Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-03-03

1t Is with us. we desire TO- oppose
no one who is doing any good work,
whether he follow with us in every
particular or not. There are so many
engaged in doing evil works, and so
| few engaged in doing good, hat
not one. of the latter class can be
spared from the ranks of the service
of righteousness.
As the Master did not give his
I time to temperance reform, nor So
cial reform, nor political reform, but
| did give his time to the instruction
of the people in doctrines of the Di-
vine Word, so let us be intent to fol-
| low his instruction in this matter not
teaching for doctrines the percepts
Eof men, but the Word Of God. which
liveth and abideth forever-expound-
ing unto the people the Scriptures
and assisting them to see the length
and breadth of their meaning. Never
theless, as the religious teachers of
of the Masters day hated Jesus and
his disciples for this cause, Because
they taught the people," and perse-
4 cuted them because they did not
walk in the beaten paths of their day
| so we may expect to be hated also
/ hated without cause; so that we may
i expect that the scribes and Pharisees
/ and Doctors Of the Law today will be
| grieved because the people are being
taught, because the light of the
knowledge of the glory of God shin
| ing In the face of Jesus Christ is pre-
i sented to the people as an incentive
/ to love and obedience, instead of
the doctrine of eternal torment. 1t
| matters not that all the educated min
fistry today we'll know, and would not
| for a moment deny, their disbelief in
the doctrine Of eternal torment, ii
cross-questioned. Nevertheless many
/ of them hate us and oppose us, be-
cause we. show the people the true
interpretations of Gods word, and
Int before the eyes Of their under
standing God of Love, Just, Merci-
| full, Righteous altogether, and FULLY
capable both in wisdom and power
to work out all the glorious designs
which he purposed in himself before
| the foundation of the world
% They perceive that the teach
ing of the doctrines of Purgatory and
eternal torment has not had sancti-
flying influence upon mankind In all
the sixteen centuries in which it has
been preached. They fear that TO
deny these doctrines now would make
bad matter worse They fear that if
the Gospel of the Love of God and of
the Bible-that it does not teach eter
nal torment for anywhere made gen
orally known, the effect upon the
world would be to increase its wick
edness, to make life and property
less secure 5han now and to fill the
world still more than now with BIAS
phemies.
~ They fear also that a certain
amount of discredit would come to
themselves because, knowing that
the Bible does not teach eternal tor
ment, according to the Hebrew and
Greek original, they secreted the
knowledge from the people. They
fear that this would forever discredit
them with their hearers. Hence they
still outwardly lend their influence to
the doctrines of eternal torture,
(which they do not believe, and feel
angry towards us because we teach
the people the Truth upon the sub
ject, which they know will bring to
them hundreds of questions difficult
to answer or dodge
Gods Love Constraineth Us.
/ ask you, dear readers, were you
constrained to become children of
God and to render to the Lord the
homage and the obedience of your
lives through fear or through love?
[ am not asking you whether you
never have feared; but | am asking
you what brought you to the point
of consecrating your life to God?
Surely that was not fearl ! am aware
Of course that there is proper, god
" fear, reverence, and that the Scrip
lures declare 1.-THE fear lreyer-
ence) of the Lord is the beginning of
wisdom" psalm cxi, 100. But this is
not the fear of eternal orment,
which tends to drive out love. How
could we love or esteem or truly wor-
ship God purposing the eternal tor
ment of his creatures from before
their creation.
could give you many proofs OF
the power Of love over the human
heart, in contrast with the III godly
fear Of the error. God says to us in
so many words, Their fear toward
me is not OF me, but is taught BY the
percepts Of men" AS an Illustration:
At q Bible Students Convention not
long ago in Ohio well-dressed gen.
tleman in attendance told me OF how
his heart had been touched with QUIZ
presentations Of the
Love Divine. all love excel ing. =
He said, For years have been a
member Of the Presbyterian Church
without being really christ an at
all Occasi onally went on sprees;
gambled and dram etc.
Not until received knowle ge of
the true character of God as Sc forth
in your Scripture Studies Id my
heart ever come to the proper tttude
AZ r.lrranflef. IN the ,0rd Their was