The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-29

of all sous with God" Ii is with this last
article thai l am unable to agree. l can
not agree with it, for while / find no such
teaching in the Bible as endless punish
ment, yet l know, aud know too we'll that
man has the power of freedom, and in
that power some men may persist to the
end To quote an eloquent author, who
expresses the thought: so, preaching the
iLimitable love and the infinite grace of
God, our Saviour unto men, repudiating all
particularism in theology, repudiating the
notion thai the grace of God ends for any
man at death. believing with all my heart
that all the resources of Gods love and
life and power are pledged to the restora-
ton of all men to righteousness, holiness
and happiness. Still my last message to
the men and women 10 whom / speak is
this Il set before you life and death;
therefore choose life, that both thou and
thy seed may live"
Fifth. No Calvinism in the Episcopal
Church. 1t will be news, l think, to all
Episcopalians TO learn that they are mem
bers of Calvinistic Church They have
believed, up to this time. that all in which
the laity were required 10 confess their
faith are "all the articles of the Christian
faith as contained in the Apostles Greed. -
They have known that when the church
in America separated from the Church in
England an attempt was made and de-
TO the thirty-nine articles, and they know
that no such subscription is required.
They further know from history that the
thirty-nine articles were a compromise ian
unfortunate one, as all compromises are)
10 satisfy the Puritan party in the
church, and that the adoption of the artl-
Giles failed to retain them with
of the Church OF England may
be wrong, but they have at. least con-
tended that the seventeenth Article does
not teach Calvinism, witness Bishop
Browne and Bishop Forbes on the articles.
One of the worthest of the historians of
the church has said that the articles are
now bound up in the very last portion of
the Prayer Book and at the next change
they will be bound up on the outsider
hardly need reply to the statement of
going out of my way to attack another
church." / have stood twenty years in a
Savannah pulpit and the first word is yet
to fall from my lips attacking another
church. But falsehood and error and
above all false conceptions of the Divine
character, l shall moi cease to attack, so
far as l have strength and power.
And now. you must pardon me for this
long refutation and allow me to say that
these are NOT my views only, but those
of large number of the clergy of the
Episcopal Church. The history of our
church has been clear and definite upon
this subject; % by action of both houses
of Convocation striking out the forty-sec-
ond article, which denied these views
"Thei are worthie of condemnation who
indevoure at this time to restore (mark the
world the dangerouse opinion, that all
MEME, be thei never so ungodlie shall al
length be saved when thei have suffered
paines for their shines a certain time ap-
pointed by Codes Justice" This article
was struck out by convocation. (2) by the
judicial affirmation of the highest ecclesi-
astical court of our church, the judiciary
Committee of the Privy Council who af-
firmed: 1--WE do not find in the formu-
laries any such distinct declaration of our
church upon the subject, as to re-
quire use to condemn as penal
the expression of hope by a
clergyman that even the ultimate
pardon of the wicked, who are condemned
in the day of judgment, may be consistent
with the will of God"
These official statements ought to re-
lieve me- Mr.. Editor, Of tbs, odium of hear
ing this subject stamped as "Mr Strong S
Ideas of He'll" Yours respectfully.
Charles H. Strong.