Error and Universal Salvation
It sounds strange, doesn’t it, to hear an orthodox evangelistic clergyman say, in announcing the death of two members of his church: “Two of our large family, the church, have passed into the unseen Holy, into which all men haste”? This was not a slip of the tongue; it is so printed. Surely what is it but universal salvation? The primitive error of Eden is responsible for sending souls to their reward or punishment before the judgment; but sensitive souls revolt from the thought of pain and torture, and so practically teach universal salvation. All men are hasting to the grave; how and when they shall come forth from that will depend on the faith and character they possess when they lay down this life. Error breeds a multitude of errors. Truth is consistent.