The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-06-19

were born Ia sin. sliapen IN iniquity.
In sin conceived by their mothers. aud
many of them left Without an oppor.
lunlty OF hearing OF the "only name
whereby they must be saved and
that lie 3 sely aud with deylllsh in
tentiun laid. up fuel enough to lust to
all eternity for the torture OF His
helpless creatures!
And are not such evil thoughts and
presentations respecting our great
Creator blnsphemy? II not pray tell
me what could be blasphemyy Most
pssuredly | can think Uf nothing that
could possibly enter the humnn mind
or pass the human lips more bias
phemous than this doctrine. Aud yet
those who bow down before thls creed
number some Of the ablest and most
intelligent, most enlightened aud most
benevolent Of our depraved. fallen race.
How is this? How comes II thar we
have been 80 blinded as respects our
own conduct and mlsbelief? The
Scriptures answer that Satan has de-
celved us; he has put light for dark
ness and darkness for light.
Still Another 5laspheny.
A considerable portion of thinking
and Christian people will join with us
IN saying. Ah surely Brother Calvin
grieyously erred and grlevOusly mis-.
represented the God of Love when he
taught the doctrine of the prrdestina.
ton Of the wicked to eternal torture.
All. say these Christian friends. our
hearts rebel against that theory Of
Divine predestnatiOu. We claim that
the Almighty is Love ltself-that He Is
sympathetic with His 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? If some Of
us blasphemed the Holy Name In rep
resenting our Heavenly Father as mer.
cless, 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 Il stupid and impOtent
God. one who blundercd In the creation
of our race. and who. for six thousand
years, has been striving 10 rectlfy that
error and all the while has been nj
lowing thousands of millions of His
creatures whom lie loves to go down
10 nm eternity of torture? Alas. II
would be nearly MS easy 10 worship an
all-powerfu aud loveless God as to
al .tN al
lmpotent God who foolishly. slnfully,
brought thousands Of millions Of in
telllgent beings into existence only to
cause them to suffer un 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 It's electric light and other evi
deuces that we are In the dnwnlng Of
n 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 new
Book TO those whose eyes OF under
are opening 10 the lengths
aud breadths and heights and depths
Of the love of God which II 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 MS
the Redeemer of our race from the
power of the tomb. Now we are see
Ing that the salvation that God has
promised will be brought to us Mt the
second coming OF Jesus and the es.
tablishnent OF his mediatOrlnl king
dom for the blessing of all the fami-
lies Of the earth Now we are seeing
that the salvation provided II resur-
rection Of the dead-not merely un
awakening from the tomb. bu, n com
plete upllft out Of sin aud degradation
to the full perfection Of human ma
ture in the earthly likeness Of the Gre
ntor.
Now we are seeing that this great
blessing has been set apart by the Al.
mighty as the worl, of the great Sab
bath Day Of thousand years. In
which "the last enemy 10 be destroyed
Is death" Now we are seeing that
the whole earth is to be reclaimed
from the curse und made to blossom
ms Eden-that the place of lehoyahs
feet. His footstOol will be made glO-
rious and In every way huppyfying to
all the willing and ohedlent. whom the
great Messiah shall recover fully from
sin and death Now we are seeing
that the intelligent reiectOrS Of Divine
Grace will not be tOrmented hut. as II
Is written. IAN the wicked Will God
destroy"
The Church Being Selected
Now we see that the free grace and
glorious opportunity TO human restitu
tiOn will he ushered In with the King
dom. but that preceding that glorious
Epoch God is making II selection of II
salntly class TO be the Bride Of Christ
"the Lambs Wife" This explains
why the darkness has been so long
permitted-because God would test the
"elect" by Obliging them TO walk by
faith and not by sight-He would test
them by obigng them TO endure hard
ness as good sOldlers-He would test
them by requiring that they shall suf-