Therefore, they might argue
that all men had a chance. No; they had no chance if the secret divine
intention was against them.
Away with all untruth and misrepresentation. How much better, and how
much more in keeping with the divine character, and the divine
revelation to say, without any halting or doubt, that God loves every
man whom He has made; that He has provided for every man's salvation;
that if men do not accept the provision they will suffer; but that God
will triumph in the end, and that divine love will win. Surely, that
would be a Gospel indeed for our poor sin-stricken world!
XV.
TESTIMONY OF REASON.
Divine Gift of Reason--Its Proper Sphere--No Dogmatism--Is Sin an
Infinite Evil?--Infinite Penalty Impossible to Be Rendered--Justice
Can Delay--Good Cannot Perish--Testimony of Dickens--Endless
Punishment Increases Moral Evil--The Divine Character Never Changes
--Time But a Short Epoch--Our Capacity of Development--Salvation of
Infants--The Insane--Imperfect Christians--Their Destiny--Good
Unchristian Men--Where Will They Go?--"All Souls Are Mine"--Worth
Preserving--Fate of the Heathen--Reclaimed in the Next Life--Human
Freedom Never Destroyed--Provision for All--A Dreadful Hymn--Divine
Sacrifice not in Vain--Bringing Good Out of Evil--Final Triumph of
Goodness--Sin Is Abnormal--Will Therefore Cease--Law of Gradual
Change--Sins of the Mind--The Race Might Easily Have Been Intercepted
--Endless Torment Cannot be Believed--The Mind's Affinity for Truth
--True Punishment Is Reformatory--Alleged Divine Cruelty--Agony of
Eternal Separation--All Are God's Own Children--The Universal Call
--No Design of God Can Fail--Ingersoll and His Shafts of Ridicule
--Incentive to Good Works--Unfathomable Divine Love--"Joy Cometh in
the Morning.
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