Speaking of a prodigal daughter,
the author says: "There was but one thing wanting to restore her to her
home--a mere act of the will that should have prompted her to say, 'I
will arise, and go to my father!' It is precisely so with every child of
God. There is no moment in which they are not forgiven, and the Father
anxiously longing for their return." In another place he says, "All sin
is forgiven sin."
But, mark you; this author writes from the standpoint of orthodoxy. Then
if "all sin is forgiven sin," how can it merit eternal punishment? How
can future suffering be considered punishment at all if all sin
is forgiven?
And this author is very sure that the suffering is absolutely endless.
This is what he says: "If in the infinite love of God there might be
found a shortening of the sinner's doom, it would certainly be a matter
of relief to all; but the only Book that comes with answer to the great
questions of the soul, it seems to me, lends no encouragement to such
a hope."
Evidently, this man's heart is better than his head. He says that God
has ordained everlasting suffering; but our author is not satisfied with
that; he would be glad if some "shortening" of the sinner's doom could
be found, but he cannot find it. He does not seem to realize that in
these words he claims to be more merciful than God Himself.
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