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GOD'S UNIVERSAL BENEVOLENCE.
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SELF-CONTROL.
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The same inference is deafly deducible from the apostle ' s Words * ( 2 Tim . ii . 10 . ) * Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake , that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ with eternal glory . ' Here it is evident that the election is spoken of as something different from that salvation for which it only prepared the way . They were already elect ;~ but it remained that they should strive lawfully so as to-win the crown ; they were elected , but were still called upon to endure hardness , that they might please hijn-who 4 i ad--cho ^^ elected ;—but it was still possible that they might fall away from grace . ( To be continued j
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In the following extract from a Letter which appeared in the Christian * Advocate of Feb . llth , there is a beautiful application of the doctrine held by the * Society of Friends , ' concerning Divine Influences . There are other parts of the Letter which we cannot approve : but that prevents not our admiration of the spirit manifested in the portion which we are about to Quote .
.... ' . Does Observer really believe that the Almighty Creator and Preserver of men has given existence to one immortal , never dying soul , ajlti made the eternal destiny of that soul a mere contingency , depending on the faithfulness or unfaithfulness of his weak arid erring fellow-creatures ? If Observer thinks so , I cannot but acknowledge to him , that , in my judgment , such thoughts are as far from the truth as the east is from the west . " How can they" hear , " he asks , '' without a preacher ? ' * I answer * not at all—that is , through human instrumentality . But what then ? Are there no other means ?
"What , I ask , is the Gospel ? Is it merely and exclusively an outward record ~ a recital only of the glorious acts of the St > n of God , and of the gracious doctrines which he taught ? Or is it not also , and primarily , a living , divine , eternal substance , encompassing in its wide and illimitable embrace all the myriads that have ever been born , or that ever shall be born into the world ? And what is salvation ? Is it a mere accident , dependent on the will of man ? Or is it not rather that measure of light and grace with which Divine goodness has condescended to visit him ? Has the great Sower , indeed , gone forth
to sow , and has he , with the capaciousness of mortal man , scattered all his seed in one quarter of the globe , passing by its other portions as unworthy of his notice ? Has he caused his light to shine forth with unutterable brightness in Europe , and has he commanded no solitary ray to "fall on the mind of the untutored African , or on that of the superstitious Hindoo ? Does God take care of oxen ? Does he notice the sparrow ' s fall ? And shall he , the great and beneficent Father of all , utterly disregard the intelligent and immortal work of his hands ? Far from our thoughts be a view so derogatory to the pure benevolence and boundless mercy of our Heavenly Father . '
There is a mysticism , both of thought and expression in this ; but it is a fine vindication of God ' s infinite benevolence , and impartial justice .
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78 dnitauian diiiibtticiaE .
God's Universal Benevolence.
GOD'S UNIVERSAL BENEVOLENCE .
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No two things can be more opposite in reality , than a regard to our own best welfare and selfishness , and nothing can be more dangerous than a neglect of the former , from whatever cause it may arise . We are stewards and guardians of our own characters and conduct , and by a small degree of attention and circumspection then , we may do infinitely more good than we can possibly effect by the greatest exertions for others . We cannot see into
Self-Control.
SELF-CONTROL .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 1, 1833, page 78, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2609/page/14/
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