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The fact is, that all true religion is reasonable, and we would see it
to be so if we could see the truth in all its relations. But our views
are limited; that is the trouble. Hence there are many topics that we
shall not fully understand in this life; but "when that which is perfect
is come, then that which is in part shall be done away."
It will be seen also that details are not only unrevealed but also that
they could not possibly be revealed. The main fact only can be the
subject of investigation. Faith can wait for the revelation of the mode
and the time.
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I see that our friends of the Watch Tower are predicting a time of
trouble such as the world has never seen; and it is to begin, they say,
in about seven years. On the contrary, in an article just to hand, there
is a most optimistic outlook for the uplift of society. The writer says:
"It is but little more than a century ago that the church awoke to the
fulness of the truth that God would have all men to be saved, and come
to the knowledge of the truth." Then he goes on to forecast the reign of
kindness, and good will and righteousness.
I make the quotation to show how easily, yet with what limitations, we
fall into the generally expressed view that God "would have all men to
be saved," while really ignoring the fact.
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