The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-09

have frequent y5 rejected also the CEN
trail truth which that dogma 10 q GER;
tain degree, misrepresented. Thus we,
aresin the day Of the rejection. OF the,
creeds by the people Of all idenomina.
lions, Catholic aud Protestant, and
equally wefare In the day. pf Biblere,
lection, because It Is assumed that the
Bible, having been studled by the
forhulators Of these creeds, must be
in accord With these, and hence, must
be responsible for the unreasonable
teachings, and must be rejected when
these are rejected!
Some OF us ranfaway with the doc.
trine Of election thinking 1t the
whole Gospel Of Christ; whereas, our
fragment was incomplete. unsatisfacS
tory, and misrepresented the Gospel.
when taken alone. Others grasped the
doctrine Of free grace" and ran away
with that, claiming that IT was the en-.
tire Gospel - ignoring the Scriptures
which referred Is election etc.
These made asinilaF mistake, and
similarly mlsFsbresented tie Gospel OF
Christ in its Wilderness, its solidarity.
Others grasped those Scriptures which
assure us Of d hniyersal opportunity
for salvation, and Interpreted them to-
mean that all mankind will attain
eternal salvation. regardless of their
wills and cooperation. Others found
difficulty III IafmohIzing tie relation
ship between the heavenly Father the
heavenly Son. and the holy Spirit. and
this contention led to Unitarianisrn on
the one hand! and to Trinitarianism on
the other. Others Of Us caught the
doctrine of baptism" and made Of It
tile entire Gospel. and thus did violence
to the lengths. and breadths. and
heights. and depths Of the true mes.
sage, the true Gospel. of which st.
Paul in our text declares that he was
not ashamed.
Noting the logical mind Of st. Paul,
who can doubt that he would be
ashamed. as we ourselves are, Of the
!rasmensaIy p,sse .,a ~ Iass s soonasa
andae6htradictt eaclls other? We may
bestitesthat what che Apostle would
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S Ssslst,,rss ! aSt3 ana fnst ma Feaaon.
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sa Ss. sI 4 sSesI,s an. r saa6marIal
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ssi, Ihinas St MhIsA WE s3al Eg!II q,
Men and women DO net 1nd It 5ql ltE
cult to belleye m dST wise 3gsf, lox lEls
and powerful CreatS9r 1nst !. ssasgssa Soa
our hearts and, heads tell us we should
expect; Just such a GodFratcnal peo-
PIE find NOV difficulty IN 5WpfshlplnS'
Indeed: whHe ssOnle1 ot'tts lntlheepast
may have believed Gin the E"total DE-
praSityp ofthe race may we not, real
tzethat NOT T4thsta hdlng the. faIit mere
Is sill sinsthe {rtman Nmind ana 'heart
something y which has p1onglngs I'M
mite" sol netlhng which cries out TOT
the ,livlng God, and which commands
ourrererence and worship, in proper
tienas he is recognized:
Spiritually we gagged at the sugges'
tion that a God Of all WISDOM love-
Justice and power ever created our
race with the foreknowledge ana fore
ordination that practically all Of these
thousands of millions must sutter el.
theF purgatorial torture Tor several
centuries, as our Catholic friends pre-
sent the matter, orat the stu more
irrational Theory Of US Pedestrians that
eternal torture Is to,be the fare OF all
except the elect few. the saints, who
nov follow In the footstepstofg Jesus
altoufse contrary to the world and all
thetehdenttes 6f life arouhdsus. Wen
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