The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-04-03

Same old Apt
Find the weather man
nud therein. what is the resultY Is II
The Gospel Of which 81 Paul was moi
nshamedY The speaker submitted that
Il is. aud believes that all Chrlstimr
could heartily unite and fellowship
upon It's broad basis.
John Calvin aud our forefathers
were right u declaring that the Scrip
ures teach the election" OF little
flock: but they were wrong lu claim
ing that the great mass of humanity
the non.elect are passed by routed
for eternal torture. On the contrary
they all 20 to the Bible hell, the grave
They are all unconscious there The
Divine promise guarantees the resur
rection pf fhe dead, both the ju3t ana
the unjust. by one who gave Ills life
for their redemption WHO died. the
lust for the unjust" Il Peter iil. lsl.
la word. merely the called of
God" are being dealt with in the pres
ent time. although the remainder OF
mankind are having a "witness' and
are learning lessons which will be
valuable TO them when their trial time
shall come. We have not i'm the past
sufficiently noted the difference be.
tween the church and the rorld. The
Church is invited to walk the marrow
way" in the footprints of the Redeem
or, bearing the cross with him. The
faithful are promised share with
Him IN His heavenly glory, honor and
Immortality.
But nothing is said about torment.
ing The world. The entire race Of
Adam has hcen under condemnation
for six thousand years The coming
~ Jesus and His death were not IN.
tended TO increase mans condemna-
tlon, but, by providing for their resur-
rection. 10 set them free from Adamic
condemnatlCn-to give 10 eachand 10 all
q full. fair opportunity to demonstrate
their love OF sin or love of righteous
ness. when the latter shall he fully MS
easy as the former-durlng Messiah's
glorious reign Of righteousness the
thousand years. The reward for we'll
doing will then be human perfection
IL n sinless Paradise restored.
Realizing Wesley's Ideal.
Brother John Wesley lived IN time
when practically all Christians had ac-
cPpted Brother Calvin's theory that
God had foreordaned the great mass
II humanity TO eternal misery, Brother
Wesley's heart was tender aud sym.
pathetic. lie could not believe that
his gracious Creator aud loving Re.
leemer could possibly have been
mllty Of originating such diabolical
'nn. Wesley's heart and tongue 90.
Delled Let others preach fore0rdlna-
ton TO torment for non-elect Infants.
as well as the gray-hnired Ia q fiery
he'll He could not do so He must
preach a God OF Love who would not
condemn His creatures 10 torture
at least not without some opportunity.
but handicapped by the error respect
Ing heH poor Brother Wesley was in II
sad dilemma. He knew not how any
could get to the awful place without
Wv INV ~ Nhllhh ANhEft AlAI Nv hii'h "
mo- how to harmonic such Divine
forel,nowledge with Divine Love.
Why should such creatures as Divine
grace could not save from eternal tor
turr be created at all?
Noble Christian Brother. he preached
10 the best Of his light Now With the
clearer light upon Gods Word. we can
rec that Brother Wesley aud Brother
Calvin both contended for Bible truths
which they knew not how 10 harmon
lie. Now we see that this Gospel Age
s the time In which God Is calling and
drawing and sealing with His Spirit
and with the Truth His Every elect"
the Bride of Christ, the members OF
the Body Of Christ, the Royal Priest
hood. Now we can see also that the
Free Grace. which Brother Wesley
realized must be part Of the Divine
Program, belongs to the coming Age.
Then all the blind eyes shall be opened.
Then all the deaf ears shall be un-
stopped. Then the knowledge of the
Lord shall fll the whole earth as the
waters cover the great deep. Then
whatsoever will may come apd take Of
the water Of life freely Rev, xii, 10.
The Gospel Age Harvest.
Pastor Russell declares that the
signs OF the times, in conjunction with
the prophecies o. the Scriptures, clear.
ly indicate 10 him that we are living In
the harvest time Of this Age, which
Is drawing TO close I'm the dawnlng
time of the New Dlspensation, which
will soon be ushered in. He wished
his hearers 10 clearly distinguish be-
tween this teaching aud the common
teaching represented Ia all Of our
creeds. our hymn books, like our
creeds, tell of the End of this Age as
the end Of hope the wreck Of matter
and the crash Of worlds" In huge
bOniire. The Bible, ON the contrary,