The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-21

The stake. Indeed, am sure that the
monument, as it declares, was not 40
much Of a tribute to Servetus as a pro
test against Brother Calvin's atrocity
committed in the name of Jesus, the
Bible, and the God Of Love.
We must give John Calvin credit FOR
smphasizing the doctrine of Election,
although we cannot give him credit for
making that doctrine, for Of course it
was q Bible doctrine fifteen centuries
before his birth. Had he been con
tented with emphasizing the election
for the Church and had he said, 81
know not what will be the fate Of the
non-elect," he would have deserved to
this day our unstinted praise. But
alas! to err is human. Calvin was not
content to leave the matter thus. He
reasoned out his theory, and, his head
being imperfect, his conclusions were
defective when he surmised that all
Of the non-elect, whether infants or
gray headed. were predestinated to
eternal torture. This feature, purely
Calvinistic, and strictly unscriptural
has been the cause of unreliable diff
culties In the theology of Christendom
from Calvin's day until now.
The Key to the Problem.
The key which solves the problem is
30 simple that we wonder that we have
all so long overlooked it. The key is
found in the promise made to Abraham
that his Seed was to be the Elect
Jesus the Head and the Church His
members-Jesus the Bridegroom, typi
fed by Isaac, and the Church His
Bride. typified by Rebecca, Isaacs
wife. And this Seed Of Abraham when
completed, according to Divine prom
Use, is to be the channel for blessing
all the families Of the earth-the living
and the dead. The blessing that is to
come to all is clearly stipulated by st.
Paul, saying. God owr Savior will have
all men to be saved Cfrom the condem-
nation that came on them through
ADAM and to come unto the knowledge
Of the Truth Timothy II, SO.
The basis Of the Apostles argument
Is set forth in Romans v, IL. He there
shows that Adam, and not his race.
was put on trial in Eden-that Adam
and not his race was directly condemn
ed-but that Adams race were involv-
ed through heredity, by inheriting the
weaknesses and dying conditions of
their parent. st. Paul then shows forth
in the same argument that as condem-
nation and death thus passed from
Adam to all Of his race, so Christ Jesus.
having become Adams Redeemer, Di-
vine mercy through Him extends be-
yond Adam to all the members Of his
race who were involved with him in
the death sentence by laws of heredity.
The argument is plain. To see it is to
be convinced. because it is so logical.
And it could not be supposable for a
moment that God would provide the
ransom price for all mankind and fall
to make 1t operative, because the great
without knowledge Of it--many Of
them during the four thousand years
before Christ came into the world to
give His life a Ransom.
The explanation is that all went
down into the Bible hel-down to the
tomb, the death state. in harmony with
the sentence. dying thou shalt die"
Provision is made for the redemption
of all from sheoI Hosea xiii, 40
Christ died for all and as result.
there Is to be resurrection of the
dead, both the just and the unjust
1 Arfo vii h. 81
fed, and are the comparatively few who
have heard of Gods grace and have re.
sponded and come into fellowship with
the Father and being approved of Him
| are to have share in the better or First
Resurrection. The remainder of the
cious blood from the power of the
tomb. are all to come forth unto a res
| direction of the dead. For as all in
Adam die, even so all in Christ shall
be made alive, each in his own order"
II Corinthians XIV, %.
Tho Churoh's Sin--the Worlds Sin.
| How clearly our text defines the fact
that the Church is separate and dis
tinct class from the world--a class call
ed out from the world AS Jesus said,
"Ye are not of the world, even as / am
not Of the world" for | have chosen
you out of the world" The ordina-
ton of the Church is to association
with the Redeemer in His great work
OF witnessing now for the Truth, show
Ing faithfulness even unto death and
sacrificing all the earthly interests, to
the intent that they with the Redeem
or may later on be associated in the
work Of blessing the world as the anti
typical, the spiritual, Seed Of the Abra-
hamic promise. Galatians Iii, 29.) All
along we read in our Bibles that "Je-
sus Christ, by the grace of God, tasted
death for every man" (Hebrews Ii, 81
But other texts misunderstood. be-
clouded our judgment and led us to
think that this text meant every man
In Christ. We all know that the Bible
declares that God so loved the world
that He gave His only -begotten Son,
that whatsoever believeth on Him
might not perish but have eternal life"
(John Iii, 49, We found 1t difficult to
limit this text to the Church when 1t
specifically declares the world We see
now that 1t applies to the Church first
nd IN h. Iz.x. n 81