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THE PRESBYTERIA
A FAIR COMPROMISE.
By Professor Addison Hop no.
Our dear infants have bad a good
sleep for several months, but now they
are waking up agaiu and are apt to
grow pretty lively before the Assembly
adjourns. This article is not written to
advocate either side of this troublesome
question. It has a different purpose altogether.
The following statements will no
doubt be accepted by nearly every one:
1 Uonv -J ? X--i J
?.? fiwuv4 mcu aim H uo IIUIU
firmly to the belief that the Bible explicitly
teaches that all infants dying in
infancy are saved.
2. Many others, equally good and
true believe this, and would be extremely
sorry to believe anything else; but
as they cannot find that the Bible asserts
this positively and unmistakably,
they can not give their consent to embodying
any such statement in the
creed, as absolute truth.
3. No statement of belief on tbis subject
has yet been formulated that satisfies
both sides?nor is any such statement
likely to be made. It is almost
contrary to reason that any language
should bs broad enough to cover such
dhergent views.
This being so, there remains one plain
i.:.j. easy remedy. It was sueecstpd at
the fall meeting of L>exington Presbytery,
aad that is, cut out the entire paragraph
about elect infants, and leave
our confession silent on that vexed
topic. The other reformed confessions,
so we are told, do not attempt to make
any statement on the subject; and the
proposed excision will follow their example
of saying nothing about a matter
that has certainly caused us very great
trouble in various ways. It can hardly
be supposed that there are any so determined
to have their own way as to
insist that the Confession shall make a
clear deliverance on this subject, and,
of course, make it the way they want it.
To such an one we should have to say
sorrowfully "thou walkest no longer in
love." (Rom. 14:15.).
Brethren, let's cut it out, and then we
can say of the dear little things,
requiescant In pace.
Lexington, Va.
in ax "WllABlLI UXtKESCENCE"
calmly examined.
Confession of Faith, Chai?ter X, Sec. 8.
Her. W. M. McPheeters, D. D.
The writer recently received an envelope
containing two leaflets, b?th relating
to the proposed amendment to
our Confession of Faith, chapter X,
section 3. One was a reprint of some
articles by Rev. Egbert W. Smith. The
other a paper by Dr. J. P. Robertson,
on "The Bible and the Salvation of In
fants." At the end of the reprint of
Dr. Smith's articles?though of course
no part of them?I find the following
appeal:
"IF YOU APPROVE THE AMENDMENT,
HELP (IN THE CONCERTED
EFFORT TO GET IT ACCEPTED. IF
YOUR PRESBYTERY HAS VOTED ADVERSELY.
DO YOUR BEST TO SECURE
A RECONSIDERATION. IF WE
APPROVE THIS AMENDMENT THE
ACT WflDL SETTLE THIS QUESTION.
IF WE REJECT IT THE AGITATION
WIDE CONTINUE. SOME ARE SAY
ir>ra, ur? 1 I a r itjUl 1 CUKKV UK."
WE IOVE NOT CONTROVERSY, BUT
IOVE THE CHUROH ON WHICH THIS
GHASTLY EXCRESODNCE IS ALLOWED
TO CONTINUE."
The "display" type, used in the leaflet
itself, and the tone and language
of the appeal speak for themselves.
Upon these I forbear to comment; except
to say that the "big stick" is
usually a last resort, and is never an
argument.
1 may be pardoned, I hope,* for using
. N Or THE SOUTH
the columns of our Church papers for
stating as briefly as I can, why 1 cannot
do the thing above requested.
1. bet us glance first of all at the
"ghastly excrescence" itself. Let us
inquire what it was intended to do.
It reads:
"Elect infants, dying in infancy, are
regenerated and saved > by Christ,
through the Spirit, who worketh when,
where, and how he pleaseth. So are
all other elect persons, who are Incapable
of being called by the outward
ministry of the word."
There, then, is the "ghastly excres
cence" in its entirety, and in all of its
gliastliness.
Dr. Charles Hodge shall tell us what
this paragraph was designed to do, what
it does, and why it was phrased as it
is. He says:
"The phrase 'elect infants' is precise
and fit for its purpose. It is certainly 1
revealed that none, either adult or infant,
is saved except on the ground of
sovereign election?that is, all salvation
for the human race is pure grace.
It is not positively revealed that all infants
are elect, but we are left for many
reasons to indulge in a highly probable
hope that such is the fact. The Con
tession atitrms what is certainly revealed,
and leaves that which revelation
has not decided to remain without the
suggestion of a positive opinion either
upon one side or the other." (Hodge on
Confession of Faith, ch. x, sec. 3).
No honest, well informed person can
deny either that the foregoing is historically
a correct account of the design
of this now famous paragraph, or
that exegetically it is a correct explanation
of its effect.
I^et us pause upon it for a moment.
Let ub suppose that it is true that God,
in his sovereign wisdom, has left us
withsut a warrant for declaring on his
authority that all infants, dying in infancy,
are elect, and so are regenerated
and saved by Christ. Let us suppose
that he has seen fit to leave us with
merely many reasons for indulging a
"highly probable hope that such is the
fact." Would it be out of keeping with
what he has actually done in regard to
other matters of equally great and ten
vler moment? Would this be the only
matter of like Importance In reference
to which he has left us without all the
light that we crave? Is this the only
instance in which God has deliberately
so ordered it,, as to make it necessary
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for us to "trust him for his grace?"
In other words, it may be confidently
affirmed that if the position of our Confession
is sound and scriptural, there
is nothing about it unduly to shock,
|)um. or even surprise us.
But to return to the position of the
Confession. It may farther be confidently
asserted, that no one who wishes
to know and to tell the truth about
the teaching of this paragraph need he
in any doubt about what that teaching
is, or can have any excuse for saying
that it either teaches or suggests that
some infants who die in infancy are
non-elect, and so lost. It does not say,
or suggest that all are saved. It does
sot say or suggest that any are lost.
Our Lord, when asked the question:
"Lord, are there few that be saved?
vouchsafed no answer. Instead, he directed
the minds of the questioners to
certain great truths that demanded their
attention more urgently than the matter
that was occupying their thoughts. So
iu iuo iiucouuu. are ail iinanis, aymg
in infancy, included in the election of
grace, and so saved? Our Confession
vouchsafes no answer whatever, either
yea or nay. It says in effect: There is
a matter of more practical moment with
which j'ou need to occupy your thoughts.
It is this: Your children are sinners
whose salvation Is a matter of pure
grace; this is true even of those of
them who are called out of this world
in the years of earliest infancy.
But It may be said: There are many
honest, simple-minded folk who are
neither well-informed, nor veTy logical
in their mental processes, and they may
easily misunderstand the language of
our Confession and suppose it to teach
that some Infants dying in infancy are
non-elect, and so lost?are we to have
no regard for them? Of course, we are
Especially when expressing ourselves
upon so grave and tender a matter as
this, we are bound as far as possible
so to express ourselves as to "give none
offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the
Gentiles, nor to the Church of God."
This. (I truet and believe, we are ready
to do. Hence, speaking for myself, the
present writer Is prepared to say that
any rephrasing of this paragraph that,
without altering Its substantive significance,
would make It Impossible for
even the uninformed and the thoughtless
to miss its meaning, would have
his approval.
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