the space. The question of
the heather is a big one. l am willing to
leave them where Paul left them in the hands
of God whose judgments are according to
truth. See Romans, second chapter.
A word as to an article that appeared in your
paper yesterday. First let me thank the
author whoever he or she is, for the compli-
ments conferred. But we have no conscious
ness of having broken away from our former
habits or belief. The pastor of the Baptist
church is in the habit of looking on the bright
side of things, of preaching hopeful gospel,
He is an optomist, not pessemist. He be-
lieves that God is going to triumph in the
end. That God is, and that Christ reigns,
and that the world is growing better
rather than worse. But IL you will consult
the 700 members of his church who have
listened to him for over 0 years you will find
that he is pretty sound in the old Baptist
faith. How in the world any one can get
universal salvation in the sermon of Sunday
morning fail to see. We, did declare our
faith in the resurrection OF all. But then
John says some come forth to life and some to
condemnation. We did say that Christ must
reign till all enemies are put under his feet.
But this Is quite different from setting with
him on thrones. We did say that he must
reign even till the spirits in hell shall confess
that his judgments are according to truth.
But then that does not say that the spirits in
hell are redeemed or delivered. We did say
that Christ said "of all that the Father giveth
me shall loose nothing but shall raise it up at
the last day" But then there is a question
as to who are given to the father. Certainly
all are not. For he said that in the great day
of final accounts there will be separation that
some will go into light and some into dark
ness. That not everyone shall enter into
heaven but he that doeth the will of my Father
who is in heaven. We differ Of course on
some things. / do not ask any one to believe
as do, but certainly wish to be understood
and to be known as standing firmly on the
solid rock of gospel truth. Thanking you for
your space Mr. Editor.
/ am very truly yours,
j. n. FIELD.
| Canton June Goth 1895