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The Atonement

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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · May 15, 1879

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 5, No. 20.

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The Atonement.

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We wish to call special attention to the article on the Atonement on the third page of this paper, (whole number 155). It is from the Bible Index, a Disciple paper published in Toronto, Ont., (Canada).
It is seldom we find a more forcible vindication of the law of God as the basis of the gospel; a clearer presentation of truth that the death of Christ met the demand of divine justice in behalf of the sinner condemned by the law. This is the more worthy of note because it is so contrary to the antinomian doctrine held by the body of the Disciple denomination.
Alexander Campbell, in some of his writings, advocated the same truth by substantial arguments. But, unfortunately for his reputation for consistency, he argued the other side with equal urgency. We know of no writer of equal eminence and ability who was so inconsistent on this, and also on some other points, as was Mr. Campbell.
We wish that the arguments presented by Mr. Munnell in the Index might meet the eyes of the whole denomination of Disciples, and lead them to accept a more Scriptural belief than that which they now hold.