Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-01-20

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yOcably foreOrdained the eternal tor
ture OF our race except handful OF
the Elect was too horrible one to
stand. So the Methodist doctrine OF
Divine Love for all and Free Grace
~ respects salvation has appealed
| more and more to the growing In
tellixence Of mankind. Nevertheless
We cannot do otherwise than con-
cede that it will matter little to the
thousxnhs Of millions which all
orthodox" 'creeds consign to eternal
torture whether they shall suffer
eternal agOnies as q result of Divine
lovsleaaaesss in foreordaining their
suRorlHgs or to Divine inability tc
outvork for their benefit the sup
posed advantages Of Free Grace ar
aAsed FOR them by Divine Love.
Fh> More Excellent Way
Our suggestion is that now, in the
lapping time Of this Gospel Age with
the oncoming Millennial Age, as the
arc electric light casts the candle OF
the past into the shadow, SO the
clearer light nov shining from the
pages st Gods Word casts into the
shadow all the doctrines of the "darl
ages" arelieving US Of the horrible
nightmare which once beclouded our
hearth and lives and made US fear
fnl OF; our Creator as an all-power
full but merciless sovereign. IL.
this blessed light now shining from
Gods L,ook have we not a basis 70:
ChriAtaen union? Let US see! T.
We can md in Gods Word that the
doctrine Of Election and the doctrine
Of Free Grace are both true, boil
Biblical. but that one belongs to tn,
Church In this Gospel Age and tn,
other to mankind in general in tn,
comiHg Millennial Age. will not THU
solve, oHr problem and give us doc
trinsl Union instead Of Q mere fedora
ton based upo nthe ignoring of doc
trine3F We can all assent to this,
therefoye lot us examine the facts.
Tho Bible assuredly declares Di-
| vine election, according to a Divine
purpose foreordained-but not such
an election as Brother Calvin out
I linedS God foreordained the selection
OF a Church. predestinating the num-
ber. Who would constitute its mem
bership and the character of each one
| who would be acceptable as a mem
Der. Me foreordained tests Of the
! worthiness Of these members and
the hldEious reward that should BIZ
theirs and q great work which they
kshalf he privileged to do for man
kiRd- limitedly now. fully during the
Millennium. Accustomed to the cleo
ton Of fellow-citizens to the Presi-
dency,; to Congress, etc., where they
have the opportunity for blessing the
non-eieet, we should have carried this
sans Thought to the Divine election
Of the church. We should have dis
cerneA that the elect Church. the
Seed OF Abraham" Galatians Iii
29). ESPECIALLY intended to be the
channel of Divine blessing to al
the families Of the earth" Genesis
xiii. sf4J.
How strange that we overlooked
this an dthe assurance that with the
compilation of the Church Messiah
would Sexalt her in the First Resur-
to be his Bride and joint
heir Ii .hls Millennial Kingdom, to be
established for the blessing of all
mankiHdss How strange that we.
did not, notice that every text of
Scripture used by our Methodist
brethren to substantiate their doc
tTfne OF Free Grace belongs to the
Mfllennial Kingdom! AS for in
stance, the Bible, after telling us OF
the eeoimpletion Of the Church now
espoused to the Lord and after hel
marriage or union with him at his
Second Coming, as ''the Bride. the
Lambs wife," tells that then "the
Spirit and the Bride shall say, come
and whosoeyer will may come and
take Of the water Of life freely
(Revelatfon xii. I'D,
.Ah, yes. we failed disastrously to
keep the Apostles command, STUDY
to- show thyself approved unto Goo
% workman that needeth not to be-
ashamed. rightly dividing the word
Of Truth" (II Timothy II, 15l. We
failed to thus divide the Truth and
to- note the portion applicable now
and the other portion applicable dur
ing the Millennium. Thank God, we
are not yet too old to learn. We
surely have been thoroughly sicken-'
ed By our mistaken interpretations OF
the past.i which made nonsense Of