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into trouble over the salvation, or men woittd be saved in Heaven. we learned that the Alliance was
rather the damnation, of the little But as we all commit personal sins, announced to adjourn at half past
EDITOR :
depraved infants who die ; and out God has wisely provided a system 10 o’clock on Friday morning after
of this confusion of ideas and mis­ through which by faith and obedi­ our arrival. We asked why this
. FLOYD.
conception of Scripture teaching ence we may be saved from these. was, and we were told that the
grows the theory of direct spiritual Infants do not commit personal business had been dispatched with
FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1883
influence to regenerate ajul save the sins, hence need no obedienctf nor such promptness and that such
Adam’s Sin.
infant at death, to make the adult regeneration to save them. It is _
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■ amHöflVW'W öw sins and tins obedience feeling prevailed among the mem­
fc Adam sinned th the garden'
him to Christ, with a host of other with which we have to deal, and bers of the large body that it was
of Eden and on this account was
- unscriptural and absurd theories not with Adam’s sin.
unnecessary to remain longer.
driven out of it, we presume no one
too tedious and silly to spend time
Hence this brief morning session is |
who believes in the Bible will think
At
the
Alliance.
and space now in enpmorating
all we got to enjoy of this grand
of calling in question. That the
Now we have a shorter, safer and
On the afternoon of Thursday meeting of the temperance people
whole world has felt the fearful
aww -Osfactoiy way of diq>o»infc y.i, M t|,, y au M „ui wwjgg-tf Oregon:TînT^ittlng of' the
and far-reaching effects of this sin
“STthiTwhoTe matter, and we shall company with Bro. D. T. Stanley Alliance is thought to lie perhaps
of our first parents, and that the
now proceed to give it to our read­ and lady and Miss Ida Mulkey left the very best that had ever been
. human race must go down to the
ers. So far as we are'concerned, Monmouth to attend the Oregon held in the State; and we were ex-
grave as a result of this sin and as
we do not propose to Jose many Temperance Alliance in jggsioiLJtL
Xdl pleased with wliftt“—
a natural consequence of their
nights rest over—the- sui-of-A+latn- Albany.1“’ After reaching Indepen­ we saw and learned of its proceed­
separation from the tree of life, we
and the hereditary total depravity dence we learned that we would ings. A larger, more intelligent A
think is equally plain. The Scrip­
of men, women and infants. We have to Avait several hours for a and earnest assemblage of temper­
tures expressly teach us that in
do not believe that God will hold boat. We made the best of this ance.workers from all parts of the
Adam all die. History and ex-
Us~ responsible Tor Adam’s sin, time we could under the circum­ State, it has never been our good
perience confirm this declaration.
neither will he damn unconscious stances, and finally at about half pleasure to find anywhere. So far
Universal death then is a settled
babes on account of any depravity past 8 o’clock P. M. We boarded the as we could see there was no
fact. Now in the light of the New
they may have inherited from Chief from Portland for our des­ fanaticism manifested; there was
-Testament Scriptures, it is just as
Adam or any of his posterity. We tination. In consequence of being too much intelligence for that.
certain that all will be raised to
propose to be principally concerned two hours behind time we had to There was no lack of true zeal
life. Paul says: “As in Adam all
with our own sins and to let Adain •make the entire trip in tbe.Ju«ht.4^c^ed-uP by-*strun^^Wie-eenti-
die, even so in Christ shall all be
and, Eira do liLowwi» On Hit dMy .. a were very sorry of this ; for as ment . and ». a full
. « and , deliberate
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de
made alive.” And again' he ^ayi ?
of judgment wre have np fear of this was our first trip up the termination to crush out this mon­
“ For as by the disobedience of one
God’s calling on us to give an ac- Willamette river- of which we had strous evil of intemperance from
many were made sinners; so by
count for anything that Adam did heard sb much and w-hose fertile the State and the country at large,
the obedience of one shall many be
in the garden of Eden. We fliyy valley is known over almost the and thus give the people, mental,
made righteous.” Upon these pas­
expect that Adam and Eve will be w hole world, we hoped to feast our moral and physical liberty from
sages and others of a similar na­
there to settle off their own ac­ eyes on some of the beautiful this national curse; We believe
ture volumes have been written.
counts, and we only hope that we scenery of its banks. But so it that the people of Oregon are laying
Some of the profoundest philoso­
may be able to present a clear
submitted to * more H°1*1 foundation for pCTrna-
phers and the wisest theologians
recon! rrfrmr owTrrtreds. "That the the inevitable. But as the evening nent success than perhaps any
whom-the worTd^as'eveF^i^AwT
human race is depraved in some was clear and pleasant and the State in the Union. While it is
have puzzled their brains over the
sense, we do not deny; and that moon wras shining, w-e had a de­ true that, owing to some blunders
sin of Adam and the death of man­
all infants will be saved, not by any lightful substitute for the day heretofore the amendment can not
kind, and volumes yet are required
abstract operation of the Holy itself. Hence we spent part of the in all probability be submitted to
to clear away the theological mists
Spirit, but unconditionally by vir­ evening in the Pilot’s house, taking the people till four years to come,
and clouds in which the minds of
tue of the blood of Jesus Christ, in as much of the surroundings as we think the people are getting
men have been enveloped by the
we profoundly believe. We be­ the circumstances would afford. ready for it and when that time
erroneous ami speculative teachings
lieve that the passages above re­ The Chief is a first class boat on does come, they will make clean
on this subject. This class of re­
ferred to prove conclusively that this river, and makes goqd time. work of it. | They believe in moving
ligionists seem to think that their
whatever has been brought upon We found on board ample pro­ slowly and cautiously, which we
present and eternal salvation, in
us, let itjncluda hereditary de­ visions for the comfort of travelers, believe to be good policy in tem­
common with that of all others, de-"
pravity^!morally, mentally or and-the officers were polite and ac­ perance work as well as in other
pends on their being able to fully
physically ending in death itself, commodating. We reached Albany things. The representation from
grasp this subject in its length,
will be taken off of us uncondition- a few minutes after midnight, and the different temperance organiza­
breadth and hight, and present it
ally by the death and resurrection a little to our surprise, at this late tions, churches and Sunday-schools
to others so that they may be able
of Christ. This is a debt that the hour, we were met at the landing of the State was very large, there
to understand it also. They must
Son of God has paid for us. In by Bro. L. C. Marshall who took us being 300 delegates present. We
know just what is meant by the
other words, we believe that so far
is-ologant home wherg^We are ’ea,n®d tbit 27 churches were re-
death that Adam die<l on account
as the Adamic sin" and <Teatli are now ^topping, surrounded by all presented. The total amount in
_0f hisTransgres.sion, just when he
concerned, all men will lie restored the comforts of life calculated to cash and pledges raised during the
died and to what extent and in
to exactly the original holiness of please and make one -happy. We session to carry on the next year’s
what sense his death has affected
Adam and Eve-before the trans-" would just say that our friends work, was $37775. The next
— the salvation of the world. Some
gression. Hence in the atonement need give,themselves no uneasiness session will be held in Portland, be­
hold that the penalty included
of Christ we have a full destruc­ about our temporal welfare while ginning on the third Wednesday in
• physical death only; while many
tion of the Adamic sin and an un­ we afe the guest of Bro. and Sister Feb. 1884. The Alliance was har­
hold that moral and spiritual death
conditional salvation from all its
are included, and that all men are effects upon the world. Here then Marshall. Besides, they arc both monious throughout, and the people
left for their homes highly pleased
totally depraved, soul, mind and we not only find infant salvation, readers of the C hristian H erald . with what they had seen, heard
body, in consequence of the sin and but salvation for all men, and if it But what of the Alliance ? Well and learned, and feeling stronger
full Qf Adam, Just here they get were not for our personal sins} all | we were a little disappointed when for the fight before them
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