The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-06-20


Impressions were
undoubtedly made. Speaking from the
text. Holy. holy. holy Lord God AL
mighty, the whole earth shaH be filed
with Thy glory" Revelation iv, 81, the
speaker said:
Shakespeare tells Of some damned
by faint praiser We grasp his state
ment as implying that a faint praise
is more injurious than silence. But as
we look to ourselves and the remainder
of the reputed four hundred millions
of Christendom and their united trib-
ute OF praise to the Almighty Creator
we are forced TO admit that with many
He is given faint praise" while the
vast majority positively blnspheme the
Holy Name by most atrociouS misrep-
reservations Of the Divine character.
which they clnim TO be His own reve-
iation of demoniacaI plot for the
eternal torture. IN one way or another.
of the thousands Of millions brought
into existence by His power and with
out their own consent.
There may be said to he three diff
ferent theories prevalent IN ChriSten
dom ON the subject They all have
jealous. earnest, honest advocates.
Each contradlcts the others. Bach
claims TO love God aud 10 seek to serve
and honor Him. evidently, two at
least OF the three are wrong. II ts our
conviction that all three are In error.
We believe that all three OF them have
fragments of the truth around which
have crystalli2cd diSiOrting. SANDER
Gus. blasphemOus errors. The uphold
ers of these theories are so blinded and
bewildered that they fail 20, discern
chat their praise and worship toward
the Crentor are deiiied and converted
into slanders and caiumnies and bias
phemies by their incrustations of false
hood
Three General Views.
All three of these views declare that
the Almighty with full power TO have
done otherwise. so created humanity
that q child once born into the world
can never die-he must live somewhere
INCREASINGLY either in pain or in pleas
ure By what authority any make
these declarations we have never as
certained.
Surely IT IL gross slander upon q
God of infinite Justice. Wisdom. Love
and PoweNSIo claim that He ever en-
frusted 10 poor. fallen. human par
enIs the power 10 bring into existenc'
sssn-blighted and sin-dlsposed human
creatures such Ms we see our race &
soe and then made the happiness o.
tRna.t.. Itts ntl "a
human resistance Of the evils OF thei
environment and OF their depravet
constitutions! This blasphemy agans
She Holy Name Is common to nearl.
every creed OF Christcndom
Our Catholic friends tell us that b.
aSivine arrangement terrible purga
forini experiences await practicall.
every pnember OF our race. In the hop
that. W rightly exercised thereby, afte
cenfoI9es OF torture. nm eternity of bills
will be gained. Is not this also blas
phemy against tbe Holy Nance VIII
S1an deny it? Who would not shudde
To shuve such an awful crime of evl
design charged against himself o
againsthis earthly parents2 Who tha
aa begotten OF the Holy Spirit IL no
pained even TO think OF such n charg
being made against his ileavcnl
scaiher. "the God OF all grace? Surel
surh theory Is blasphemous, hon
rible.
Hut we have grown so accusicme
10 this blasphemy that u falls TO pric
the majority 10 the heart ms II shout
With nil OF our development of huma
sympathy aud care Tor the sick an
even for our wounded enemies on th
Battlefield. and with our precaution
az modern times against criminal nel
ligence which might lead TO the d'
atruction OF human life 10y connngr'
ti0n with all OF our fire apparatu
and benevolent laws for the prote'
tion OF the very bumbleSt OF our 'rnc'
we hnye calmly aud without protei
'ctiarged against our great Creator. an
Endorsed Il as our belief either pul
4lcly or tacitly. that lie would loo
upon n holocaust OF millions with q
sdre brigade for their relief IL n,
t1&s blaSphemy Of the Holy Name1
Essorse and WorSe---Predestin
his n any wonder that In early III
cur 'ca3idlsh hearts were Glied vii
fear Tather than with love toward oI
CreaUr aud toward Hts teveatio
ehe Bibtes is u any wonder that
rcquirsd all kinds OF nehting wit
odr congmsn sense 20 believe, as y
were taught we should that God 10
angiy predcSiInaied that all the tau
Ties of earTh should suffer eternal
except "A saintiy handful-because I