Newspapers / Zion’s Landmarks (Wilson, N.C.) / Dec. 15, 1874, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of Zion’s Landmarks (Wilson, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
18 Zion’s Landmarks : Wilson, N. C. any can be condemned law or justice, for the same sins that Christ bas been cursed for in his own person for and in behalf of the sinner, for I nrely justice will not kill Christ for 'ic sinner, or in the room of the sln- er, or make the surety and deb^or ,)th pay him. ^’o, you would say ',is was unjust for God the cieditor \ receive payment at the hands of f e debtor and surety both, for this ould be makeing Christ and the inner both suffer for the same sins, his you can’t believe, for then no lan could be saved. But, sir, -here , the mistake in this doctrine, in , utting the marks of conwrsion or \,'generation in, as -if condition- °or for the work of redemption.— ; I’le reason is this: lledemption or onement is the work of Christ-; le- ■ne.iation is the work of a separate .;rson—even of the Spirit of God. he work of atonement is to pay the ;bts of the sinner ; and, the work of ,e Spirit is to prepare them for glo- for scripture tells us that Christ as made of a woman, made under e law to redeem them that were ulcr the law. Then, if he redeera- I all mankind from under the iw, how are any condemned ?— LOU must say, for the same oins for hich Jesus died, or, because they ■ ould uot Gonrply wdth the condition, epent and believe—one of the two '•on are forced to choose. Now which ,dll you ohoosc? If you say-for the ■.ma sLns for which Christ died I 'ly'tiliTrl'iVot just for the surety find' ebtor both to pay the creditor,, be cause it is double payment. I say gain, then, in this case, God .at •ome future time may demand pay ment of the Saints in heaven, and oust them into hell if they don’t pay, i though ho has received the atone- lent at the hands ot Jesus Christ, if ; demands of sinners a payment of le same debt—but 'this cannot be Cod will 'do the thing -tiiat is The price .or atonement was fixed and agreed on by him and paid by the Son acew’diug to agreement, and both parties *areequally immuta ble, and therefore the .one atone ment is complete for .all for whom it was made. If made for all then 'all are redeemed from under the curse-of Jaw, and where there is no law or when a man is not under a kw he cannot be condemned by that law, or there is no transgression. If you say that the atonement is general or uni versal, or sufficient for all mankind.: then, the reason why some are bene fited by it and not others is because they comply with the condition., .re pent and believ'e—and others do not, or will not. Then the atonement made by Christ is altogether an un certain.-y, for there it must rest on 1 be basis of a sinner’s free will to re pent and believe, to make the atone ment .a certainty or available for any, and in this case Christ might have wholly died in vain and the promise of Gixl in Ills suretyship not have been true—which said he ghall see tbe travail of Iti* »o*l af*d be satisfied, right. or. Thou shalt be ray salvation to the ends of the earth, or, Tlmt E will contend with him that contendeth with thee and will save thy children, or, That the pleasure of fhe Lord shall prosper in his hands, or, Tliat he shall save his people from 'their sins. But, suppose his people have not their free will to repent and be lieve to make this'Conditional atone ment effectual, which the whole tenor of scripture shows they have not,“then the promise—will not be true‘that he shall save his j>eople from then’ sins. Without sovereign and abselute power given Christ which saves them in the day of this power by this atonement, poor sinful man would be lost forever-. And the ivorld and its great men canno> make a child of God believe differently. So then, there is no such thing as a condi tional atonement, for a man must be under the law or not under it; if under it then condemned without an atonement—if the atonement is paid then he is not under it. So then, wlut is to be understood by redeem ing from under the law is making the atonement for sin which is the work of Christ and not the work of the Spirit in converting the soul.— Thus men are I’edeemed from under the law, or, their sins atoned for be fore they are converted, or born again because Christ’s work is finish- ed. But the work of the Spirit is not yet completed on thousands.— , And, Christ dieth no more when he unto sim'6nce*'’'t^fiia^|jj(^|!ll^ atonement and finished his work, so that.all atonement is made that will be made/for sinners henceforth and ■forever; so that, all that aie redeem ed are atoned for before converted, and if there is any that are not re deemed they will never be, because the work of coiavcrsiou is not to re deem, but to sapctify, purify and ap ply the atonement and thus prepare the sinner for heaven. Now then there remains ©rac more thing on the atonement worthy of consideration, and that is this : The contention about a general or uni versal or sufficient atonement for all mankind,.yet special in its applica tion by the Spirit of God. In plain er words Christ made an atonement for all the sins of mankind, yet the Spirit of God will not apply it to but a part—a .few—-and the rest are lest altiiough their sins are atoned for.— What'.a farce is such a doctrine for reasons I will show you : Does not the scripture tell us the Father and the Word (which is Christ and the Holy Ghost) are one ? If so, then one in union but three in person or Trinity, one in nature or e.ssence ; if so, one in will, one in love, 'one in power’, one ki goodness, mercy, truth and holiness, &c; if so, tJien I see Christ, partaking .of the same nature or Divine essence with the Father, must neoessarily love the same, will the same and choose the same—be- •causc the fame cause will produce the effect, so tJiat Clirist wills the salvation of the same people that his Father did. Then Christ gave‘him self in covenant as surety to redeem or make an atonement for those his Father chose in him or appointed to salvation by him. Then, as the Fa ther willed certain persons should not be lost—but raised up at the last day. So Christ willed the same and gave himself for the same per- soEs to redeem them from iniquity and present them at ths last day without spdt or wrinkle or any such thing. So, if the Spirit of God be one with the Father and Son and partaker of the same nature and di vine essence with'the 'Father and Son he must necessarily wiM the salva tion of the "same persons, love the same persoRs, choose the same per sons to be saved and Called that the Father and Son dotlqfoi’itis'the same ca'USC and effect. So theft-, if God the Father willeth the salyatiOrt of the whole world of Sinners, fhe Son Aisled it too, and of course made an atonement for the whole world, since without that aton’ement the world could not be saved. How then comes it to pass that the Holy Spirit does not make the application to the whole world ? since he is under the necessity of willing the same the Father and Sou wills; can you tell ? The truth is that this doctrine of general atonement and special appli cation is fiilse, its advocates are stran gers and haters of pure and undefiled religion. ReademAl surrender I was left without house or home, and without a cent of money —and what goods we had could have f been packed in a twm-horse Avagon.—■ Having sold out in the neighborhood where I was robbed, I loaaed the money out and lost all of that. I lived without having any meafiin. my family one year after the wmr. 1 traveled afoot for five years to preacb and attended tw’o churches twenty miles from home afoot and liave walked home on Sunday evening af ter preaching, so as to go to Ai’ork Monday morning. I have w’orked until after midnight often since I have been where I now live, I am yet afoot only Avhpn I travel bj^ rail. I have bought wffiere I now live-; I paid part cash ; the remainder is t© 'be .paid, or lose all. I am now paying ^K)0 interest per year; oft wd>at I yet owe. The property I own is mill property and will hand-^ somely support my family while I am off preaching if I can stop so much interest. I have six children- of them daughters, all to feed, and school—if I do my duty b^ My friends ivho have befrieni are needing or wan^^ing their and its interest. Nowq I ask any and a^ lieve they have been ified by my ministry- the continent—and fo travel and preach others, and who thii cor to with scripture, an? you understanding, is my prayer, for Jesus’ sake. Yours in love, till death doth us part. N. H. Harrisojv. Kernerbville, Forsyth Co., X. C., December 10th, 1874. An address to the brethren and friends, unto whom I, by the grace of God, have preached the gospel for the last twenty-four years, in “w^eak- ■nass and in fear, and in much trem- blffig :” T’ea, and I may say also,— in bonds and afflictions—such as but few have passed through, and but few w’ould endure. But, I trust that the love of Christ and his cause hare hitherto sustained me in all my tri als. I was left an orphan when tw’o years old ; grew up without any op portunities ; only tw'o months school ing and that was nearly forgotten Avhen I trust that my heavenly Father called me by his grace, to serve un der the law—to bring me to Christ. This was while I was yet a boy—^'-not sixteen years old. Soon after I was delivered, I was called of God to preach the gaspel. Since I have had a family I have moved twenty-five times (a matter of necessity, not of choice). My house was broken ojyen and robbed twice during the war of ail ©nr bed clothing and even of our knives and forks—while I was off preaching—so that I and my fami ly had to cover with Avearing apparel till Are could make more. At the called of God to pn such individuals loan more or less, as they interest, and give the amount to them ai according to date of re is the first that sends in first paid back)? This pk ed itself to me in my conditioir—-between tAvo while reflecting upon mv coi and what Avould be best to be sell out and I and my family out of doors, or stop traveling ani. stay at home and attend to my mills and take the third that my miller gets and pay the interest. AVhen I Avas about to dismiss my miller and take the mills myself, the tAA'O dollar loan suggested itself to ni) mind as a remedy against eitlier, and, I have presented the plan just as it Avas pre sented to me. If it be of God it Avill succeed ; if not it Avill fail. All Avho are Avilling to com Avith this request and Avho bel, the foregoing statement to be Avill manifest it by sendin amount to me at Keunersv Forsythe County, N. C., and’ it is received the name of the sender, amount sent and his post office Avill be entered in a book, and dated so that I can knoAv Avhere the partioa live and hoAV to refund by mail or otherwise. All who intend to com ply Avith tills request Avill please to forward the amount at once, so that I oa« pay off my individual friend*; I' ri
Zion’s Landmarks (Wilson, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 15, 1874, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75