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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 68

Part II

Part II.

§ 1.Summary of objections and difficulties.
§ 2.Has not the Church in all ages held the doctrine that the opportunity of salvation is limited to this life?—The majority of testimonies against us—Many exceptions—Widespread change in the modern mind—Our duty in face of this change.
§ 3.The appeal must be to the Scriptures—This appeal accepted with a caveat—The difficulty of generalising from isolated texts—The deliverance of the Apostolic Epistles—The greatest difficulty found in Christ's words—The explanation of Christ's attitude—We must fall back on the fundamental significance of the Gospel.
§ 4.The charge against the Modern Doctrine that it is symptomatic of an incipient Apostacy from vital Christianity—No immediate grounds for the charge—As matter of fact, it commonly exists as part of a new organism of theological opinion—Explanation—Also, found in companionship with a feeble form of piety—Explanation—The charge more explicitly stated—A false indictment—The relation to the doctrine of the Fatherhood of God.
§ 5.The modern doctrine a vain attempt to elude a difficulty—The remonstrance against it articulately stated—It misses the mark—A form of self-deception.page 11
§ 6.The modern doctrine injurious to religious life and practical; zeal—Admitted that it lies open to ready abuse—Truth can never be hurtful, while our utilities are often at fault—The traditional doctrine is not influential for good—Its bearing on missions—Its bearing on the poor and miserable—The true; nature and origin of evangelistic enthusiasm.

Conclusion.

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