Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-08-05


when infants, how could their predes
tinatlon chnnge with advancing years.
His sympathetic advice TO Presbyte,
rinn brethren ~, that the entire creed
be recast, or, better still, that II and
all other creeds be abandoned, aud the
Bible ~ a whole bo accepted, Then,
he argued all Bible studelts could
come together without prejudice for
mutual assistance and uutrammeled
growth In grace along Bible lines
While the Pastor mentioned Presby.
terians, his thought Included all Chris.
! tlnus. For surely many others than
prcshy yterians hHyc been cOnslgnlng
adults aud Infants TO tho number of nt
least 10000 every day, or 100000
every year, TO eternal torture, II not
because non-elect, then because un-
! regeneratc. or unbaptlzcd Surely all
Intelligent people are out Of accord
with such n proposition Surely all
must agree that some great mistake
has been made during the Dark Ages
and that under the influence Of that
mistake, as expressed in our creeds,
our God has been slandered Surely
today every thinking person will con
cede that human being planning
such atrocities would be a thousand
times more deyilish than any one
known In history. And surely our
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worse than the worst and most de.
prayed OF all His creatures.
On the contrary, God must Of neces-
sity be the very pcrsonitcation Of all
the graces-Justico, Wisdom, Love and
Power. Evidently the God who fore.
knew and determined to send these
100000 human beinEs per year TO an
eternity of torture would not only not
be God nt ALL but would be the most
terrible devil that the human mind
could conceive!
Bible Students are realizing that
grcot mistake has occurred, ana that
the Bible teaches nothing of the kind
we had supposed More and more. as
the eyes of their understanding open
to proper interpretations Of Gods
Word, they are apprerating the hi.
vine character, and the Bible as never
before.
The Pastor declared that week
from now he will consider some of the
Masters dark sayings and show how
they have been miSinterpreted and
misappied Today he must content
himself with the subject I'm hand. He
must discuss Gods relationship 70 the
beathen and TO infants
He Still Sees Difficulties.
As we understand II. said the Pas.
tor, our Presbyterian friends have
changed the statement Of the creed.
which formerly rcad, ELECT infants
dying in infancy are saved taking
out the word eject" and letting it
read, Infants dying In infancy are
saved" But IS this true? DO our
Presbyterian friends believe this?
Come, let us reason together. Are
not the children as well rs the more
matured members Of Adams family
born IN sin and miS,hapen In inlquityf
Are not all of these by nature "chil
dren Of wrath? Did not every mem.
Der OF Adams family come under his
sentence and participate In the pen
atty, or curse. Of his Simplifying, thou
shalt die? Is not this the reason
that infants die ut NIL? VIII not ali
concede that had there been no sin
there would have been no death IN the
human family? Does not st. Paul dis
tinctly state this. saying, by one
mans disobedienCe sin entered the
world, and death rs The result Of sin.
and thus death passed upon all men
because all Hre sinners" - Romans
5:12; Psalm BIS
All Condemned Need Redemption.
Surely all Christian people, Presby-
terians especially, will agree with me
that the sentence Of death, passed upon
Father Adam and inherited By his
race, must needs be settled, cancelled,
before any OF his posterity, old or
young, could be released from the pen
atty. True, we all agree that the death
Of the Lord Jesus Christ is the redemp-
ton-price and that He provided 1t more
than eighteen centuries ago. But do
we not also agree that Jesus death, OF
itself. saves nobody; that His merit be
comes applicable merely 10 us Of the
Church Gt such time as we believe In
1t and accept it. appropriating it to our
selves?
Is not this the proclamation Of the
Gospel Age-Bellevel Believe, Do we
not remember the Bible declaration |
that we are justified by faith not by |
being iEfqHfSf And do we not all |
agree that faith cannot be exercised |
except To- a more or less developed |
mlnd2 Hence all should agree that |
the Scriptura proposition is, that all
infants shared I'm Adams sentence |
of death. and have provision also In !
the rcdemptiyc work Of Jesus Ney
ertbeless. they can be saved only bl |
coming TO knowledge Of God and OF
Jesus. and by then exercising faith |
and obedience to the exten, Of ability |
We believe this to be an uudebatahle |