86. The Application of the Death of Christ

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“I. A.,” near Dublin. It is when I, in heart and conscience, take the ground of “the unjust,” that the death of Christ applies to me. “Every individual in the world” does not take that ground. We believe the aspect of the love of God and the death of Christ is “unto all.” As to the result, it is only “upon all that believe.” We should like to remind you of Paley’s memorable saying: “We should never allow what we know to be disturbed by what we know not.” So also of Butler’s weighty words: “If a truth be established, objections are nothing; the former is founded on our knowledge, the latter on our ignorance.”