Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-09-23

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Pastor Russell Of Brooklyn Tabernacle
now also Of London Tabernacle, is tn,
principle speaker on the program
Hundreds Of ministers and thousand.
OF Bible students are in attendance
The program shows more than sixty
public addresses The Association il
unsectarian. Christian union on the
Bible basis and without sectariar
fences to separate is the sentiment
the Bible truths, previously misunder
stood and misinterpreted by the jar
ring, separating creeds. is the expla.
nation. Gods love and Mercy in the
blessing Of the Church and the world
and the glorious salvations provided
is the keynote. The Convention will
continue In session another week.
Pastor Russell, remarking that the
beautiful grounds and Auditorium are
the property OF the, Methodist Breth-
rem, took for his text John Wesley's
favorite slogan Of Free Grace-"And
the Spirit and the Bride say. Come;
and let him that heareth say. Come;
and let him that Is athirst come; and
whatsoever will, let him take the wa
ter of life freely" Revelation xii,
10. Pastor Russell remarked that
Professionalism In general was Calvin
istic when Brother Wesley began his
preaching, "God Is Love-" whatsoever
will may come and take of the water
Of life, freely'-there is no predestina-
ton to eternal torture! The result of
Brother Wesley's teachings is seen,
not merely in the numbers processing
Methodism and Free Grace; his influ-
ence has overswept all the Calvinistic
denominations. Their confessions Of
faith still are Calvinistic, but in their
hearts and on their tongues they have
Brother Wesley's Message. God is
Love; He never predestinated anybody
to eternal torture"
Right In Some PartiouIars--Wrona In
Others.
Pastor Russell declares that Broth
ers Calvin and Wesley were both right
In certain particulars and both wrong
in other particulars. Brother Calvin
was quite right In declaring an elec-
ton according to grace. and In speak
ing Of the Church as Gods elect. and
in exhorting the Church to make their
calling and election sure" He was
right In these matters because he was
In accord with the Bible. But he was
wrong In declaring that God had pre-
the non-elect to an eternity
Of suffering-because there is no Scrip
ture to this effect. The only Scripture
respecting Divine predestination re-
lates to the Church--the elect 1t tells
rs that God foreknew the Church as
specially elect class and predestinated
That no one could be member Of this
class except such as would become
copies Of His Son, the Redeemer. To
this, the Scriptural predestination.
none can object. 1t Is the unscrip-
tural deductions which have caused us
st. Paul gives the key to the situa-
don in Timothy II. 49, He declares
that It is Gods will that all men shall
be saved recovered from the condem-
nation which came upon all through
ADAM and also come to an accurate
Of the Truth. He declares
hat 1t is for this reason that Jesus be-
zane the Mediator between God and
he world Of mankind and that the
testimony of this great fact will reach
III men 'in due time"
In Gods "Dus Tire"
Now is the Church's "due time" to
zee and to hear, but not the worlds. |
satan blinds and deafens the world Of
mankind now so that only favored
ew, comparatively, hear and see
iod's proffered grace in Christ. Great
, the blessing Of those who see and
ear, for they may make their calling
md election sure and become joint
leirs with their Redeemer In His Mes
ianic Kingdom. Then will be due
he blessing of the non-elect. Satan
will be bound for the thousand years
4 Messiah's Kingdom. Darkness, ig-
lorance and superstition shall fee.
Those then refusing to bow and con-
ess under this full and gracious op-
'ortunity will die the Second Death,
rom which there will be no resurrec-
lon, no restitution. They will per-
,h as brute beasts-be utterly destroy
d from amongst the people HI Peter
, IL; Acts iii, 1929.
Brother Wesley's favorite text pro.
aiming Free Grace is precious one
Ill, though 1t does not belong to the
resent Age. but to the coming one.
he proof Of this is evidenced by the
'ntext. The Church is not yet COM
etc. She 10 not yet the Bride. tho
amb's wife. but merely His espoussd
rim. !.
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