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dren unholy, but now are they holy
l Corinthians ia.
The Pastor declared his text was
probably the basis of much of the pre-
vailing confusion on the subject Of in
FAINT salvation and infant damnatlon
Before discussing his text, he wished
to call attention to a very advanced
theological step recently taken by the
Presbyterian General Assembly in the
United States According to telegraph
ic dispatches, it had altered the Con-
fession of Faith so as to save non-elect
infants as we'll as elect ones.
The thought that God had arranged
q plan whereby some infants would
60 to Heaven at death, and other in
fants to eternal torture, has for cen
turtles troubled the minds Of all Chris
tians-Catholic and Protestant Some
said that elect infants would be saved,
and non-elcct infants tortured. Others
held that baptsed infants would be
saved, and other infants not baptised,
or sprinkled. would go to eternal tor
ture. Others held that none could be
saved without regeneration; and these,
being perplexed as to how infants
could be regenerated, could hardly have
any hope of infant salvation. For cen
turies good people have suffered terri
bly, because of these confused ideas:
The Pastor then showed how foolish
all these theories seem when contrast
ed with the simple and beautiful teach
ing of Scripture that the salvation of
all-young and old, OF heather lands
as we'll as Christians through the
resurrection power Of Messiah's King
dom He then said, Why should we
trouble longer with the errors of the
Dark Ages, when Gods Word is now
shining so brightly?
Unable to Agree.
Pastor Russell declared that he felt
great sympathy for the move of the
Presbyterian brethren; but neverthe-
less, he could not agree with their con-
illusions, believing that the Bible
teaches otherwise. He realized that
the Presbyterian view of Election
made it difficult for them to deal with
the non-elect, both adults and infants.
He found Scriptures declaring that
God is selecting the Church from
amongst the world He conceded that
those not elect would properly be call
ed non-elect But he found nothing
in the Bible to indicate that non-elec-
ton to joint in Messiah's
Kingdom means predestination to an
eternity of torture
Many have been consigning adults
and infants to the number of $4,000
every day 10000 infants daily, or g.
100000 every year, to eternal torture,
because non-elect, unregenerate or I'M
baptised. Surely all intelligent people
are out of accord with such a PROPOSE
ton. Surely some great mistake has
been made during the Dark Ages, and
God has been slandered.
The Pastor then demonstrated that
God Is the very personifcation Of Wis
dom, Justice, Love and Power; where
as a God who would foreordain $4,000
600 beings per year to pass to an eter-
nifty of torture would be, not God,
but the most terrible devil imaginable.
Bible students are realizing that the
Bible teaches nothing of the kind we
once supposed. AS their eyes Of I'M
Outstanding open. they appreciate the
Divine character as never before
All Condemned Need Redemption.
After reminding his hearers that &C
cording to Scripture we are saved by
81 Il In 1 re no pacf0r
showed conclusively from the Bible
that although infants share in Adams
death sentence and have provision in
Jesus redemptive work, nevertheless
they can be- saved only by coming to a
knowledge CT God and Jesus, and then
exercising faith and obedience to the
extent of ability. His position seems
unbeatable.
The speaker then reviewed the Bible
teaching that all mankind sinned In
Adam and came under the Divine
curse. or sentence of death-not etern-
al torment In due time Christ died
for the ungodly'-those who lived be-
fore His crucifiXion and those born
since Because of this general redemp
ton. co-eXtenSive with tie curse, there
is to be 4 resurrection out Of sin and
death conditions back to perfection of
life. Only those who inteligently re-
ject this grace of Iiod will die the Sec
0nd Death
Meantime. all-infants and adults
at death go 10 Sheol. Hades, the tomb,
there to await the resurrection Morn
ing-Messiah'S Kingdom. Then the
dead shall come forth from the tomb
every man in his own order"