Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-06-24

hell before lie made the earth. and
made II large enough to hold the en-
tire human family. because lie ere
ated tirc-proot demons TO infiici tor
turc upon the poor unfortunates who
were born In sin. shapen In iniqulty.
In sin conceived by their mothers. and
many of them left without an uppor
tunity OF hearing OF the only name
whereby they must be saved" aud
that lie wisely aud with deyilish in
tention laid up fuel enough TO last 10
all eternity for the torture OF Ills
helpless creaiuresl
And are not such evil thoughts aud
presentations respecting our great
Creator blasphcmy? If MOI. pray tell
me what irouid be blasphemyY Most
assurodly | can think of nothing that
could possibly enter the human mind
or pass The human lips more bias
phcmous than this doctrine. And yet
those who bow down before this creed
number some OF the ablest and most
intelligent. most enlightened and most
benevolent of our dcpraved. fallen race.
How Is this? How comes IL that we
have been so blinded as respects our
own conduct and misbeief? The
Scriptures answer that Satan has de.
ccivrd us: he has put light for dark.
ness and darkness for light.
Still Another 5lasphemy.
A considerable portion Of thinking
and Christian people will join with us
In saying. All. surely Brother Calvin
gricvously erred and grIeyously mis-.
represented the God of Love when he
taught the doctrine of the prcdestiua,
lion of the wicked TO eternal torture.
All. say these Christian friends. our
hearts rebel against that theory of
Divine predcstination. We claim that
the Almighty is Love itself--that lie Is
sympathetic with Ills creatures and is
using every effort TO avert the great
calamity of eternal torture.
All. my friends. Is not this still an.
other form OF blasphemy! II some of
us blasphemed the Holy Name in rep.
resenting our Heavenly Father us mer
CHESS. loveless. have we not in another
way blasphemed that same Holy Name
in declaring that He lacks the power
and the wisdom to do the good which
His loving heart would prompt: DO
we worship stupid and impoteni
God. one who Numbered In the creation
of our race. and who. for six thousand
years, has been striving TO rectify that
error and all the while has been nj
lowing thousands of millions Of His
creatures whom He loves 10 20 down
to an eternity of torture? Alas! 1t
would be nearly us easy 10 worship an
all-powerfu and loyelcss God as TO
worship an ALLOWING bu; unwise and
impotent God who fooishly. sinfully
brought thousands of millions of in
teligent beings into existence only 10
cause them TO suffer IN eternity of
agony through His incompetence.
Earth Full of Gods Glory.
Thank God! dear friends. for the
glorious day in which we are living.
with its electric light and other eyi.
dences that we are in the dawning of
New Age Thank God. that In this
day the electric lamp of truth Is show
ing up the mistake of these bias
phemous errors which have so detiled
all the precious truths of Gods Book
for years. for centuries. Thank God
that our Bible is becoming n new
Book to those whose eyes OF under
standing are opening TO the lengths
and breadths and heights and depths
of the lore of God which 1t declares.
Now we are seeing that the wages
of sin Is death"--not eternal torment
nor Purgatory. Now we are seeing
that Jesus met this death penalty as
the Redeemcr of our race from the
power of the tomb. Now we are see
promised viii be brought to us ut the
second coming of Jesus and the es
adjustment of his mcdiatorial king.
dom for the blessing of all the fami.
lies of the earth. Now we are seeing
that the salvation provided is resur-
rection of the dead-not merely an
awakening from the tomb bui com
plete uplift out ~ sin and degradation
to the full perfection of human ma
ture n the earthly likeness of the Gre
ator
Now we are seeing that this great
blessing has been set apart by the Al
mighty AZ the work of the great Sab
bath Day II a thousand years. In
which THE last enemy TO he destroyed
Is DEATH Now we are seeing that
the whole earth Is 10 be reclaimed
from the curse aud made 10 blossom
as Eden-that the place OF lehoSahs
feet. His fontstool. will he made Clio
rlous and IN every way happyfying IL
all the willing and ol,edient. whom the
great Messiah shall recover fully from
sin and death Now we are seeing
that the intelligent reJectors ~ Divine
Grace will not he tormented hut. Ms II
Is written. IAN the wicked will God
destroy"
Tho Church Being Selected.
Now we see that The free grace and