The age-herald., 1900-04-23
THE oalY DAILY H:Wi7ApEa III ALABAMA
Shaken to the Foundations.

The Northern Presbyterians are to meet in $. Lou.s next nj slth ana Tha turning questions of creed will come U g. that time: for the glory of the martyrs is openly repudlaled by many distinguished men from Prof. Swing to Dr Parkhurst. Without desiring to discuss the questions at stake, The Age-Herald does desire this morning tc present in rho choser words of the church the sections of the Westminster Articles that have become obnoxious to many churehmen.
 Prominence is given "a the doctrine of foreordination. which IS presented in these words in the Westminster confession. in Chapter III:
 Section ?. Although God knows whatso- ever may 0, car come to pass upon all supposed conditions; yet hath He not de- creed any thing because he foresaw it as future or as that wfich would come to pass upon such conditions
 Section 3. By the decree of God, for the manifestation of His glory, some men and angels are predestined unto everlasting life and others. foreordaned to everlasting death.
 Section 4 These angels and men, thus predestined and foreordained, are particu- larly and unchanageably designed. and their number IS SC certain ana definite that it cannot be either increased IT dimin- ished
 In Chapter X are these two sections which should be read in connection with the sections fror. Chapter III:
 Section 2. Elec. Infants dying in infancy are regeneratedV and saveo by Christ are reg4nerated and sav,6 by Christ where and how He pleaseth So also are all other persons, who are incapable of being outwardly called by the ministry of the Word.
 Section l. Others, not elected. although they may be called by the ministry of the Word, and may have some common opera tions of the Spirit. yet they never truly come to Christ, and therefore cannot be saved; much less men not protesting the Christian religion be saved in any other way WHdtSOeNer, pc tHCN never 50 uiiiSeHt to frame their lives according to the light of nature and the law of that religion they dc profess and to assert and maintain that they may is very pernicious, and to be detested
 IL is a question, indeed, whether the target ai,1ed at by the revisonists is not the doctrine of hell, which, of course cog- ets and includes the doctrine of foreordi- nation. The former doctrine is thus set forth in the Westminster confession:
 God oath appointed day wherein He will judge the world in righteousness by Jesus Christ, to whom all power and judg ment is given of the Father 5 *
 The end of Gods appointing this day is fol the manifestation of the glory of His mercy. iii the eternal salvation of the elect and of His justice, in the damnation of the reprobate, who are wicked and disobed- ient For then shall the righteous go into everlasting life, and receive that fulness of joy and refreshing whict shall come from the presence of the Lord; but the wicked, who know not Goo, and obey not the Gospel of Jesus Christ, shall be cast into eternal torments. and be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory ol Hlo power,
 If the general assembly takes up the qJestjou of election, it will necessarily have to deal with the question of damna- tion. which is practically held by all Chris tendon. In the long run the question will cone up, "Is there a hell?' and this in turn will bring up the questions that relate to the infallibility of the Bible. It will thLs be seen that the current agitation goes very deep, and it will further be seen that such momentous questions will scarcely be settled at St. Louis next month.