| Show Tim IUN urn IS lOS lOSI I The Presbyterians have fairly set sets settled tied the question of ot Infant damnation or V salvation as an far lor na nil thuir creed la Is l concerned They Thoy TilO have hae agreed ed to be tie believe belIo here lieve lIo that those who ho die In Infancy lira aro among th the elect They also niso state stat that none Is la excused for lor not Gods offer of or salvation and that no man Is la condemned except on account of ot his hissin hIssin hissin sin These Th are arc radical changes go of ot tho the cr d They Thoy aro Ar not as n Ins hilI been bee 11 maintained merely merol a 11 clearer cle lter statement of OC faith lilith fp a n change chango ot or lOl position tion from Cr ron m the terrible doctrine that God Go had hind from eternity for his own on glory glor some of or Ills lii HI to eternal lieU hull tire fire And that lint among those these BO IQ e sil reheated were a 11 number ber ot of small email children who ho In this sphere of at exist existence once ence at lit least had ha done clone neither good nor evil ovil It was wal time Uma to strike this thin blasphemy from n on L I Christian creed especially If Ie the object Is II to 10 do missionary work among sane ne people Of course the changing ortho creed Is really tally n R confession that the craft has b been n steered without knowl knowledge knowledge edge ede of or the tue Mum court For Por l or the true doctrine given by lcd God to man Is In not like a system which may maybe maybo maybe be bo perfected by b man as ns knowledge kno In Increases Increases creases It Is i rather a divine coin de do I posited with the people of or God Clod to be lie carefully refu II u bied d and guarded against t counterfeit You cannot Improve on ona ona ona a United States gold coin or bank banknote banknote note Any An attempt to do to so 50 would be beat bet beat at t your our peril Nor Or can ron human In Ingenuity Improve on the precious treas trees treasure ure of truth deposited depo with the Church for the salvation Of it the world Still when a n denomination finds dads that Its ite declared doctrines doctrine doctrin are aro ore not true they the theo do o well In discarding thorn thom nut Hut the Presbyterians should go SO fur tur their In their revision Since they the ad admit n admit mit mil that Infants aro nrc elect titer they should hould discard the ceremony of oC sprinkling them Infant sprinkling was ns invent invented ed cid on tile the understanding that children are brought Into the world corId with a 1 curse upon them thorn which nothing but bitt holy water vater could wash off ort The Idea lda originated in paganism but wn was readi rendi readily ly y Incorporated In the this cot corrupt Chris Christian Christian i ilIan tian lIan theology that took look the place of ot I the sound doctrines do by the I first apostles ot of Christ It II has lias been perpetuated together with numerous other superstitious superstitions of ot a II similar origin The logical step would be to abolish that useless rite The Presbyterians should hould also adopt the doctrine of f after arter death for lor If It It II Is true that no one olle will be bec condemned condemn c n except fC t for ter his hta h own sin ln In must lie he nome IOme provision made whereby thoe who have not In this thu life had hail nn n opportunity of or either accepting n or rejecting ChriSts plan ot or salvation will lie bt placed plaCId In that position and given Ihen that opportunity Hut tho the changes made are ore but a beginning The truth has been given liven to the world work In this OR ag age with great creat clarn M through the Inspired m men n who whit IJ wore we ral raised d up tip to be tw seers Men and r vel tor and to keep th the lamps lamp trimmed ami burning in the live sanctuary There Is IB lew Isea 1 excuse than ever for far any anyon anyone anyone on one who trim loves lov the to be groping In |
