Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-03-04


not for the ioorld,
bat for those Whom Thou hast OiUeH me-
John xvii. o. He sald:--
When. years ago, | believed that an
eternity OF torture awaited all who do
not accept Gods "calp Of the present
time, had great difficulty with this
text. asked. Is 1t possible that our
Iiedeemer was selectvely unjust in his
dealings with our race? Can It be
true that the Heavenly Father merely
calls and draws a predestinated few
TO himself and to everlasting bliss ?
Can 1t be true, as our catechisms re-
cite. that God and Jesus "passed by"
the great mass of mankind without
drawing them. without calling them,
without giving them the hearing ear,
without opening the eyes Of their un.
derstandlng2 Can 1t be that all these
blind and deaf, unsought. undrawn.
uncalled and unprayed for by the
Savior are going down to eternal tor
NY nIull uhb bhtItut NOA Dul
my brain was confused by the errors.
the mislnterpretations OF the Bible,
which had received.
John WssIey's Free Grace"
Trained in the Doctrine Of Election
and Predestlnatlon |, like hosts OF 9TH
ers. felt somehow that Brother Wes-
ley's teaching of Free Grace was more
noble more God-like, than Brother
Calvin's teaching respecting Election
and Predestlnatlon.
Nevertheless. when l reasoned on
the subject said, Can / think Of the
omniscient God preparing a great place
Of sufficient size to hold the entire hu-
man family and outfitted with every
devilish appliance for their torture,
and yet being ignorant of the condi-
lions under which they would be born
Can think that he did not know that
we would be born IN sin and shapen
In iniqulty? Can think that he did
not know OF the present reign Of Sa-
tan, Sin and Death and that 1t would
last for six thousand years and inju-
riously affect our entire racer
Brother Wesley's theory Of Gods
Love and good intentlons-of his en-
deavor to save everybody-se In
consistent when contrasted with his
teaching that only a sanity few reach
eternal bliss and that the thousands
OF millions must spend eternity in tor
ture Thus | was once confused, as
millions are still confused today, in
respect to the Divine Character as ex-
emplihed In the Divine plan OF the
ages. SO far as can see. Brother
Calvin had wise and powerful God
such as | could admire and reverence,
II he had only been kind and loving
Instead Of dlabollcal. And Brother
Wesley had kind and loving God
such as could admire and worship,
II he had only had the wisdom and
power of Calvln's theory.
So long as we have such confusion
In our minds faith and hope and love
ana trust shake upon the foundations
Of our reason We recognize that we
know nothing OF the future Of our
selves: that we are wholly dependent
upon Divine Revelation. But we can
not expect that our Creator would
give us Revelation which to sancti-
fed minds would appear Satanic in
stead of Divine We must remember
that our Creator invites us to reason,
saying. "Come. let us reason together:
though your sins be as scarlet. they
shall be white as snow" Surely n
right understanding of the Divine Rev
elatlon, the Bible should be a reason.
able one to sanctlhed mind
Hearken to the Word OF the Lord:
Their fear toward me Is not OF me.
but is taught by the precepts OF menl
isaiah xxx, 1871
Hearken again; "As the heavens are
higher than the earth, so are my meth.
Ods higher than your methods and my
, plans higher than your plans" Isaiah
", o. And so we and. my dear
friends - Gods Word ls true. His
Character is glorious, Only the mist
and smoke OF the dark ages" have
confused things for us and mystlfed
matters and darkened the eyes OF our
understanding,
Prsdestination OF the Bible.
Now as the six thousand years have
passed and we have entered upon the
Sabhatic seventh Thousand we are
beginning to realize that Il marks
New Dlspensatlon the night ls
passed; that the dawn is upon us, The
wonderful inventions OF our day along
earthly lines nre In full harmony with
the clear light now shining upon Gods
Word. making ltF dark places bright
and Its rough places smooth and ena.
bling us to remove the stumbling
stones from the pathway OF the Just,
which shlnCth more and more unto the
perfect day"
Now we can see why Jesus did not
pray for the world II was because
the world was not In any danger OF
fiery hell, Moe than that. II was be.
PAUSE Gods time for dealing with the
world had not yet come, The world.
however Is to he dealt with by the
great Redeener After He shall have